Text size The second-quarter earnings season speeds up this week, with 78 S&P 500 companies on deck to report. Halliburton and IBM publish their results first on Monday, followed by Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, Texas Instruments and United Airlines on Tuesday. Tesla, Microsoft and Chipotle Mexican Grill are the best moments …
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With Microsoft shares (MSFT) now above $ 200, and its market capitalization above $ 1.5 trillion, it is safe to assume that many investors expect strong numbers to be shared on Wednesday. Currently, the consensus among analysts surveyed by FactSet is for Microsoft to post June quarter (fiscal fourth quarter) …
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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. …
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Text size The four largest technology companies are now worth almost as much as the next 19 largest companies listed in the United States together. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images Mega-capitalization technology companies are growing again. On another strong day for the general market on Monday, the shares were led …
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Text size Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg Shares of Micron Technology rose after the memory chip maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and sales on Monday that exceeded guidance released by the company just a month ago. Micron’s shares (ticker: MU) rose 5.2% in pre-trade trading. Shares closed 1.4% during …
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