- Fox Business•18 hours ago
Why hasn't the $1.5 billion Mega Millions winner claimed the prize?
Three weeks after someone hit the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in history, the winner has still not stepped forward to claim their prize, according to South Carolina lottery officials – and there might be a strategy behind the move. “I’m actually not surprised at all that it’s taking them some time to claim the prize,” Michael A. Silver, a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, said on Wednesday. The winning ticket, which was sold in a KC Mart in the South Carolina town of Simpsonville, is worth about $1.5 billion in annual installments over three decades, or an $877 million lump-sum cash package.
- MarketWatch•yesterday
CNBC’s Jim Cramer says stock market is in ‘a very serious correction’ — and there’s nowhere to hide
Jim Cramer, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host and a prominent fixture among market commentators, on Monday said the market is enduring “a very serious correction,” underscored by the fact that there are few fundamental reasons for the market’s current downtrend. During CNBC’s “Halftime Report,” Cramer said notable is a slump in shares of so-called FANG names — the highflying quartet of Facebook Inc. (FB) Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Netflix Inc. (NFLX)and Google parent Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)(GOOG) that are among the most influential on Wall Street due to their massive market values and the degree by which investors have piled into those investments for hope of consistent growth. All of those companies are in a corrective phase, defined as a drop of at least 10% from a recent peak, and Netflix and Facebook shares have shed around a third of their values since hitting 52-week peaks.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Couple that saved $1 million to quit work in their 30s say this is the hardest part of retirement
After a decade of saving and investing more than half of their income, Justin and Kaisorn McCurry quit their jobs and retired in their 30s. Now, the Raleigh, North Carolina, couple are living their best lives . The hardest part might be adapting to more alone time and less structure.
- Bloomberg•2 days ago
Four Ways GE’s Crisis Could Play Out
The dramatic decline has left investors wondering about the worst-case scenario for the industrial icon. As new Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp tries his hand at a turnaround, the possibilities span everything from a prolonged fight for survival to a swift journey to the junkyard. Revenue growth and profit margins might suffer, but GE would have a shot at regaining a higher credit rating and reflating its dividend, winning back investors.
Reuters•yesterdayRegulator 'stunned and terrified' after causing PG&E stock surge
PG&E's stock had slumped over 60 percent since the state's deadliest-ever wildfire broke out last week on fears that without help from California's government, the utility could go bankrupt should it eventually be found responsible. The fire destroyed the town of Paradise and has killed at least 63 people. California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker told Reuters on Friday that utilities must be able to borrow money cheaply in order to properly serve ratepayers.
- 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.
- Barrons.com•21 hours ago
Why Apple’s Stock Slide Could Continue
Not long ago, the iPhone maker was the toast of the market as the first U.S. company worth more than $1 trillion. Apple’s stock plunged 17%, wiping out nearly $190 billion in shareholder value. In September, Apple (ticker: AAPL) released the $999 iPhone XS and the $1,099 iPhone XS Max, followed by the midrange $749 iPhone XR in October.
- CNBC Videos•yesterday
Cramer: Don't buy shares of Nvidia—the chipmaker is in th...
Jim Cramer tells investors to steer clear of Nvidia's stock as it hovers near its 52-week lows.
- Fortune•2 days ago
Facebook Morale Suffers Another Hit as Shares Drop
On Thursday, Facebook Inc. employees returned to work in the aftermath of yet another corporate scandal. The night before, the New York Times had reported that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, worked behind the scenes to prevent the company’s board and the public from understanding the full extent of Russia’s misinformation campaign on the social network. The employees were used to the public microscope.
- MarketWatch•14 hours ago
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.
- Fortune•2 days ago
MoviePass Owner Signals the End Might Finally Be Near
The long, slow death of MoviePass might finally be entering the final stages. Helios & Matheson, the parent company of the beleaguered service, said in a 10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday that it is running out of cash and is unsure if it will be able to obtain any more. “Our cash and cash equivalents may not be sufficient to fund our operations for the near future and we may not be able to obtain additional financing,” the company wrote.
- CNBC Videos•2 days ago
Nordstrom credit card error costs company $72 million
Shares of the retailer plunged after the company lost $72 million because it overcharged credit customers. Nordstrom said it had taken steps to assure it would not happen again.
- TheStreet.com•12 hours ago
Nvidia Wipes Nearly $25 Billion From Its Market Cap After Earnings Day Disaster
The drop in Nvidia's stock reflects, in part, the reaction of a market blindsided by results after CEO Jensen Huang's comments during the company's second-quarter earnings call that downplayed crypto's impact on the company. "Last quarter [CEO Jensen Huang] said 'we are masters at managing our channel', which turned out not be the case," Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon told Real Money. "We came into Q3 with excess channel inventory post the crypto hangover," Huang told analysts on Thursday night.
- Investopedia•2 days ago
3 Casino Stocks ‘Too Cheap to Ignore’: Bernstein
In a note to clients on Thursday, Bernstein's Vitaly Umansky initiated coverage on four of the largest U.S. gambling companies, who have all sharply underperformed the broader market this year, as outlined by Barron's. Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. ( LVS) and MGM Resorts International ( MGM) have sunk 22.4% and 20.6% YTD, respectively. While some of the downside can be attributed to company-specific headwinds, like allegations of sexual misconduct at Wynn, the Bernstein analyst noted that most of the negative sentiment has been driven by disappointing Macau gambling data.
- TechCrunch•yesterday
Walmart passes Apple to become No. 3 online retailer in U.S.
Walmart has overtaken Apple to become the No. 3 online retailer in the U.S., according to a report this week from eMarketer. While Amazon still leads by a wide margin, accounting for 48 percent of e-commerce sales in 2018, Walmart - including also Sam's Club and Jet.com - is poised to capture 4 percent of all online retail spending in the U.S. by year-end, totaling $20.91 billion. The news of the shift in e-commerce rankings comes alongside Walmart's strong earnings which saw the retailer reporting a 43 percent increase in online sales and upping its year-end forecast for both earnings and sales.
Bloomberg•2 days ago'I Didn't Sleep Well Last Night:' Analysts Predict Bitcoin Has Further to Fall
After months of tranquility that became the envy of equity investors, The biggest cryptocurrency roared back into the public consciousness this week with the biggest sell-off since August, another fork and a cameo in a major semiconductor earnings report. Bloomberg Intelligence says the drama’s just starting. Many of Bitcoin’s closest peers, including XRP, the cryptocurrency also known as Ripple, fell in tandem.
- MarketWatch•18 hours ago
The chip slowdown is real, but how bad will it be?
Applied Materials Inc., the world’s largest maker of equipment used to manufacture semiconductors, confirmed an industry slowdown Thursday, but also said it will be more modest than past downturns. In a conference call to discuss the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and disappointing outlook, Applied Materials (AMAT) executives said that industry spending on manufacturing equipment will be lower in 2019 compared with this year, citing a pullback on spending on memory chips and macroeconomic conditions. Just on Thursday, Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) plunged more than 16% in late trading following its earnings report, which also seemed to cause a drop for rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) after Nvidia said it has a big backlog of inventory of its Pascal products.
- MarketWatch•18 hours ago
Google parent Alphabet’s stock becomes 2nd FANG to produce ‘death cross’ and Netflix is next
Google parent Alphabet Inc.’s stock chart has just produced a bearish “death cross” chart pattern for the first time in over two years, that may put the future of the internet giant’s 7-year old bull market in doubt. Some chart watchers believe the cross marks the spot when a shorter-term slump morphs into a longer-term downtrend. The last time Alphabet’s stock (GOOGL)produced a death cross was June 24, 2016.
- TheStreet.com•12 hours ago
Nvidia Shares Tank as Analysts Cut Price Targets
Now, several analysts have cut their price targets on the semiconductor giant. Goldman Sachs analysts cut their price target to $200 a share, and even removed the name from its conviction list. "We remove NVDA from the Conviction List with an updated 12-month price target of $200," the analysts wrote in an note on Friday.
- TheStreet.com•12 hours ago
Recent Warnings From Chipmakers Aren't Just About Weaker Demand
Chip buyers have industry-specific reasons for cutting orders, but also prefer to order cautiously due to greater macro uncertainty and/or greater confidence that they can up their orders in the future without having to worry about supply shortages. having signaled on its Nov. 1 earnings call that it's seeing some weakness in emerging markets such as India, Brazil and Russia, and with the company having said it's guiding cautiously partly due to macro concerns, it wouldn't be surprising if Apple is choosing to be conservative with its iPhone chip order and production plans. downbeat January quarter sales guidance clearly has an industry-specific culprit: Retailers that had been aggressively buying mid-range graphics cards to satisfy demand from cryptocurrency miners are paring back their orders following a collapse in mining-related demand, with the goal of clearing out inventories.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Saudi Arabia is slashing oil shipments to US, a tactic that boosts prices and may rile Trump
Saudi Arabia is loading fewer barrels on ships bound for the United States, a tactic that has boosted oil prices in the past. Sending less oil to the United States means U.S. crude stockpiles are more likely to fall, and shrinking inventories tend to push up oil prices. The move could spark a new conflict with President Donald Trump, who wants to drive down energy costs for Americans.
- Bloomberg•7 hours ago
Yalies Lampert and Freidheim Square Off in Bankruptcy Court
Cyrus founder Stephen C. Freidheim shares a Yale University education with Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert. Cyrus is raising legal objections to Sears’s plan to auction as much as $900 million of notes that are essentially loans from one Sears unit to another.
- Reuters•2 days ago
GE Capital sells $1.5 billion healthcare equipment portfolio to TIAA
The sale marks another step in GE's planned $25 billion reduction in GE Capital assets, which were built up as the division financed sales of GE aircraft engines, locomotives, power plants and other products. GE Capital once supplied a large part of GE's profits, but the 2008 financial recession raised funding costs and nearly sank the entire company. GE's healthcare equipment unit makes medical scanners that can produce images of internal organs, bones and tissue.
- Barrons.com•yesterday
The Other FAANG Stocks Could Be Holding Netflix Down
BARRONS NEXT HOT STOCKS Maybe it’s not such a good thing that (NFLX) (NFLX) is a FAANG stock. That’s the thinking of Imperial Capital analyst David Miller—whose $459 price target is among the highest on Wall Street, according to FactSet
- MarketWatch•2 days ago
Why bitcoin prices are staging a fresh collapse
CRYPTOWATCH On Wednesday, bitcoin, the world’s most famous digital currency, plummeted more than 10%, crashing through $6,000 and trading to its lowest level since October 2017. By the end of the session bitcoin (BTCUSD) closed down
