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Costco starts off 2025 with yet another sales gain

Costco said its revenue last month rose 9.2% year over year to $19.51 billion. The company’s shares slipped fractionally after hours on Wednesday.

Ford’s weak guidance sends automaker’s stock sliding

Carmaker raises alarm with a light guidance for the year, saying profits will be marred by “headwinds related to market factors.”

Chipotle is off to a ‘rough’ start in 2025. Some analysts think it will get better.

Chipotle’s outlook didn’t factor in President Trump’s new tariffs. Analysts noted that it also didn’t factor in any gains for potential new menu items — like honey chicken.

Fed’s Barkin sees potential soft spot in the U.S. economy

One area of concern for the U.S. economy is that big businesses may be pulling back from making new investments given the uncertainty surrounding the economic policies of the Trump administration, Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin said on Wednesday.

MicroStrategy will report earnings, but its bitcoin plans are what really matter

The company announced in its last earnings report a plan to raise $42 billion to buy bitcoin in three years. It’s already spent nearly half of that.

Corporate profits are near all-time highs, while wages are near lows. How long can this last?

The U.S. has very high corporate profits, very high asset prices, very high fiscal deficits, very high trade deficits, and very low wages versus history, notes Deutsche Bank. Does something have to give?

Big Tech stocks struggle after quarterly earnings as Alphabet sees steep drop

Alphabet has seen ‘one of the more negative reactions to earnings reports this earnings season,’ says Bespoke Investment Group

Cannabis stocks climb on RFK Jr. approval, Senate marijuana-banking hearing

Cannabis stocks tend to move on speculation around potential federal reforms around pot.

China and Mexico ran the biggest trade deficits with the U.S. in 2024. What about Canada?

The U.S. ended 2024 with the second-largest trade deficit on record — and China and Mexico were the countries that benefited most from sending goods to America. Canada? Not so much.

Crypto fans thought this would be ether’s big year. Then came the tariffs.

As concerns around President Donald Trump’s tariff plans weighed on cryptocurrencies this week, ether experienced a sharper selloff than bitcoin — extending its underperformance despite some traders’ hope that it could make a turnaround this year.

Lower mortgage rates draw homeowners in — but keep home buyers out

Mortgage applications rose 2.2% in the last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Alphabet is showing the downside of being an AI stock

Alphabet has been talking nonstop about AI. Now investors are looking for proof that the company’s efforts are working.
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