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“Block shares surge 16% after company announces surprise profit”

“Block stock closed up 16% Friday, a day after the payments company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates on gross profit and showed strong growth in its Square and Cash App revenue. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus from… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Shake Shack stock surges 26% on fourth-quarter profit, strong 2024 outlook” [Feb 15]

“Shares of Shake Shack surged 26% on Thursday after the burger chain delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings results. The stock reached a new 52-week high of $98.90 and is up more than 67% in the last 12 months…” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/shake-shack-shak-earnings-q4-2023.html

Business

“Stripe rival Adyen’s shares soar 22% as European payments giant posts profit beat, slows hiring”

“Shares of European online payments giant Adyen jumped on Thursday, after the company reported strong sales growth and better-than-expected profit for 2023. Adyen, which competes with Stripe, PayPal, and Block, told shareholders in its 2023 annual letter that it had slowed the… Continue Reading…

Business

“Ford Could Get 50% More Profit Without EVs”

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/ford-could-get-50-more-profit-without-evs-553ba3c9 The article is behind a paywall so I’ll just make a few comments. EV’s are garbage. Ford should take a hint and listen to it’s customers. They don’t want EV’s. It’s amazing how Ford could make so much more… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“BP earns $3 billion at the end of last year but saw its annual profit fall by half from 2022”

“Oil and natural gas giant BP beat expectations on Tuesday with earnings of $3 billion in the last three months of 2023, bringing last year’s total to half its record 2022 profit as energy prices have fallen since spiking after Russia’s invasion… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Meta shares surge 20% on soaring profit, better-than-expected guidance and first-ever dividend”

“Meta shares closed up more than 20% on Friday after the company reported a tripling in fourth-quarter profit and issued its first-ever dividend. Revenue rose 25% in the fourth quarter for Meta to $40.1 billion from $32.2 billion a year earlier.… Continue Reading…

Business

“World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts record $213 billion profit, boosted by tech stocks”

“Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday reported record profit of 2.22 trillion kroner ($213 billion) in 2023, supported by robust returns on its investments in technology stocks. The so-called Government Pension Fund Global, one of the world’s largest investors, said the… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Dow Jones Drops To Kick Off Busy Week; SoFi Stock Surges 22% On First-Ever Profit”

“…Meanwhile, Friday’s January employment report is expected to show that employers added 165,000 jobs. Shares of SoFi Technologies soared 22% in early action, set to retake their key 50-day moving average line. Early Monday, the company reported earnings of 2… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Bank of America Profit’s Fell More Than 50% on One-Time Charges”

“Bank of America is out with its fourth-quarter earnings this morning. The bank said earnings would have been better if not for the one-time items. The drop in earnings is largely because of one-time items that investors already expected…” https://finance.yahoo.com/m/2299c302-d37c-3fa6-84cd-85f2e719c1e6/bank-of-america-profit-s-fell.html… Continue Reading…

Business

“McKinsey Sees AI Adding Up to $340 Billion to Wall Street Profit”

“Banks using generative artificial intelligence tools could boost their earnings by as much as $340 billion annually through increased productivity, according to consultants hoping to help the industry adapt in this fast-moving area… Tools like this could eventually take over… Continue Reading…