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“Meta [Facebook] shares pop 15% to 52-week high on guidance, sales increase”

“Meta shares gained more than 15% on Thursday, reaching a new 52-week high, as analysts and investors digested positive guidance for the upcoming fiscal quarter and an unexpected sales increase for the first quarter of 2023. The company reported strong… Continue Reading…

Business

“Billionaire investment guru Warren Buffett issues stark inflation warning: ‘Fiscal deficits have consequences’ – after rate rose to 5.4% and Wall Street saw its worst week of 2023”

“Billionaire investor Warren Buffett sent out a clear warning to his shareholders as the Fed‘s inflation measure jumped to 5.4 percent over the last month. In his much acclaimed annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett, 92, warned that ‘huge and entrenched… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week”

“Amazon is planning to lay off approximately 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, according to a report from The New York Times. Separately, The Wall Street Journal also cited a source saying the company plans to lay off thousands of… Continue Reading…

Business

“Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week”

“Meta Platforms Inc. META 6.17%increase; green up pointing triangle is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be the largest round in a recent spate of tech job cuts after the industry’s rapid growth during the… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“US Mortgage Rates Rise for Seventh Week to Highest in 16 Years”

“US mortgage rates jumped to a 16-year high of 6.75%, marking the seventh-straight weekly increase and spurring the worst slump in home loan applications since the depths of the pandemic… Over the past seven weeks, mortgage rates have soared 1.30… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Netflix is in rough shape. This week will determine its future”

“…The streaming giant will report its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most consequential moments in the 25-year history of the company. Netflix is having a terrible year. In April, the company reported that… Continue Reading…

Energy

“Oil Markets Could Face A Doomsday Scenario This Week”

“Global oil markets are going to be very volatile in the coming months if news emerging from OPEC’s main producers about production capacity constraints turns out to be true… With a presumed spare capacity of more than 3-4 million bpd,… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Dow jumps 400 points as markets rebound from a brutal week”

“…The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 424 points, or 1.4%. The S&P 500 climbed 1.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite popped 2.3%. U.S. stock markets were closed Monday for Juneteenth. Those moves follow last week’s declines that saw the S&P 500… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“30-year mortgage rate surges to 6.28%, up from 5.5% just a week ago”

“Mortgage rates jumped sharply this week, as fears of a potentially more aggressive rate hike from the Federal Reserve upset financial markets. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rose 10 basis points to 6.28% Tuesday, according to Mortgage News Daily. That… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“…Stocks pare gains as market attempts comeback from the week’s sell-off”

“…The S&P 500 was up 0.8%, paring some gains after a jump of more than 1% at open, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also pulled back to 0.8% above breakeven after climbing… Continue Reading…