Month: January 2019

Johnson & Johnson reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ expectations and gave its financial forecast for this year. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.97, adjusted, vs. $1.95 expected Revenue: $20.4 billion vs. $20.2 billion expected
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Guggenheim’s Global Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd believes the media and telecommunications industry could start to feel financial pain in the coming year between rising rates and lopsided balance sheets. “If I’m correct, we can’t withstand this kind of pressure,” Minerd told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Our
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Jeffrey Gundlach is ditching Twitter. The founder of DoubleLine Capital said in a tweet late on Sunday he would be deleting his account “due to suspicious activity.” The tweet did not elaborate on the suspicious activity Gundlach was referring to. Gundlach’s account, which has the handle “@TruthGundlach,” has been online since May 2017. Gundlach has
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Sometimes, no movement is good movement. In the case of the government shutdown, money manager Larry Glazer believes it’s favorable for Wall Street — at least in the short term. His reasoning: It prevents lawmakers from passing policies that could be detrimental to corporate America. “Investors like less Washington, and they realize Washington isn’t always
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BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations on Wednesday. Here’s how the company did compared with what Wall Street expected: Earnings: $6.08 cents per share vs. $6.27 per share forecast by Refinitiv Revenue: $3.434 billion vs. $3.516 billion forecast by Refinitiv The company’s assets under
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The Middle East’s largest public company is expanding its investments in China despite an expected slowdown in the country’s economic growth, its CEO said Monday. Speaking to CNBC during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Yousef Al-Benyan, chief executive of Saudi Arabian petrochemicals manufacturer SABIC, dismissed growing concerns about the future of the world’s
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Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $4.30 per share, a 24 percent decline from a year ago, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $7.55 billion, a decline of 3.6 percent from a year earlier. Trading Revenue: Equities: $1.64 billion, Fixed income: $992 million, according
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Every one of the 80 special edition Lincoln Continentals with “suicide doors” have already sold out, the company said Monday. Ford’s premium brand debuted the formally named 80th Anniversary Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition in mid-December. Within 48 hours of the car’s debut, they were all gone. The car was sold on a first-come, first-serve
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Morgan Stanley is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: 89 cents per share, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $9.295 billion. Wealth management: $4.45 billion revenue, according to FactSet Trading: Equities: $2.04 billion. Fixed income: $800 million. Under Chief Executive Officer James Gorman, Morgan Stanley has
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Patrick Greene could soon see his rent double. The 70-year-old man lives with his wife, Karen, in a two-bedroom apartment in Montgomery, Alabama. He pays $460 a month for the apartment, and the rest of his $940 rent is normally covered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Due to the stalemate in
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Top U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, buoyed by strength in its alumina segment, but shares slipped after the company did not provide a closely watched profit measure for the full year. The company’s shares were down 1.6 percent in extended trading, reversing course after rising as much
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Early estimates for next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment are in — and they’re nothing to celebrate. In fact, at the rate we’re going, there might not be a cost-of-living adjustment for 2020 at all, according to Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at The Senior Citizens League. The non-profit organization tracks how
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The twin ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach are cited by environmental authorities as some of the worst sources for the region’s endemic air pollution, a problem regulators aim to address with a planned phase-out of the 16,000 smoke-spewing diesel trucks that service the shipping centers. What sort of clean technology will replace them
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Your employer is worried about your balance sheet. “Financial wellness” — or improving the overall health of their workers’ finances — will be front and center for companies this year, according to a recent survey from Callan. The investment consultancy polled 106 employers in October 2018. “Investing” and “retirement plan contribution levels” round out the
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