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How Coronavirus Exposed a Sector Weakness

“Price dictates news…”
It’s an old Wall Street saying meaning that when the market is going up, investors and journalists will focus on what is positive.
And when the market is going down, people emphasize what is negative…
We saw this play out in dramatic fashion last month. The first half of January featured a sharp rally and a focus on all the “good news” – big gains in 2019, followed by the U.S.-China Phase One trade deal, fueled some market exuberance.
Last year, the market peaked on January 17, when the S&P 500 closed at a record high of 3,330. At that point, …read more […]

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Spoiling Tesla’s Rally Could Come Down to Upcoming Catalysts

(Bloomberg) — If the incredible rally in Tesla Inc. shares this year is making you dizzy, hold on to your chair.Tesla has a slew of catalysts coming up in the next few months that could give investors a reason to pause, or propel the stock even higher. It all depends on how the company does in its tests ahead.Tesla shares surged as much as 24% Tuesday before a sudden plunge in the last few minutes of trading shaved more than $100 from the stock price in just 6 minutes. The gain stabilized at 14% as the market closed, bringing Tesla’s …read more […]

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Snap misses quarterly revenue estimates, shares sink

Revenue, which the company generates from selling advertising on Snapchat, rose 44% to $560.88 million, but missed the average analyst estimate of $563.03 million. The app faces tough competition from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook , which command a huge portion of the digital advertising market. Snapchat has only 0.5% of worldwide digital ad revenue, while Facebook accounts for 21.1%, according to a report by market researcher eMarketer. …read more […]

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Disney+ posts 26.5 million subscribers, beats estimates

Disney had reported 10 million sign-ups for the $7-a-month Disney+ one day after its launch in November, in a strong streaming debut that was further boosted by the success of Star Wars prequel “The Mandalorian”. In October, the largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers said it would offer a year-long subscription to Disney+ with its unlimited plans. …read more […]

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Ford posts $1.7 billion quarterly loss, offers weak 2020 forecast

Ford Motor Co on Tuesday posted a fourth-quarter loss and provided a weaker-than-expected 2020 forecast due to continued higher warranty costs, lower vehicle volumes, lower results from Ford Credit and higher investment in future transportation. For the fourth quarter of 2019, Ford reported a net loss of $1.7 billion, or 42 cents a share, compared with a loss of $100 million, or 3 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time charges, Ford earned 12 cents a share, three cents below what analysts had expected. …read more […]