August 15, 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/m/7a5dbac6-51ee-38c9-8218-f8bd736dac4e/home-depot-tops-earnings.html The article is behind a paywall but the headline is useful. There’s a 15 billion dollar buyback.
August 15, 2023
“IBM CEO Arvind Krishna announced a hiring pause in May, but that’s not all. Later that month, the CEO also stated the company plans to replace nearly 8,000 jobs with AI. Krishna noted that back-office functions, specifically in the human resources (HR)… Continue Reading…
August 15, 2023
“A Fitch Ratings analyst warned that the U.S. banking industry has inched closer to another source of turbulence — the risk of sweeping rating downgrades on dozens of U.S. banks that could even include the likes of JPMorgan Chase“ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/15/fitch-warns-it-may-be-forced-to-downgrade-dozens-of-banks.html How does it feel JPMorgan?… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2023
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-economic-recovery-faces-fresh-210000125.html This article seems like a white wash at best and badly written at worse so I’ll just do a quick recap instead of quoting the article. There’s multiple crisis hitting China all at once. The property crisis, weak investment… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2023
“The numbers follow economic news in the past week that showed deflation arriving in July as manufacturers and retailers cut prices in a bid to lure buyers and move excess stock. Exports and imports also plunged more than expected, while… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2023
“…The number of active China-focused hedge funds has slipped for the first time since at least 2012, with only five new funds launched this year as of June, according to data from Preqin Ltd. Another 18 funds were liquidated, the… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2023
“Renewed concerns about the property sector, missed payments by one of the nation’s largest private wealth managers, unprecedented losses at China-focused hedge funds and the threat of deflation have all combined to deal a blow to investor sentiment. A gauge… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2023
“One of China’s largest private wealth managers has triggered fresh anxiety about the health of the country’s shadow banking industry after missing payments on multiple high-yield investment products. The turmoil at Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co., a secretive financial conglomerate that… Continue Reading…
August 11, 2023
“…On Wednesday, Roblox shares crashed nearly 22% after the videogame company reported earnings below analysts’ expectations. Roblox lost 46 cents per share on bookings of $781 million. For the June-ended quarter, Roblox notched $781 million in net bookings and $38… Continue Reading…
August 11, 2023
“…The Google owner generated nearly $29 billion in cash in the second quarter after cutting thousands of jobs and efforts to stanch losses in its various moonshot projects. That left Alphabet with cash and short-term marketable securities of about $118… Continue Reading…
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