As investors considered new consumer confidence statistics and anticipated the Federal Reserve’s imminent policy announcement on Wednesday, US stocks, which are poised for their third straight month of losses, concluded the trading day higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite both went up, while the benchmark S&P 500 gained nearly 0.6%.
Wednesday’s Fed policy statement. At the end of the Federal Reserve meeting, the central bank probably won’t do anything. Although inflation has slowed, it remains dangerously high, and economic expansion is robust.
On Wednesday, the Rafah border crossing to Egypt reopened for the first time since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, allowing hundreds of foreign passport holders and the wounded stuck in Gaza to begin fleeing the war-torn enclave.
U.S. retail giant Walmart on Monday announced it is investing more than $9 billion over a two-year period to remodel and modernize some U.S. locations with enhanced layouts, larger product options and new tech upgrades.
After media rumours indicated that the shared office space provider was considering declaring bankruptcy, WeWork’s stock plummeted to an all-time low. WeWork has been dealing with a large debt load and hefty losses for a few years now, was once privately valued at $47 billion and now has a market capitalization of just over $121 million.
In response to California’s increasing minimum wage, Chipotle and McDonald’s have announced pricing increases in the Golden State. The minimum hourly wage for fast food workers in California will increase to $20 in April, thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Newsom in September.
Soon after a Missouri jury found influential realtor groups and brokerages guilty of colluding to inflate commission rates, digital real estate equities such as Zillow (Z), Opendoor (OPEN), and Redfin (RDFN) plummeted. Although the jury returned a finding of $1.78B in damages against the defendants, a formal judgment in the case has yet to be announced.
YouTube has begun a worldwide campaign to disable ad-blocking software. YouTube, the most popular video sharing website in the world, has announced new features and changes designed to get its viewers to either accept commercials or try out the premium, ad-free YouTube Premium.
From Musk’s reported $44 billion purchase price, X’s valuation has dropped by 57 percent. A year ago, the internet mogul complained that he was “obviously overpaying” for Twitter. However, when it became clear that he would be obliged by the court to complete the acquisition, he had no choice but to do so.
Axios has learned that Austin Russell, the 28-year-old CEO of Luminar Technologies who wants to buy Forbes, has asked for more time to complete his $800 million proposal. If Russell is still unable to finalize the sale after this delay, Axios knows of at least one other buyer who is planning a competing proposal.
RealPage, a property management software business, and 14 of the top landlords in Washington, D.C., were named in a lawsuit filed by the office of Washington’s attorney general on Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to hike rents.
Elon Musk’s electric car business, Tesla Inc., was recently vindicated by a jury’s verdict that its Autopilot driver-assistance system was not to blame for a fatal crash that occurred in California four years ago.
Native American Heritage Month officially kicks off on Wednesday. Policy decision by the Federal Reserve. Jobs available starting in September. Airbnb, Allstate, Avis, Cheesecake Factory, Coca-Cola, CVS, DoorDash, Electronic Arts, E.l.f., Estée Lauder, Eventbrite, Garmin, Kraft, MetLife, Mondelez, PayPal, Qualcomm, Roku, Toyota, Wayfair, Wingstop, Yum Brands, and Zillow are forecasted to report earnings.
Apple, Block, Cigna, Cloudflare, Coinbase, ConocoPhillips, Crocs, DraftKings, Dropbox, Expedia, Ferrari, Gannett, Hyatt, Live Nation, Marriott International, Moderna, Molson Coors, Palantir, Papa John’s, Redfin, Shake Shack, Shell, Shopify, Starbucks, Subaru, Sweetgreen, Wendy’s, and Yelp are scheduled to release their quarterly results on Thursday.
On Friday, we’ll learn October’s unemployment rate. In terms of profits, BMW and Cinemark are anticipated.
Stocks to watch with positive momentum and Buy Rating:
SNDL Group (SNDL), Groupon (GRPN), Chase Bank (JPM), Microsoft (MSFT), GOOGL, Apple (AAPL), Pay Pal (PYPL), Walmart (WMT), Amazon (AMZN), Carnival Corporation (CCL), PepsiCo (PEP), Wells Fargo (WFC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Philip Morris International (PM)SNAP INC (SNAP), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), EBAY
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