Text size William Ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for The New York Times A special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, sponsored by Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday in the largest initial public offering of blank checks. The offering …
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As the S&P 500 falls into positive territory again throughout the year, investors need to be mindful of the fact that a handful of stocks appear to be doing much of the heavy lifting. The benchmark market index rose 1.3% in 2020 through Monday’s close, but much of that profit …
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Text size Tesla shares have risen nearly 290% so far this year and 526% in the past year. Spencer Platt / Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla reports earnings after the close of operations on Wednesday. The report, and the subsequent reaction to the stock price, should be wild. This …
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Text size Microsoft plans to report earnings on Wednesday. Jeenah Moon / Getty Images As Microsoft will report earnings on Wednesday after the close of trading, Wall Street was frantically updating price targets and estimates on Monday to prepare for what could be better-than-expected results. Microsoft’s fourth fiscal quarter should …
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Text size Goldman Sachs analyst Fei Fang downgraded US depositary receipts from Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO to Sell from Hold. ADRs are falling on Friday, but that’s after nearly doubling in the past month. Photography by Giulia Marchi / Bloomberg Recovery of a stock of electric vehicles has gone …
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