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Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) fell by 6.9% on Friday following the release of Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) fourth-quarter results. Netflix warned of slowing subscriber growth for its popular streaming service. The digital entertainment leader expects to add just 2.5 million subscribers in the first quarter.
Shares of the video game retailer GameStop (NYSE: GME) had popped nearly 26% as of 1:37 p.m. ET today as excitement over a potential short squeeze rose on social media. GameStop is the pioneer of the meme-stock movement that took 2021 by storm, so the stock is heavily susceptible to big random moves up and down. Today, it looks like interest in the stock on social media is building, as short interest has risen to the highest it's been in more than a year, according to analytics company Ortex.
Yahoo Finance Live's Jared Blikre reports on Tesla CEO Elon Musk boosting his equity commitments towards his bid for Twitter, now totaling $33.5 billion.
Yahoo Finance Editor-at-Large Brian Sozzi is joined by NYSE Vice Chmn. & Chief Commercial Officer, John Tuttle at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland as they discuss the forum and the state of the market.
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The semiconductor titan is dealing with some near-term macroeconomic challenges, but its long-term future remains bright.
DEEP DIVE The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines.
Stock markets have been bearing the brunt of multiple headwinds in recent months. Persistently high inflation, slowing GDP growth, and a jobs market that, while expanding in absolute terms, is still down from pre-pandemic levels are feeding fears that we’re facing a round of ‘70’s-style stagflation. And these have combined with geopolitical factors – the Russia-Ukraine war, the resumption of severe lockdown policies in China – to ratchet up worries about recession in the near term. It’s a tradin
The contract will mean continued hiring across the company's offices, including for machine learning and artificial intelligence software development in Seattle.
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The markets these days are flashing warning signs for investors. High inflation and slowing GDP growth threaten a return to the stagflation of the late 70s, while China’s strict anti-COVID lockdowns and the Russia-Ukraine war are working together to keep supplies of oil, food, and manufactured goods short, supply chains tangled – and prices high. In short, it’s an investment environment that cries out for defensive plays. Dividend stocks are clear choice for investors looking to buy in. Their ap
Twitter did not provide any details about the proposed takeover offer from billionaire Elon Musk at its annual shareholder meeting.
The current market conditions – the NASDAQ is down 28% year-to-date, and the S&P 500 is down 17% – offer bargain hunters a target-rich environment. Plenty of sound stocks have seen their prices decline, pulled down by the general market headwinds and the overall stock trend, to levels that have left them too cheap to ignore. At this level, investors can find the benefits of cheap stocks, like those under $10, which offer both learning opportunities and huge upside potential. However, in evaluati
Yahoo Finance Live's Seana Smith looks at Costco shares ahead of the retailer's earnings report coming out tomorrow.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has been frustrated by the slow pace of a proposed bill to spend billions on semiconductor manufacturing and upped the stakes in a new interview, saying that the economic damage could become permanent soon.
BABA stock trades near a six-year low as China internet giant Alibaba gets ready to report year-end results Thursday morning.
Financial officials described cryptocurrencies as unreliable and worthless, with one even comparing them to pyramid schemes.
Here's what a fundamental and technical analysis says about Google stock. GOOGL stock buybacks remain high as web search and YouTube advertising rebound. But cloud computing growth is key.
Didi’s Wall Street ride came to an end less than a year after it began. Just 11-months after making a splash in a $4.4 billion IPO, shareholders made official Monday what has long been considered inevitable, approving a plan to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange. While Didi’s shares are formally expected to be delisted next month, Bernstein, who consults Chinese firms looking to list in the U.S, said the ramifications from its tumultuous journey is likely to hang over other firms eyeing an American listing.
Shares of Snowflake Inc. tumbled in after-hours trading Wednesday after the software company delivered a forecast for the current quarter that came in below expectations at the midpoint.
The sad memories of the 2008 financial crisis resurfaced on the markets after a cryptic tweet from 'Big Short' legend Michael Burry.
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