The industrial-focused names in the Club’s portfolio wrapped up a pretty solid earnings season last week, but their stocks were largely not rewarded. Shares of toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker and industrial gas giant Linde tumbled on fiscal results Thursday, so the Club added to both positions on the overblown reactions. DuPont was the exception. … Read more
Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nevada on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC OMAHA, Nebraska — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway cut its gigantic Apple stake in the first quarter as the “Oracle of Omaha” continued to downsize his one-time favorite bet. In its … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through the upcoming earnings-packed schedule on Wall Street, saying to focus on reports from companies such as Uber, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery. Since April’s labor report was weaker than expected, he said investors can worry less about the Federal Reserve’s next move. “Now that it’s clear the … Read more
Apple’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook attends the China Development Forum in Beijing on March 24, 2024. Pedro Pardo | AFP | Getty Images Apple shares popped more than 6% on Friday morning after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and the largest-ever stock buyback program. If the gains hold until the market closes, it … Read more
A 10% decline in iPhone sales sounds like a problem for Apple, considering the company counts on the devices for half its revenue. But investors didn’t seem to mind on Thursday, when Apple revealed the year-over-year drop in its fiscal second-quarter earnings report. The stock rose more than 6% after the market close, a rally … Read more
The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Thursday said it will stop developing its experimental weight loss pill and instead move forward with its injectable drug and other products in development for obesity. Amgen is among several drugmakers racing … Read more
Apple reports earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Thursday after the markets close. The company has set investor expectations low and could surpass them even if sales growth is weak. In February, Apple said it expected sales similar to last year’s $94.84 billion during the same period and flat iPhone sales. Here’s what analysts … Read more
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 2 The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are higher Thursday, one day after they surrendered their post-Federal Reserve meeting gains and closed modestly lower. After leaving interest rates unchanged, Fed chief Jerome Powell essentially ruled out a hike as central bankers’ next move. He said that … Read more
Peloton announced Thursday that CEO Barry McCarthy will be stepping down and the company will lay off 15% of its staff because it “simply had no other way to bring its spending in line with its revenue.” McCarthy, a former Spotify and Netflix executive, will become a strategic advisor to Peloton through the end of … Read more
Moderna on Thursday posted a narrower-than-expected loss for the first quarter as the company’s cost-cutting efforts took hold and sales of its Covid vaccine, its only commercially available product, topped estimates. The results come as Moderna inches closer to putting another product on the market, which it badly needs as demand for Covid shots plunges … Read more
