Verisk Analytics (VRSK) posted revenue growth forecasts of 7.8% per year, which is below the broader US market’s expectation of 10.3% per year. EPS is projected to rise 9.81% per year, also falling short of the 15.7% benchmark set by the US market. Meanwhile, the company reported a net profit margin of 30.2%,
Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported strong fourth-quarter results on Thursday, delivering record sales in both iPhone and Services and showing solid underlying demand.
Here’s a breakdown of the results and outlook for Apple from several leading analysts.
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Amazon’s cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is on track to record its strongest year of growth in three years, fueled by the AI industry’s unprecedented demand for computing power.
AWS is growing 20% year-over-year and ended the third quarter with $33.1 billion in sales through the first nine months of the year,
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Meta Platforms just reminded us that building the future of AI doesn’t come cheap.
After a strong third-quarter report, the stock tumbled more than 12% as management unveiled spending plans that even long-term investors found hard to digest.
At first glance, everything looked stellar. Revenue jumped 26% year over year to $51.2 billion,
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Wondering if NVIDIA still has room to run, or if the market has already priced in all the good news? You are not alone. Plenty of investors are asking the same question right now.
NVIDIA’s shares have climbed 8.9% in just the past week, with a 46.7% gain so far this year and an impressive 1,335% growth over three years.
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Gold is enjoying quite a surge. As of press time on Oct. 30, the spot price for one troy ounce is about $4,009, after hitting a historic high of $4,378.97 earlier in the month. That’s a striking appreciation from $1,650.60 on Nov. 1, 2022.
Much of this strength comes from a weaker U.S.
CEO Craig Donohue says restructuring will allow Cboe to take advantage of growing trends in retail trading and its current options strength.
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Options trading presents higher risks and potential rewards. Astute traders manage these risks by continually educating themselves, adapting their strategies, monitoring multiple indicators, and …
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As the government shutdown continues, Social Security recipients may be concerned about their benefits.
Rest assured, Social Security and Supplemental Social Security checks will continue as usual since they are not reliant on congressional approval.
Most of the nearly 74 million who get Social Security benefits receive them on Wednesdays throughout the month.
[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Friday (Oct 31) after upbeat forecasts from Apple and Amazon helped calm nerves, a day after the indexes suffered their sharpest drop in more than three weeks.
At 09.30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64.86 points, or 0.13 per cent,
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