Month: April 2019

The revenue Robinhood gets from a controversial practice of selling customer trades to high frequency trading firms is skyrocketing, according to new research. The popular millennial stock-trading app brought in $69 million in order routing revenue in 2018, according to a new estimate from Alphacution Research, three times what the company brought in a year
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American Express on Thursday reported lower earnings in the first quarter but earnings per share beat estimates. The New York-based company said it had net income of $1.55 billion, or $1.80 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $2.01 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts
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Morgan Stanley posted profit and revenue that exceeded analysts’ expectations on better-than-expected results in wealth management and fixed-income trading. The bank generated $2.4 billion in first-quarter profit, or $1.39 per share, according to a Wednesday release, compared with the $1.17 estimate of analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. Morgan Stanley’s revenues of $10.3 billion beat the $9.94
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell isn’t the only market player who may be guilty of a little capitulation. Millionaire investors began 2019 with major reservations about the stock market, but as the Federal Reserve‘s abrupt December about-face on interest rates takes hold as the new normal in monetary policy, the wealthy have decided that the
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The release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is unlikely to change the growing sense in markets that President Donald Trump can win reelection if the economy remains solid, analysts say. A redacted version of Mueller’s report is expected to be released Thursday morning, and it should add context to the four-page summary released last
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services‘ downbeat earnings call on Monday should put to rest any ideas that the economy is too strong and that the Federal Reserve should tighten interest rates again, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. The trucking and transportation company’s stock sank nearly 5% after missing Wall Street’s expectations and blaming low volume on
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Activist investor Praesidium Investment Management said Tuesday that it’s taken a new stake in cloud-based education software company Instructure. Praesidium manager Kevin Oram, who filed a 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, said that despite big investments in new business, the company’s stock looks cheap. Oram detailed the investment from 13D Monitor’s
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Major Saudi shopping mall developer Arabian Centres Company is launching an initial public offering that will be the kingdom’s biggest since 2014, when Saudi Arabia’s largest lender, National Commercial Bank, was listed. The IPO, which was approved by Saudi financial regulator, Capital Market Authority, is offering 95,000,000 shares on the Tadawul, the Saudi stock exchange.
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Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Monday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $4.89 a share, down 30% from a year ago, according to Refinitiv.Revenue: $8.9 billion, down 10% from a year earlier.Trading Revenue: Equities $1.81 billion; Fixed income $1.77 billion, according to FactSetInvesting Banking: $1.65 billion It’s only
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