Text size Peter Foley / Bloomberg Bigger banks have reported profits, and investors can be forgiven if they are unsure where the opportunities are now. The answer may lie in how much uncertainty they are willing to accept. Analysts warned that the quarter would be “sloppy” and “confusing,” and banks …
Read More »BlackRock easily exceeds profit expectations. This is how he did it.
Text size Photograph by Andrew Burton / Getty Images BlackRock’s second-quarter earnings increased 22% to $ 7.85 per share higher than expected, while net flows plummeted during the period of market uncertainty. The increase in earnings partly reflected a lower share count after BlackRock (BLK) repurchased part of PNC Financial …
Read More »Big 3 Index providers have a tremendous amount of power, even over Tesla
If Tesla is added to the S&P 500 stock index this year, it will be a great victory for the electric vehicle maker and its shareholders. This is because money managers who manage funds that track the index or compare its performance against it will have to buy Tesla shares. …
Read More »Cruise ship stocks plunge as CDC’s extension of the no-sail order could be just the beginning
The actions of the cruise operators were affected on Friday by the extension of the order of prohibition of navigation on the part of the Centers for the Control and the Prevention of Diseases, as a result of the recent increase in the cases of COVID-19. The CDC said passenger …
Read More »Netflix Shares Fall As Covid Subscriber Slowly Rises
Shares of the video streaming giant are trading sharply lower after hours on Thursday amid signs that the company’s Covid-19-fueled growth is coming to an end. In the June quarter of Thursday, Netflix added 10.1 million new net subscribers, above the company’s forecast of 7.5 million, but fell short of …
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