Tristan Fewings/Getty Images LONDON — Superdry shares soared more than 100% on Friday, as the embattled British fashion retailer confirmed that co-founder and CEO Julian Dunkerton is considering taking it private. The stock peaked at 48.55 pence per share shortly before 11 a.m. London time and was last trading at around 46p per share. A … Read more
Amazon shares jumped after-hours Thursday, following the e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s strong fourth quarter. Results like this happen when Amazon shifts its mindset from an “investing” cycle to a “harvesting” phase, which usually leads to big profit numbers like what we saw in the quarterly print and what was forecasted in the future. Revenue … Read more
Club name Apple (AAPL) on Thursday delivered an earnings beat for the December quarter. But shares of the consumer tech giant fell in the after market, thanks to a bit of top-line weakness in its services business and what appears to be a miss on guidance. Those sellers are overlooking a couple important updates. Revenue … Read more
Gold purchases from central banks led to last year’s surge, with purchases exceeding 1,000 tons for two consecutive years. Traffic_analyzer | Istock | Getty Images Gold demand hit record highs in 2023 as persistent geopolitical tensions and weakness in China’s economy pushed investors toward the safe haven asset, the World Gold Council said in report. … Read more
Meta Platforms delivered a home-run earnings report after the closing bell Thursday — beating on sales and earnings while declaring its first-ever dividend and boosting its buyback. The bullish combination sent shares soaring in extended trading and fortified our belief in one of our largest positions. Revenue in the three months ended Dec. 31 rose … Read more
A passageway near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England held interest rates steady at 5.25% on Thursday, with the announcement detailing the very divided opinions among board members. The Monetary Policy Committee voted … Read more
A Yayoi Kusama sculpture is displayed on the top of the Louis Vuitton’s Champs Elysees store, on January 12, 2023 in Paris, France. This year the French Fashion house has launch a second collaboration with Yayoi Kusama.The first one was in 2012. The Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton collection are now available in all Louis … Read more
A Volvo C40 Recharge electric SUV is on display during the Volvo “A New Era of Volvo Cars” press conference at The Shilla Seoul on March 14, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. Han Myung-gu | Wireimage | Getty Images Volvo Cars shares surged more than 20% Thursday after the Swedish automaker announced that it will … Read more
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will leave interest rates unchanged, setting the stage for rate cuts to come and paving the way for relief from the combination of higher rates and inflation that have hit consumers particularly hard. Although Fed officials indicated as many as three cuts coming this year, the pace that they trim interest … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reviewed Wednesday’s market action, telling investors to look beyond hot stocks and pay attention to “sleepers.” “The game is self-correcting: The too-hot eventually cool down, the sleepers wake up and get too expensive themselves,” he said. “It’s a process, people, and if you approach it clinically, you’ll know the expensive stocks come … Read more
