Category Archives: Stock Market

WSJ study highlights youth exposure to conflict content on TikTok

WSJ study highlights youth exposure to conflict content on TikTok Maxwell William / Last Updated: Dec 23, 2023   In a revealing experiment by The Wall Street Journal, automated accounts posing as 13-year-olds on TikTok were inundated with polarizing and often extreme content related to the Israel-Gaza conflict. This investigation highlights the potent influence of … Continue reading WSJ study highlights youth exposure to conflict content on TikTok

Ozempic is not going to slim down your stock portfolio (yet)

  By Yasmin Gagne November 05, 2023 After John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., told Bloomberg in October that GLP-1s, a class of medications prescribed for weight loss—which include Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy—are changing how shoppers behave, resulting in their buying slightly less food, shares for Mondelez (maker of Oreo), PepsiCo, and Hershey’s … Continue reading Ozempic is not going to slim down your stock portfolio (yet)

Robinhood might owe you money after it suffered outages in 2020. Here’s how to check

  By Michael Grothaus March 30, 2023 If you used Robinhood’s platform in 2020 and were affected by specific outages that the trading app experienced, you may be eligible for compensation. Robinhood has reached a proposed class action settlement for specific outages and will pay $9.9 million to settle claims surrounding trading losses. Here’s what … Continue reading Robinhood might owe you money after it suffered outages in 2020. Here’s how to check

Stock buybacks are still all the rage, and company executives can’t stop talking about them

  By Christopher Zara February 17, 2023 Big Oil loves them. So does Meta. Even Norfolk Southern Railway is a fan. We’re talking about stock buybacks, the perennially popular practice of companies scooping up their own shares on the open market. Buyback programs can be a hit with shareholders and executives, but they’re controversial. In … Continue reading Stock buybacks are still all the rage, and company executives can’t stop talking about them

Peloton stock price jumps: CEO touts ‘epic comeback’ amid narrowing losses

  By Michael Grothaus February 01, 2023 The beleaguered fitness company Peloton Interactive, once one of the hottest stocks of the pandemic, has revealed its second-quarter results for the fiscal year 2023. Announcing the results, Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy said, “If you’ve been wondering whether or not Peloton can make an epic comeback, this quarter’s … Continue reading Peloton stock price jumps: CEO touts ‘epic comeback’ amid narrowing losses

FaZe Clan faces possible delisting from the Nasdaq—just 6 months after going public

  By Chris Morris January 26, 2023 Wall Street, it would appear, has more than a few doubts about e-sports. FaZe Clan, the digital gaming-and-e-sports-content platform that went public just over six months ago with a valuation of $1 billion, is already trading well below a dollar per share, putting the company at risk of … Continue reading FaZe Clan faces possible delisting from the Nasdaq—just 6 months after going public

Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace

Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, January 26, 2023 As part of a regular series of ad-executive fireside chats with Wall Street analysts at New Street Research, two influential agency media executives — GroupM’s Kate Scott-Dawkins and Horizon’s Donnie Williams — said the kind of short-form video advertising … Continue reading Agencies To Wall Street: Short The Video Ad Marketplace