Wall Street
Stock futures are flat after S&P, Nasdaq start the week in the red
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 13, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters U.S. stock index futures were flat during overnight trading on Monday, following a volatile session that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite continue their march lower. Futures contracts tied to […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Spirit Airlines, Carvana, Warby Parker and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit Airlines surged 19.3% in premarket trading after JetBlue (JBLU) launched a $30 per share tender offer for its rival airline. Spirit had rejected a prior bid by JetBlue, preferring to keep a previously struck deal to merge with […]
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Stock futures rise ahead of a big week of retail earnings
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 6, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were higher Sunday evening after a week of steep losses that ended on a high note, and ahead of a big earnings week for retailers. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 89 points, or 0.3%, while S&P 500 […]
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Investors could get a reprieve from vicious stock sell-off in week ahead
Investors could get a reprieve in the week ahead from the vicious selling cycle that has gripped the stock market since late March. Stocks bounced off of Thursday’s washout lows and were set to exit the week with reduced losses after Friday’s rally. Buyers on Friday hunted for bargains among small caps, biotechnology names, the […]
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Historic tech sell-off is a ‘generational buying opportunity’ for the ‘right’ stocks, says analyst Dan Ives
The tech-sell off is not the second dot-com bubble — it’s a “buying opportunity” for the right stocks, according to Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives. “We view this historic sell-off as more of a generational buying opportunity for the right tech names/ winners in 2023 and 2024 rather than a time to throw in the towel […]
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Stock futures fall slightly with S&P 500 teetering on edge of a bear market
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 12, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Stock futures dipped on Thursday evening as investors geared up for the S&P 500 to potentially slide into official bear market territory. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed […]
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Heavily shorted online used car seller Carvana surges nearly 25%, is halted several times
A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of online used car retailer Carvana surged Thursday amid a wild trading session in which several heavily-shorted stocks popped. The stock closed up 24.7%. Trading was halted at least four times Thursday. Carvana’s share price had […]
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Hedge fund winners and losers emerge in brutal tech-driven sell-off
The stock market is going through a period of uncertainty and volatility, but some sectors could benefit from that. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A wide divergence of performance has formed in the hedge fund industry amid the stock rout on Wall Street this year. […]
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Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says active management pays off during extreme volatility
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) With $1.5 trillion in assets, Franklin Templeton is among America’s top 10 asset managers, and growing. Over the last few years, the firm has acquired asset manager Legg Mason, custom index provider O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, and secondary private equity investor Lexington Partners, among others. President and CEO Jenny […]
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Growth stock valuations ‘have further to fall,’ says Citigroup strategist
Analysts as a group expect that it is “more likely” that real yields will continue to rise, which would hurt growth stocks. Source
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