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Nov 02
Bitcoin price hits $20.8K as volatility ensues over Fed 75-point rate hike

The Fed acted as expected, with comments from Chair Jerome Powell still to come as BTC/USD wakes up. 1938 Total views 29 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) saw instant volatility on Nov. 2 as the United States Federal Reserve enacted a fourth consecutive 0.75% interest rate hike. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Fed hints […]

Nov 02
Costco October sales rise nearly 8%

Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, -3.29% said late Wednesday its October sales rose 7.7% to $17.7 billion, from $16.47 billion in October 2021. Same-store sales in the U.S. rose 9.2%, while same-store sales in international markets excluding Canada dropped 5.4%, the retailer said. Shares of Costco fell 0.2% after the news and ended the regular trading […]

Nov 02
Cardlytics stock cut in half amid ‘continued uncertainty’ from advertisers

Cardlytics Inc. shares CDLX, -53.41% ended Wednesday’s session down 53% after the company, which provides marketing solutions, delivered a forecast that fell well short of what analysts had been expecting. JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth wrote following the Tuesday afternoon report that Cardlytics guided for a roughly 6% year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter revenue at the midpoint, […]

Nov 02
Dow skids 500 points, stocks end sharply lower after Fed increases rates and signals restrictive steps for longer

U.S. stocks gave up earlier gains to end sharply lower Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve fired off its fourth rate increase of 75 basis points in a row and signaled that monetary policy could stay restrictive for longer than earlier anticipated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.55% tumbled about 506 points, or 1.6%, to […]

Nov 02
ServiceNow stock dubbed top software pick at Macquarie

Macquarie analyst Sarah Hindlian-Bowler dubbed ServiceNow Inc.’s stock NOW, -6.18% her top pick in software as she took over coverage of some names in the sector. “One of the biggest and least appreciated field actions we have seen working with ServiceNow and ServiceNow deployments is the impressive growth the company is seeing in moving from […]

Nov 02
U.S. oil futures settle at a more than 3-week high

Oil futures climbed on Wednesday, with U.S. prices settling at their highest in more than three weeks. Prices found support after the Energy Information Administration reported weekly declines in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories, and as recent reports said Iran may be preparing an attack on Saudi Arabia. Oil prices continued higher after the Federal […]