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.
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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.
December 23, 2020
Self-Jiving Vehicles
According to reports earlier this week, Apple’s planning to wind down the windows, crank up its favorite bangers, and build self-driving cars using its own battery technology by 2024
December 22, 2020
Thrilled To Pieces
The US government finally put together a $900 billion coronavirus economic aid package over the weekend.
December 21, 2020
Naughty List
The US added Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) to its trade blacklist late last week, and investors sent the Chinese chipmaker’s shares down 5% – after checking everything twice, obviously.
December 16, 2020
Hard Sell
What’s going on? Inditex has been taking the “Always Be Closing” tactic a bit too literally: the world’s biggest fashion empire reported lockdown-hampered quarterly sales on Tuesday. What does this mean? Inditex’s sales fell 14% last quarter compared to the same time last year, but at least it was a noticeable improvement from the 31% drop the … Continue reading Hard Sell
December 15, 2020
Diagnosis Merger
AstraZeneca agreed to buy US biotech company Alexion for a dizzying $39 billion over the weekend, in one of this year’s biggest mergers.
December 14, 2020
Out With The Old
Oracle is helping businesses clean house and make a fresh start: the US software company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings late last week.
December 11, 2020
Home Sweet Home
Airbnb finally moved onto the stock market on Thursday, and investors loved what the house-sharing company had done with the place: its shares initially more than doubled.
December 9, 2020
Under The Affluence
Moncler, the Italian luxury fashion brand announced it will buy compatriot Stone Island for $1.4 billion.
December 7, 2020
Plus Points
OPEC+ – the group of major oil-producing countries and their allies – agreed late last week to add 500,000 barrels to their collective daily output, starting in January.
December 3, 2020
Yaaaaaas Queen
According to a new report from investment bank Goldman Sachs, one ought to invest in the UK even though one knows Brexit is coming.
November 30, 2020
Fool’s Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s suddenly looking a bit less convincing: the cryptocurrency dropped 10% late last week, even after having hit new highs a few days before.
November 27, 2020
Workplace Banter
Fresh survey data out on Monday showed that while US business activity grew at its fastest rate in over five years in November, Europe’s dropped to a six-month low.
November 23, 2020
Power Play
General Motors (GM) has the power… to one-up its rivals: the carmaker announced late last week it’ll boost its spending on electric vehicles (EV) through 2025.
November 19, 2020
Lowe Spirits
One-time American sweetheart Lowe’s reported worse-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, and investors ditched the home improvement retailer’s shares.
November 16, 2020
Scan-Do Attitude
Palantir saw this coming from a mile off: the surveillance software maker announced better-than-expected quarterly results in its first earnings report since hitting the stock market.
November 9, 2020
Captive Audience
After Peloton announced better-than-expected quarterly results late last week, the exercise equipment maker might be hoping you keep digging deep through these lockdowns forever and ever and ever…
November 5, 2020
Lockdown Lockout
BMW reported worse-than expected third-quarter results on Wednesday – and things mightn’t improve if drivers keep getting locked into their homes and out of their cars.
