The shock departure of Turkey's top two economic policymakers at the weekend sets the stage for an interest rate hike and other moves to halt a record slide in the lira, analysts said, even as political questions hang over the leadership overhaul.
The iPhone 12 lineup is likely to drive a big upgrade cycle for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), considering the 5G radios, new screen size options, and refreshed industrial design. While Apple stock – which is up about 55% this year – looks slightly overvalued in our view, App
Software, and more specifically software as a service (SaaS), has emerged as one of the hottest sectors this year, as investors shifted focus to asset-light, high-growth companies that have seen demand hold up despite Covid-19. That being said, investors are paying a big premiu
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has reported upbeat fiscal Q4 results along with an upside forecast for the current quarter. CEO Steve Mollenkopf said that the strong results demonstrate that the company’s investments in 5G are coming to fruition and showing benefits in the licen
Exelon (NYSE:EXC), one of the largest regulated electric utility companies and operators of nuclear power plants, trades at just about 1.2x trailing Revenues, considerably below Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG), which operates New Jersey’s largest utility and tr
Merck’s stock (NYSE: MRK) lost more than 28% – dropping from $92 at the beginning of the year to $66 in late March – then jumped 21% to around $80 now. That means it has partially recovered to the levels where it started the year. That said, MRK stock has
We believe that Walt Disney stock (NYSE: DIS) may not be a good opportunity at the present time. DIS trades at $125 currently and is, in fact, down 14% so far this year (from $145 at the beginning of 2020). It traded at over $140 in February 2020 – just before the coronav
Despite an impressive 55% rise since its March lows of this year, at the current price of $116 per share, we believe T-Mobile stock (NASDAQ: TMUS) still has some upside left. TMUS stock went up from $75 to $116 off the recent bottom, slightly more than the S&P which increas
ON Semiconductor stock (NASDAQ: ON) is up just 6% since the beginning of this year, but at the current price of around $26 per share, we believe that ON stock has around 15% potential downside.
Sensitive to the threat of wider confrontation, Russia and Turkey are for now limiting involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to providing humanitarian assistance and some military aid.
New Zealand's central bank is expected to unveil a new monetary policy tool this week to drive borrowing costs for lenders lower and boost economic growth, while again signalling an eventual shift to negative rates.
Business sentiment of Japanese manufacturers and service-sector firms was the least pessimistic in nine months in November, likely as the world's third-largest economy showed signs of pulling out of a coronavirus-induced recession, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's support has fallen in some of Brazil's biggest cities, surveys said on Sunday, suggesting a previous bump may be short-lived as the country still grapples with a brutal coronavirus outbreak.
Without question, we have just had one of the best weeks the stock market has experienced in several years, during which the major averages all posted gains of 7% or higher for the week.
An increasingly bearish picture is unfolding for the U.S. dollar, which has suffered its worst week since March on signs that Federal Reserve money printing rather than government spending may be deployed to bolster the economy in the aftermath of Tuesday's elections.
The U.S. election has given a lift to high-flying technology stocks, which are within striking distance of a new record, but while investors say they remain attractive long-term, the still-undecided Senate could cause volatility in trading around the year-end.
News Corporation NWSA reported better-than-expected first-quarter fiscal 2021 results. Moreover, this diversified media and information services company swung back to profits after reporting a loss in the last reported quarter. The bottom line also increased on a year-over-year b
Joe Biden's projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that took a hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic, dealmakers said.
The U.S. election has given a lift to high-flying technology stocks, which are within striking distance of a new record, but while investors say they remain attractive long-term, the still-undecided Senate could cause volatility in trading around the year-end.
An increasingly bearish picture is unfolding for the U.S. dollar, which has suffered its worst week since March on signs that Federal Reserve money printing rather than government spending may be deployed to bolster the U.S. economy in the aftermath of elections.