Deckers Hiked Its Outlook But the Stock Is Tumbling after A Sizable Run Higher

Stocks will struggle under Trump if this rate keeps going higher

U.S. debt concerns and higher Treasury yields may be stumbling blocks for stocks in 2025.

MarketWatch - Jan. 4

This investor imagined the landscape in 2035. He expects U.S. stocks to struggle.

It’s one thing to try to forecast a decade of returns, though many firms including JPMorgan and Vanguard regularly produce such forecasts.

MarketWatch - Jan. 4

College Football Playoff: Sugar Bowl still draws higher TV audience than New Year's Eve Fiesta Bowl despite postponement

The game was pushed to Thursday afternoon after the terror attack on Bourbon Street.

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 4

How the Top-Seeded Teams Tumbled in the College Football Playoff

Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Notre Dame advanced in the quarterfinals after beating higher-seeded teams.

The New York Times - Jan. 3

Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles

Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people. Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

Treasury yields end higher after ISM’s stronger-than-expected manufacturing data

Yields on U.S. government debt finished slightly higher on Friday after a manufacturing-related reading showed signs of improvement for the struggling sector.

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Meta Deleted Its Controversial AI Profiles. Here’s Why.

Meta still has plans to use AI to drive engagement on its platforms, though.

Inc. - Jan. 3

Ford, Rivian stocks get boost from sales after rival Tesla’s numbers fall short

Rivian and Ford shares are on the rise after both carmakers touted growth in EV sales.

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Why it's time to tweak your investments after lofty stock returns in 2024

Investors may need to tweak their portfolio holdings following a 23% gain in the S&P 500 index in 2024.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Netflix’s stock is still a sell and looks ‘overvalued in a momentum market’

Netflix Inc.’s stock was flat Friday after Benchmark analysts reiterated their sell rating on the stock even as they raised their price target by 30%, arguing that it’s looking overvalued in a ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Nuclear-Energy Stocks Gain After Easing of Hydrogen Tax-Credit Rules

The final rule for clean-hydrogen production would allow some nuclear power plants that are at risk of retirement to produce the gas.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 3

Jimmy Butler's relationship with the Heat has run its course

Things are getting ugly in Miami. Is the franchise ready to part with its superstar?

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 3

Trump response to recent attacks offers ominous outlook for terror in next term

President-elect says ‘USA is breaking down’ in bleak post seeming to wrongly pin two violent attacks on immigration. Even by Donald Trump ’s standards, the message was darkly apocalyptic – evoking ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

Alcohol stocks fall across the board after U.S. surgeon general’s advisory on cancer risk

The stocks of alcohol makers and distributors fell across the board early Friday, after the U.S. surgeon general released a new advisory warning of the link between booze and cancer risk.

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

U.S. Steel stock tumbles to almost half of what Nippon Steel offered after Biden rejection

Investors were betting on a grim future for U.S. Steel after President Joe Biden used his legal authority to block the acquisition by Nippon Steel of Japan on Friday.

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Rivian meets its 2024 vehicle production target after lowering projections

Rivian on Friday said it produced 49,476 electric vehicles last year.

CNBC - Jan. 3

A Stock Market Boom Could Arrive in 2025, According to History

The S&P 500 has turned negative only twice after an annual return of 20 percent or more.

Inc. - Jan. 3

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday

Shipments from Tesla's Shanghai factory posted their first annual decline. A study on GLP-1 user behavior also caught my eye.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Time runs out on Biden’s aid to Ukraine — and on Putin’s nuclear threats

There probably was less to Russia’s nuclear threats than the Biden administration made of them.

The Hill - Jan. 3

Indian village that changed its name to honor Jimmy Carter pays tribute

A village in India named after the late former President Jimmy Carter fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7

UK savers trail US and several European nations

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Our best and worst stocks in 2024 actually had a lot in common

AI spending, the Federal Reserve's easing campaign and Donald Trump's election victory were key themes for the market and our stocks in 2024.

CNBC - Jan. 3

WWE begins its Netflix era after years of controversy, drama and ratings

On Monday, WWE "Raw" will stream exclusively on Netflix. The wrestling franchise is hoping for a huge global and multigenerational audience following years of success on TV and drama inside and ...

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 3

Boeing Adds More Surprise Quality Checks in Its Factories

The jet manufacturer outlines more than a dozen steps it has taken in recent months to address concerns about production issues.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 3

Andrew Garfield on weepie rom-com We Live in Time: ‘I love that this film wears its heart on its sleeve’

Take a hanky to this film – you’ll laugh and you might well cry. Andrew Garfield and the director John Crowley talk about portraying grief on screen so it rings true. It’s no spoiler to say that We ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

CNBC Daily Open: New year, old problems for stocks

On the first trading day of the year, all major indexes advanced, but they started tilting down before long. The likely culprit? Rising Treasury yields.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Ukraine is investigating its special French-trained brigade after reports of mass desertion and command problems

Yahoo News - Jan. 3

Why the U.S. economy is still strong despite the Fed’s 2022-’23 rate hikes

Something surprising happened on the way toward the highest U.S. interest rates in more than a dozen years: Neither consumers nor businesses buckled under the weight of higher borrowing costs from ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Lululemon longtime bear is still telling investors to sell the stock

Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s stock slid 2.6% Thursday, after analyst firm Jefferies said it’s still recommending that investors sell the yoga-gear maker’s shares after they hit a second valuation ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Doomed to fail? Hong Kong’s attempt to tackle ‘shoebox housing’ runs into trouble

Authorities are seeking to fix the city’s problem of tiny, overcrowded housing but critics say the new regulations fail to capture the worst offenders. Lai Shan Zse moves quickly, bounding up the ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3