Check out the companies making the biggest moves in midday trading: Microsoft — Shares rose nearly 4% after Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman said he has been accumulating stock in the software company since its the stock fell in the wake of its second-quarter earnings report. The hedge fund manger disclosed the investment, but not its …
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Applied Materials — The semiconductor equipment supplier fell about 2% despite reporting fiscal second quarter results that beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. Applied Materials posted quarterly earnings of $2.86 per share, excluding items, on revenues of $7.91 billion. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had …
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, May 4, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock futures fell early Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reclaimed the 50,000 threshold, and the S&P 500 closed above 7,500 for the first time. …
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as a narrow tech-driven rally lifted the S & P 500 to another record, and …
Fear is a powerful emotion. Fear of missing out might even be more potent. Case in point: the rally in chips. The immediate impulse might be to jump in. If you’re in that camp, a more measured approach might be to use options and risk less capital. Chipmaker Applied Materials offers an interesting opportunity. The …
Earnings momentum could serve as a catalyst for stocks such as Applied Materials that are reporting their latest quarterly results next week. Next week serves as a breather after the earnings season mania of the past few weeks. Just eight stocks in the S & P 500 and one component in the Dow Jones Industrial …
First-quarter earnings season might be nearing its end, but Morgan Stanley believes there are still stocks worth playing for a post-results boost. Approximately 78% of the S & P 500 — or 394 companies in the index — have reported earnings so far. Of those, nearly 85% have posted earnings that have surprised to the …
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Let’s not bury the lede. The semiconductor ETF (SMH) is now almost 50% above its 200-day moving average and an RSI of 85. If you are placing buy orders for semi …
Exxon Mobil stands to gain as the Middle East war continues to squeeze global helium supply , according to UBS. The five-week-old war against Iran could pose a threat to the semiconductor sector, alongside other industries that depend on helium, such as medical imaging and space rockets. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that before the …
The market is ugly in here. Sentiment and positioning are heavily bearish. However, we need to remember that sustainable market lows form before sentiment and fundamental data improve. The old saying “it’s darkest before dawn ” very often applies to the markets. Last week’s column outlined the top three portfolio changes we made, including deploying inverse …