Amazon reported a much better-than-expected third quarter Thursday, with strong growth across online sales, its cloud business and advertising. Margin initiatives lead to soaring profits. Additionally, the fourth-quarter forecast was exactly what was needed to keep investors happy. Revenue increased 11% year over year to $158.88 billion, beating expectations for …
Don’t let the after-hours stock action fool you, Meta Platforms delivered one heck of a strong third quarter and a current quarter revenue guide above expectations. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose nearly 19% year over year to $40.59 billion, outpacing the $40.29 billion expected, according to …
GE Healthcare reported a mixed quarter before Wednesday’s opening bell. While revenue slightly missed, an earnings beat along with a number of other positives pushed the stock higher. Revenue rose just under 1% year over year to $4.86 billion in the third quarter, just short the $4.87 billion expected, according …
Wall Street extended its weekly winning streak to six in a row. Earnings drove the stock market higher — can they do it again in the week ahead? The S & P 500 and the Dow both closed Friday at new record highs and turned in their best weeks of …
As earnings season kicks into high gear, investors are keeping an especially close eye on the Magnificent Seven ‘s quarterly results. The group of mega-cap tech names — Apple , Microsoft , Alphabet , Nvidia , Tesla , Meta Platforms and Amazon — has been the powerhouse of the two-year …
Wells Fargo extended its recent winning streak to six straight sessions Friday despite missed expectations on third-quarter revenue. Investors focused instead on the bank running leaner and generating better-than-expected profitability. Total revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 fell 2.4% versus last year, to $20.37 billion, missing analysts’ expectations …
An employee carries shoe boxes at the Footlocker retail store in the Barton Creek Square Mall on August 28, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Nike on Tuesday said it was withdrawing its full-year guidance and postponing its investor day as it gears up for a new …
It was a solid quarter for the companies in our stock portfolio, with the bulk of our names reporting what we felt were good-to-great earnings reports. Continued economic growth on the back of a resilient consumer and increasing business confidence ahead of what most expect to be a lower interest …
On Aug. 5, we awoke to a market upside-down. Japanese stocks, so strong this year, had crashed, literally crashed, down 12%, a hideous decline, worst since 1987. Oddly, there was nothing wrong. The yen had strengthened, forcing investors who had borrowed yen to buy our stocks and others around the …
Wall Street takes back-to-back weekly gains and an overbought market into an important week featuring Nvidia earnings and the latest reading on the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday gave the speech from Jackson Hole that investors wanted to hear. The S & P 500 …
