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Oxford Lane Capital rises after authorizing $150 million share repurchase program
** Oxford Lane Capital's OXLC.O shares rise 4.6% to $4.56 ** Investment company late Thursday announced program to repurchase up to $150 million worth of its stock in the open market** Share repurchase program expected to be in place until March 2026** OXLC, which invests mainly in debt and equi...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Boeing shares climb as co wins fighter jet contract
** Boeing BA.N up 4.5% after Reuters reports the co was awarded $20 bln contract to build U.S. Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet ** Contract replaces Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor, includes crewed aircraft to combat alongside drones; significant for BA's defense busin...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
These Were the 2 Worst-Performing Stocks in the Nasdaq-100 in February 2025
February 2025 wasn't the worst month experienced by the Nasdaq-100, but it wasn't great either. It fell by a little less than 3%. However, two components of that index suffered particularly brutal declines. As earnings came in and worries mounted, these stocks lost a significant amount of their valu...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
Cathie Wood Goes Bargain Hunting: 3 Stocks She Just Bought
The last few weeks of cascading share prices may be troublesome to most investors, but Cathie Wood doesn't mind buying during the deluge. The co-founder, CEO, and investment manager at Ark Invest has been more active lately in buying shares for her high-octane growth exchange-traded funds.Thursday w...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
Alphabet's $32 Billion Cybersecurity Play
In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser and host Ricky Mulvey discuss:Why Alphabet is spending $32 billion on a cloud security company.BYD's announcement that it can charge an electric vehicle battery in 5 minutes.Robinhood rolling out prediction markets on its platform.Then, Motley Fool ho...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
Why Rivian Stock Skidded to a 4% Loss on Thursday
Two developments on Thursday combined to drive Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) to a notable stock market decline.The first piece of news was an analyst's downgrade, and the second was a relatively large-scale recall from a peer electric vehicle (EV) maker. When the smoke cleared from that trading s...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
CANADA STOCKS-TSX drops as tariff worries persist
By Sanchayaita Roy March 21 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Friday weighed down by mining and telecom stocks amid worries that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will hurt the economy and stoke inflation.Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE ...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Why Micron Stock Fell on Friday
Computer memory maker Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) saw its stock slide an unlucky 7% through 10:30 a.m. ET Friday, despite exceeding expectations on its fiscal second-quarter 2025 earnings report last night.Heading into the report, analysts forecast Micron would earn $1.42 per share on $7.9 billio...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
Quantum Computing shares waver after wider Q4 loss, rev decline
** Quantum Computing Inc's QUBT.O shares edge up 0.3% to $7.40 on Fri after co's Q4 loss widened and rev decreased ** QUBT shares traded as low as $6.33 and as high as $7.57 on the session ** Hoboken, New Jersey-based photonics and quantum optics tech provider posted los...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
US bank ACNB rises after Raymond James starts coverage with 'outperform'
** Community bank ACNB Corp's ACNB.O shares rise 1.6% to $41.89** Raymond James initiates coverage of ACNB with an "outperform" rating and $47 PT, a 14% upside to stock's last close** Brokerage says ACNB possesses a "longstanding and enviable core deposit franchise" in Pennsy...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Baltic index snaps four-day losing streak on higher rates across vessel segments
March 21 (Reuters) - The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk sea freight index, which monitors rates for vessels moving dry bulk commodities, snapped a four-session losing streak on Friday, buoyed by an uptick in rates across all vessel segments.* The main index .BADI, which factors in rates for capesize...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Carnival raises annual profit forecast on strong cruise demand, warns of volatility
March 21 (Reuters) - Carnival Corp CCL.N on Friday raised its annual profit forecast on resilient customer spending even as it warned of "heightened macroeconomic volatility" amid escalating trade wars.Although customers have been more than willing to book premium voyages and splurge on boar...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
LIVE MARKETS-Individual investor bears levitate, bulls languish - AAII
US indexes red: Dow falls most, off ~0.7%Materials weakest S&P sector; Comm Svcs sole gainerEuro STOXX 600 index falls ~0.7%Dollar up; crude gains slightly; bitcoin dips; gold off ~1%US 10-Year Treasury yield edges up to ~4.24% Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
EMERGING MARKETS-Latam currencies under pressure from firm dollar at end of rate decision-packed week
Latam stocks down 0.5%, FX off 0.8%Russian central bank holds rates at 21%Turkish assets continue to slideColombia's peso worst hit in Latam this weekBy Shashwat Chauhan March 21 (Reuters) - Most Latin American currencies slipped on Friday as the dollar remained firm, wrapping up a week packe...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Copper miners fall on stronger dollar
** Copper miners fall tracking price of the red metal ** Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange down 0.6% to $9,877 a metric ton** Copper prices fall under pressure from a stronger dollar** U.S.-listed shares of global mining giants Rio Tinto RIO.N and BHP BHP.N drop 2.1% an...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Nio Earnings: What Went Wrong?
In this video, I will review Nio's (NYSE: NIO) latest earnings report and management comments about the company's future. Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below.*Stock prices used were from the trading day of March 21, 2025. The video was pu...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
What Are the Chances That XRP Climbs to $100?
As of March 20, XRP's (CRYPTO: XRP) price is around $2.50. But under the right set of conditions, could its price ever reach $100 per coin?To figure that out, let's do a quick calculation and assess its fundamentals as well as a couple of catalysts that are in play right now.Where to invest $1,000 r...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 21
Chipmaker Micron's shares slump as tepid margin forecast eclipses AI prospects
March 21 (Reuters) - Micron's MU.O shares fell 8% on Friday, as its dour margin forecast took the shine off a robust quarterly revenue outlook driven by demand for its semiconductors used in artificial intelligence tasks. Micron, one of only three providers of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips f...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
Allurion Technologies jumps on initial data from weight-loss device treatment
** Healthcare company Allurion Technologies' ALUR.N shares rise 50% to $3.43** Co says initial data shows patients treated with its device along with low doses of Novo Nordisk's NOVOb.CO semaglutide resulted in average total body weight loss of 20.3% and an increase of lean body mass by 15%*...Reuters
Fri, Mar 21
