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Auto giant Ford reported its worst quarterly earnings in four years on Tuesday, and a net loss of $8.2 billion for 2025, the largest yet since the 2008 recession. At least some of that is due to the $4.8 billion that the company’s electric vehicle division lost in 2025. Electric vehicle sales were battered, and …
Bitcoin stacking company Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), which has just rebranded from its former name of MicroStrategy, has reported a net loss of $670.8 million for the fourth quarter. The company reported fourth quarter revenue of $120.7 million, a 3% year on year fall. Meanwhile it said it had bought an additional 218,887 Bitcoin, bringing its holdings …
by Martin Armstrong President Donald Trump believes that companies should cease reporting on a quarterly basis and switch to semiannual reports instead. Trump said that the concept is “subject to SEC approval” and would “save money, and allow managers to focus on properly running their companies.” JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Warren Buffett also …
Beneath the noise of campaign slogans and media distractions, a serious shift is underway, one that shakes the heartbeat of corporate reporting and forces space for long-term thinking. Donald Trump did not float a suggestion. He issued a command. He bypassed regulators, skipped committees, and posted the demand directly on Truth Social. He told the …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Let’s discuss the latest e-commerce sales numbers. Please consider the E-Commerce Retail Sales Report for the second quarter of 2025. The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the second quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation, but not for price changes, …
Tariff pain set to deepen in current quarter. Fox: General Motors shares T-boned by tariffs. The stock is diving 7% after the auto giant reported a 32% slump in quarterly profits due to a $1.1 billion hit from the tariffs, which GM says will worsen in the current quarter pic.twitter.com/Z4Z9THyxmR — FactPost (@factpostnews) July 22, …
JPM typically rolls their quarterly collars between 12–2 PM, so if you see a spike in vol during that window, that’s probably the reason. — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) June 30, 2025 first, the fund itself. the giant SPX put spread collar that's bought at the end of every quarter comes from JHEQX- JP Morgan's Hedged Equity …
Walmart said President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could affect its profits in the first quarter, though it expects sales to be stable during the period and for the full year. In a news release, the discounter said it wants to “maintain flexibility” in case it has to spend more to keep prices low. The big-box …
by confoundedinterest17 Wow! Gold just had its best quarterly performance since the 1980s! Meanwhile, the volatility of gold ETFs remains subdued.
I noticed something strange in the latest financials for NVIDIA. While they have been posting impressive revenue numbers, their Accounts Receivables (AR) has gone up dramatically. I believe that NVIDIA may face cash flow risks if their customers never pay. I do not believe that this risk is priced in currently. Below is a table …
Costco Wholesale missed market expectations for fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday on cautious spending by budget-conscious customers at its membership-only stores, as well as an impact from lower gasoline prices. Shares of the company were down marginally in volatile extended trading. They have gained about 37% so far this year. While ultra-low prices on groceries and …
Intel shares slid 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker said Thursday it would lay off over 15% of its employees as part of a $10 billion cost reduction plan and reported lighter results than analysts had envisioned. Intel also said it would not pay its dividend in the fourth quarter of 2024. …
A startling revelation emerges as conflicting job reports unveil a stark contrast in employment data. Despite official claims of a robust job market with a 640,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls, the quarterly census of employment and wages paints a different picture, indicating a shocking loss of 192,000 private sector jobs during the same period. As …
Tesla reports biggest revenue slide since 2012 https://t.co/fhOKgR5VEW — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) April 23, 2024 Tesla, once hailed as a pioneer in the electric vehicle market, finds itself navigating turbulent waters with a 9% revenue decline in the first quarter, marking its sharpest drop since 2012. This setback, attributed to ongoing price reductions and …
via schiffsovereign: It’s barely six months into the US government’s ‘fiscal year’ (which started on October 1, 2023) and the federal budget deficit is already $1.1 trillion. This number is utterly astonishing. Of course, anyone paying attention to the rapidly dwindling US financial condition knows that the national debt is now hovering around $35 trillion. …
Adobe shares closed down nearly 14% on Friday after the company reported first-quarter results that beat estimates but delivered a light quarterly revenue forecast. The move marked the stock’s steepest decline since Sept. 15, 2022, when shares closed down 16.8%. The design software company posted adjusted earnings per share of $4.48, above the $4.38 analysts …
Japan’s SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour Tokyo-based SoftBank loss totaled 931 billion yen ($6.2 billion) in the last quarter, a reversal from the 3 trillion yen profit it posted in the same period a year earlier. …. That has been highlighted by the troubles at WeWork, which …
Image via creative commons From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: A primer on central bank gold buying, what an expansion of the U.S. money supply will mean for gold, and India’s renewed efforts to …
