Goldman Sachs raised its price target on Apple after spending most of the note to clients discussing how its services business growth may fall short. “Apple App Store data from Sensor Tower suggests a material slowdown in May and June revenues after a spike in activity in March and April driven by Greater China,” begins
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A woman walks past JP Morgan Chase’s corporate headquarters in New York. Getty Images A few of the largest U.S. banks on Tuesday warned investors of the effect multiple interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve could have on their bottom lines throughout the rest of 2019. J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs all
Amazon‘s annual Prime Day, actually 48 hours this year, certainly boosts memberships — and by extension the value of the company — but the e-commerce giant also needs to focus on serving brands, according to analysts. “If you look at the Prime membership, each year Amazon makes it more and more valuable … which is
Symantec and Broadcom have ceased deal negotiations, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. The people familiar with the matter added that Symantec would not accept less than $28 a share. Symantec had surged earlier this month following after it was revealed that Broadcom was in advanced talks to acquire the security software vendor. Faber had reported
Larry Culp, CEO, General Electric Scott Mlyn | CNBC Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: UBS downgraded GE to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’ UBS downgraded the stock citing valuation, a decline in interest rates, and ongoing power market weakness. “We are downgrading GE to Neutral, as a notable decline in interest rates and
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has concerns about Facebook’s cryptocurrency and its potential illicit use. In a press conference Monday, he Facebook’s proposed digital currency, Libra, “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.” The press conference comes days
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters With a potentially negative earnings season looming, investors see easy Fed policy as the security blanket the stock market needs as it breaks to new highs. The thinking is that there is a ‘Fed put’ on the stock market, meaning
Christian Sewing, chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank AG, pauses as Germanys biggest bank announces full year earnings in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday. Feb. 1, 2019. Deutsche Banks revenue contracted for an eighth straight quarter in the final months of last year, complicating Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewings plan to turn around the lender through
James Gorman, Morgan Stanley Adam Galica | CNBC Citi upgraded Morgan Stanley to buy on Friday and said if the Fed cuts rates as expected, that it will “spur capital markets activity.” The firm also said it expects two rate cuts in 2019 and 2020 and raised its target price on the investment bank to
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Mike Fuentes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Watch out for the comeback kids. While market records were broken and many stocks surged in the first half of the year, not all of them did. Wall Street analysts were telling clients there were plenty of values to be found