U.S. oil prices surged toward the key $50-a-barrel level this week, but the rally likely has little gas left in the tank, analysts say. West Texas Intermediate crude futures tacked on about $4 a barrel, or 8.6 percent, this week to $49.71 for their best weekly performance all year. International benchmark Brent crude rose about […]
Read moreExpress Scripts‘ president and CEO Tim Wentworth was peppered with questions about Amazon on its earnings call earlier this week. Wentworth, who runs one of the largest pharmacy benefits management organizations — otherwise known as PBMs — appears to have contemplated this question quite a bit. “So as I think about Amazon and what they […]
Read moreOf all the industry groups that make up the stock market, retail is the most hated based on the amount of money hedge funds and other investors are betting against the stocks. Bespoke Investment Group highlighted “the most hated stocks in the world” in a report published this week analyzing the names being sold short […]
Read moreJapanese tech giant SoftBank has been plowing billions of dollars into tech companies, both public and privately held, in the last year — so much so that one investor has questioned whether SoftBank is fueling a new valuation bubble in tech. Some of these investments are coming from the gigantic SoftBank Vision Fund, which includes […]
Read moreJuly’s jobs report and Apple earnings are the big events for a stock market that suddenly has become a shade less confident. A crack showed up in the tech rally this past week, when the Nasdaq staged a nasty reversal Thursday after breaking to new highs. Technicians say it could be a warning sign for […]
Read moreTwitter has a new business idea: It wants to charge advertisers a monthly fee for the company to handle all of their promoted tweets. That means a business would pay Twitter $99 per month to pick and choose which of its tweets to promote. “This program will do the heavy lifting,” Twitter wrote on its […]
Read moreDespite a flood of analyst upgrades on Wall Street, Snap shares fell 5 percent this week. And two upcoming events could send the stock to fresh lows. The social media company has already tanked 44 percent since its March 2 IPO, and with the stock’s lockup period expiring over the weekend and Q2 earnings to […]
Read moreSome see a huge miss when they look at Amazon‘s latest earnings report, but retailers see exactly why they’re struggling to compete. The internet giant is growing sales, but Amazon isn’t worried about the bottom line as it continues to invest heavily in its many businesses. The investments are hurting profits, but they’re also setting […]
Read moreA key government incentive benefiting Tesla buyers is dwindling, according to Edmunds. The online automotive research site estimates Tesla has only about 79,000 federal tax credits left, and says this could be a concern for new buyers, especially those interested in the company’s lower priced Model 3. The U.S. government offers a tax credit for […]
Read moreOn Thursday, Amazon revealed that growth of its public cloud business had slowed to the lowest point in at least three years in the second quarter: Amazon Web Services revenue, at $4.1 billion, was up 42 percent year over year. Competitors might have taken a moment to cheer immediately after the Amazon earnings release. But […]
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