Wall Street
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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Wolfe downgrades credit card stocks to underweight, as research firm feels a ‘recession is likely’
Investors should sell shares of credit card issuers given that a “recession is likely,” according to Wolfe Research. Analyst Bill Carcache downgraded credit card issuers as a group to underweight from market weight, saying in a Thursday note that the stocks will increasingly come under pressure with higher recession risks. “While we remain cautious on […]
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Piper Sandler downgrades Zoom Video, says there’s limited upside even after 85% decline
“The ‘if you haven’t used Zoom already by now’ mantra is more realistic and an overhang to the stock,” analysts said. Source
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Barclays downgrades Beyond Meat, cuts price target by 69% on ‘limited visibility’ on path to recovery
Barclays slashed the price target for shares of Beyond Meat by 69%, noting “limited visibility” on the path to recovery after a “disappointing” earnings report. Analyst Benjamin M. Theurer downgraded shares of Beyond Meat to equal weight from overweight after the plant-based food company on Wednesday reported a wider-than-expected loss in its most recent quarter […]
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Stock futures are little changed following hot inflation report
Stock futures were slightly higher Wednesday evening after the latest CPI data showed inflation is still running hot. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 17 points, or 0.05. S&P 500 futures inched higher by 0.03%. Nasdaq 100 futures were down by 0.01%. Disney shares fell about 2% after hours despite strong earnings […]
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Piper Sandler sees much more pain ahead, stocks not bottoming until 2023
The worst of the sell-off is still to come, according to Piper Sandler. Source
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