- The Fiscal Times•8 hours ago
Why Companies Aren’t Investing Their Tax Cut Windfalls
One big problem is uncertainty surrounding some of the new rules, especially as they relate to the taxation of international profits. The old tax law had many problems, Gleckman writes, but the flawed system at least provided the certainty that many businesses say they need to plan new capital spending. Numerous critics have pointed out that the promised surge in domestic investment as a result of the corporate tax cut has yet to materialize, and Gleckman thinks that uncertainty over how the new rules will work in practice and the possibility that they may see substantial adjustments in the near future are leading companies to sit on the cash or simply return it to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
- Investopedia•21 hours ago
Nvidia Seen Soaring to Record on Explosive Growth
Nvidia Corp. ( NVDA) stock has been one of the hottest stocks in the market with shares up by nearly 26% in 2018, and over 75% during the past year. The optimism in the stock comes after the company reported blowout fiscal first quarter 2019 earnings of $2.05 per share, nearly 24% better than analysts’ estimates of $1.66. Additionally, revenue came in at $3.207 billion, over 11% better than analysts’ estimates of $2.881 billion.
- MarketWatch•17 hours ago
Why early retirement is all it’s cracked up to be
Sometimes, the stuff that people say about early retirement (and early retirees) is terrible. It is assumed that early retirement is the end of productive life and that unless we’re swimming in millions in cold hard cash, early retirement will eat us alive. As I said in my one-year early retirement performance review, early retirement is all that it’s cracked up to be.
InvestorPlace•11 hours ago5 Top Stock Trades for Friday Morning
President Trump decided to pull out of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that’s left stocks under pressure. Here’s our top stock trades as a result. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow #1: Advanced Micro (AMD) I love when a stock shows
- InvestorPlace•17 hours ago
5 Breakout Stocks Offering Extraordinary Returns
A resistance level is the barrier which must be broken so as to be identified as a breakout stock. Meanwhile, a support level is the floor for the stock’s movement. Stocks which have breached their resistance level should ideally be in high demand among traders.
- Barrons.com•16 hours ago
Amazon Flex Won't Outmuscle UPS, FedEx
At this point, it may seem that there's no industry that Amazon.com (AMZN) can't touch, so it's not surprise that logistics are worried that the e-commerce giant could turn from friend to foe for delivery companies like United Parcel Service (UPS) and FedEx (FDX). Crowdsourcing "will remain a marginal source of capacity for the e-retail industry," as there's limited risk of "full-scare diversion" of shipping from traditional carriers to crowdsourced models, simply because of the constraints and high costs required to build efficient, flexible networks and the limitations of "right-timed" labor.
- Barrons.com•16 hours ago
Biopharma M&A: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Barron's has previously discussed how mergers and acquisitions will be a theme for pharma and biotech. With Takeda Pharmaceutical’s (4502.Japan) deal to buy Shire (SHPG), Leerink's Geoffrey Porges takes a look at what other deals could come to fruition. If companies chose to borrow to make acquisitions, that wouldn't be a problem either, he argues, as the group could collectively borrow another $460 billion if the industry returned to its peak leverage ratios, and the biggest companies could easily absorb any acquisitions with little debt worries, especially with synergies.
Bloomberg•yesterdayModi Has an Oil Problem – and Saudi Arabia Is Set to Make It Worse
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an oil problem. Modi’s government made the most of cheap oil by substituting any fall in prices with taxes that kept retail fuel rates unchanged for consumers and boosted the federal revenue. “There is a strong case for the central government to take another excise duty cut, and ask state governments to reduce value added tax,” Anil Sharma and Ravi Adukia, analysts at Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities India Pvt.
Reuters•2 days agoWhy Caterpillar can't keep up with a boom in demand
Orders for the mining machines and construction bulldozers made at this sprawling Caterpillar Inc. factory in central Illinois have jumped, in general, three-fold over the past year. Years of watching Caterpillar and other big manufacturers cut inventories, close plants and axe workers in the last downturn has embedded caution in Kirsh's ambition to expand after the surge in orders, reflecting a more fundamental shift in how many industrial businesses view expansions, according to interviews with Caterpillar executives, more than a half-dozen Caterpillar suppliers and U.S. economic data. "I just wasn't sure it was real," said Kirsh, speaking from a windowless office at the front of Kirsh Foundry Inc., in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, which makes metal parts for Caterpillar and other customers.
- Bloomberg Video•9 hours ago
Why China May Block Qualcomm's Pursuit of NXP
May.24 -- Fei Deng, Edgeworth Economics partner, discusses Qualcomm Inc.'s bid to acquire NXP Semiconductors NV with Bloomberg's Ed Hammond on "Bloomberg Markets."
- Bloomberg•yesterday
Alibaba’s Tiny Loss-Making Unit Suddenly Soars 70%
A stock that until last week wasn’t covered by a single analyst has rallied 70 percent since May 16 for no apparent reason, at one point generating more turnover than some of Hong Kong’s biggest companies. The sudden gains have made Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. -- a subsidiary of Chinese megacap Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. -- easily the best performing stock on the MSCI Asia Pacific Index this month. Some $135 million worth of shares exchanged hands on May 17, making it the fifth-most traded stock in Hong Kong and surpassing giants including HSBC Holdings Plc, PetroChina Co. and Bank of China Ltd., which are more than 20 times as valuable.
Reuters•11 hours agoU.S. launches auto import probe, China says will defend interests
The Trump administration has launched a national security investigation into car and truck imports that could lead to new U.S. tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminum in March. The national security probe under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 would investigate whether vehicle and parts imports were threatening the industry's health and ability to research and develop new, advanced technologies, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. Higher tariffs could be particularly painful for Asian automakers including Toyota Motor Corp , Nissan Motor Co , Honda Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co , which count the United States as a key market, and the announcement sparked a broad sell-off in automakers' shares across the region.
- CNBC Videos•2 days ago
Continental Resources CEO: We see oil prices climbing to ...
Harold Hamm, Continental Resources CEO, talks to CNBC's Brian Sullivan about rising oil prices.
- InvestorPlace•16 hours ago
3 Top Biosimilars that Will Lift Pfizer Inc. Stock Even More
A month ago, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) felt the sting of a somewhat surprising disappointment. Its biosimilar version of Herceptin, the popular breast cancer drug from Roche Holding AG (OTCMKTS:RHHBY), was rejected by the FDA.Biosimilar drugs are nearly-identical copies of a competitor’s product. It was a blow not just because Herceptin generated sales of more than $7 billion last year, but because it put the viability of Pfizer’s entire biosimilar program into question.
- Investor's Business Daily•yesterday
Oil Prices Mixed After This U.S. Shock; OPEC, Russia Eye 'All Options'
Oil prices recovered some ground Wednesday after a surprise jump in U.S. crude inventories, which added another headwind to oil markets following suggestions that OPEC might increase production. The Energy Information Administration said domestic stockpiles
- Bloomberg•15 hours ago
Delta Returns to Mumbai After U.S. Pact on Persian Gulf Airlines
Delta Air Lines Inc. will resume flights to Mumbai, following an agreement between the U.S. and two Persian Gulf countries over government subsidies to their state-owned carriers. The India service would begin next year, subject to government approval, Delta said in a statement Thursday. The Atlanta-based airline didn’t disclose what U.S. cities would get the nonstop flights.
- InvestorPlace•yesterday
The Selloff in Baidu Inc Stock Is a Golden Buying Opportunity
Last week, Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced that its Chief Operating Officer, former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) executive Qi Lu, would be stepping down as COO and transitioning to more part-time duties at BIDU. The market seems to think that the Lu exit is a big deal. Ever since that announcement, BIDU stock has dropped nearly 15%, equating to a $12-billion drop in market value.
Reuters•11 hours agoStock market value of Netflix eclipses Disney for first time
Netflix's stock market value ballooned to a record $153 billion on Thursday and eclipsed Walt Disney Co for the first time, making it the world's most valuable entertainment company, following a monumental shift by viewers away from cinemas and cable television. Lifted by a blitz of original programs and 125 million global subscribers, some of whom have given up cable television packages, Netflix's stock has surged 80 percent so far in 2018, more than any other company in the S&P 500. Since Netflix's initial public offer in 2002, when it was a mail-order DVD service, its shares have surged nearly 33,000 percent.
- CNBC•16 hours ago
Here's why Warren Buffett says, 'Run a lousy business'
Buffett's longtime business partner Charlie Munger, who has been around for many mistakes and failures , agreed. "It was very useful to us," Munger said of their early days, when they were involved with some bad businesses. "There's nothing like personal, painful experience, if you want to learn.
- TechCrunch•7 hours ago
Jury finds Samsung owes Apple $539M in patent case stretching back to 2011
A patent case that began back in 2011 has reached a conclusion, with Samsung ordered to pay about $539 million to Apple over infringements of the latter's patents in devices that are now long gone. The result is that a great deal of Samsung's profits from selling the infringing devices ended up composing the damages.
- InvestorPlace•15 hours ago
Frozen Broccoli Recall: Check Your Freezer!
The frozen broccoli recall is for certain packages of of the food that is sold at Stop & Shop stores. The products in this recall are 16-ounce bags of frozen broccoli. The reason for the frozen broccoli recall is that some of the product was found to contain Listeria Monocytogenes.
Associated Press•3 hours agoAsian shares lower as NKorea cancellation adds uncertainty
Asian stock indexes were mostly lower Friday as investors factored in fresh geopolitical uncertainty following the abrupt cancellation of a meeting between the U.S. and North Korean leaders. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.1 percent to 22,457.20 but South Korea's Kospi lost 0.2 percent to 2,461.77. Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.5 percent to 30,603.56 and the Shanghai Composite in mainland China slipped 0.2 percent to 3,147.62.
Fortune•19 hours agoBitcoin Price Sinks Amid a New Federal Probe Into Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation
Bitcoin’s price fell by more than 3% on Thursday morning following the news of a U.S. Justice Department probe into price manipulation in cryptocurrency markets. The investigation was revealed in a Bloomberg piece that said federal prosecutors were working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on the private review. It is certainly the case that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are frequently subject to wild swings that are not easily explained, so this might be why.
- Fortune•11 hours ago
These Stocks Are Getting Hit Hardest by the North Korea Summit Cancellation
Stocks plummeted Thursday, following President Donald Trump’s cancellation of the much-anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump canceled the June 12 meeting due to “the tremendous anger and open hostility” towards his administration
- Zacks•16 hours ago
Windstream or CenturyLink: The Better Stock Post Earnings
As the curtains come down on the first-quarter reporting cycle, industry experts are conducting various analysis and comparisons to gauge the underlying metrics and relative performance. Let us perform a similar comparative analysis between two stocks
