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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: BOOT, NXT, DLO

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Boot Barn — The western apparel and footwear stock slid 7% after issuing light revenue and earnings guidance for the full year. Boot Barn said it expects earnings for the…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: WBA, GME, INTC, HOOD

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Walgreens Boots Alliance — The stock advanced 5.4% on news that Walgreens is looking for potential buyers for its $8.8 billion Boots drugstore chain in the U.K., Bloomberg reported Monday. Xponential…

GameStop, AMC soar more than 70% each as ‘Roaring Kitty’ meme trader resurfaces

GameStop and AMC shares rallied dramatically on Monday after “Roaring Kitty,” the man who inspired the epic short squeeze of 2021, posted online for the first time in roughly three years. The post, a picture on X of a video gamer leaning…

House buyers in China’s Tianjin have been waiting 8 years for their homes

People wait at the train station of Wu Qing, Tianjin, on January 8, 2016. Fred Dufour | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — A group of around 1,500 homebuyers in the Chinese city of Tianjin, near Beijing, have yet to…

Big short trader Danny Moses warns Tesla is vulnerable to 70% drop

Tesla shares are still vulnerable to a big decline ahead, according to investor Danny Moses of “The Big Short” fame . Even with the electric-vehicle maker’s stock down 32% so far this year, Moses is sticking with his Tesla short….

Inflation ETF may be in a sweet spot even if Fed cuts rates

It’s an exchange-traded fund designed to profit from higher rates. But even if the Federal Reserve starts to cut this year, Horizon Kinetics’ James Davolos thinks his firm’s Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL) is in a sweet spot.  “We’re actually going…

Bronze bust of the late Charlie Munger wowed crowd in Omaha at Berkshire meeting

Artist Yu Shu creates sculptures of Charlie Munger.  Courtesy: Yu Shu OMAHA, Neb. — A 24-inch tall, bronze bust sculpture of the late Charlie Munger became a conversation piece for guests who lodged at the Omaha Marriott last weekend for…

The rule capping credit card late fees at $8 is on hold — here’s what it means for you

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. banking industry won a key…

Sweetgreen shares soar 34% after company beats revenue expectations

People dine outside a Sweetgreen in Manhattan. Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty Images Sweetgreen shares surged nearly 34% on Friday after the company topped Wall Street’s revenue expectations for the fiscal first quarter and raised its full-year…

European companies in China are under pressure from slower growth, overcapacity

A robot is producing auto parts on the production line of an auto parts company in Minhou County, Fuzhou, China, on May 7, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — European companies in China are finding it harder…