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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Walmart, Citigroup, Paramount and more
Exterior view of a Walmart store on August 23, 2020 in North Bergen, New Jersey VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Walmart — Shares fell about 10.5% after the big-box retailer reported quarterly earnings that significantly missed Wall Street’s expectations. Walmart posted adjusted first-quarter earnings […]
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Santoli: Bulls and bears agree on a potential bounce for stocks here. One group could be a way to play it
This is the daily notebook of Mike Santoli, CNBC’s senior markets commentator, with ideas about trends, stocks and market statistics. Delayed follow-through to Friday’s bounce as evidence piles up that investors have drastically cut back on their stock bets and consumer activity. Auto-production numbers give the aggressive recession-callers no real backing. The S & P […]
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Walmart’s lousy quarter has us looking to exit our position in the retailer
We aren’t very interested in waiting around for management to show us that they can turn things around. So we’re downgrading the stock to a 3 rating. Source
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Jim Cramer crushes Walmart management — ‘It’s embarrassing’
“This should be a big soul-searching moment for Walmart,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday after the retail giant reported quarterly results. Source
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Walmart, Home Depot, Citigroup and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walmart (WMT) – Walmart slumped 7% in premarket trading after missing bottom-line expectations for the first quarter. The retail giant earned $1.30 per share, 18 cents a share below estimates as inflationary pressures offset the positive impact of better-than-expected sales. Home Depot (HD) […]
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Walmart reports big earnings miss as higher costs, supply chain eat into profits
Walmart on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street’s expectations by a wide margin, as the nation’s largest retailer felt pressure from rising fuel costs and higher levels of inventory. Shares were down about 7% in premarket trading. The company raised its outlook for sales this year, saying it expects net sales to increase […]
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Home affordability at 2007 bubble levels, but crash is unlikely: Blackstone’s Joe Zidle
A major Wall Street firm is drawing a striking parallel to the housing bubble. Blackstone’s Joe Zidle calls homes almost as unaffordable as the 2007 peak. Yet, he believes a crash is unlikely due to a major difference: Most owners aren’t using their homes like an ATM. “That caused so many people to go upside […]
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Starbucks to cover employees’ travel expenses for abortions, gender-affirming surgeries
Starbucks coffee shop logo seen at one of their stores. Stephen Zenner | LightRocket | Getty Images Starbucks said Monday it will start covering eligible travel expenses for employees seeking abortions or gender-affirming procedures. The coffee chain joins Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce in offering to reimburse workers for travel costs related to abortions following […]
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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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Cramer’s week ahead: Retail giants report earnings, stay away from ‘toxic’ stocks
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that he’s breathing a sigh of relief as beaten-down stocks ‘have already taken enough hits,’ allowing investors to trade in a safer environment next week – though they still need to tread carefully. “When we’ve been beaten down to these levels, we reach a point where stocks that would normally […]
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