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Affirm soars as strong holiday shopping powers BNPL lender's surprise profit
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Affirm's AFRM.O shares jumped 19.5% on Friday, as a strong holiday shopping season helped the buy now, pay later lender post a surprise quarterly profit and forecast upbeat annual revenue.Reuters
Feb 8, 2025
FICO Stock: High Potential or Too Pricey? Here's What We Think.
Explore the exciting world of Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FICO) with our expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain valuable insights into market trends and potential investment opportunities!*Stock prices used were the prices of Dec. 18, 2024. The vi...The Motley Fool
Feb 8, 2025
Why Kyndryl Holdings Stock Rocketed 10% Higher This Week
IT infrastructure specialist Kyndryl Holdings (NYSE: KD) is heading into the weekend on a high note. The company's share price rose by more than 10% over the course of the week, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, on news of encouraging quarterly results.Headline figures we...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
BUZZ-Pliant pauses enrollment for lung disease treatment trial
** Shares of drug developer Pliant Therapeutics PLRX.O fall 65.5% to $2.72 in extended trading** Company says a mid-stage trial testing experimental drug bexotegrast in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis has been paused ** Says enrollment and dosing has been paused while a Data Safety Monit...Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
Why BlackBerry Stock Was a Winner This Week
According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) stock was quite the outperformer over the past five trading days, with a more than 18% gain. Investors cheered the closing of an asset sale by the veteran Canadian tech company, in a deal that was announced toward th...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
Camden Property Trust (CPT) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT)Q4 2024 Earnings CallFeb 07, 2025, 11:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Kimberly A. Callahan -- Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Good morning, and welcome to Camden...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
Why EVgo Stock Got Zapped on Friday
News of a fresh directive from the federal government sapped a lot of energy from electric vehicle (EV) charging stock EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) as the trading week came to a close. The company's shares tumbled by more than 7% on this development, a far steeper fall than the sub-1% decline of the S&P 500 ...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
BRIEF-Tidal Financial Group And CNIC Funds Announces The Closure Of The CNIC ICE U.S. Carbon Neutral Power Futures Index ETF
Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co CNR.TO:TIDAL FINANCIAL GROUP AND CNIC FUNDS ANNOUNCES THE CLOSURE OF THE CNIC ICE U.S. CARBON NEUTRAL POWER FUTURES INDEX ETF (NYSE: AMPD)Source text: ID:nGNX3jSCMBFurther company coverage: CNR.TOReuters
Feb 7, 2025
Why Ethereum, XRP, and Cardano Pulled the Crypto Market Down This Week
The crypto market continued to swoon this week following a collapse in values last weekend. It all started with tariffs announced last Saturday, which seems like a year ago at this point. The stock market recovered some of its losses, but the crypto market can't say the same.According to data provid...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
3 Little-Known Social Security Rules All Married Retirees Should Know
Married couples often benefit from dual incomes, which makes saving for retirement easier than some single adults find it. Yet most married couples still count upon Social Security benefits for a good chunk of their monthly income.The average couple got about $3,089 per month in January 2025. Howeve...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
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
Feb 7, 2025
CANADA STOCKS-TSX posts weekly decline as BCE shares tumble
Updates at market closeBy Fergal Smith Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Friday, led by declines for the communication services sector, as the risk of a wider trade war spooked investors and after stronger-than-expected jobs data tempered expectations for Bank of Canada inte...Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
Why Skechers Stock Dropped Like a Rock Today
Shares of shoe company Skechers (NYSE: SKX) dropped like a rock on Friday after the company reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024. As of 3:45 p.m. ET, Skechers stock was down about 13%.Growth is slowing, and the outlook is cloudyIn Q4, Skechers had sales of $2.21 billion, which w...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
BUZZ-US stocks weekly: Fumble!
** S&P 500 .SPX ends week down 0.2% as trade war fears help sack Wall Street on Fri .N** Dow .DJI retreats 0.5%, snapping 3-week winning run, and Nasdaq composite .IXIC slips 0.5%** For second week in a row, traders faced a Monday morning rout, but SPX finds support, rallies** This, as the Nasda...Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
US STOCKS-Wall Street closes lower on trade war escalation, weak data
Nonfarm payrolls increase by 143,000 in January Uber jumps 6.6% after Bill Ackman discloses stakeIndexes down: Dow 0.99%, S&P 0.95%, Nasdaq 1.36%Updates after the closeBy Abigail Summerville and Shashwat Chauhan Feb 7 (Reuters) - All three U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Friday after Presi...Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
Why Pagaya Technologies Blasted 13% Higher Today
There was some encouraging news about Pagaya Technologies (NASDAQ: PGY) on Friday, and this boosted the value of the tech company's stock. It rose by almost 13% in value on a recommendation change from an analyst, and that performance served as quite a positive contrast to the nearly 1% dip of the S...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
LIVE MARKETS-US stocks drop with Amazon; trade war worries rise
Main US indexes end lowerAll S&P 500 sectors lower; cons disc weakestDollar, gold, crude all gain; bitcoin down ~1%U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield rises to ~4.49%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets....Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
GLOBAL MARKETS-Wall St slides, Treasury yields rise on mixed data, renewed tariff threats
Updates to U.S. market closeMajor U.S. stock indexes register weekly lossesConsumer data shows jump in inflation expectationsNonfarm payrolls rose 143,000 in January vs 307,000 in DecemberTrump will announce new reciprocal tariffs next weekBy Stephen Culp NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street e...Reuters
Feb 7, 2025
Why Super Micro Computer Stock Barreled 24% Higher This Week
Shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI), commonly called Supermicro, surged this week, jumping as much as 29.6%, according to data supplied by S&P Global Market Intelligence. As of 3:07 p.m. ET on Friday, the stock was still up 24.4%.There were a couple of catalysts that boosted investor senti...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
Why Palantir Stock Is Skyrocketing This Week
Shares of Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) were flying this week. The company's stock gained 39.3% as of 1:50 p.m. ET on Friday, and was up as much as 41% earlier in the week. The leap comes as the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) was flat, while the Nasdaq-100 gained 0.4% in the week's trading.The artificial intel...The Motley Fool
Feb 7, 2025
