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- BusinessMarket Realist
Will Halliburton’s Q3 Results Strengthen Its Stock?
Halliburton’s Q3 Earnings Are Expected to Fall Sequentially (Continued from Prior Part) Halliburton has fallen in 2018 So far, Halliburton (HAL) has fallen ~20% in 2018. The company has underperformed its peers during this period. Schlumberger (SLB)
- FinanceCNBC
Berkshire Hathaway shares look really cheap using Warren Buffett's own method of valuing stocks
Companies pay investors dividends but they also retain some of their earnings. Over time, companies invest these retained earnings at a higher rate of return and that ultimately boosts their share prices, benefiting their investors. J. P. Morgan analyst Sarah DeWitt calculates that Berkshire's share of undistributed earnings from its stock portfolio is $12 billion, or about $5.19 per Berkshire B share.
- BusinessYahoo Finance
Ken Langone: 'Who the hell in their right frame of mind would be buying bonds now?'
Billionaire investor and philanthropist Ken Langone, the founder of The Home Depot (HD) and chairman of Invemed Associates, argued that there’s some “big time” structural problems in the market right now. “A big fear to me is who the hell in their right frame of mind would be buying bonds now?
BusinessBusiness InsiderA former GE exec who trained new managers found that almost all of them were making the same mistake
Beth Comstock is the former vice chair of General Electric. Comstock would hand out "permission slips" authorizing employees to take risks — but she also said it's important for people to stop hiding behind their excuses. Beth Comstock doesn't tolerate excuses.
- BusinessZacks
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Q3 Earnings Preview: Here's What to Look Out For
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2018. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 24, 2018, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations.
- FinanceZacks
Coca-Cola (KO) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $8.23 billion, down 9.32% from the year-ago period. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook. Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves.
- BusinessInvestorPlace
7 Stocks to Buy and Hold Through Any Market Selloff
Last week’s market collapse made headlines throughout the world. Since the sharp correction has negatively impacted virtually all investment sectors, you’re going to find discounted deals everywhere you look.
- WorldCNBC Videos
Investors are in Saudi Arabia for the long term, says Lon...
D.J. Peterson, Longview Global Advisors founder and president, joins 'Squawk Box' to weigh in on geopolitical risks to the market regarding China and Saudi Arabia.
- BusinessFortune
Steven Mnuchin, Who Sat on Sears' Board for Years, Could Impact the Pensions of Thousands of Workers
Long before he was Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin was a student at Yale University. One of those was Eddie Lampert. Lampert, of course, is the recently departed CEO of Sears Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday.
- BusinessMotley Fool
Why Marijuana Stocks Cronos Group, Canopy Growth, and Tilray Jumped Today
The stock market pulled back on Monday, with major benchmarks failing to build on the positive momentum from last Friday. Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON), Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC), and Tilray (NASDAQ: TLRY) were among the best performers. All three of these stocks have something in common: They all stand to benefit from Wednesday's effective date for legal sales of recreational cannabis product in Canada.
- BusinessAmerican City Business Journals
Boeing delivers first 737 Max 8 BBJ and unveils Max 7 luxury interior (Photos)
Boeing has delivered its very first 737 Max 8 business jet to a paying customer. It's the first of 20 BBJ Max jets that buyers from around the world have ordered from the Chicago-based jetmaker since they went on sale. Boeing spokesman Dmitry Krol declined to identify the buyer of the jet, which is the second of its kind made at Boeing's Renton 737 factory.
FinanceReutersTesla secures Shanghai site for $2 billion China Gigafactory
Tesla Inc has signed an agreement with the Shanghai government for an 860,000 square meter plot of land to build its first overseas Gigafactory, the electric carmaker said in a Chinese social media post on Wednesday. The land agreement marks a key step toward the firm and its Chief Executive Elon Musk making cars locally in China for the fast-growing market, even as tariffs imposed by Beijing on U.S.-made goods have caused it to hike prices of its imported models. Tesla signed a long-anticipated deal with Shanghai authorities in July to build its first factory outside the United States, which would double the size of its global manufacturing and help lower the pricetag of Tesla cars sold in the world's largest auto market.
- BusinessYahoo Finance
IBM disappoints, more Facebook accusations, Apple apologizes
Here’s a look at some of the companies the Yahoo Finance team will be watching for you today. IBM investors aren’t thrilled with the latest earnings report. The company posted a beat on earnings but revenue missed. CEO Ginni Rometty says the results show
- BusinessMotley Fool
Is Wells Fargo & Company a Buy?
North America's biggest banks have made for pretty great investments over the past few years. Since the beginning of 2016, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) have delivered total returns of 72% and 75%, respectively
- BusinessMotley Fool
Better Buy: The Home Depot, Inc. vs. Lowe's
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) have helped countless homeowners increase the value of their homes. They've also made many investors rich. With their shares having soared 879% and 484%, respectively, over the past decade, Home Depot and Lowe
- WorldYahoo Finance Video
Legal pot in Canada putting pressure on US
Canada’s moves to legalize recreational marijuana could have major impacts on the US. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous speaks with Alexis Keenan about the state of legalization in this country.
- BusinessBloomberg
Pot Stocks Tumble in First Hours of Canada’s Legal Weed Market
(Bloomberg) -- Investor reaction to Canada’s newly legal cannabis market took a brighter turn by late Wednesday morning, with a few stocks turning positive after the sector started the day in the red.Pyxus International Inc. led the gains, rising as much
- BusinessMarketWatch
Netflix is ditching freeloaders from subscriber forecasts after volatile stock moves
After two consecutive off-the-mark quarters, falling short of its own forecasts for subscriber growth, Netflix Inc. hopes to put an end to the big swings in its stock price with some changes to its accounting. Three months ago, Netflix reported weaker-than-expected subscriber growth, sending its stock tumbling about 12% in the next trading day. From last quarter: Is Netflix stock falling down a mountain, or just tripping over a molehill?
- FinanceTheStreet.com
General Electric Rises on Reported Iraq Power-Generation Deal
for a multi-billion-dollar deal to supply power to Iraq. Munich-based Siemens had been close to securing a contract to supply 11 gigawatts of power-generation equipment to Iraq, a deal worth about $15 billion, but then the Trump administration intervened on behalf of GE, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The Trump administration reportedly pressured the Iraqi government, and now "GE is expected to take a substantial share of the sale," the Financial Times said.
- BusinessBenzinga
Kinder Morgan's Q3 Earnings Preview
Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) will be releasing its next round of earnings Wednesday. For all of the relevant information, here is your guide for the Q3 earnings announcement. Earnings and Revenue Analysts expect Kinder Morgan earnings of 21 cents per share
- BusinessMarket Realist
Analysts Give Philip Morris a ‘Buy’ Rating before Its Q3 Earnings
Can Philip Morris Outperform Analysts’ Expectations in Q3 2018? Of the 19 analysts that follow Philip Morris International (PM), 52.6% recommend a “buy,” 42.1% recommend a “hold,” and 5.3% recommend a “sell.” On average, analysts have set a price target of $91.69, which represents a potential return of 11.4% from its current stock price of $82.31. Berenberg cut PM’s target price from $85.00 to $84.00 on October 1.
BusinessBloomberg‘Wake ’n Bake,’ Plunging Stocks Greet Canada’s Legal Pot Debut
Stores in St. John’s, Newfoundland were the first to sell recreational cannabis, followed by more than 100 outlets and websites opening across the country of 37 million people. “I’m super happy, this is an historic day for Canadians and for the world because we’re really setting a precedent here," said Isaac Langille outside a store in Halifax, where he bought the legal limit of 30 grams, spending C$344 ($264) on products from Aphria Inc. and Organigram Holdings Inc.
BusinessMarket RealistWhat Is AT&T’s Outlook after the Major Market Sell-Off?
What Investors Should Know about AT&T’s Growth Prospects (Continued from Prior Part) Shareholder returns and stock trends AT&T (T) stock fell ~3.4% on October 11 and closed at $31.75 as part of the significant sell-off in the tech sector. Based on that
- BusinessTheStreet.com
IBM: Has Big Blue Become Big Red?
My first thought after that... I wonder if CEO Ginni Rometty has a problem. Getting even more granular, the "Cognitive Solutions" segment of the business, which would include artificial intelligence and the Watson supercomputer saw revenue decline significantly, about 5% year over year.
- BusinessMotley Fool
Marijuana Stocks to Watch in October -- and Into 2019
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 17, Canada will become the first industrialized county in the world where marijuana is legal for adult recreational use -- and only the second country, along with Uruguay, where such use is legal. Not only does this open up
