Stock picking looks easy, but the numbers prove it isn’t. S&P Global reports that after one year, 73% of active managers underperform their benchmarks. After five years, 95.5% of active managers miss the mark. After 15 years, nobody outperforms. That is not going to change, according to Charles Ellis, a veteran investment industry figure and believer in the … Read more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : GameStop — The video game retailer and meme-stock favorite jumped 7% in extended trading. GameStop is considering investing in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The company is still figuring out whether the move would make sense for GameStop’s business, … Read more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Robinhood — The digital trading platform rallied 13% after reporting stronger-than-expected revenue for the fourth quarter. Robinhood posted $1.01 billion in the period, coming above the LSEG consensus estimate of $944.6 million. MGM Resorts — The resorts and casinos stock jumped nearly 10%. The company posted … Read more
Check out the companies making headlines in postmarket trading: Reddit — The social media platform slid 17% after Reddit’s user numbers fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. Daily active uniques averaged 101.7 million for the fourth quarter, reflecting growth of 39% year over year but missing analysts’ call for 103.1 million, per StreetAccount. Separately, Reddit … Read more
Mark Lenhard, CEO of U.K.-based remittances platform Zepz. Lukas Schulze | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images LONDON — British digital remittances company Zepz is laying off dozens of IT workers and is in the process of closing down business units in Poland and Kenya. Roughly 200 staff members will be impacted by the … Read more
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit in New York City, Dec. 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Citadel CEO Ken Griffin sent a stern warning against the negative impact from President Donald Trump’s combative approach to U.S. trade policy. “From my vantage point, the … Read more
Italy’s second-largest lender UniCredit on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter profit beat, raising shareholder returns amid market focus on the bank’s M&A overtures. Net profit attributable to the group came in at 1.969 billion euros ($2.03 billion) in the fourth quarter, compared with an analyst forecast of 1.803 billion euros, according to a LSEG-compiled consensus. Revenues … Read more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. McDonald’s — The fast-food giant jumped more than 3% following its earnings announcement . While adjusted earnings came in at $2.83 per share, in-line with expectations, revenue of $6.39 billion fell short of the $6.44 billion LSEG consensus estimate. The company’s same-store sales growth of 0.4% … Read more
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Russell Vought speaks with reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees were told Sunday to work remotely because their Washington, D.C., headquarters would be closed through Feb. 14, according to … Read more
DeepSeek’s rise is the catalyst that will prompt global investors to allocate more toward Chinese stocks, even as economic worries persist, analysts predict. “Before the overarching talk was, China is uninvestible. … Now you definitely see people start thinking it probably helps to have China,” said Liqian Ren, leader of quantitative investment at WisdomTree. It’s … Read more