Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Crypto stocks – Stocks linked to cryptocurrencies rose as Bitcoin soared above $64,000 to start the week. Extending gains from the previous session, MicroStrategy and Mara Holdings — formerly Marathon Digital — each gained more than 5%, while Coinbase advanced more than 3%. Flutter Entertainment – […]
A shipping container and gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s exports grew by 2.4% in September from a year ago in U.S. dollar terms, while imports rose by 0.3%, customs data showed Monday. Both figures were well […]
The 597-meter high Goldin Finance 117 Tower in Tianjin, China, started construction in September 2008, but still stands unfinished in this picture, taken Aug. 28, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Finance press briefing over the weekend underscored how it is focused on tackling local government debt problems, instead […]
While China’s property development giants find their footing amid the ongoing real estate slump, several analysts have their sights on housing transaction and services platform KE Holdings . Listed in the U.S. under the ticker “BEKE,” the company is known in Mandarin Chinese as Beike and operates the Lianjia platform popular with apartment renters in […]
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. Getty Images With the U.S. election less than a month away, the country and its corporations are staring down two drastically different options. For airlines, banks, electric vehicle makers, health-care companies, media firms, restaurants and […]
Two exchange-traded funds are looking for profits in China with two different strategies. While the Rayliant Quantamental China Equity ETF dives into specific regions, the newly launched Roundhill China Dragons ETF buys the country’s biggest stocks. “[It’s] focused just on nine companies, and these companies are the companies that we identified as having similar characteristics […]
Lan Fo’an, China’s finance minister, center, speaks as Zheng Shanjie, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), left, and Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), listen during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg […]
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Inflation has eased gradually across the broad U.S. economy — and some areas of consumer spending, like furniture and gasoline, have even deflated over the past year. Deflation is when prices decline for goods and services. It’s rare for prices to fall from their current levels […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Tesla — Shares of the electric vehicle maker tumbled more than 7% after its robotaxi event underwhelmed investors . Morgan Stanley analysts noted that the event “overall disappointed expectations” due to a lack of details in several areas, including how the company is going to compete […]
Wells Fargo on Friday reported third-quarter earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, causing its shares to rise. Here’s what the bank reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Adjusted earnings per share: $1.52 vs. $1.28 expected Revenue: $20.37 billion versus $20.42 billion expected Shares of the bank rose […]
