^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 3,370.29 |
| Open | 3,380.39 |
| Volume | 924,632,001 |
| Day's Range | 3,378.83 - 3,392.20 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,722.27 - 3,392.20 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,571,544,426 |
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Stock market news live: Stocks surge, but coronavirus fears linger
Headlines moving the stock market in real time.
- MarketWatch
What stock-market investors need to know about a surging U.S. dollar
The dollar is on fire in 2020, but that isn’t cooling investors’ ardor for U.S. stocks. Can that relationship continue?
- MarketWatch
Bed Bath & Beyond stores are getting a revamp
Bed Bath & Beyond announced the sale of PersonalizationMall.com and a capital allocation strategy that includes new store formats.
- Barrons.com
Virgin Galactic Stock Is Performing Better Than Tesla. Beware the Hype.
Virgin Galactic stock is up about 200% year to date. That's even better than Tesla. The reasons, however, remain as mysterious as the stars.
- Barrons.com
GE Stock Is Shrugging Off a Cash-Flow Warning From the CEO
CEO Larry Culp sounded cautious about General Electric's first-quarter cash flow at an investor conference , but the market doesn't appear concerned.
- Barrons.com
The Dow Is Up 160 Points Because New Coronavirus Cases in China Are Down
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 160 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 gained 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 1%.
- Barrons.com
Apple Aside, the Coronavirus Hasn’t Caused Many Companies to Adjust Their Outlooks
Apple recently warned it wouldn’t be able to achieve its revenue guidance for the current quarter, citing the coronavirus impact. But not many other companies have changed their guidance because of the virus.
- Barrons.com
Groupon Needs ‘Profound Change.’ An Analyst Suggests a Merger With Yelp.
The company said it was getting out of the business of selling physical items and that it had approved a reverse stock split.
- Barrons.com
Strong Home-Building Momentum Kept Rolling in January
“The housing market remains a silver lining in what is becoming a cloudy outlook for the broader U.S. economy,” said one economist.
- Reuters
U.S. housing starts fall, building permits near 13-year high
U.S. homebuilding fell less than expected in January while permits surged to a near 13-year high, pointing to sustained housing market strength that could help keep the longest economic expansion in history on track. Other data on Wednesday showed producer prices increasing by the most in more than one year last month, boosted by rises in the cost of services such as healthcare and hotel accommodation. The reports could support the Federal Reserve's desire to keep interest rates unchanged at least through this year after lowering borrowing costs three times in 2019.
- MarketWatch
SolarEdge's stock shoots up toward record as analysts boosts target ahead of earnings
Shares of SolarEdge Technologies Inc. shot up 12.4% toward a record high in active midday trading Wednesday, after Cascend Securities Chief Investment Strategist Eric Ross raised his price target by 17% ahead of the solar power company's fourth-quarter earnings report due out after the close. The stock has run up 28.1% just this year, while the S&P 500 has gained 4.9%. Ross kept his rating at buy but raised his stock price target to $140 from $120. "Storage is gathering real momentum across all makers--starting to become standard," as Tesla Inc.'s home battery Powerwall has made it "sexy," and as solar power storage systems are growing in consumer applications, Ross wrote in a note to clients. And for commercial projects, Ross said his data shows that inverter pricing continued is growth from last year, with pricing reflecting "strong demand combined with nicely balanced supply." SolarEdge is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.05 a share, up from 27 cents a share ago, according to FactSet, with sales expected to grow 57% to $413.8 million. SolarEdge has missed EPS expectations the past four quarters, but has beaten revenue forecasts for every quarter since it went public in March 2015.
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Here’s why investors are shrugging off coronavirus earnings warnings
Investors have central bank liquidity to thank - or blame - for the “everything rally” that’s chugging along despite the global viral epidemic in the 11th year of a U.S. economic expansion.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq book new intraday records as China looks to support coronavirus-hit businesses
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new intraday records on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by measures China says it has taken to help coronavirus-stricken businesses, giving a lift to U.S. and global equities.
- Barrons.com
These 3 Energy Stocks Are Trading Higher After Boosting Their Dividends
Amid tough times in the industry, Diamondback Energy, Concho Resources, and Devon Energy all raised their payouts late Tuesday.
- Zacks
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Jack in the Box, TPG Specialty Lending, Nordson, Hormel Foods and Builders FirstSource
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Jack in the Box, TPG Specialty Lending, Nordson, Hormel Foods and Builders FirstSource
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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Smith Micro Software, Accuray, Vista Outdoor, Synaptics and CareDx
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Smith Micro Software, Accuray, Vista Outdoor, Synaptics and CareDx
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Could Apple be the canary in the coal mine for coronavirus?
Markets are too optimistic about the hit to growth from the coronavirus and the likelihood of a swift rebound.
- Zacks
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Apple, American Express, Starbucks, Goldman Sachs and BCE
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Apple, American Express, Starbucks, Goldman Sachs and BCE
- Barrons.com
Nvidia Is Rising After a Skeptic Upgraded the Stock. Here’s Why.
Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon wrote Tuesday that it was an error not to have been more positive about the stock sooner.
- TheStreet.com
Index Gains Could Be Masking Deteriorating Conditions
We continue to see elevated risk levels for this market.
- Barrons.com
What the Worst-Case Coronavirus Scenario Could Mean for the Global Economy
If the outbreak turns into a global pandemic, it could cost the global economy $1.1 trillion in 2020, warns Oxford Economics.
- Barrons.com
The Latest Problem With Boeing’s 737 MAX Jet Is Debris in the Fuel Tanks
Some parked Boeing 737 MAX jets were found to have foreign objects in their fuel tanks. The news opens up questions for investors such as whether that is typical, and how the debris got there.
- MarketWatch
The hedge-fund investor who has beaten Warren Buffett by 200x likely made a killing on Tesla
Renaissance Technologies, added more than 3 million shares of Tesla to its holdings in the fourth quarter of last year, as the electric-vehicle maker’s shares catapulted higher, according to public filings.
