Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Nordstrom — The retail stock dropped roughly 7% in after-hours trading after missing analysts' first-quarter earnings expectations. Nordstrom reported a quarterly loss of $1.05 per share, while analysts expected a loss of 57 cents per share, according to Refinitiv. The company's quarterly revenue of $3.01 billion beat the Street's projection of […]

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Lordstown Motors — The electric vehicle stock sank roughly 12% after the company cut its guidance for production and year-end cash. Lordstown said it will need to raise more capital. Shake Shack — Shares of the restaurant company jumped around 7% following a bullish call from Goldman Sachs. The firm upgraded […]

Do you believe you are, or can be, a successful day trader, buying and selling stocks on a regular basis?   Do you believe that you, or anyone you know, can successfully time the market, going in and out of the market, and consistently make profits? You can't, or at least not on any consistent basis over any reasonable period. […]

TULSA, Okla. — On a recent Sunday, Ernestine Alpha Gibbs returned to Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church. Not her body. She had left this Earth 18 years ago, at age 100. But on this day, three generations of her family brought Ernestine’s keepsakes back to this place which meant so much to her. A place that was, like their matriarch, […]

As the pandemic set in, Dollar General boomed thanks to its low prices and essential status. Now the economy is mending, and investors don’t know if Dollar General can continue to outperform. Bank of America analysts have outlined the bear case against Dollar General, while UBS is bullish. See more stories on Insider’s business page. As the pandemic set in […]

(Reuters) – Investment bankers’ business of putting together mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has never been stronger. Neither has their fear of missing out on meeting clients.FILE PHOTO: A man wears a mask as he walks near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district in New York City, U.S., March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidBankers are rushing to see […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi plans to sell U.S. dollar bonds on Tuesday in its first foray in the international debt markets this year, raising cash for state coffers despite a recent rebound in oil prices.FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Abu Dhabi skyline is seen, December 15, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahThe oil-rich emirate gave initial guidance of 70-75 basis […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asian shares climbed in morning trade on Tuesday, tracking a Wall Street rally overnight, while the dollar held near a fourth-month low as investors tempered fears about inflation-driven rate hikes.FILE PHOTO: Passersby wearing protective face masks are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 10, […]