The numbers: Sales at retailers jumped 1.3% in October, signaling US consumers are still spending plenty of money despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow the economy. Retail sales were forecast to rise 1.2% last month, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. That’s the biggest increase in eight months. Receipts rose … Read more
This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one industry — stands out. In its 13F filing with the the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov. 14, Berkshire … Read more
Markets probably didn’t need another more brick on the 2022 wall of worries, but got one anyway as FTX, the world’s third largest crypto exchange, is teetering on a collapse that could upend already shaky broader risk appetite. Read: Sequoia on its FTX investment: Some surprise to the upside, and some surprise to the downside … Read more
Markets continue to absorb the reverberations from this week’s Federal Reserve policy decision. The S&P 500 SPX has given up a chunk of its latest rally after Chair Jerome Powell suggested it was likely borrowing costs would peak at a higher level than investors had previously thought. The benchmark remains down 22.5% for the year. … Read more
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares declined in the extended session Tuesday after the chip maker’s revenue forecast fell below the Wall Street consensus after posting record sales, topping Street expectations and reporting a huge surge in data-center sales. AMD amd, +2.59% reported second-quarter net income of $447 million, or 27 cents a share, compared with … Read more
Hopes that the Federal Reserve may be less aggressive in hiking borrowing costs than previously feared have rippled swiftly across markets in the past week. Stocks have rallied as bond yields have dropped. And it has brought the dollar’s rampage to a juddering halt. The dollar index DXY, which hit a 20-year high above 108.5 … Read more
It’s been some rally. The S&P 500 SPX is starting the week at a seven-week high, bolstered by hopes for a less hawkish Fed and a sense that earnings pessimism was overdone. The benchmark stock index is up 12.6% from the recent low hit md-June, having delivered its best July performance since 1939, according to … Read more
The numbers: A key gauge of US inflation rose a sharp 1% in June, led by higher fuel prices, in a sign that price pressures in the economy are still intense and unlikely to relent quickly. The increase in the so-called personal-consumption price index exceeded Wall Street’s forecast. Economists had predicted a 0.9% advance. A … Read more
Amazon.com Inc. decided to cut back after years of pouring money into growth, and the result was a second consecutive quarterly loss, but a beat on sales and continued strong growth from Amazon Web Services helped push the stock higher in after-hours trading Thursday. AmazonAMZN, +1.08% reported a second-quarter loss of $2 billion, or 20 … Read more
Yahoo was once the most popular website on the planet, the only place that everyone on the internet seemed to touch at least once an online session. After an ignominious slide, however, Yahoo is just another site that has some fans in certain parts of Asia and offers some niche products. Has Mark Zuckerberg launched … Read more