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Earnings season may kick-off with an upside surprise. National Securities’ Art Hogan is optimistic the banks’ second quarter results will come in better than expected and help lift stocks. “I don’t think expectations for bank earnings have ever been as low as they are coming into this quarter,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s
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President Donald Trump criticized his top infectious disease advisor this week while Dr. Anthony Fauci separately admitted he hasn’t briefed the president on the coronavirus pandemic in at least two months — widening an apparent growing rift between the two.  “Dr. Fauci’s a nice man, but he’s made a lot of mistakes,” Trump said in an
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Dani Reiss, president and CEO of Canada Goose Rick Madonik | Getty Images Canada Goose‘s CEO said Friday the retailer’s recently opened experiential store in Canada is “almost built for this environment,” as consumers brave enough to venture outside are looking for things to do during the coronavirus pandemic.  “Naturally, it is socially distanced,” Chief
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Even when the Great Recession dampened consumer confidence and drove up unemployment things weren’t as bad for retailers as they have been during the current Covid-19 crisis, according to a new analysis from Retail Metrics. Days after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in March, retailers across the U.S. were forced to shut their
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FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors and traders have historically turned to less-risky assets such as U.S. Treasurys to weather market volatility and uncertainty. During the coronavirus pandemic, however, they have turned to unlikely place: tech and software stocks. Shares of Apple, Netflix, Microsoft, and Amazon are all trading at,
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Source: Bank of America Big restaurant chains have largely recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, but the rest of the industry is taking longer to bounce back, according to a Bank of America study. Analysts Gregory Francfort and JonMichael Shekian used aggregated transaction data from Bank of America credit and debit cardholders to analyze consumers’ restaurant spending habits.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Brian Cassella | Chicago Tribune | Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said states have been forced to compete in a “sick Hunger Games”-like competition for personal protective equipment and other supplies needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic without a strong federal response. Pritzker, a Democrat, told
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Nikola Motor Company Badger pickup truck Source: Nikola Motor Company Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Nikola — Shares of Nikola soared nearly 18% after JPMorgan hiked its rating on the controversial electric vehicle company to overweight from neutral. The bank said the stock looks attractive for long-term investors after a 40% plunge this month
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