Wall Street finished last week with big back-to-back declines, moving the S & P 500 away from Wednesday’s record-high close. Chip giant Nvidia had a rough week ahead of this week’s earnings. The S & P 500 flipped negative for all of last week, down 1.7%, after Friday trading extended the …
Texas Roadhouse reported a top and bottom line beat in its fourth quarter with strong comparable sales growth and margin improvement. Although the first seven weeks of the first quarter are off to a noisy start due to inclement weather, this short-term headwind creates a long-term opportunity. Revenue in the …
BlackRock has been on a buying spree that will change the makeup of the world’s biggest asset manager. BlackRock announced last year a slew of high-profile acquisitions — including a $12 billion deal to buy private credit manager HPS Investment Partners (HPS), which is expected to close in mid-2025; a …
The blessed, they are so few. That’s how I feel when I look at the crop of initial public offerings (IPOs) since 2020, a cornucopia of huge winners at the start of the decade, including Alex Karp’s Palantir, followed by a mighty fallow crop to the present. Trying furiously to …
Wall Street fought through a pair of inflation reports and more tariff headlines to post a strong week of gains. On Valentine’s Day, the S & P 500 even flirted with a fresh all-time high before ending Friday’s session with a tiny loss. For the week, the S & P …
Things continue to look up for GE Healthcare stock this year. Shares of the medical technology company jumped roughly 9% on Thursday after delivering solid fourth-quarter results and providing prudent 2025 guidance. While the Club stock left much to be desired in 2024, these numbers boosted shares that were already …
DuPont shares jumped Tuesday on better-than-expected earnings and revenue — boosted, in part, by the company’s exposure to the fast-growing artificial intelligence semiconductor market. The stock has tested our patience, but quarters like this demonstrate why we have stayed invested through the doldrums. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 6.7% year over …
Shares of Alphabet were under pressure in after-hours trading Tuesday, following the tech giant’s quarterly revenue miss and much higher-than-expected 2025 capital expenditure guidance. Revenue for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 climbed 12% year over year to $96.47 billion, short of the $96.56 billion consensus estimate compiled by LSEG. Adjusted …
“My pathway led by confusion boats / mutiny from stern to bow.” That phrase, from Bob Dylan’s 1964 classic, “My Back Pages,” seeped into my head Friday afternoon, as I sought to reevaluate the role of tech in the Charitable Trust. We had just reviewed Eaton’s very good — though …
Apple defied the doom and gloom that had been building for weeks. Shares rose roughly 3% Thursday evening after the tech giant reported a slightly better-than-expected quarter. More importantly, guidance for revenue growth in the March quarter was much better feared. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2025 first quarter, which ended …
