Brian Walker, CEO, Herman Miller Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after hours Wednesday: Herman Miller — Shares of the office furniture builder jumped more than 14% on the back of better-than-expected results for the previous quarter. Herman Miller reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.24. Analysts polled by FactSet expected
After a rough outing from the Labor Day-shortened week, this week is so far getting off to a better start. However, it’s difficult to know if the immediate but tepid bullishness can be trusted. With a pandemic still lingering, along with massive, unprecedented wildfires along the west coast, investors are rightfully on edge regarding which
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET), the midstream pipeline and oil storage company, looks like an interesting stock in which to invest. It has an astounding dividend yield of 20.6% annually. But on further inspection, you realize that there is a problem here since ET stock has been falling, not rising. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com In other words,
Jumia Technologies (NYSE:JMIA) is another failing e-commerce company that is losing money head over feet and which most investors should avoid. If you don’t care about making money for a good while, then you might have the stomach for JMIA stock. Source: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com You might think that is a little harsh, but
Michael Miebach, left, and CEO Ajay Banga of Mastercard with Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Mad Money. Scott Mlyn | CNBC A large portion of gains in market value have come in 2020, as investors continue to reward software-based tech companies amid the pandemic. The ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF, which tracks mobile payments stocks, is
The software business is on fire. This is going to be by far the biggest year for software IPOs in history. Four big software IPOs are pricing this week: Snowflake, Unity Software, Jfrog, and Sumo Logic. Palantir and Asana are coming at the end of September. Snowflake priced its IPO at $120 per share, raising
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, wearing a face mask, testifies before the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee during a hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve response to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2020. Tasos Katopodis | Reuters The Federal Reserve
The stock market in 2020 has been very stressful, to put it mildly. No one was expecting the year that we would have. We’ve seen precipitous drops followed by mind-boggling gains. And the following four ProShares exchange-traded funds happen to exemplify the strongest themes in the market with some of the best stocks to buy
In winning its case against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) became the dominant supplier in 5G. Should QCOM stock investors cheer the decision? Source: testing / Shutterstock.com A three-judge panel of the Appeals Court in the Ninth Circuit ruled that Qualcomm’s control of patents essential to mobility is not an antitrust violation. This
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The markets jumped higher on Tuesday, but lost some of their footing into the close. With that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades for Wednesday. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Apple (AAPL) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares were mixed on Tuesday, trading around flat at the time of this writing after
To paraphrase legendary investor Warren Buffett, price is what you pay, but value is what you get. Consider intimate apparel maker Naked Brand (NASDAQ:NAKD) a crystal clear example of this principle. Just because NAKD stock is cheap, doesn’t mean that shares are a good value buy. Source: Shutterstock In fact, I hate to say it,
Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: FedEx — Shares of the shipping company jumped more than 8% in extended trading after beating on the top and bottom lines of its stellar quarterly results. FedEx reported earnings of $4.87 per share on revenue of $19.32 billion. Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected earnings
Heading into the final weeks before the 2020 Presidential election, it appears that Joe Biden, a Democrat, has a slight lead over the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump. That said, investors of all stripes are trying to figure out which stocks to buy for each candidate’s victory. If Trump wins, investors can expect relations with China
It’s been a frustrating past month for investors in the gold market (GLD) as the metal broke out to new all-time highs in early August, but it has since given up the majority of its gains. This likely comes as confusing to many gold investors as everyone from technical analysts to the perennial gold bugs
Shares of FuelCell (NASDAQ:FCEL) are dropping after a poor earnings report. The company reported $18.7 million in revenue for the quarter. This was a stark 18% decline from the previous year. However, it also represented a drop from the prior quarter. But that alone was not the reason that FCEL stock is declining. Source: Kaca
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Nvidia (NVDA) — Shares of the chip stock rose in premarket trading after Needham raised its price target to a Street high of $700 per share from $600 per share. The Wall Street firm — which has a “buy” rating on Nvidia — said the company’s acquisition of Arm
Back in May, I wrote about how much the fundamental picture of Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) stock had improved. However, I said investors should patiently wait for a better entry point. At the time, the stock had tripled in a matter of days. Source: Shutterstock Roughly three and a half months later, ACB stock is down 50%
The housing market and real estate stocks have understandably had a grueling 2020. According to the Urban Land Institute survey in May, economists predicted a $275 billion drop in real estate transaction volumes this year. Additionally, the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLRE) declined by 5.8% since the start of 2020, while the S&P
A bullish reversal on September 4 Natural gas fails to make a higher high Another pre-peak season selloff could set the stage for the winter rally Natural gas can be one of the most volatile commodities that trade on the futures exchange. Since the NYMEX introduced futures on natural gas for delivery at the Henry