Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein. The German proverb, roughly translated into English, means: Steady dripping caves the stone. It appears in other languages and literary forms, but this iteration stuck with Xander Schauffele as a boy.It’s the one Schauffele’s father, Stefan, reiterated until it seeped into his vocabulary. From the onset of Schauffele’s relationship with golf, motivational allegories and philosophical adages were fed into his psyche. That’s how his father thinks and speaks. It became how the son thinks and speaks, how Schauffele constructed the mind and game that won two major championships in one summer.Schauffele’s rise was slow and…
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Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Synaptics — The semiconductor company climbed 5.9% after announcing a partnership with Google on Edge AI. Through the collaboration, Google’s machine learning core will be integrated on Synaptics’ Astra hardware. Nvidia — Shares of the chipmaker popped 1.7%, marking a positive start to the new trading year after being one of the best performers of 2024. Loop Capital told clients that Nvidia is in a “nirvana” moment and is showing signs that its rally can be sustained. China stocks — U.S.-listed shares of Chinese companies struggled, with the iShares MSCI China…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Jan. 2 1. The new trading year was getting off to a strong start on Wall Street after back-to-back years of 20%-plus gains for the first time since the 1990s. Mag 7 stocks were responsible for most of the gains since Election Day 2024. So, of course, conclusion is they have to go down. I don’t believe that. 2. Apple is offering small discounts on phones in China. The Club stock trades like it will never come down. But it’s trading at 34 times 2025 earnings estimates and is arguably the most inflated…
Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration taken November 25, 2024. Dado Ruvic | ReutersCryptocurrencies rose to start the year, rebounding from recent losses as investor optimism returned to the market.The price of bitcoin rose 2% to $96,711.71 Thursday, bringing its new year gain to about 3% when counting trading from the Jan. 1 session.The CoinDesk 20 index, a measure of the broader cryptocurrency market, advanced 4%. The token tied to Solana, the popular Ethereum competitor, led the gains with a 7% increase. Crypto stocks Coinbase and MicroStrategy each climbed 4% as well.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconBitcoin rebounds to…
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks during an unveiling event for Tesla products in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2024.Tesla | Via ReutersTesla posted its fourth-quarter vehicle production and deliveries report on Thursday. Here are the key numbers:Total deliveries Q4 2024: 495,570Total production Q4 2024: 459,445Total annual deliveries 2024: 1,789,226Total annual production 2024: 1,773,443Results for the quarter represented the first annual drop in annual delivery numbers for Tesla, which reported 1.81 million deliveries in 2023. It reported 484,507 deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2023.Tesla shares were down more than 3% in pre-market trading Thursday. Analysts had expected Tesla to…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 31, 2024.NYSECrypto trades jumping. Roaring Kitty boosting meme stocks. Broader market ripping on no apparent catalysts.Animal spirits are on the run at the dawn of 2025 trading.Many speculative pockets of the stock market surged in early trading Thursday, the first session of the new year, right after the S&P 500 closed out the best two-year run since 1998.Stocks tied to the price of bitcoin jumped as the cryptocurrency climbed back over $96,000. Microstrategy added 4% premarket after climbing more than 360% in 2024. Crypto-related companies Coinbase, Robinhood, Mara Holdings and Riot…
Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Thursday: Deutsche Bank upgrades RTX to buy from hold Deutsche says the defense company is a compounder. “We are upgrading RTX to a Buy from Hold with a $140 target price (increased from $131). RTX trades like a defense stock and is valued like a defense stock but compounds EBIT like an aerospace stock.” JPMorgan reiterates Apple as overweight JPMorgan says it’s sticking with Apple in 2025. “We expect to see continued resilience from the shares till we are in the middle of the iPhone 17 cycle, with investors less likely…
Topgolf Callaway Brands could be due for big gains over the next several months as its breakup into two separate companies gets underway, according to Jefferies. Analyst Randal Konik upgraded the stock to buy from hold and increased his price target to $13 from $11, which implies 65.4% upside potential from Tuesday’s close. The call comes as shares of the golf and active lifestyle company have plummeted nearly 45% over the past year. Over the past six months, they are down more than 47%. MODG 1Y mountain MODG, 1-year “While TG fundamentals are weak, and MODG has suffered misexecution, shares…
A view from the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC, United States on December 30, 2024. The US Treasury Department was cyberattacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor in early December. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty ImagesChinese government hackers breached the U.S. Treasury office that administers economic sanctions, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, identifying targets of a cyberattack Treasury disclosed earlier this week.Citing unnamed U.S. officials, the Washington Post said hackers compromised the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Office of Financial Research and also targeted the office of U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.The department…
The euro and British pound hit multi-month lows against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, as the fresh trading year kicked off and investors geared up for the return of Donald Trump to the White House this month.The euro was 0.33% lower against the greenback at $1.032 shortly before 1 p.m. in London, hitting its weakest level since November 2022. Sterling dropped 0.78% to $1.242, an eight-month low.Optimism around the U.S. economy and equities was in focus as markets reopened following disrupted trade over Christmas and the New Year. Wall Street stock futures were higher amid declines in Europe and the…
