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Tencent Q4 Profits Nearly Double! AI Dominates, But Can Growth Momentum Last Through 2025?
TradingKey — Driven by robust advertising and gaming performance, Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) delivered better-than-expected revenue and profit growth for Q4 2024 and the full year. While the tech giant is aggressively embracing AI, analysts warn that its 2024 momentum may struggle to sustain into...TradingKey
Wed, Mar 19
US STOCKS-Futures edge higher as investors await Fed decision
Futures up: Dow 0.16%, S&P 500 0.29%, Nasdaq 0.38% March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures gained some ground on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's widely anticipated monetary policy decision.The central bank is expected to leave its benchmark overnight interest rate unchange...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
Gilead slides as Trump administration puts HIV prevention funds under review
** Shares of Gilead Sciences GILD.O fall ~3% to $107 premarket** U.S. health department is reviewing CDC's HIV prevention division for potential overlap with other agencies and might be at risk of a shut down ** Brokerage J.P. Morgan says CDC funding cuts are "not a positive" for GILD, b...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
Diverging Fortunes of Auto Giants: BYD Hits Record High, Tesla Halved, Toyota’s P/E at Historic Low
TradingKey — Technological advancements are reshaping the global automotive landscape, and capital markets are reacting starkly differently to leading automakers across regions. While China’s BYD surges to new highs, Tesla’s stock has halved in three months, and Toyota’s P/E ratio languishes near...
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Wed, Mar 19
LIVE MARKETS-European rally faces tariff reckoning
STOXX 600 up 0.1% IT firm Softcat pops on results Fed rate decision awaited Turkish assets tumbleWall St futures inch upWelcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com.EUROPEAN RALLY...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
Should You Forget AGNC Investment and Buy These 2 High Yield Stocks Instead?
If there is one thing that an income investor will have a hard time resisting, it is a huge dividend yield. That's why AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) will pop up on many income investors' radars since it is offering an absolutely mouthwatering 14% yield. But if you think in decades and not days, you...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Tesla rises after near 10% slump over past two sessions
** Shares of Tesla TSLA.O rise nearly 3% to $231.76 premarket following a near 10% slide over the past two sessions** The EV maker's shares rise as megacap stocks gain ground following steep selloff on Tuesday .N** Co also receives the first in a series of approvals from California required for ...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
U.S. Money Supply Is Rapidly Rising -- Is the Stock Market About to Make an Epic Recovery?
Since late February, weak economic data and President Donald Trump's trade war have hit the stock market hard, with the broader benchmark, the S&P 500, even briefly entering correction territory. Investors have also turned more bearish on concerns of a recession, or even stagflation, arriving this y...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
LexinFintech (LX) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.LexinFintech (NASDAQ: LX)Q4 2024 Earnings CallMar 18, 2025, 10:00 p.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to LexinFintech fourth quarter 2024 earnings confere...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Prediction: Lyft Will Beat the Market. Here's Why.
Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) has long been the No. 2 in ridesharing, but the company has now built a nice business with optionality to grow in the core business and autonomy. In this video, Travis Hoium shows why that's a market-beating combination given the stock's valuation.*Stock prices used were end-of-d...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Down 51% From All-Time Highs, Could Tesla Stock Keep Falling? The "Dean of Valuation" Has a Clear Prediction.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) can be one of the most exciting, albeit frustrating, stocks to own in the entire capital market.As of this writing, shares of Tesla cratered by 44% in 2025. This is a dismal performance compared to the declines witnessed in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, which dropped by 4% a...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
This 1 Big Milestone for Ethereum Looks Further Away Than Ever
Plenty of investors know that many things that are predicted about cryptocurrencies like Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) never come to pass. But sometimes even the most widely accepted estimates fail to come true.For Ethereum in particular, there's one much-discussed milestone that looks to be very distant. ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
DIARY-Federal Reserve Events
***Denotes a new entry. -------------------------------------------------------- Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) MEETING DATES: 2025March 18-19 (second day: statement released 1400 EDT/1800 GMT; news conference expected 1430 EDT/1830 GMT)May 6-7 (second day: statement released 1400 EDT/1800...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
Street View: Alphabet's $32 billion Wiz acquisition to bolster cybersecurity and cloud edge
** Alphabet GOOGL.O on Tuesday announced a $32 billion acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz to boost its cybersecurity and cloud-computing capabilities against Amazon AMZN.O and Microsoft MSFT.O ** Analysts' average rating is equivalent to "buy" with a median PT of $220 - data c...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
5 Ways a Recession Could Affect Social Security in the Long Run
The chances of a U.S. recession are increasing, according to a CNBC survey of analysts, fund managers, and strategists. Polymarket, a top prediction market, has seen a surge in bets on an economic downturn. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently told CBS News that President Trump's policies are ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Prediction: 2 Stocks That Will Be Worth More Than Oracle 2 Years From Now
Oracle's (NYSE: ORCL) stock price rallied 85% over the past two years, outperforming the S&P 500's 45% comparable gain and boosting its market capitalization to $420 billion. That rally was fueled by the growth of its cloud and AI businesses.Oracle was once considered a slow-growing database softwar...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
2 Great Tech Stocks to Buy If the Stock Market Crashes
The stock market has been volatile lately as investors fret about tariffs, trade wars, inflation, and a potential recession. The great bull run that kicked off after the bleak early days of the pandemic may be coming to an end as economic realities weigh on investor sentiment.With so much uncertaint...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Palantir Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
One of the hardest-hit stocks in the recent market sell-off has been Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR). While it is still trading up about 264% over the past year, the stock is down more than 31% from its recent highs, as of this writing.The questions on many investors' minds are whether this is ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Mar 19
Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
March 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: ** British asset manager Intermediate Capital Group ICGIN.L plans to sell PSB Academy, one of Singapore's largest independent tertiary education institutions, the Wall Street ...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
GLOBAL MARKETS-European stocks dip after Wall Street sell-off, Turkish assets tumble
European follows U.S. stocks lowerInvestors focused on tariff and growth concernsTurkish assets drop after arrest of Erdogan rivalBy Harry Robertson LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - European shares slipped on Wednesday after a selloff on Wall Street overnight, while the dollar ticked up from a fi...Reuters
Wed, Mar 19
