Social Security just promised a 3.6% raise, but Medicare gets first crack at it. For retirees whose income crosses one invisible line from two years ago, the math can flip from raise to loss. Where is your line?
Four straight EPS beats ride on this morning's report, with consensus at $0.225 and $520.27 million in revenue. Only two analysts cover the snow and road maintenance vehicle maker, so a surprise in either direction moves the $1.0 billion stock hard.
Boyd Group reports before the open with consensus at $0.85 EPS on $1.02 billion in revenue, after missing expectations by 15% last quarter and beating in just 2 of its last 4. Whether repair pricing and consolidation finally show up in margins is the question for the $2.5 billion name.
CGI reports fiscal fourth quarter results before the open, with 13 analysts modeling $2.30 in EPS on $4.13 billion of revenue. The IT consultant has cleared estimates just once in the last four quarters, so anything beyond in line would be a genuine break from pattern.
ODDITY reports before the open with the bar set at $0.30 EPS on $140.5 million in revenue, and the credibility question is last quarter's result, when it beat expectations by a penny after missing by 262% the quarter before. Three beats in four quarters still leaves this $675 million beauty-tech name with something to prove.
Europe is opening bid again, and the DAX is doing the heavy lifting with a 0.86% gain. Investors sitting out the European tape keep paying for it.
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Hong Kong and the mainland finished in opposite directions, with the Hang Seng down 0.93% while the SSE Composite added 0.43%. Offshore money is doing the selling, and domestic buyers are not following.
President Trump calls it the biggest oil deal in world history. The secret 50-year contract the Washington Post obtained gives taxpayers a 35% stake in Alejandro Betancourt’s Venezuelan producer and 20% of its oil at $30 a barrel. At Tuesday’s $91.49 Brent that discount is worth…
A single date on your stock certificate can decide whether a startup windfall is tax-free or taxed at 28%. Before you count on the exclusion, check the traps in your holding period, your paperwork, and your home state.
Two funds from the same issuer share the same mega-cap giants at the top, yet their five-year results split sharply. The gap hides in fees, sector weights, and a screening process that can swing either way.
The first U.S. ETF still runs on a 1993 legal blueprint, and its biggest rival just abandoned that setup. Is the old wrapper quietly costing SPY investors, or does something else decide the question?
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Hong Kong is absorbing the US tech selloff while the mainland barely moves, a 0.45% gap that shows where global risk appetite is actually being priced. Chinese tech names carry the hit even as China's goods surplus clears $1 trillion.
