Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Feb. 23, 2021.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Nvidia — The chipmaker climbed 3,2% ahead of its quarterly report set for release after the bell. Expectations are high for the chipmaker after its shockingly...
David Canter is stepping aside as president of Bluespring Wealth Partners just one year after joining the firm. Canter will remain with Bluespring as a senior strategic advisor and will assist in the search for a new president, the company announced Wednesday. Stuart Silverman, who helped found the business...
Consumers have remained remarkably resilient amid a series interest rate hikes aimed at cooling inflation. However, there are recent signs of a shift.Shoppers are still buying more than last year, but spending growth is slowing as the economy settles down, according to Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist of the National...
Even though recruiting slowed down in the first half of this year to hit the lowest levels since the credit crisis, some broker-dealers and registered investment advisors are having success in hiring and recruiting from rivals. For example, LPL Financial recruited 47 financial advisors over the first half of...
When Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick, he had never actually visited the quaint Massachusetts isle of Nantucket. His multivolume novel spanned an epic battle — and now another, maybe less epic battle is being waged on the island dubbed “the most expensive in the world.” This time, the protagonists...
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line outside of Netflix in Hollywood, California, on August 9, 2023.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesHollywood producers are taking their latest contract proposal public as talks between the studios and writers...
To paraphrase the famous line from “Jaws,” “We’re going to need a bigger moat.” Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway have returned 14% year-to-date, compared with a 15.5% rise for the S&P 500. Over the past 5 years, however, Buffett’s holding company is up 71% compared with the S&P 500’s...