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Stock futures are little changed ahead of major bank earnings Thursday
Stock futures were little changed Wednesday evening as investors awaited quarterly earnings results from the biggest U.S. banks. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched lower by 0.04%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.08% and 0.04%, respectively. In regular trading the Dow advanced about 344 points, or 1%. The S&P […]
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Apollo’s head of sustainable investing says we need to speed up the transition toward clean energy
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have had a massive impact on global energy supply chains and prices this year, reminding the world how reliant we are on fossil fuels and how far we are from a true shift toward clean energy. That shift will require $131 trillion in energy […]
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Activist investors are hunting targets in the SPAC market, but battles won’t be easy to win
Daniel Loeb, founder and chief executive officer of Third Point LLC Jacob Kepler | Bloomberg | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The once red-hot SPAC market is becoming a fertile ground for activist investors who push for changes at problematic companies and profit from them. A record number of companies went […]
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JPMorgan Chase reports $524 million hit from market dislocations caused by Russia sanctions
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase. Adam Jeffery | CNBC JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that first-quarter profit fell sharply from a year earlier, driven by increased costs for bad loans and market upheaval caused by the Ukraine war. Here are the numbers: Earnings: $2.63 a share (unclear if comparable to $2.69 estimate). […]
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Stock futures inch higher following highest inflation data in decades
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, April 4, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks futures inched higher in overnight trading as investors weighed the latest inflation data for March. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20 points or 0.06%, while S&P 500 futures […]
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Cathie Wood explains why she’s been selling Twitter amid Elon Musk board drama
Cathie Wood said Tuesday she’s dumping her Twitter stake following the recent drama surrounding its management and board of directors. Source
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Concerned about inflation? Here’s why stock investors should stay the course, says Ritholtz COO
For stock investors pondering how to ride out the worst bout of inflation in four decades, don’t worry and stay the course, according to Nick Maggiulli, chief operating officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management. Prices that consumers pay for everyday items surged a whopping 8.5% in March, the highest levels since the early days of the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: PG&E, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CarMax and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: PG&E (PCG) – The California utility’s shares jumped 2.3% in the premarket after it reached legal settlements over two fires in Northern California. PG&E will pay $55 million and will not face any criminal prosecution over those fires. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) – […]
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Russia’s war in Ukraine means there’ll be no return to normality for Europe’s economy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish President Andrzej Duda attend a news conference ahead of a Weimar Triangle meeting to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in Berlin, Germany, February 8, 2022. Hannibal Hanschke | Reuters The war in Ukraine and the ensuing economic sanctions imposed on Russia will cause far bigger […]
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Stock futures inch higher ahead of big inflation report
U.S. stock futures inched higher in overnight trading as investors braced for a key inflation report Tuesday. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 30 points or 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.09% and Nasdaq 100 futures inched 0.1% higher. The overnight moves come as investors await the release of March’s highly anticipated […]
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