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«To say that these are weak results would be an understatement,» she said in a note to clients as she downgraded the stock from outperform to market perform.

Nike (nke) expects sales growth to recover in North America after a weak March - May quarter, helped by the upcoming Olympics, an expansion of its basketball business and clearing excess stock, brand chief Trevor Edwards told Reuters.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., stock indexes continued marginally higher on Friday, supported by weaker - than - expected consumer price data for July.

«Because we are in the hospitality and recreation business, which is largely dependent on discretionary spending,» the company's latest financial report explains, «we believe that the weak housing market, increases in unemployment, decreases in air flights to Las Vegas, decreases in the value of stock and other investments, and the general tightening of spending on business travel have all affected visitations to Las Vegas and the spending budget of our customers.»

Airline stocks like Southwest, JetBlue and American Airlines were broadly weaker Wednesday, dragged down after United discussed its growth plans after its quarterly earnings report Tuesday evening, a report that did in fact beat estimates.

In a call with the media, Wal - Mart executives said super centres are getting bigger purchases on each trip from people stocking up on bulk items, but traffic has been weaker, particularly in the bottom performing 10 per cent of its storeIn a call with the media, Wal - Mart executives said super centres are getting bigger purchases on each trip from people stocking up on bulk items, but traffic has been weaker, particularly in the bottom performing 10 per cent of its storein the bottom performing 10 per cent of its stores.

Japanese government bonds skidded in their worst sell - off in more than three years, despite weaker stocks, accelerating a slide begun in the wake of last Friday's Bank of Japan easing steps that disappointed many investors.

A report from CIBC World Markets recently predicted the stock market might fall 10 % — 15 % this summer due to a confluence of factors, including a weak U.S. housing market, increasing fiscal strain, expensive oil prices, sluggish corporate earnings growth and disruptions in global supply chains stemming from the Japanese crisis.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

European stocks, which had followed much of Wall St's rout on Monday, had less dramatic falls Tuesday, but failed to stabilize with any conviction after data showing service sector activity across the Eurozone and U.K. was weaker than originally thought in December.

NEW YORK, Jan 2 - European stocks closed lower on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2018, while Wall Street advanced and the U.S. dollar fell to its weakest in over three months against key currencies.

Talbot's stock has taken a hit as the jobs market remains weak and professional women seek more casual clothes in which they can transition easily from day to night, says Kaye.

That would be bad news for the torrid earnings growth being enjoyed by US companies, since the large multinational corporations with heavy weighting in stock indexes have had exports boosted by a weak currency.

Facebook has a special lab stocked with low - end Android phones, old flip phones and weak networking to help the company figure out what computing conditions are like in parts of the world with limited internet connection.

«It's the weaker dollar, it's the inflation focus and it's also to some extent the market is continuing to look for a hedge against a world that's becoming incredibly complacent with stocks at record highs,» said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen.

A weaker dollar makes exports more profitable, which helps companies doing business overseas — most notably the multinational conglomerates with big weightings in stock indexes.

Technology stocks were among the strongest performers in Europe on Friday, following a weak performance on Wall Street in the previous session.

The selling early Thursday accelerated following a sharp slide in European stocks on weak economic data from Italy and concern about Portugal's largest listed bank.

That's why the «Mad Money» host backed the stock of Lowe's even when the retailer's shares plummeted on Wednesday in the wake of a weaker - than - expected earnings report.

Bullish exuberance, rising interest rates, declines in key stock sectors and weak - handed shareholders all contributed to the losses, but Europe really «got the ball rolling,» he said.

If my capital market expectations are for a good bond market and a weak stock market in the next year (such as this year), I don't necessarily want to change any of the stocks or bonds that I hold.

Gold prices rose on Friday, as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials fed worries about a possible trade war, and after U.S. jobs data came in weaker than expected.

Snap (SNAP) stock was down 16 percent in premarket after it missed revenue forecasts and its forward guidance and daily active users were weaker than estimates as well.

Ebay's stock dropped after the company reported second quarter earnings in line with analysts» expectations, but offered weaker guidance for the third quarter.

Nov 7 - Wall Street added to losses in early afternoon trading on Tuesday, with the S&P and the Dow weighed down by financial stocks and the Nasdaq slipping on weak forecast from travel services company, Priceline.

Emerging markets went sailing higher with stocks enjoying their biggest daily gains in nearly four weeks though another day of weaker oil prices took a toll on Russia again, where the rouble was down another half a percent.

«Bond king» Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC on Monday that investors should be defensive, especially in the midst of a «weak bond market» and a «broadly sideways» stock market.

When choosing countries to invest in, Langham looks at the price - to - book ratio of the national stock indexes rather than price - to - earnings, as it's difficult to predict profits in a weak economic environment.

China's surprise decision to revalue the yuan as it tried to contain the stock market turmoil caused the currency to drop the most in 21 years last month, triggering exchange - rate declines elsewhere in the emerging world on concern that a weaker yuan will hurt countries exporting to China.

A wobbly equity market, expectations for higher interest rates and weaker economic growth in the first quarter have inspired some pundits to claim that bear - market risk for stocks...

It is no more than a coincidence that Viacom announced weak earnings and suffered a sharp plunge in its stock on the same day that one of its biggest stars, Jon Stewart, exited the stage.

Expedia stock took a hit earlier this week when Trivago, in which Expedia owns a majority interest, reported disappointing earnings and gave a weak outlook.

The deterioration in operational performance, profit margins and financial strength of weaker listed companies could weigh down their stock prices when interest rates are moving higher.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Upper middle - class shoppers spooked by a whipsawing stock market and shoppers waiting till the last minute for the best deals could result in the weakest U.S. holiday sales season for retailers since the recession, AlixPartners said.

It is disadvantageous for you is the weak players flee the market (selling their stocks and buying index funds), or if the least capable professional investors lose assets to passive funds, because it means that only the smartest investors remain in the active game.

The losses in major Asian stock markets on Wednesday morning tracked losses on Wall Street overnight, and with increasing risks seen in tech shares, weak copper prices, and high US Treasury yields.

When a stock undergoes this type of price action in a weak market, particularly if the stock was a former leader, it often presents a rather profitable opportunity for our subscribers who are prepared to bring home the dosh in both uptrending and downtrending markets.

At the same time, manufacturers pointed to the weakest rate of input price inflation so far in 2016, despite rising demand for raw materials and some reports of renewed stock shortages among suppliers.

However, the JSE All - share index, the broadest measure of stock market performance, is down roughly 7 percent from a peak notched up in January due to weak global sentiment and profit taking.

«Some hybrid funds may consider selling their stock investments for fund redemption due to weak liquidity for their bond investments following the bond market and money market crash,» analysts at Credit Suisse said in a note dated Friday.

Under Armour's first - quarter results show progress toward stabilizing its sales in the weak North American market and operating more efficiently, said Jim Duffy, an analyst with Stifel Nicolaus, who has a buy rating on the stock.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

One of the consequences of a weaker rand has been stronger gold priced in the local currency and higher South African gold mining stocks, as measured by the FTSE / JSE Africa Gold Mining Index.

High - dividend - paying stocks * have delivered competitive overall returns by performing reasonably well in strong markets and outperformed both non-dividend-paying stocks and the S&P 500 ® Index during weak markets.

Target (TGT)- This stock continues to be punished after a weak roll - out in Canada and the data breach during the last holiday shopping season.

The recovery after the stock bubble was weak, so households were less resilient in dealing with the housing bubble.

Yet initial weak Stock Connect trading contributed to a rise in the offshore RMB / USD rate as renminbi enthusiasm waned.

A wobbly equity market, expectations for higher interest rates and weaker economic growth in the first quarter have inspired some pundits to claim that bear - market risk for stocks has spiked higher in recent weeks.

Prior to the crisis, variation in the monetary base had a very weak correlation with stock returns even on a coincident basis.