The ongoing upgrade to 5G wireless networks will likely have wide-ranging effects on the communications industry. The faster speeds enabled by the technology will offer new devices and services not possible in the previous 4G era. Many companies continue to capitalize on this opp
If higher prices of goods and services will take a strong bite out of consumer spending, stocks will suffer. The question is, to what degree? Here are the earnings I'm watching this week.
Stocks dropped last week for the first time in several weeks last week, as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) shed less than 1%. The indexes remain near record highs, though, with the Dow up 18% so far in 2021 while the S
Investors could get whiplash watching the stock market collapse last year, then quickly rebound to regain all the lost ground and go on to set new record highs.
The supply chain, still smarting from a global pandemic and labor shortage, threatens to derail some holiday cheer this year. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Oct. 28 earnings report delivered the harsh reality that the company is struggling to get the internal chips and necessary componen
The week started off strong, with the major benchmarks extending their series of record closing highs into Monday, with help from the long-awaited passage of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. By Tuesday, however, stocks were running out of steam, as investors began to take pr
A record-setting run in U.S. stocks has made some investors wary as concerns grow over the market’s vulnerability to surging inflation, tighter Federal Reserve policy and moderating corporate profit growth.
What happened
It's been a busy week for automotive lidar sensor maker Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ: LAZR). First the company announced a big win for potential future business, and then yesterday it provided investors with its third-quarter business and financial update. All the a
In early trading on Friday, shares of Micron Technology topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 3.1%. Year to date, Micron Technology registers a 2.2% gain.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has usually played second fiddle to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the market for discrete graphics cards, but it looks like it could gain an upper hand over its bigger rival in this lucrative space one day.
The S&P 500 ended only nominally higher on Thursday, with chipmakers helping push the Nasdaq into green territory in a muted Veterans Day session, the day after hotter-than-expected inflation reports dampened investor sentiment and halted a streak of record closing highs.
The S&P 500 ended essentially flat on Thursday, with chipmakers helping push the Nasdaq into positive territory in a subdued Veterans Day session, the day after hotter-than-expected inflation reports dampened investor sentiment and halted a streak of record closing highs.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched higher on Thursday, with chipmakers helping the indexes resume their climb after hotter-than-expected inflation reports dampened investor sentiment and halted a streak of record closing highs.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rebounded from two days of declines on Thursday as beaten-down chipmakers led gains, but losses in Walt Disney due to slowing subscriber growth in its streaming video service weighed on the Dow.
What happened
Shares of semiconductor specialist Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) were trading more than 2% higher as of 11:10 a.m. EST Thursday, lifted by a chorus of price target hikes from Wall Street analysts.