As the latest major lender to suffer the pinch of higher for longer interest rates, Bank of America reported an 18% decline in first-quarter profit. With the exception of a one-time charge, the results exceeded expectations, mostly due to the bank’s Wall Street and wealth-management units demonstrating good performance. The …
Read More »Dow Jones declines on geopolitical tensions, higher T-yields
Concerns about Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions have been coupled with high yields, which have caused further decline in the Dow Jones Index. In the early afternoon, the index is trading little higher after losing its early gains. The market’s appetite for risk has increased following to Goldman Sachs’ better-than-expected quarterly …
Read More »Stock Indexes Retreat After Banking Earnings
Earnings season began on Wall Street with a puzzle. Despite the fact that major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo had higher-than-expected profits, the market as a whole and their equities both fell on Friday. Investors appear uneasy due to JPMorgan’s cautious outlook for the remainder of the year …
Read More »Delta Reports Robust Earnings in Tough Quarter for US Airlines
With adjusted earnings of $380 million in the first quarter, up 75% over the prior year, Delta Airlines posted better than expected earnings. Even though average passenger revenue decreased by 2%, the company’s $12.6 billion in revenue was a record. In the second quarter, Delta expected record revenue, but it …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap: Jobs Data Renews Speculation on Interest Rate Path
The past trading week witnessed remarkable fluctuations coinciding with the beginning of the second quarter of the year 2024, as strong US economic data raised speculation about the ability of the US Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates and when it might make such a decision. The week concluded with …
Read More »Tesla’s Deliveries Raise Fresh Questions About Demand, Earnings
Tesla’s lower-than-expected Q1 vehicle deliveries led most analysts to lower their estimates for the electric carmaker’s full-year earnings. After a brief decline, the stock price somewhat increased by Wednesday’s closing.Unmet Goals and Business Obstacles Tesla exceeded even the most bullish expert estimates in Q1 by delivering 386,810 cars. This was …
Read More »Financial Markets Recap: Gold, stocks take the lead as Fed awaits US inflation data
Last week’s trading closed with risk-linked assets overperforming safe haven assets, leading to a weekly loss in the US dollar versus gains for gold as well as US stocks over the week, as most risk assets kept surging. An interesting competition was strong between the minutes ff the Fed’s last …
Read More »Dow Jones closes rallying week with a fresh record
The S&P 500 surged just above the flatline, notching a new closing high, while the Dow Jones increased 0.2%, or about 60 points, claiming a fresh record of its own. The Nasdaq Composite headed in the opposite direction, finishing down 0.3% after a blockbuster week.Investors appeared to catch their breath …
Read More »Nvidia’s Q4 results beat Wall Street’s expectations
Nvidia stock is soaring despite Wall Street’s bad week. Nvidia will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on March 27, 2024, to all shareholders of record on March 6, 2024.Nvidia reported earnings after the bell, on Wednesday, beating analysts’ estimates on the top and bottom lines. …
Read More »S&P 500 hits record high in late session rally
All three main indices finished Thursday’s trading day in the green territory, recovering from sharp losses earlier in the week. The S&P 500 closed at a new record high. As of now this year, the 500-stock benchmark has closed on 11 consecutive record highs.The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.30% to conclude …
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