Dow heads for fifth day of losses
Dow Jones Averages.
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Disney earnings due after 4pm ET
Profit: $1.19 est. vs. $0.79 +50%
Revenue: $20B est. vs. $15.6B +28%
Source: Refinitiv
The Walt Disney Co.
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106.51
Bitcoin beat down continues
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OPINION: Steve Moore The just-released numbers on consumer price increases in April showed some modest improvement– down from 8.5 to 8.3 percent. But this high inflation rate is still running far ahead of worker wages — meaning low and middle income families are feeling a continued financial squeeze.
Ford thins Rivian stake
Symbol | Price | Change | %Change |
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F | $13.41 | +0.06 | +0.45% |
RIVN | $21.98 | -0.81 | -3.54% |
AMZN | $2,173.00 | -4.18 | -0.19% |
Ford sold 8 million shares of the electric vehicle maker around $26.80 per share for $214 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ford still maintains a 10.5% stake holding about 94 million shares.
Amazon is also a top stakeholder holding 17.7% of the shares.
Moderna CFO gets boot after short stint
Moderna dumps
CFO…”recently appointed Chief Financial Officer, Jorge Gomez, has departed the Company, effective immediately. The announcement follows the May 10 public disclosure by Mr. Gomez’s former employer, Dentsply Sirona Inc., of an ongoing internal investigation into certain matters, including financial reporting” the company disclosed in a statement.
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Stocks slip after hot inflation read
Symbol | Price | Change | %Change |
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I:DJI | $32,160.74 | -84.96 | -0.26% |
Futures at a glance
Stock futures
are higher Wednesday as investors await the release of the April consumer price index.
Meanwhile, oil prices rose, with West Texas Intermediate futures trading at $103.50 a barrel and Brent crude futures trading at $106 per barrel.
Stock futures rise ahead of key inflation data
U.S. equity futures were trading higher Wednesday morning ahead of the release of a key report on inflation. Continue reading
April inflation report wildcard
Has inflation peaked? That’s the question at the top of most economists’ minds ahead of the newest inflation data
out Wednesday. Continue reading
Gasoline’s new record
The average price for a gallon of gasoline
in the U.S. rose to a record Wednesday morning to $4.404, according to the latest numbers from AAA. The price on Tuesday was $4.374.
Oil prices react to looming EU ban on Russian oil
Oil traded higher Wednesday morning, resuming an upward move following a 9% drop over the previous two sessions. Continue reading
Bitcoin price stabilizes, Coinbase shares plunge
Bitcoin’s price stabilized at around the $31,000 level. The cryptocurrency traded down for six straight days heading into Wednesday. Continue reading
Read More: LATEST MARKET NEWS: Inflation stays hot, gas hits new high, Ford-Rivian update