The second quarter earnings season kicks into high gear this coming week with results expected from technology heavyweights Microsoft (MSFT), Tesla (TSLA) and Amazon (AMZN), among others.
When stocks are trading near their all-time highs, especially amid a recession, it can be risky to hang on to them. If there's a market crash, investors typically shed their portfolios of their most expensive holdings and look for cover in safer stocks that aren't trading at sky
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to include its cloud gaming service xCloud as a free feature for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in September. The bundle will include access to Xbox Live, the Xbox Game Pass service, and xCloud for $14.99 per month.
The stock market has largely shaken off the historically steep declines that made headlines earlier this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is only down 6%, the S&P 500 is sitting near breakeven, and the NASDAQ is up about 17% year to date.
The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closed the week up 0.37% on July 17, closing a mixed week up about 1.5%. Today's gains were driven by the healthcare sector; more than a dozen of the index's best-performers today included companies like Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG)
The S&P 500 ended higher on Friday as investors weighed the prospect of more fiscal stimulus against fears of further business disruptions due to a record rise in COVID-19 cases.
The S&P 500 ended higher on Friday as investors weighed the prospect of more fiscal stimulus against fears of further business disruptions due to a record rise in COVID-19 cases.
The S&P 500 ended higher on Friday as investors weighed the prospect of more fiscal stimulus against fears of further business disruptions due to a record rise in COVID-19 cases.
The S&P 500 ended higher on Friday as investors weighed the prospect of more fiscal stimulus against fears of further business disruptions due to a record rise in COVID-19 cases.
The S&P 500 rose in choppy trading on Friday as investors weighed the prospect of more fiscal stimulus against fears of further business disruptions due to a record rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Shares of Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX) were climbing today after the tech publication The Information named the hyperconvergence infrastructure specialist as a potential acquisition target and cited Alphabet as a possible buyer, among others.
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on "dangerous content" that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic.
The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Friday as investors juggled between prospects of more fiscal stimulus and fears of further business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was down about 0.1% at 11:15 a.m. EDT, with the index struggling to find a direction. The U.S. reported over 77,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, easily a new record.
The S&P 500 edged higher in choppy trading on Friday, as investors juggled between prospects of more fiscal stimulus and fears of further business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (Symbol: VOO) where we have detected an approximate $7.1 billion dollar inflow -- that's a 4.9% increase week over week in
Wall Street's main indexes gave up early gains to trade lower on Friday, as fears over business disruptions due to another record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases at home overtook optimism over a further stimulus for a post-pandemic economic revival.
In early trading on Friday, shares of Pfizer topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 1.5%. Year to date, Pfizer has lost about 7.8% of its value.
British chip designer Graphcore recently unveiled the Colossus MK2, also known as the GC200 IPU (Intelligence Processing Unit), which it calls the world's most complex chip for AI applications. The chip offers eight times the performance of its predecessor, the Colossus MK1, an
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