Crude oil rises to a new short-term high Gasoline lags sending the crack spread lower Heating oil weakness as the distillate processing spread declines The price relationship between crude oil and oil products in the futures market tells us two important things about the energy sector and the companies involved in processing oil into gasoline
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One of the top stories of the day on Tuesday was a real shocker for the aviation industry. Reportedly Dave Calhoun, the CEO of Boeing (NYSE:BA), opined that it is “likely” that one of the major U.S. carriers will go out of business in 2020. Source: Shutterstock That’s a dire prediction, and it’s coming from
The novel coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally reshaped our society over the past few months. One big change has been that the ride-sharing market has all but died across the globe. Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) has really suffered as consumers are staying at home and remain wary of getting into a car with a stranger. Lyft stock has fallen
Shopify’s (NYSE:SHOP) first-quarter results indicated that the company could have significant problems looming. Meanwhile, the valuation of Shopify stock remains way too high, given its declining profitability and meaningful competition. Source: Paul McKinnon / Shutterstock.com Warning Signs There was a great deal to like about the company’s Q1 results, as its total revenue soared 47%
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) – Norwegian reported a first-quarter loss of 99 cents per share, wider than the 50 cents a share loss that analysts had projected. Revenue was in line with forecasts. The cruise line operator said it was well-positioned to withstand
It was an ugly session for the bulls in the stock market today. The S&P 500 shed 1.75%, after falling 2% on Tuesday thanks to a late-session decline. After a bottom-to-top rally of roughly 35%, investors have to be open-minded about a pullback. In fact, under the right circumstances, a pullback can even be healthy.
Clorox (NYSE:CLX). Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA). Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM). Those are some of the stocks that come to mind as winners amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Now, you can also add small-cap Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) stock to that list of stocks to buy. Source: Shutterstock The $1 billion technology company has seen demand for its cloud-based social media
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has been surging since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. NFLX stock is up nearly 50% since the market sell-off in mid-March. Source: Riccosta / Shutterstock.com The company’s streaming service is getting a (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It seems that even consumers who held out from the streaming service are giving Netflix a try,
A man wears a protective mask as he walks past the New York Stock Exchange on the corner of Wall and Broad streets during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters The stock market is flashing warning signs, as some investors are re-evaluating the economy’s
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Equities began with a plunge in the stock market today. However, buyers stepped in on Thursday, bidding up the losses and pushing stocks higher on the day. The S&P 500 ended higher by 1.15% as a result. The initial move lower was not helped by the latest report from the labor market. The weekly jobless
The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) is one of the best growth stocks out there — and I’m not trying to be hyperbolic. Yet TTD stock plunged from $320 in February to sub-$150 in March, down 58%. Source: BrightSpace / Shutterstock.com I don’t think that The Trade Desk deserved such a plunge and I’ll highlight why in
Given the tough challenges that Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) faces, SBUX stock looks meaningfully overvalued at this point. Source: Grand Warszawski / Shutterstock.com The Recession and Social Distancing One obvious headwind that Starbucks has to cope with is the recession. Although, as I’ve pointed out previously, the vast majority of high-income individuals have kept their positions
An employee tends to marijuana plants at the Aurora Cannabis Inc. facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Jason Franson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Applied Materials — Shares of the manufacturing company climbed 4% in extended trading after Applied Materials reported second-quarter
The S&P 500 gapped down on Friday, as trade tensions flared between the U.S. and China. However, it wasn’t a disastrous session in the stock market today. The index bottomed in the first 15 minutes of trading and climbed slowly in the afternoon. Ultimately, the S&P 500 ended higher by 0.39% on the day, although
One of the biggest threats facing Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) as the novel coronavirus shuts down the global economy is how it would affect ad sales. As the U.S. spirals into a likely depression, GOOG stock would surely suffer. Source: rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Right? So, it was a pleasant surprise for investors that Alphabet disclosed in
J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) continues to fight for its life, but that doesn’t mean investors have to get long on JCP stock. Source: Supannee_Hickman / Shutterstock.com The novel coronavirus has hampered the retail sector, as well as many other industries and sectors. However, retail in particular is feeling the pinch — and perhaps that’s because many
Billionaire investor David Tepper said the stock market is one of the most overpriced he’s ever seen, only behind 1999. Before Wednesday’s sell-off, it was “maybe the second-most overvalued stock market I’ve even seen,” Tepper said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “I would say ’99 was more overvalued.” “The market is pretty high and the Fed has
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Qualcomm (QCOM), Cisco (CSCO), Apple (AAPL), Boeing (BA) – Reports out of China suggest that retaliation against these and other U.S. companies could come if the U.S. goes ahead with plans announced this morning to block chip shipments to China’s Huawei. JD.com (JD)