May 4, 2021
Buff Love
Warren Buffett hit investors with a home truth over the weekend: the legendary investor said everyone should be worried about rising inflation in this “red-hot” economy.
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April 29, 2021
Soft Sell
Alphabet’s ad business basically sells itself these days: the Google parent reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings late on Tuesday, and its stock initially rose 4%.
April 26, 2021
The Ghost Of Social Yet To Come
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter results late last week, and the company’s stock price initially crackled and popped 6% on Friday.
April 20, 2021
Drink Positive
Coca-Cola posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday, and it’s refreshing to see that demand for the soda – if nothing else – is back to normal.
April 19, 2021
Infinite Fest
Morgan Stanley might’ve been late to the party, but the investment bank finally joined three of its rivals in celebrating record-setting earnings late last week.
April 12, 2021
Checked Out
The special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) trend is at risk of petering out, as investors stop giving the “blank check companies” the not-so-blank checks they desperately need.
April 9, 2021
GreenRock
BlackRock thinks this whole “habitable planet” trend could really catch on – so much so that the world’s biggest investment manager announced on Thursday it’s raised $4.8 billion for a new clean energy fund.
April 6, 2021
Atos Gets An F
French tech company Atos announced on Thursday that auditors had found two teensy-weensy accounting errors – and its stock price plummeted.
March 31, 2021
Foxconned
Taiwanese electronics assembler and major Apple supplier Foxconn posted earnings on Tuesday that missed analysts’ expectations – and warned that ongoing microchip shortages could hurt its future orders.
March 22, 2021
Cheap Tricks
US discount retailer Dollar General reported worse-than-expected earnings on Thursday, and shoppers don’t look like they’re about to start filling their carts again anytime soon.
March 18, 2021
The Gig Is Up
Uber reclassified all 70,000 of its UK drivers as “workers” on Wednesday, in hopes it might finally get picked up from the airport next time it visits London.
March 16, 2021
Antisocial Life
Stripe’s been keeping busy in lockdown even if you haven’t: the payments company announced over the weekend that its value has almost tripled in the last year.
March 15, 2021
The Online Shoppers’ Republic Of China
Online retail giant JD.com reported better-than-expected results late last week, after China proved it’s ready, willing, and able to lean into a digital future.
March 12, 2021
New Kid On The Blox
Roblox isn’t just keeping the kids entertained: the gaming platform listed on the stock market on Wednesday, and excitable investors couldn’t wait to start playing.
March 10, 2021
Check, Please
Turns out America’s economic support package is already going a long way: the OECD raised its outlooks for global economic growth on Tuesday.
March 8, 2021
Going Hangry
Data out late last week showed that a key measure of food prices rose for the ninth month in a row in February – to its highest in six years.
March 2, 2021
Not-So-Secret Admirer
Berkshire Hathaway reported its fourth-quarter earnings over the weekend, and it looks like Warren Buffett’s investment conglomerate is its own biggest fan…
February 25, 2021
One-Track Mind
A report from investment bank UBS suggests global investors will only have one thing on their agenda in the second half of the year: stocks with the strongest earnings growth.
February 23, 2021
Full-Filled
According to a report released over the weekend, Goldman Sachs thinks the oil price is going to get a substantial top-up sooner than it previously thought.
February 22, 2021
Raters Gonna Rate
Uber lost a major UK Supreme Court ruling on Friday, which isn’t the sort of service the ride-hailing giant’s grown accustomed to.
February 17, 2021
Food, Not-So-Glorious Food
The world’s riskiest companies have been selling “junk bonds” in their droves this year, and investors have had one heck of an appetite for them.
February 9, 2021
Chip-Chat
Renesas sure had a lot to say for itself on Monday: the Japanese chipmaker announced it was buying British chipmaker Dialog.
February 4, 2021
Cheat Code
Sony pressed up, down, triangle, R2, square, left, R1 on Wednesday, and – congratulations! – the gaming heavyweight unlocked better-than-expected quarterly earnings!
January 26, 2021
A Clean Phil of Health
Philips announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday, and the healthcare tech giant is starting to feel much better about this whole pandemic thing…
January 20, 2021
Everything Is Fine
Netflix is in a Good Place: the streaming giant announced better than-expected earnings late on Tuesday, and its shares initially jumped 10%.
January 15, 2021
Vote Of Confidence
BlackRock reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, as contentious elections and swift vaccines drove investors toward the world’s biggest investment manager.
January 12, 2021
Intel Outside
Intel has a lot to process right now: reports over the weekend suggested the tech giant wants to outsource some of its chipmaking production to rivals Samsung and TSMC.
January 7, 2021
Wheeler Dealer
Buffett-backed Chinese carmaker BYD announced it sold 250% more electric vehicles (EVs) in December than the same time last year – more than three of its biggest rivals put together
January 6, 2021
Exchange of Heart
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) suddenly remembered what a special thing it had with three Chinese telecom giants on Monday, and it backtracked on its plan to delist them altogether.
December 30, 2020
Ifs, Ands, And Bets
As governments and central banks scrambled to manage their economies, investors were just scrambling to place a wager on record-breaking global stock and bond markets.
