Brent-WTI is a location, quality, and a political spread Brent’s premium has trended lower, which is a function of the price of oil Contango tells us the world is running out of places to store crude oil The 9.7 million barrel per day production cut in the oil market may have been the most substantial
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Welcome to InvestorPlace’s General Electric (NYSE:GE) live blog, where you can find up-to-the-second insights in GE news today. [Check back often, as this page will be updated with more GE news and insights each day the market is open.] GE Stock Is Down, But Don’t Buy Just Yet [Monday, April 20, 1:30 p.m.]
Shares of cloud contract company DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) have soared amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, on the idea that with most companies employing “work-from-home” strategies, DocuSign’s virtualized cloud contract solutions are increasingly turning into a must-have enterprise solution. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Consequently, under the impression that DocuSign demand has burgeoned over the past month,
One of the factors that have made me a successful investor is that I like to keep things simple. While it sounds hackneyed, it’s a very powerful tool for generating wealth. Therefore, I keep railing on the concept of megatrends, or paradigm-shifting events that will change our society and economy. And although Nike (NYSE:NKE) is
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images When casino company Las Vegas Sands announced that it was suspending its dividend, CEO Sheldon Adelson acknowledged that he was going against his own motto. “I am known for the phrase, ‘yay dividends!’, and I assure
Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Boeing — Boeing shares fell more than 3% after the China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. canceled the purchase of 29 Boeing 737 Max jets. Boeing has lost more than half of its value this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. United Airlines — Shares of United Airlines
I wanted to find five dividend stocks that had very high yields that appeared to be quite secure. As you know, the dividend yield ratio is calculated by dividing the annual dividend by the price of the stock. In this case, the dividend is the latest quarterly dividend paid by the company annualized over the
One of the big themes emerging due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is the effect of the virus on economic data and how equity markets are reacting to that news. As Wednesday’s market action suggests, poor economic data is likely to be met with ugly stock market response. The S&P 500 dipped 2.20% The Dow
What’s left to say about General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock? Before the novel coronavirus, the company already had a heap of problems. But now the floundering conglomerate is in an even worse place. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com GE stock has been a turnaround play for years. Since CEO Larry Culp took the reins in 2018,
Dallas-based Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) is expected to release earnings on April 21. Year-to-date, TXN stock is down nearly 13%. In comparison, the widely-followed PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index is down 8%. Source: Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com Given the volatility in the markets, is TXN stock a buy, hold, or sell right now? If you are not yet
David Solomon, the CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York, September 25, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Goldman Sachs reported first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. The bank said Wednesday it earned $3.11 a share in the quarter on revenue of $8.74 billion. Goldman shares are lower by
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. J.C. Penney — Shares of J.C. Penney tanked more than 28% after Reuters reported the retailer is exploring a bankruptcy filing. The coronavirus pandemic forced J.C. Penny to close stores and it disrupted its turnaround plans. Bank of America — The bank’s stock tumbled more than 6%
It sure felt like a lot had happened in the stock market today. The S&P 500 traded in a tight range on Thursday, but closed higher by 58 basis points after a late-session push. That’s even as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) soared to new 52-week highs. That’s also as more bank earnings rolled in and
Prior to the historic OPEC+ deal, Saudi Arabia shocked the global community when it engaged in a bitter oil price war with Russia. Naturally, this impacted the U.S. energy markets, particularly oil firms that were already deeply embattled. But the geopolitical rift also took down sector giants like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX). Fortunately,
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%
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