While Wall Street focuses on U.S.-China trade war dangers, Medley Global Advisors’ Ben Emons sees two risks making a comeback. The way the world’s affairs are shaping up, he warns Brexit fallout and the threat of U.S. tariffs on European cars could sneak up on investors in year’s second half — which kicks off Monday.
Month: June 2019
MoMo Productions | Getty Images When Laika Kayani started to lose her voice late one night last year, she picked up her iPhone and got connected to a doctor through a video-chat service called American Well. Kayani, who works at a health-tech company in San Francisco, used the app because her young son and husband
Cynthia and Alex are parents to a 6-year-old son, Jake. “It was a dream come true,” Alex said, of becoming a dad. But for the high school sweethearts, conceiving a child was only possible with in vitro fertilization, which was covered by Cynthia’s insurance through her employer. They have what’s called “unexplained infertility.” Cynthia then
President Donald Trump has railed repeatedly about the Federal Reserve’s “quantitative tightening” and the impact it has had on economic growth during his administration. The program will be over soon, which may not bring as much relief as Trump thinks. One reason the president may not want to get his hopes up too much is
“It’s a taboo topic,” said Cameron Huddleston, a personal finance journalist and author of “Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk. “ Huddleston was not referring to sex, as you might expect, but rather the other issue families avoid all too often – money. From wills to life insurance, the longer you wait, the trickier
Traders work at the Coty booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beauty company Coty is by far the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this year. Shares of the cosmetics distributor are up more than 100% in 2019, while the S&P 500
Peter Mazza, his wife, Megan, and their three children. Mazza, who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in April, has been unable to access the cancer deferment. Source: Peter Mazza Last September, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill allowing people with cancer to press pause on their federal student loan payments. More than
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, May 23, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s no secret that machines are taking up a bigger and bigger share of investing, but the extent of their influence is approaching shocking proportions. It is as high as 80%, according to one major investing firm.
Investors should put their money in small- to mid-cap biotech stocks as rhetoric about changing the U.S. health-care system ramps up during the Democratic primary debate season, Jefferies analyst Michael Yee said Friday. “The big biotechs have to buy the big and small biotechs, and that’s where most [health-care] investors have been playing,” Yee said
Beyond Meat surprised the stock market when the company turned out to be the best IPO of 2019. Alternative meat was having a moment. Alternative milk, on the other hand, has been quietly revolutionizing the dairy industry for years. Milk, the kind from cows, was once a staple of the American diet. But now consumers
President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on all Mexican imports at the end of May. He later backed down from the threat after signing a trade deal with the country. But Constellation Brands CEO Bill Newlands said Friday that the brewer of Corona and Modelo would be ready if the tariffs did end up
Elizabeth Holmes leaves U.S. District court in San Jose after a judge delayed her trial Adriana Conte Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes walked out of federal court on Friday with a delay in her criminal fraud trial until 2020 — but she wouldn’t say if she walked down the aisle. Widespread media reports this month claimed
On Friday, Disney made one final push to make “Avengers: Endgame” the highest-grossing film of all time. Marvel Studios began showing a new theatrical release of the film with a special tribute, a deleted scene and a teaser for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” at the end of the credits. This additional content is an enticing
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Wall Street wrapped up a roaring June and first half of the year as investors cheered the prospects of easier monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and awaited clarity on U.S.-China trade relations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 7.2%
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing’s 737 Max could stay on the ground until late this year after a new problem emerged with the plane’s in-flight control chip. This latest holdup in the plane’s troubled recertification process has to do with a chip failure that can cause uncommanded movement
Charles Ergen Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dish co-founder Charlie Ergen is back in wireless acquisition talks after several failures over the last six years. But this time, if Ergen can convince Deutsche Telekom, U.S. regulators and a group of state attorneys general that his company can be a knight in shining armor, he
Bigandt Photography | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between certain brands of dog food, including Blue Buffalo, Merrick and Rachel Ray Nutrish, and an increased risk of heart disease in pets. The agency is looking into more than 500 cases of canine heart disease, identifying the brands of
David Marcus, vice president of messaging products for Facebook Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Wall Street Journal D.Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Marcus, the Facebook exec who helped hatch its Libra
A man walks past Deutsche Bank offices. Luke MacGregor | Reuters Deutsche Bank is considering cutting 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, or more than one in six full-time positions globally, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The layoffs would probably take place over more than a year and would
People pass a sign for JPMorgan Chase at it’s headquarters in Manhattan, New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: J.P. Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup — Shares surged more than 2% after the Federal Reserve said all major U.S.-based banks passed the central bank’s annual stress
Traders work the floor at the NYSE . Brendan McDermid | Reuters January has long held strong predictive power for the direction of markets over the rest of the year, and 2019 is proving no exception. That’s good news for stocks, which stand to gain significantly if the current trend stays in place, according to
Will there be a truce, a deal or a further breakdown? All eyes are on this weekend’s G-20 showdown between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. For investors on edge about the trade outcome, here are the make-or-break stocks with the most to win or lose, according to Goldman Sachs. The bank screened
A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear a case between retirees and US Bank concerning whether members of a pension plan can sue the fund manager
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images It may be happenstance but it also wouldn’t be extraordinary for a company of scientists and rocket engineers, nor the first time Elon Musk pinned a
Democratic presidential candidates New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio (L-R), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), former housing secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) take part in the first night of the Democratic presidential debate on June 26, 2019 in Miami,
Retirees lose a collective $3.4 trillion in Social Security income by not waiting as long as possible to tap benefits, a new report concludes. The study from investment firm United Income examines the long-term financial effects of the decisions surrounding when to claim Social Security. Just 4% of retirees make the generally optimal decision of
Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new Mac Pro with a cost as high as $6,000 as he delivers the keynote address during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 03, 2019 in San Jose, California. But the company is focused more than ever on putting consumer
Norma Butterfield, mother of Slack Technologies CEO Stewart Butterfield, rings a ceremonial bell along with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) President Stacey Cunningham during the Slack direct listing in New York, U.S. June 20, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Casey Stengel once said, “Never make predictions, especially about the future.” If you’re looking to prove
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, June 13, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters UBS slashed its earnings forecast and price target for Elon Musk’s Telsa, the firm said Friday. Improved deliveries in the second quarter could drive Telsa shares in the near
Sir Jonathan ‘Jony’ Ive. David Livingston | Getty Images The announcement of the impending departure of longtime Apple longtime design leader Sir Jonathan “Jony” Ive came as little surprise to Wall Street analysts but it did drag on the company’s stock nonetheless. Shares of Apple slipped 1% in early trading Friday from Thursday’s close of $199.74. Apple said
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