Bloomberg•5 hours agoJamie Dimon and Warren Buffett Have the Last Laugh on Bitcoin
Bitcoin was meant to make all of its investors rich, something that held particular appeal to a millennial generation hungry for a financial boost in a world of crushing student debt, income inequality and low quality jobs.
- Investopedia•23 hours ago
The Worst is Yet to Come for Stocks: Morgan Stanley
Investors looking for solace amid the wave of market sell-offs may argue that the S&P 500 has fallen only 9% from its all-time highs in September, hardly a devastating decline. “Not only does the price action this year suggest we are in the midst of a bear market—more than 40 percent of the stocks in the S&P 500 are down at least 20 percent—but it also trades like a bear market,” wrote the bank’s analysts.
- Yahoo Finance•17 hours ago
Trump just sent the wrong message on a brutal day in the stock markets
On a brutal day in the stock markets the last thing investors want to see is another attack on the Federal Reserve by President Donald Trump. Trump reportedly told a group of reporters on Tuesday that he would like to see lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve. The president added that the biggest problem right now isn’t the trade war with China (among other geopolitical issues), but rather the Jerome Powell led Federal Reserve.
- CNBC Videos•19 hours ago
Don't buy this dip, says Morgan Stanley's top strategist
Mike Wilson, Morgan Stanley, says this isn't a buy the dip market. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Tim Seymour, Pete Najarian, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.
- CNBC•3 hours ago
Amid sell-off, top analysts are getting bullish these 5 defensive stocks including Merck
With tech stocks looking like an increasingly risky bet, analysts have been getting more bullish on some key defensive names. Here we use TipRanks' Trending Stocks tool to pinpoint the best-rated defensive stocks right now. All five stocks covered below have received only buy ratings from top analysts in the last three months.
- Barrons.com•5 hours ago
George Soros Sold Facebook, Netflix, and Goldman Stock Just Before They Tumbled
Soros Fund Management, which Soros founded and chairs, exited social-network giant (FB) (FB) completely in the third quarter, while also slashing positions in (NFLX) stock (NFLX) and (GS) stock (GS). High-flying streaming-content giant Netflix has tumbled almost 29% since the end of September. Soros saved a chunk of cash by selling: Barron’s estimates that, had he maintained positions in those stocks, he would have unrealized losses of about $17.7 million so far in the fourth quarter.
- Yahoo Finance•yesterday
Apple is finding out that not everyone likes giant, expensive phones
For weeks now, reports have trickled out that Apple is having trouble with iPhone XR demand. Analysts and other Apple watchers frequently parse through the tea leaves left by Apple suppliers and assemblers throughout the supply chain, and the Wall Street Journal wrote on Monday that that Apple slashed production plans by a third from the 70 million or so units it had been expecting to produce between September and February with its suppliers. At the same time, however, the iPhone 8 — and 8 Plus — have been experiencing strong demand, according to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review.
Reuters•37 minutes agoChina and U.S. accuse each other of hypocrisy as WTO litigation begins
The United States and China clashed on Wednesday at a World Trade Organization meeting with a U.S. envoy accusing Beijing of using the WTO to pursue "non-market" policies and a Chinese official saying it was Washington that was flouting the rulebook. U.S. President Donald Trump has outraged U.S. trading partners by erecting a tariff wall against imports of steel and aluminum - justified by U.S. national security concerns - and has hit Chinese goods with huge tariffs over accusations of stealing U.S. intellectual property.
- CNBC•2 days ago
The sell-off can't end until these 10 problems are fixed, Jim Cramer argues
CNBC's Jim Cramer pinpoints the 10 drivers of the stock market's sell-off. Ten things need to change for the stock market to come back from its Monday declines , CNBC's Jim Cramer said as high-profile technology stocks Facebook FB and Apple AAPL led the major averages lower. Here are the various reasons that stocks are falling and what it would take for them to turn, according to Cramer: 1.
- Investopedia•6 hours ago
5 Quality Blue Chips to Thrive in Bull and Bear Markets
As the market grows increasingly turbulent and economic outlooks become more cautious, investors are increasingly buying quality stocks, which by definition are stocks whose companies are not overly reliant on a robust economy for their performance. In the current environment, Walmart Inc. ( WMT), McDonald’s Corp. ( MCD), Pfizer Inc. ( PFE), Procter & Gamble Co. ( PG) and Amgen Inc. ( AMGN) have all received the quality stamp of approval by Citigroup, according to CNBC.
- CNBC•19 hours ago
There are a lot of great buys thanks to sell-off: Value investor David Katz
"We think there are a lot of great buys here we would be buying if you have a 6- to 12-month" timeline, says David Katz, CIO of Matrix Asset Advisors. Katz says eBay, Schlumberger and Alphabet are buying opportunities. The market sell-off has created a buying opportunity for investors who can afford to be a little patient, noted value investor David Katz told CNBC on Tuesday.
- MarketWatch•4 hours ago
The tech-stock selloff is a golden opportunity to buy Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Tesla
Target, which is still up substantially this year, is no General Electric (GE) sorting through underperforming businesses and realizing that it wasted so much money on stock buybacks that the ex-icon of America’s Industrial Might has a negative tangible book value. Or, put it this way: How much sense did it make when the market’s reaction to a weak report on home-builder sentiment and foot traffic at new-home communities was to sell off technology stocks? Julius was Julius Westheimer, who in my own misspent youth was a Baltimore stockbroker and denizen of the Baltimore Sun, where he was a columnist to my cub reporter, and a regular on Wall $treet Week, a public-TV stock-market show produced at Maryland Public TV.
- TheStreet.com•3 hours ago
Tempted by CenturyLink's Dividend Yield? Check the Charts First
In his "No-Huddle Offense" segment of Mad Money Tuesday night, Jim Cramer reminded viewers that while dividends are a safe place to hide, only safe dividends are where you want to be. In the daily bar chart of CTL, below, we can see that earlier this month prices gapped below the cresting 200-day moving average line. The volume pattern shows that volume has increased on a number of the declines the past three months, which is bearish but the On-Balance-Volume (OBV) line has yet to turn decisively lower.
- CNBC Videos•yesterday
Are we nearing the bottom of the market?
Traders Joe Terranova, Sarat Sethi and Jon and Pete Najarian are joined by Meghan Shue, senior investment strategist at Wilmington Trust, to discuss stocks erasing 2018 gains.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
15 Safe Dividend Stocks to Buy for the Rest of 2018
Since March, President Donald Trump’s tough stance on fair trade practices has evaporated more than $1 trillion in market value. Such a drastic impact exponentially raises interest in safe dividend stocks to buy. Love him or hate him, we can all agree that Trump doesn’t have a conciliatory personality.
- Bloomberg•20 hours ago
Trump Calls Fed a ‘Problem,’ Says He Wants Lower Interest Rates
A homebuilder survey this week indicated the housing market is slowing further amid the highest mortgage rates in eight years, a possible warning sign for the broader economy. “I’d like to see the Fed with a lower interest rate,” Trump told reporters in Washington. The Fed held borrowing costs steady at its meeting earlier this month but investors expect it to raise rates in December, which would mark the fourth hike since Trump-appointed Jerome Powell became chairman in February.
Bloomberg•15 hours agoWells Fargo Says Buy Now in Best Stocks Entry Point in Two Years
The sell-off that started in October is not the end of the bull market and investors should continue to fight the urge to overreact to negative headlines, wrote Darrell Cronk, president of the bank’s Investment Institute and team, in a note to clients Tuesday. “We view now as a time to be ready to increase equity exposure in favorable areas, such as U.S. large-cap, U.S. mid-cap and emerging-market equities, and favor deploying cash now or even allocating incrementally over the coming days and weeks,” the strategists said. A slump in U.S. technology stocks, emerging signs of stress in the corporate credit market and diminishing hopes for a resolution to the ongoing Sino-American trade dispute have renewed last month’s sell-off in global equity benchmarks.
- Fox Business•2 days ago
Elon Musk's latest venture: selling bricks in Los Angeles
Elon Musk, the Tesla and Boring Company CEO, is following through on his vow to sell “Lego-like” bricks. Musk has launched The Brick Store LLC, an offshoot of The Boring Company that will produce interlocking bricks made from dirt displaced from the tunnel-digging company’s machines. The new company filed a permit application in Hawthorne, California, asking permission to repaint a building that will serve as the Brick Store’s first brick-and-mortar location, TechCrunch reported.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Watch out for these 10 ‘retirement killers’
There are plenty of things that can ruin a person’s retirement plans — divorce, illness, job loss, overspending. A recent study has revealed for the first time the 10 biggest causes of financial regret among those who have retired or are near to retirement. The survey was conducted by researchers from the RAND Corporation and the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany.
- SmartAsset•yesterday
How are 401(k) Assets Split in a Divorce?
There are certain steps you can take to protect your nest egg during divorce proceedings, and we’ll cover each one. A financial advisor can also serve as a valuable asset as you split property and financials in a divorce. How is a 401(k) Split in a Divorce?
- CNBC•3 hours ago
Google's cloud business under Greene was plagued by internal clashes and missed acquisitions
Google poured resources into its cloud unit during Diane Greene's three-year run at the helm, but the company has still struggled against Amazon and Microsoft. Greene clashed with Google CEO Sundar Pichai over a big cloud contract with the Department of Defense. Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle executive, has been named as Greene's successor.
- Associated Press•2 days ago
Chipotle offers manager job back in St. Paul dine-and-dash
Chipotle said Monday that the company has offered a fired St. Paul restaurant manager her job back after receiving more information about an incident where employees refused to serve five black men and asked them to prove they could pay before taking their order. "We will work to continue to ensure that we support a respectful workplace for our employees and our customers alike," Chipotle said. Employees accused the men of being repeat dine-and-dashers.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
Hedge-fund boss who predicted ‘87 crash says get ready for some ‘really scary moments’
‘From a markets perspective, it’s going to be interesting. Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge-fund luminary, said he’s stress-testing his portfolio of corporate debt because he expects a tumultuous road ahead on the back of the Federal Reserve’s apparent commitment to normalizing interest rates and buttressed by corporate tax cuts from the Trump administration. Speaking at an economic forum in Greenwich, Conn., a hotbed for hedge funds, Jones said the Fed faces real challenges amid “the end of a 10-year run” of economic growth that many anticipate will soon come to a screeching, cyclical end.
- TheStreet.com•19 hours ago
5 High-Profile Tech Stocks That Have Suddenly Gotten a Lot Cheaper
Tech stocks have certainly gotten a lot cheaper over the last two months -- and that includes some names that were seen as bulletproof going into October. Here's a look at some tech names that are now trading at much lower multiples than they did going
- Fox Business•2 days ago
Sears asks to pay executive bonuses despite bankruptcy
Struggling retailer Sears Holding Corp. this month asked a court to approve millions of dollars in bonuses to 18 company executives despite ongoing bankruptcy proceedings that led to the closures of dozens of store locations. The company wants to pay a total of $8.5 million in bonuses to the executives as well as a further $16.9 million in retention bonuses to 322 other high-level employees, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Sears’ chief financial officer and chief digital officer are among the executives who would receive bonuses.
