Affordability takes a beating as home prices, mortgage rate zoom
A key area of the economy that remained subdued this year is the housing sector, even while overall growth gathered...
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Earnings Preview: Good times are ahead for AMD
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is set to report third quarter 2018 earnings results on Wednesday, October 24. The company’s...
Earnings preview: For Google it’s time to look beyond search
Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG) will be reporting results for the most recent quarter on October 25 after the closing bell. According...
Earnings Preview: Amazon is heading towards a strong Q3
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is scheduled to post its third quarter 2018 earnings results on Thursday, October 25. On a year-over-year...
Earnings preview: streaming venture in spotlight ahead of AT&T’s Q3 report
Business diversifications of such scale as AT&T performed recently happen rarely, for the simple reason that the scope of the...
Earning preview: Q3 will be a test of Twitter’s turnaround strategy
The recovery kicked off by Twitter (TWTR) in the fourth quarter, ending a protracted losing streak, has gathered significant momentum...
Earnings Preview: Slow sales and high costs remain a concern for Shopify in Q3
Shopify Inc. (SHOP) is set to report third quarter 2018 earnings results on Thursday, October 25. Analysts expect the company...
Earnings Preview: Raw material costs likely to weigh on 3M Q3 results
3M Company (MMM) is scheduled to report earnings results for the third quarter of 2018 on Tuesday, October 23. Analysts...
Earnings preview: Verizon thrives on subscription, 5G rollout ahead of Q3 report
Verizon’s (VZ) wireless network witnessed numerous innovations before emerging as the preferred network of American households, and the efforts are...
Marijuana is the new Tesla. Here is why
The last time marijuana and Tesla (TSLA) made an appearance in the same sentence, the automaker’s stock plunged 9%. That...
Netflix now leads download traffic, beats torrents and PlayStation downloads
Video takes up 58% of the total downstream volume of the internet today. And the slice of Netflix (NFLX) in...
Video Viewing – Here’s one more to the Facebook lawsuit list
Social media giant Facebook Inc. (FB) is marred litigations this year. Let’s take a look at some of the lawsuits...
Here’s what American youngsters want in their smartphones
Smartphones have now become part of us. From an accessory, it has morphed to a necessity for some, and a...
Strong earnings help Wall Street tide over Octoberphobia declines
October is one month that terrifies investors, thanks to its notorious past. Historically, this month has been the most volatile...
Earnings Preview: Mixed bag for Morgan Stanley this Q3
Muted trading could really affect Morgan Stanley (MS) earnings that is scheduled to release Tuesday. With slowing trading activities, revenue...
PayPal upbeat ahead of Q3 earnings as buyouts continue to pay off
Not many Wall Street companies have managed to scale up their operations with such efficiency as PayPal (PYPL) did in...
Earnings Preview: Higher expenses to weigh on Honeywell’s Q3
Honeywell International Inc. (HON) is scheduled to report earnings results for the third quarter of 2018 on Friday, October 19....
Earnings Preview: Higher rental rates to give United Rentals a lift in Q3
United Rentals Inc. (URI) is scheduled to report third quarter 2018 earnings results on Wednesday, October 17. Analysts expect the...
Mixed Q3 results in the offing for American Express shareholders
Credit card operator American Express (AXP) is preparing for its third-quarter earnings report at a time when the financial services...
U.S. Bancorp is mixed-to-bullish ahead of Q3 earnings
U.S. Bancorp (USB), the seventh-largest US bank by assets, will report third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, October 17. The company, which...
Earnings Preview: It’s a new age for Goldman Sachs under David Solomon
This week’s earnings announcement for Goldman Sachs (GS) is indeed special. It’s the first time in 12 years that the...