August 2, 2021
Slim Pickings
Chevron and ExxonMobil’s second-quarter results beat expectations on Friday, after a year of trimming the fat helped turn them into lean, mean oil-making machines.
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July 29, 2021
Track And Tracebook
Facebook announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings late on Wednesday, but investors – noticing that users seem weirdly uncool about being watched non-stop – sent its shares down 4%.
July 28, 2021
Docs And Shares
Microsoft and Alphabet announced stronger-than-expected quarterly results late on Tuesday, as they sold investors on the benefits of working from home all over again.
July 26, 2021
Centers Of Attention
All eyes were on Snap Inc. and Twitter late last week, as the social media giants’ digital ad businesses drove quarterly earnings that blew past expectations.
July 20, 2021
Dialing In
Zoom Video Communications on Monday announced its biggest get-together yet: the ubiquitous teleconferencing provider is buying cloud computing firm Five9 for a cool $15 billion.
July 14, 2021
Fighting Talk
The oil price hit a six-year high on Tuesday (July 6), after discussions between the world’s biggest oil-producing nations and their allies – known as OPEC+ – heated up and broke down.
July 7, 2021
Bad Lot
Even more carmakers announced this week that they were cutting production on the back of the global chip shortage, but hey – at least you’ll finally be able to get a parking space.
July 2, 2021
Penthouse Suite
Global companies are going up in the world: data out this week showed that the amount of cash raised by initial public offerings (IPOs) hit a new high in the first half of the year.
July 1, 2021
Hello, America
Chinese ride hailing giant Didi made quite the entrance onto the US stock market on Wednesday, and investors initially sent its shares up 19%.
June 28, 2021
U-Nike-ted States Of America
This is Nike’s country, we’re just living in it: the sportswear giant reported strong results on the back of resurgent American sales late last week, and its stock initially jumped 13%.
June 21, 2021
Special Delivery
Two giants of the global grocery industry – Kroger and Tesco – reported earnings late last week, and investors canceled all their plans so they’d be in when they arrived.
June 16, 2021
Party Crasher
Not to burst your bubble, new homeowners, but home prices around the world are flashing the same warning signs they did in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis…
June 14, 2021
Robocar Trouble
Didi filed to list on the stock market in an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the Chinese ride-hailing giant at $100 billion, and we, for one, welcome our automated overlords.
June 9, 2021
Let’s Get Physical
Investors have been keeping active this year: fresh data from Bank of America on Tuesday showed May saw particularly historic levels of outperformance at “actively managed” funds.
June 7, 2021
Funemployment
Data out on Friday showed that the US economy added way fewer jobs than expected in May, as the pandemic continues to show America exactly who’s boss.
June 2, 2021
Oil Be Back
It may not be on the run from a remorseless intelligent killing machine – at least, not yet – but resurgent oil prices have become just the latest trouble plaguing China.
May 26, 2021
Rules Of Distraction
According to a new report from BlackRock, investors are so preoccupied with the newest talking point that they’re completely missing the geopolitical risks in the background.
May 24, 2021
Aww, Shucks
Deere posted better-than-expected earnings late last week, and ain’t y’all investors too kind, pushin’ the farm equipment-maker’s li’l ol’ share price higher.
May 19, 2021
No Big Deal
Retail giant Walmart posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday, as American shoppers took their newfound government-funded shopping habits in stride.
May 17, 2021
Watch This Base
Coinbase reported its first quarterly results on Friday since hitting the US stock market last month, and the crypto exchange teased even better things to come.
May 13, 2021
Tick Tick… Boom?
No pressure, guys: fresh data on Wednesday showed the prices of US goods and services ticking higher at their fastest rate in more than a decade last month.
May 10, 2021
Eat, Pay, Love
Square reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings late last week, as cryptocurrencies brought the payments provider the inner peace it’s been longing for.
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.
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.
