FedEx’s freight unit spinoff offers ‘early Christmas’ to Wall Street

FedEx’s freight-unit spinoff offers ‘early Christmas’ to Wall Street

Stifel, TD Cowen and Susquehanna analysts praised the move and boosted their price targets for the delivery giant’s stock.

MarketWatch - 9h

Warren Buffett ignores Wall Street, buys more stock in this oil-and-gas company

The Berkshire Hathaway CEO spent more than $400 million on Occidental Petroleum shares, which just hit a nearly three-year low amid fears that oil prices may keep falling.

MarketWatch - 9h

Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

The New York Times - 18h

Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon

The latest three-letter acronym to excite and alarm people

Financial Times - 1d

Here’s why FedEx plans to spin off its freight business

FedEx seeks to ‘unlock value’ for shareholders with FedEx Freight spinoff.

MarketWatch - 1d

Remember to keep your head as ‘Trumphoria’ grips Wall Street

Naturally, peak bullishness showed up just before the recent slide.

MarketWatch - 1d

Wall Street falls sharply as Fed indicates fewer rate cuts in 2025 to fight inflation

Central bank lowers benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to between 4.25% to 4.5%. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday, but suggested it would make ...

The Guardian - 2d

One popular Wall Street indicator flashes stock-market sell signal

Professional investors have become “super bullish” on stocks, according to a popular Bank of America survey. That doesn’t bode well for the market’s short-term returns.

MarketWatch - 3d

Pfizer Sees 2025 Revenue in Line With Wall Street Views

Pfizer forecast 2025 revenue and earnings in line with market expectations, despite a $1 billion hit from the redesign of federal drug benefits.

The Wall Street Journal - 3d

FirstFT: Dollar set to extend Trump rally, says Wall Street

Also in today’s newsletter, Argentina emerges from recession and how US money managers are challenging European peers

Financial Times - 3d

On Trump’s Proposals, Wall Street Investors Have Selective Hearing

Investors and executives are often emphasizing what they like in the president-elect’s agenda, while dismissing what they don’t as mere posturing.

The New York Times - 3d

Wall Street bets Trump will fuel further dollar gains

US president-elect unlikely to get his wish of a weaker currency, according to analysts and investors

Financial Times - 3d

Drone stocks are surging on Wall Street, led by Red Cat Holdings

Drone stocks rallied Monday after a flurry of sightings across the Northeast in recent days renewed attention toward the sector.

CNBC - 4d

We're adding to our position in a stock that just landed a big Wall Street endorsement

The purchase of the stock is our third in recent weeks.

CNBC - 4d

Wall Street has spoken — now ChatGPT identifies the biggest wildcards for markets next year

Nomura not only identified it perceived to be the tail risks — that is, surprises in either direction — for markets in 2025 but also asked ChatGPT to do so.

MarketWatch - 4d

Top Wall Street analysts believe in the long-term prospects of these stocks

TipRanks' analyst ranking service highlights Wall Street's best-performing stocks, including GitLab and MongoDB.

CNBC - 5d

The S&P 500 at 4,800? That’s what some Wall Street experts predicted — for 2024.

Your best stock-market advice for 2025? Pay no attention to stock-market predictions, which are frequently — and comically — wrong.

MarketWatch - 6d

ServiceTitan’s IPO growth story wins over Wall Street with huge market opportunity in building trades

Building trades such as roofing, renovations and fire safety present a massive opportunity for ServiceTitan Inc.’s growth, and the initial public offering from the provider of billing, dispatch and ...

MarketWatch - 6d

One of the Oldest Corners of Wall Street Just Capped a $1 Trillion Year

Enthusiasm around bitcoin and launches from investing veterans Tom Lee, Jeremy Grantham and Rick Reider fueled an ETF boom.

Inc. - Dec. 13

This Wall Street firm nailed its Fed forecast for this year — now it’s expecting a surprise in 2025

Citi is expecting more Fed easing than the market expects and rising joblessness.

MarketWatch - Dec. 13

FirstFT: Trading frenzy boosts brokerages and Wall Street banks

Also in today’s newsletter, UK economic output shrinks and an ambitious plan to boost Japan’s birth rate

Financial Times - Dec. 13

Traders aren’t taking Trump’s tariff threats seriously. This Wall Street bank says they should.

Paris-based BNP Paribas expects a “permanent shock” to U.S. consumer prices from Trump 2.0 tariffs.

MarketWatch - Dec. 12

Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of 'USA' as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on

President-elect Donald Trump, who seeks to attract and boost business in the U.S., was greeted with enthusiasm from the NYSE crowd.

CNBC - Dec. 12

Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Thursday in Asia after Wall Street resumed its upward climb, as an update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 12

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee is no longer one of Wall Street’s biggest bulls. Why he’s cautious on 2025.

But after two years of back-to-back 20%-plus gains for the S&P 500, Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee is taking a more cautious stance for 2025,

MarketWatch - Dec. 11

China ramps up Wall Street meetings as Trump inauguration looms

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met with several U.S. finance executives as Beijing seeks to build relationships in the face of rising bilateral tensions.

CNBC - Dec. 11

Chicken wing and Shakira-backed debt floods Wall Street

Plus, Evergrande’s liquidators go after a private jet and an $800bn asset manager prepares to sue over Credit Suisse debt wipeout

Financial Times - Dec. 11

Wall Street’s Most Optimistic Firm Just Shared Where It Thinks Stocks Will Go in 2025

What Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and other banks expect for stocks next year.

Inc. - Dec. 10

Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007

Banks sell bonds backed by revenues from chicken wings, music catalogues and oil wells

Financial Times - Dec. 10

The last major Wall Street S&P 500 forecast has arrived. Here’s what Citi expects.

Citigroup is predicting the S&P 500 will reach 6,500 for 2025, but that comes with a warning that investors face more volatility.

MarketWatch - Dec. 9

Wall Street has a new high bar for the S&P 500 in 2025. Here’s what’s driving that.

Oppenheimer Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, predicts the S&P 500 will reach 7,100 in 2025, thanks in part to a resilient economy.

MarketWatch - Dec. 9

Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends

TipRanks' analyst ranking service spotlights three dividend-paying stocks, including Chevron and Energy Transfer.

CNBC - Dec. 8

10 of Wall Street’s favorite dividend stocks for 2025 with yields of at least 4%

Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending ...

MarketWatch - Dec. 7

Wall Street isn’t worried about a stock-market crash. That’s why you should be.

Stock traders have become even more bullish and complacent — and that’s a bearish sign.

MarketWatch - Dec. 7

Wall Street veteran David Rosenberg offers up apology for his stock-market pessimism

The bears are capitulating — first Morgan Stanley, then JPMorgan, and now David Rosenberg, the former Merrill Lynch strategist who runs his own firm, Rosenberg Research.

MarketWatch - Dec. 6

What’s next after bitcoin tops $100K? What one top Wall Street technician says.

Bitcoin’s rally above the $100,000 milestone Wednesday night has former doubters pondering how much higher it could go.

MarketWatch - Dec. 6

Signet Jewelers’ stock drops as it faces competition from lab diamonds and misses Wall Street’s profit and sales estimates

Retailer warns its revenue may fall short of expectations in the coming quarter.

MarketWatch - Dec. 5

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