Share buyback announcements among S & P 500 companies are approaching $1 trillion in 2025, and investors can turn to a few names to help bolster their portfolio’s returns, according to Jefferies. This year, announced share repurchases for constituents in the broad market index have totaled $936 billion, up 30% from the year-ago period, the…
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 slid for a fifth consecutive day, and what’s on…
Walmart‘s former U.S. CEO Bill Simon thinks Thursday’s stock drop is bizarre. The big-box retailer lifted its full-year sales and earnings forecast, but the stock still slid 4.5%. Walmart ended Thursday as the Dow’s biggest loser. “It was about as good of a quarter as any retailer could have in any environment,” he said on…
Residential and commercial properties near the Shibuya district of Tokyo on May 4, 2023. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation rate cooled to 3.1% in July, coming down from 3.3% the month before as rice inflation continued to ease. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food —…
Jeep is rolling out a freshly designed model after six consecutive years of annual sales declines. The Stellantis automaker unveiled a new Jeep Cherokee on Thursday, the latest move to try to jump-start sales. It’s the first Jeep hybrid system, and the first for Stellantis in North America. The 2026 Jeep Cherokee redesign aims to…
In 2025, Roborock launched a vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm for moving socks and other obstructions out of the way. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Household robots for cleaning are about to quickly become an affordable reality. At least that’s what Quan Gang, president of Beijing-based robot vacuum cleaner company…
Friday is Fed Day. That’s when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will address the central bank’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Investors will be listening carefully to Powell for hints on whether central bankers might cut interest rates as many three times before the end of the year, as the market thought was…
After years of stock market growth, many investors are sitting on large profits in taxable accounts, which could trigger hefty capital gains when sold. That bill can be significant for wealthy Americans, with a 20% top capital gains rate, plus 3.8% net investment income tax, depending on earnings. One solution, known as a 351 conversion…
Check out the companies making headlines after hours: Intuit — Shares dropped roughly 6% even after the financial technology company reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that topped Wall Street’s expectations. Intuit reported adjusted earnings of $2.75 per share on revenue of $3.83 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG had expected earnings per share of $2.66 on revenue…
US President Donald Trump looks on as Alina Habba speaks during a swearing in ceremony as US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday disqualified acting U.S. Attorney for New…
