Just a few days back during her presidential campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear where she stands on Nippon’s acquisition of US Steel (X). Nippon Steel agreed to purchase US Steel back in December of 2023 for a price of $14.9 billion. But, Joe Biden - president at [...]
Shares of Ulta Beauty Inc. (ULTA) fell as much as 10% last week after a downtrodden earnings update for the second quarter. This puts it down nearly 13% through 2024 thus far. However, the stock is now only down 3% in the past week after recovering since Thursday. Shares are up more than 2% [...]
Written by: Angela Akers Analysts have been calling Nvidia (NVDA) the “most important stock in the world right now” and the earnings report was touted as the “most important earnings call” of the quarter. It’s not surprising because the AI boom that has occurred over the past several years has been led by NVDA. [...]
Lululemon Athletica, inc. (LULU) may not have had the second-quarter performance it was hoping for, but the market hasn’t responded with panic yet, and LULU investors shouldn’t either. The company acknowledged where it’s falling short and has a plan to turn things around. Revenue climbed to $2.37 billion, a 7% improvement from this time [...]
Salesforce (CRM) reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that came in ahead of analyst expectations thanks to a surge in bookings and early renewals for key clients. Here’s how the company performed compared to the consensus: Earnings: $2.56/share compared to the estimate of $2.35/share. Revenue: $9.3 billion compared to the estimate of $9.2 billion. Revenue [...]
It’s looking increasingly likely that the much anticipated Federal Reserve rate cut will happen this September. The Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, recently gave a speech at Jackson Hole highlighting the cooling jobs market and downward payroll revision in addition to his confidence in inflation moving towards the Fed’s 2% target. Taken together, these factors [...]
Ambarella (AMBA) started Wednesday morning where it left off yesterday, climbing higher on the heels of an earnings beat in the fiscal second quarter. The stock is up 11% so far today and 21% in the past week. This comes after the company delivered a narrower loss than experts were expecting with EPS of [...]
It’s no secret that Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) has been the center of attention since the AI boom began a few years ago. It’s surged nearly 3,000% in the past 5 years and until recently, showed no signs of slowing down. Even after a few slight hiccups throughout the summer thus far, it’s always responded [...]
Intel Corporation (INTC) has been losing its footing over the past month after the company announced a revision to its second-quarter earnings and revenue outlook. The stock has fallen more than 27% since the start of August, adding to a more concerning long-term trend. INTC has lost nearly 60% of its value through 2024 [...]
Written by: Angela Akers It was a bit of an interesting week for investors. The biggest news, and that which affected investors’ risk appetite the most, was anticipation of our fearless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. That speech took place this morning, and, as he has done in previous years, Chair [...]
