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Jenny Just, co-founder of Peak6 Investments, made a fortune in the high-risk world of options trading, and did so against the odds in a male-dominated industry. Not much has changed. Just says when she was on the Chicago Board Options Exchange floor in the early 90s she was one of the few women. “It’s not

Locals wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) line up to enter a specialized hotel for medical observation and quarantine in Zhengzhou city on Nov. 1, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese stocks rallied this week as investors hoped Beijing would soon relax its stringent Covid policy. The Shanghai composite gained

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder and chief technology of Inrupt, speaking at Web Summit 2022. Sam Barnes | Sportsfile via Getty Images LISBON, Portugal — The creator of the web isn’t sold on crypto visionaries’ plan for its future and says we should “ignore” it. Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist credited with inventing the World

In this article JPM .SPX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Investors may want to consider JPMorgan’s Equity Premium Income Fund ETF in order to get more reliable gains in the current volatile market environment. According to the firm, the ETF uses S&P 500 options and proprietary data to generate monthly income for investors. The

In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday posted a solid gain in operating profits during the third quarter despite rising recession fears, while Warren Buffett kept buying back his stock at a modest pace. The Omaha-based conglomerate’s

Two Federal Reserve officials indicated Friday that they expect further interest rate increases but will be looking closely at whether those moves need to be as aggressive as they’ve been this year. Regional president Thomas Barkin of Richmond and Susan Collins separately said that the Fed is moving into a new phase that will be

In this article SBUX FNKO PYPL BABA 9626-HK BILI 9618-HK JD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer holds a drink inside a Starbucks coffee shop in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks —

In this article SBUX HSY CNK DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: DraftKings (DKNG) – DraftKings fell 12.5% in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. The sports betting company also raised its revenue guidance and warned

GP: JPMorgan office S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Banks have to prioritize consumer protection as they embark on digital asset experiments, said Umar Farooq, chief executive officer of JPMorgan’s blockchain unit Onyx. Many blockchain projects and other crypto protocols have the potential to make financial services more efficient, accessible and

A Starbucks location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after hours. Block — The mobile payment stock jumped 12% after Block reported third-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom lines. Block reported earnings of 42 cents per share on revenue of $4.52 billion. Analysts polled by

In this article GS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. logo hangs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is making a bid to standardize the way the financial industry

After a Covid outbreak at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, some workers chose to go home. Pictured here are the shuttle buses on Oct. 30, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s decision to maintain Covid controls is pushing companies to look to factories outside the country, according to

In this article QCOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A video sign displays the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, in Times Square after the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Qualcomm

In this article PARA GOOS-CA EL CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CVS (CVS) – CVS gained 1.9% in the premarket after reporting better-than-expected revenue and profit for its latest quarter. The company also raised its adjusted full-year guidance. The outlook excludes charges related to

In this article INTU MTCH AMD ABNB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Airbnb logo is seen on a little mini pyramid under the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, France, March 12, 2019. Charles Platiau | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Airbnb — The lodging stock

In this article IT DECK JNJ ABMD PFE GT FDS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A traveller waits for an Uber rider at Midway International Airport on May 09, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Abiomed (ABMD) – Abiomed stock soared 51.6% in premarket trading after agreeing to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in a nearly $16.6 billion deal. J&J will pay $380 per share for the maker of heart, lung and kidney treatments, and will

In this article GT HOLX IDXX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer waits for his car at the garage of Avis Budget Group at the San Francisco airport. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Avis Budget Group – Shares of the budget

Of the three major stock market indices, investors currently favor the Dow Jones Industrial Average – particularly in the wake of last week’s dismal quarterly reports by mega cap tech firms and the subsequent sell off. That’s because, as Jim Cramer noted Sunday, investors ditched Big Tech to find “companies that know what to do

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Wynn Resorts (WYNN) – Investor Tilman Fertitta has taken a 6.1% stake in the resort operator, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Wynn shares rallied 4.2% in premarket action. Petrobras (PBR) – The Brazilian state-run oil company’s shares slid 8.5% in