The market volatility may be leading retail investors astray. According to Kathmere Capital Management’s Nick Ryder, they shouldn’t use the current backdrop as an excuse to dive into defensive trades — including dividend-paying stocks and bonds. “Oftentimes, we just see too often people taking an income-focused approach, and it leaves a lot on the table,”…
Blue Owl BDC’s CEO Craig Packer speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The latest tremor in the private credit world involved a deal that should’ve been reassuring to markets. Blue Owl, a direct…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Grail — Shares cratered 47% after the company said a trial of one of its drugs missed its primary endpoint and failed to show statistically significant Stage III-IV cancer reduction. Blue Owl Capital — Shares slid nearly 3%, a day after after the private market and…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Akamai Technologies — Shares of the cloud computing company dropped almost 8% in the after-hours session after Akamai gave disappointing first-quarter guidance. Akamai said it sees first-quarter adjusted earnings ranging between $1.50 and $1.67 per share, compared to the $1.75 per share consensus estimate from analysts…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Walmart — The big-box retailer shed 3.7% after its full fiscal year outlook fell short of expectations. Walmart said it anticipates net sales will increase by 3.5% to 4.5% and adjusted earnings per share to range from $2.75 to $2.85. Analysts polled by LSEG…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Wingstop — Shares of the chicken wing chain jumped about 13% on an upbeat outlook . Wingstop said it sees flat to low-single-digit domestic same-store sales growth for fiscal 2026. In the fourth quarter, the company’s same-store sales declined 5.8% on a year-over-year basis, coming in…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. DoorDash — The food delivery company’s stock price jumped about 10%, reversing an earlier decline. The company reported that its total orders increased 32% in the fourth quarter from the year-ago period. Revenue for the period was also up 38%. Still, fourth-quarter results on the top…
Divided Federal Reserve officials at their January meeting indicated that further interest rate cuts should be paused for now but could resume later in the year only if inflation cooperates. While the decision to hold the central bank’s benchmark rate steady mostly was met with approval, the path ahead appeared less certain, with members conflicted…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Nvidia — The chipmaker ticked up 2% after Meta expanded its partnership with Nvidia to use millions of the company’s AI chips, including standalone central processing units, for its data center build-out. The New York Times Company — The stock rose 3% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Mills — Shares tumbled 7% after the Lucky Charms and Progresso parent lowered its 2026 outlook. General Mills said organic net sales would slide between 1.5% and 2%, while operating profit and adjusted earnings per share would tumble between 16% and 20%. Southwest Airlines —…
