^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,984.42 |
| Open | 2,978.87 |
| Volume | 1,140,170,943 |
| Day's Range | 2,973.09 - 2,994.71 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,346.58 - 3,017.80 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,398,774,677 |
- Yahoo Finance•2 hours ago
Here is how corporate stock buybacks are changing the earnings picture
Earnings season is underway and corporate buybacks are set to boost earnings per share for S&P 500 companies.
- Barrons.com•14 minutes ago
Exxon Stock Is Too Rich, Analyst Says, and Falling Out of Favor
RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkhataria worries that the company’s results will be hurt by weaker earnings in areas such as chemicals and refining.
- Bloomberg•24 minutes ago
Stocks and Treasuries Rebound Amid Fed Bets: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rebounded and the dollar fell after Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said the central bank would “act as appropriate” to extend the economic expansion. Treasuries rose.The S&P 500 Index erased losses, led by consumer and financials stocks. A positive outlook from Apple Inc. supplier’s Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s lifted chipmakers. The NYSE FANG+ Index tumbled after Netflix Inc. shocked investors by reporting a drop in U.S. customers. Traders also monitored geopolitical news, with a news report saying Iran offered a deal with the U.S. to accept enhanced inspections of its nuclear program, if sanctions are permanently lifted. Oil tumbled.Companies are still struggling to pass on higher wages and tariff-related costs to customers, and the start of earnings season hasn’t improved sentiment. Slow progress on key initial demands from Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is raising doubts about whether the U.S. and China will actually return to the negotiating table to overcome their much deeper differences.“We’re in a trade war, you’re seeing the impact on corporate earnings, you’re seeing the central banks forced to scramble to react to that,” Bob Michele, CIO and head of global fixed income at JPMorgan Asset Management, said in a Bloomberg TV interview.Cutting U.S. interest rates could help cushion some of the blow from uncertainty about trade that’s likely to prove persistent, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said. Investors have fully priced in a quarter-point cut by the Fed later this month. While that’s the likeliest outcome, there’s also a “meaningful chance” of a half-point reduction, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.Elsewhere, oil tumbled amid signs of increased Russian crude output and continued nervousness over the global economy. The pound climbed as the British Parliament backed measures to prevent the next prime minister suspending the legislature to pursue a no-deal Brexit.These are the main moves in markets:StocksThe S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 2:05 p.m. New York time.The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dipped 0.2%.The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.8%.CurrenciesThe Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index dipped 0.2%.The euro climbed 0.1% to $1.1232.The British pound advanced 0.4% to $1.2488.The Japanese yen gained 0.2% to 107.74 per dollar.BondsThe yield on 10-year Treasuries fell to 2.04%.Germany’s 10-year yield declined two basis points to -0.31%.Britain’s 10-year yield was unchanged at 0.759%.CommoditiesThe Bloomberg Commodity Index dipped 0.7%.West Texas Intermediate crude declined 2.3% to $55.46 a barrel.Gold climbed 0.5% to $1,430.30 an ounce.\--With assistance from Nancy Moran, Sophie Caronello, Todd White, Yakob Peterseil, Cecile Gutscher, Tom Keene, Nejra Cehic, Adam Haigh and Vildana Hajric.To contact the reporter on this story: Rita Nazareth in New York at rnazareth@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeremy Herron at jherron8@bloomberg.net, Rita NazarethFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
- MarketWatch•45 minutes ago
Stocks slip as investors ponder mixed earnings against backdrop of trade dispute
U.S. stocks midsession Thursday are heading for a third consecutive day of losses, moving further away from record territory as investors wade through corporate earnings and ponder the lack of progress on China-U.S. trade issues.
- Motley Fool•1 hour ago
Wall Street Has Given Up on These 3 Stocks, and That's a Huge Mistake
Don't overlook what Verizon, NIO, and AT&T have to offer.
- MarketWatch•2 hours ago
Active shooter threat shuts down Chico's Florida campus
Chico's Fas Inc. shares fell 4% in Thursday trading after the women's apparel and accessories company shut down its Fort Myers, Fla. corporate campus due to threat of an active shooter. "Local law enforcement and other emergency personnel were immediately notified, and are presently on site," Chico's said in a statement. "As a precaution, and consistent with existing security protocols and policies, all employees were notified of the situation in real-time. A lockdown of all facilities has been initiated, and employees at the site have been instructed by local law enforcement to shelter in place at a secure location." The company said that no actual shooter has been identified and the company is unaware of any injuries. Chico's stock has fallen almost 68% over the last year while the S&P 500 index is up nearly 6% for the period.
- Reuters•2 hours ago
US STOCKS-Wall Street falls as Netflix adds to earnings jitters
Wall Street's main indexes were set for their third day of losses on Thursday, as Netflix reported a surprise fall in U.S. subscribers in a downbeat start to results from high-growth companies. Losses in Netflix triggered a 1.58% fall in the communication services sector, one of the best-performing S&P sectors so far this year. As second-quarter earnings rolled in this week, the three main Wall Street indexes retreated slightly from record highs and are set for their steepest weekly fall in seven weeks.
- Barrons.com•2 hours ago
Stocks Are Sagging as Earnings Reports Roll In
STOCKSTOWATCHTODAY BLOG Sliding. Far better-than-expected data on manufacturing from the Philadelphia Fed failed to lift the major U.S. stock indexes as tech stocks took a hit from trade-war worries and earnings concerns.
- MarketWatch•3 hours ago
Three fund managers may soon control nearly half of all corporate voting power, researchers warn
Index funds managed by three firms will soon control more than one-third of all corporate voting shares, according to a research paper.
- ETF.com•3 hours ago
ETFs For 2nd Half Of 2019
Astoria Advisors shares view of the markets and top ETF picks for remainder of year.
- Reuters•3 hours ago
Graphic: Take it easy - central bank U-turns loosen financial conditions
Financial conditions are crucial for economic activity because they often dictate the spending, saving and investment plans of businesses and families and an index (FCI) compiled by Goldman Sachs suggests an improving picture since the start of 2019 in the United States and worldwide. "Since June, financial conditions have been easing and in the United States they are back where they were at the start of the fourth quarter," said Sven Jari Stehn, head of Europe economics at Goldman Sachs. The easing was precipitated by the U.S. Federal Reserve's dovish pivot in January and while an escalation in Sino-U.S. trade tensions briefly sent the index higher in May, conditions loosened again in June as the Fed and European Central Bank re-ignited equity and bond market rallies by flagging rate cuts.
- Barrons.com•3 hours ago
Tesla’s ‘Aggressive Targets’ Will Hurt Profits, Analyst Says
(TSLA)’s profits will suffer as it tries to meet its 2019 targets for deliveries, an analyst said Thursday. Tesla stock (ticker: TSLA) was down 0.7% to $253.13 on Thursday morning, while the S&P 500 was about flat. Needham’s Rajvindra Gill reiterated an Underperform rating on the shares, saying that improved manufacturing efficiency won’t be enough to sustain the company’s profit margins in the months ahead.
- Motley Fool•3 hours ago
Stock Market News: Aurora Gets Burned; IBM Gets Over the Blues
The summer doldrums continued on Wall Street despite many companies reporting earnings.
- MarketWatch•3 hours ago
These 3 stocks deliver a more than 100-point drag on the Dow in midday action
The Dow Jones Industrial Average midday Thursday was being yanked to session lows by a trio of components. Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. , Boeing Co. , and Walt Disney Co. were exacting a powerful 100-point drag on the blue-chip index, representing the lion's share of the modest declines in the price-weighted benchmark. The Dow was down 135 points, or 0.5%, at 27,089, while the S&P 500 index was sinking 0.3% lower at 2,975, with the Nasdaq Composite Index 0.5% lower at 8,143. A $1 move in any one of the Dow's components equates to a roughly 6.8-point swing in the index. UnitedHealth shares were down $6.75 at $259.90 a share, a decline of 2.5%, those for Boeing were off $5.83 to reach $363.57, a drop of 1.6%, while Disney's shares were edging 1.4% lower, off $2.03 at $140.52.
- Reuters•3 hours ago
US STOCKS-Wall St slightly lower after mixed results; Netflix tumbles
Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Thursday as investors digested a slew of mixed earnings, while Netflix reported a surprise fall in U.S. subscribers in a downbeat start to results from high-growth companies. Losses in Netflix also dragged the communication services sector, one of the best-performing S&P sectors so far this year, 1.28% lower. As second-quarter earnings rolled in this week, the three main Wall Street indexes retreated slightly from record highs and are set for their steepest weekly fall in seven weeks.
- MarketWatch•3 hours ago
Akerna's stock falls, but pares losses after disclosing stock offering by shareholders
Share of Akerna Corp. slumped 1.5% in morning trading Thursday, after the Denver-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company focused on the cannabis industry disclosed a relatively large sale of common stock by a "certain selling stockholders." The stock pared earlier losses of as much as 10.2%. The company filed late Wednesday a registration statement for the resale of 6,699,766 shares of common stock, including 5,554,942 common stock, 901,074 common stock underlying options and 243,750 common stock underlying warrants. The sale would be valued at $88.1 million at the proposed maximum offering price of $13.15 a share. Akerna will not receive any proceeds from the offering. After the offering, the number of common stock outstanding will increase by 10.8% to 11,734,570 shares. The stock has still run up 33.4% over the past three months, while the AdvisorShares Pure Cannabis ETF has fallen 13.3% and the S&P 500 has gained 2.6%.
- Barrons.com•4 hours ago
Wall Street Is Getting Nervous About Netflix Stock. Should You Be Too?
Cracks are appearing in the Netflix world-domination narrative and Wall Street analysts are starting to worry.
- MarketWatch•4 hours ago
How inflation might impact your retirement
This is part two of a three-part series on retirement income planning. Part one addressed life expectancy assumptions, part two is about how inflation might impact your retirement and part three will be about a portfolio strategy designed to address those two variables. Inflation is more or less ignored by the average retiree despite the price of just about everything tripling during their working years.
- MarketWatch•4 hours ago
The biggest bull market ever — yet disaster looms for millions of retirees
First the good news: As you know, the stock market has surged for more than a decade. Now the bad news: This incredible period of wealth creation has bypassed tens of millions of older Americans — perhaps including you.
- Investing.com•4 hours ago
Stocks - Wall Street Falls as Netflix Drags on Tech Stocks
Investing.com – Wall Street fell on Thursday as Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) struck a bitter note to start the tech sector's earnings season.
- Reuters•5 hours ago
Wall Street falls as Netflix adds to earnings jitters
Losses in Netflix triggered a 1.58% fall in the communication services sector, one of the best-performing S&P sectors so far this year. Technology giant Microsoft Corp slipped 0.8% ahead of its results after markets close. As second-quarter earnings rolled in this week, the three main Wall Street indexes retreated slightly from record highs and are set for their steepest weekly fall in seven weeks.
- Benzinga•4 hours ago
8 Best Places To Put Leftover Cash To Work
An explosion of online banks has created a new source of competition for deposits, however, and choosy investors can still get decent yields from a number of relatively low-risk sources. Robo-advisor Wealthfront is now offering a no-fee Wealthfront Cash Account with up to $1 million in FDIC insurance coverage that pays the highest rate on the market at 2.57%. Northpoint Bank is offering an extremely high 2.55% yield on its Northpointe Bank Ultimate Savings Account that is locked in for at least three months.
- Yahoo Finance Video•22 hours ago
Market Recap: Wednesday, July 17th
Yahoo Finance's Jen Rogers, Myles Udland, and Dan Roberts recap today's market action
