• May 9, 2024

Dow and utilities extend gains, jobless claims: Top Takeaways

Joining Market Domination Overtime, Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer dissects the day's top trading highlights. The weekly jobless claims data, released on Thursday, soared to its highest level since August 2023, with an addition of 20,000 jobs lost in a single week. The utilities sector (XLU) continues to thrive, propelled by increased investments in energy solutions fueled by artificial intelligence. Additionally, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) extended its rally, marking its seventh consecutive day of gains. Amgen (AMGN) emerged as a standout performer, contributing significantly to the index's upward trajectory. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Angel Smith

  • May 9, 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery-Disney bundle, Arm and Robinhood earnings: Morning Brief

Arm Holdings (ARM) stock slides further after the chip designer's fiscal full-year guidance for 2025 disappointed investors, begging the question of whether Big Tech's demand for AI semiconductors is starting to lessen. After missing earnings expectations, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and Disney (DIS) announced a partnership to bundle several of its streaming platforms. Other trending stocks that Yahoo Finance is focusing on include Airbnb (ABNB), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), and the dating app Bumble (BMBL). Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi joins Yahoo Finance's Morning Brief to share his thoughts on why the Federal Reserve should raise its inflation rate target and give itself the green light to start cutting interest rates. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • May 9, 2024

Utilities stocks rally, now outperforming the S&P 500

Coming out of a disorderly April for markets, the utilities sector (XLU) is now outperforming the S&P 500 (^GSPC). Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer joins the Morning Brief to give his take on the rally appearing in utilities and the consumer staples sector (XLP). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • May 9, 2024

Affirm stock sinking, Good Buy or Goodbye: Market Domination

Stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) search for direction ahead of Wednesday's market close with the Dow Jones Industrial Average holding in the green. After topping fiscal third-quarter revenue estimates and narrowing expected losses per share, Affirm shares (AFRM) are now sinking in the afternoon and analysts have an idea of what the cause is. Tripadvisor (TRIP), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA), and Dutch Bros (BROS) are also reporting earnings. Defiance ETFs CEO and CIO Sylvia Jablonski joins Market Domination for the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's Good Buy or Goodbye to talk about the latest trend in clean energy investing: Uranium. Dine Brands (DIN) CEO John Peyton — whose company owns IHOP and Applebee's — discusses consumer spending patterns at his restaurants. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • May 8, 2024

Real estate, REIT opportunities in this high rate environment

The dark cloud hanging over the US real estate market may be casting an even longer shadow on REITs, or real estate investment trusts. The Federal Reserve's sentiment on keeping interest rates higher for longer has prolonged elevated mortgage rates, which have run rampant and impaired Americans' ability to buy or own a home. Janus Henderson Investors Global Real Estate Portfolio Manager Gregory Kuhl and Haendel St. Juste, Mizuho Senior Equity Research Analyst for REITs and Homebuilders, sit down with Yahoo Finance's Market Domination to talk about the Fed's monetary policy and its reverberations felt by REITs and the broader real estate industry. "We're pretty optimistic that assuming we are done in terms of Fed rate hikes and higher rates, listed REITs today are priced for the interest rate environment that we have, which means they can do well," Kuhl explains, adding: "It's not an issue of fundamentals, it's purely an issue of valuation, which we think we're getting towards the end of." Kuhl and St. Juste weigh in on areas of the real estate sector that show promise, naming a few standout stocks from the landscape. "We point people to sectors where there's clear demand tailwinds — apartments, healthcare data centers, and stocks [with] names with, pricing power, better than average earnings growth to alleviate some of those concerns," St. Juste comments. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.