Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Domino's Pizza , Ulta Beauty — Shares surged about 8% after Berkshire Hathaway announced a new stake in the pizza chain in a regulatory filing. The Warren Buffett-led firm bought more than 1.2 million shares, making the stake worth around...
Disney is back. After several quarters of cutting costs and revamping its streaming business, CEO Robert Iger's turnaround plans is paying off: On Thursday, the entertainment giant reported strong quarterly earnings and a robust outlook for the coming year. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter totaled $22.57 billion, topping...
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Disney — The media stock popped 7% on stronger-than-expected earnings and guidance, aided by growth in its streaming business. The company said it expects high-single-digit adjusted earnings growth in fiscal 2025. Capri , Tapestry — Both luxury apparel stocks rose...
Scene from the FX series Shogun.Source: Disney | FXDisney has done the math on separating its TV networks business, and it appears too messy to be done — at least for now.The company's chief financial officer, Hugh Johnston, said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that the "cost is probably...
Baupost's Seth Klarman took a sizable stake in discount store Dollar General last quarter, while exiting Michael Kors-owner Capri before its megadeal to merge with Tapestry was blocked by regulators. The notable hedge fund investor built a $195 million stake in Dollar General, making it his eighth biggest holding...
Check out the companies making...
Disney is back. After several...
Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
Takeaways from the CQA Spring Conference 2023 by Peter Millington, Founder and CTO of Scientific Financial Systems (SFS)Peter Millington, founder, and CTO of SFS, recently attended the 2023 CQA Spring Conference in Las Vegas. This annual event brings together top quantitative finance professionals to discuss the latest developments and...
At Scientific Financial Systems, we have mapped a lot of vendor data into Quotient – mostly from MS SQL Server databases. With the ever-growing popularity of Snowflake, vendors are releasing versions of their data products on this highly scalable, performant, and easy-to-share database. While Quotient’s architecture allows it to...
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett speaking at Columbia University.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLegendary value investor Warren Buffett said he has no expertise in artificial intelligence whatsoever, but thanks to Bill Gates, he took a crack at the buzzy chatbot ChatGPT."I think it's something I don't...
Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesWarren Buffett said Americans should not be concerned about their bank deposits in the wake of the latest financial shock in the sector and the government would ensure no depositor in this country lost a dime."People shouldn't be worried about losing...
Scientific Financial Systems was proud to attend the CFA Society of Boston’s Annual Market Dinner event in Boston last night. It was a great turnout from the Boston investment community.Morgan Housel delivered an excellent keynote talk about market risk and investor behavior. His talk built on the major themes...
Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway has snapped up more shares of Occidental Petroleum , taking advantage of sliding oil prices amid the spreading banking crisis. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate bought 7.9 million shares in multiple trades on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, a new regulatory filing showed. The average price...
