The novel coronavirus has created some surprising stock market winners so far in 2020. Some beneficiaries are obvious, like work-from-home stocks such as Slack (NYSE:WORK) and Zoom Communications (NASDAQ:ZM). However, some more traditional blue-chip companies have roared back to life as well. Kroger (NYSE:KR) fits that description. Investors have bid up Kroger stock as much as 20%
Month: April 2020
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday made a case for investors to choose individual stock picking over index funds going through market turmoil. The “Mad Money” host laid out a “shelter-in-place” list of companies that he projects can cut through the global economic challenges set off by the coronavirus pandemic. “For years, lots of very smart
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond — The home goods retailer’s stock soared 12% in extended trading after the company posted a double beat on earnings and revenue in the fourth quarter. Bed Bath &
Editor’s Note: Dow Jones Today will not be publishing on April 17. It will return Monday, April 20. If you needed any more proof that the COVID-19 market environment can and will throw investors a curveball, Thursday wasn’t an awful day for equities despite another batch of weekly jobless claims numbers that were, well, awful.
If you’re optimistic about a quick, V-shaped recovery, you might be in the minority. According to a CNBC report, the U.S. suffered severe economic losses last month due to the novel coronavirus impact. In March, retailing sales fell 8.7%, the most ever in government data. Plus, New York’s regional manufacturing activity dropped to a record
If people aren’t spending money, then it’s a lot harder for credit card companies like Visa (NYSE:V) to make a profit. And that’s the conundrum facing V stock these days. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com The novel coronavirus’ impact on the U.S. and global economy has been horrific, with the International Monetary Fund warning of
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket emblazoned with the famous NASA “worm” logo for the Demo-2 mission/ NASA NASA and SpaceX are targeting May 27 for the launch of Demo-2, the first launch of NASA astronauts from the U.S. since 2011 and the first crewed launch for Elon Musk’s space company. Demo-2 is set to liftoff
Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix attends the inauguration of Netflix new offices in Paris, France, January 17, 2020. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines midday on Thursday: Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant rose nearly 5% to an intraday all-time high of $449.52 per share on Thursday. The
In this week’s stock chart analysis we do technical analysis of the stock charts of SC Worx $WORX and Virgin Galactic $SPCE. We are bullish on the shares moving forward as swing trades. While we believe that the S&P 500 will continue higher along with the Dow Jones the small and micro caps will begin
What started off as a bang quickly died out. Equities came into the stock market today on a high note on hopes that Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) would crack the code on a novel coronavirus treatment. On Thursday after the close, a report talked up the promising impact Gilead’s remdesivir is having on Covid-19 patients. We
Tonight Sunday Night Stock Market Live we will discuss if the stock market will continue to breakdown or will the stock market rally? Bob Desmond will use stock charts and technical analysis to discuss if this current bear market will become worse or has the stock market seen a bottom? The charting platforms that will
After developing a novel coronavirus test in lightning speed, Co-Diagnostics’ (NASDAQ:CODX) stock soared to the stratosphere. The shares of the previously little-known company surged from less than $1 at the end of 2019 to a high of nearly $22 at the beginning of March. Source: Shutterstock But since then, for good reason, the stock has
On Apr. 8, McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) provided a Covid-19 update along with its comparable store sales data for the first quarter. The fact that it was able to eke out a 0.1% increase in U.S. same-store sales in the first three months of the year is pretty remarkable. Source: 8th.creator / Shutterstock.com Unfortunately, the company’s
From 2007 through 2019, I wrote the weekly Activist Spotlight column at Barron’s. I have now joined the CNBC team and will be writing the weekly update exclusively for CNBC readers. Due to the coronavirus crisis we have delayed the launch of this column, but we believe now is the right time to start focusing
People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 6, 2020. Nick Oxford | Reuters One out of every five workers in Michigan and Pennsylvania have applied for unemployment benefits, compared to just one out
If you can’t look at the screens but you’re trying to get a good order price, certain stock, or equity, this is something to consider. Let’s say McDonald’s is trading at $75, fictitiously speaking, and you’re looking to purchase it for $55 and you want to get it at a good rate. You’re willing to
After a strong start to the day, most stocks faded on Friday. With that in mind, let’s look at a few stock trades for Monday. Top Stock Trades for Monday No. 1: Boeing (BA) Boeing (NYSE:BA) caught a spark on Friday, jumping more than 12%. This move seems small, even on the daily chart, given
One of the last things that anyone needs during a pandemic is a ride-sharing service, especially when travel is restricted and social distancing is the new buzzword. And that’s just one of the problems facing Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) stock these days. Source: OpturaDesign / Shutterstock.com Worse, Lyft isn’t even the leader in that space — the
The level of hate for airline stocks is as high as it has ever been. That is saying a lot because investors hated them for decades because of intrinsic problems with cost and human resources controls. Since then, the airlines streamlined a lot of processes and that propped up their financial performances. Consequently and over
Scientist Xinhua Yan works in the lab at Moderna in Cambridge, MA on Feb. 28, 2020. Moderna has developed the first experimental coronavirus medicine, but an approved treatment is more than a year away. David L. Ryan | Boston Globe | Getty Images Biotech stocks surged Friday after new details on a closely watched clinical
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