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  • Five tips to ensure your retirement funds last

    As Americans are living longer, it is becoming increasingly important to amass retirement funds that will last throughout those extended years. Yahoo Finance contributor Ross Mac breaks down five key financial tips to help prepare for a longer life. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Angel Smith

  • Santander US CEO examines the state of Americans' savings

    According to a survey from Santander Bank, about 80% of Americans have less than $25,000 in their savings accounts. As inflation concerns grow, worries about how much Americans think they need to save for retirement are also increasing. Santander (SAN) US CEO Tim Wennes joins Wealth! to give insight into how Americans are putting away money for savings and key tips for savings management. Wennes says Americans must start by checking in with themselves on several key questions: "Assess where you're at. How much do you have in savings? What interest rate are you earning, and what are some of the other options? For some people, if you haven't started saving or you're not accumulating as much savings as you would like, make sure you're setting the appropriate goals and make it easy for yourself to save. Pay yourself first. Set up that automated transfer into your savings account right when your paycheck comes in, to help you start to accumulate those savings." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino

  • Stock markets, China tariffs, Novavax and Sanofi: 3 Things

    The major stock market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are on the road to closing out the first full trading week of May on a high note, alongside several of its European counterparts: the FTSE 100 (^FTSE), the DAX Performance Index (^GDAXI), and the CAC 40 (^FCHI). President Biden is reportedly set to announce updates on Trump-era trade tariffs on China. Novavax (NVAX) shares are skyrocketing over 110% on news of the biotech company's plans to licensing deal with Sanofi (SNY, SAN.PA) to co-commercialize its COVID-19 vaccine For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • The top economic takeaways from the 2024 Milken Conference

    Leading voices in business and economics convened in Beverly Hills, California, this past week for the 2024 Milken Conference. Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss several of the biggest themes and takeaways from speakers at the conference. Catch all of Yahoo Finance's coverage from this year's Milken Institute Global Conference. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Oil prices stabilize, Wall Street expects OPEC+ to extend cuts

    Crude oil futures (CL=F, BZ=F) stabilize on a surprise inventory drop. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferré joins Catalysts to discuss oil price trends seen in May so far as Wall Street anticipates OPEC+ to extend its production cuts. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Catalysts. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Bank of England, Arm, Disney-Warner Bros. bundle: 3 Things

    Stock futures (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are under pressure ahead of Thursday's market open. Investors are paying extra close attention to the Federal Reserve's inflation directives as the Bank of England signals future interest rate cuts. Arm Holdings (ARM) beat fiscal fourth-quarter earnings estimates, but the stock is still falling in Thursday's pre-market trading on the chip designer's weaker-than-anticipated full-year 2025 forecast. While missing on its top and bottom lines, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced an upcoming streaming partnership with Disney (DIS) to bundle Disney+, Hulu, and Max together. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Warner Bros. Discovery history: Beyond the Ticker

    Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) – a company with deep roots in the entertainment industry for over a century – was only formed a short two years ago. Beyond the Ticker takes a deep dive into the media giant’s history, as it grapples with legacy media challenges and looks to build its streaming business into a serious industry player. 1923 Warner Brothers was founded on April 4, 1923, and quickly built itself into one of the Big Five American studios, alongside Universal Pictures (CMCSA), Paramount Pictures (PARA), Walt Disney Studios (DIS), and Sony Pictures (SONY). 1966 The Kinney National Company was formed. Its media division became Warner Communications. 1982-1985 Discovery was founded as the Cable Educational Network. The Discovery Channel launched soon after in 1985. 1990 Warner Communications was established as Time Warner, following a high-profile merger with Time Inc., that created the largest media company at the time. 1996 Time Warner purchased the Turner Broadcasting System in a $7.5 billion deal. That led to the acquisition of assets like HBO, Cinemax, Warner Bros. Studios, CNN, and Turner Sports. 2018 Time Warner was acquired by AT&T (T) for $85.4 billion. It was renamed WarnerMedia. 2022 The two companies officially merged after WarnerMedia was spun off by AT&T, joining forces with Discovery in a deal valued at $43 billion. Trading began on the Nasdaq on April 11, 2022, under the new ticker symbol WBD. Shares opened at $24.08 per share. 2023 The joint company’s first major project – the streaming launch of Max – offered content from Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Animal Planet, and more. But despite various profitability hurdles, Warner Bros. Discovery is still aiming for a top spot in the ever-evolving entertainment industry – with investors awaiting its next wave of innovation. From tech giants to retail titans, Beyond the Ticker is a historical series that takes a deep dive into some of Wall Street's trending companies and how they transformed into the financial icons they are today. Check out more of our Beyond the Ticker series, and be sure to tune in to Yahoo Finance. Editor's note: This video was produced by Zach Faulds.

  • Real estate, REIT opportunities in this high rate environment

    The dark cloud hanging over the US real estate market may be casting an even longer shadow on REITs, or real estate investment trusts. The Federal Reserve's sentiment on keeping interest rates higher for longer has prolonged elevated mortgage rates, which have run rampant and impaired Americans' ability to buy or own a home. Janus Henderson Investors Global Real Estate Portfolio Manager Gregory Kuhl and Haendel St. Juste, Mizuho Senior Equity Research Analyst for REITs and Homebuilders, sit down with Yahoo Finance's Market Domination to talk about the Fed's monetary policy and its reverberations felt by REITs and the broader real estate industry. "We're pretty optimistic that assuming we are done in terms of Fed rate hikes and higher rates, listed REITs today are priced for the interest rate environment that we have, which means they can do well," Kuhl explains, adding: "It's not an issue of fundamentals, it's purely an issue of valuation, which we think we're getting towards the end of." Kuhl and St. Juste weigh in on areas of the real estate sector that show promise, naming a few standout stocks from the landscape. "We point people to sectors where there's clear demand tailwinds — apartments, healthcare data centers, and stocks [with] names with, pricing power, better than average earnings growth to alleviate some of those concerns," St. Juste comments. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • What services should you be tipping for?

    Has tipping culture in the US gotten out of control? Cornell University Professor of Services Marketing Michael Lynn joins Wealth! as part of Yahoo Finance's Small Business: Big Opportunities special this week to break down when and how you should be tipping next time a screen is turned around asking you to make a gratuity selection. "In these kinds of counter-service settings, the majority of people are still not leaving tips," Lynn explains of carry-out and coffee shop situations. He adds that tipping does not help small businesses as much as people think. "What tipping does is it gets price-insensitive customers, people who are willing to pay more than they have to, they're effectively subsidizing the patronage of more price-sensitive customers who aren't willing to pay more than they have to because of tipping," he explains. Catch more of Yahoo Finance's special Small Business: Big Opportunities coverage this week, or watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Melanie Riehl

  • Earnings, DOJ's Tesla probe, Reddit's guidance: 3 Things

    Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT), Twilio (TWLO), and Shopify (SHOP) are the latest companies to report earnings after the bell on Tuesday and before Wednesday's market open. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking into supposed securities and wire fraud as part of its probe into Tesla's (TSLA) Autopilot capabilities and full-self driving functions, according to a Reuters report. Reddit (RDDT) shares continue to surge in Wednesday's pre-market session after topping first-quarter earnings estimates and reporting a spike in daily active users. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Elon Musk talks space, AI, and more

    he Milken Institute Global Conference is underway in Los Angeles, California. The institute’s Chairman, Michael Milken, sat down with Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to discuss space, artificial intelligence, population growth, and what keeps him up at night. Space (00:00:05) Musk explains that he wants “to be a multi-planet civilization so that we have planetary redundancy, such that no single event can… be the end of our civilization.” AI (00:00:21) “It’s very important to have a maximum truth-seeking AI… and a maximumly curious AI,” Musk notes. While “biological intelligence can serve as a… backstop, as a… buffer of intelligence… almost all intelligence will be digital.” Population Growth (00:00:52) “The more prosperous a civilization and the more a civilization feels that it does need to defend against external threats, the lower the birth rate,” Musk discusses. “You should really think of human civilization as being like a tiny candle in a vast darkness, and we should do everything possible to ensure that… candle does not go out.” For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here.

  • Kyndryl CEO on the company's turnaround after IBM split

    Shares of Kyndryl (KD) are rising in extended-hours trading after topping Wall Street estimates in its fourth quarter earnings. The IT services company brought in $3.85 billion in revenue, more than the expected $3.76 billion. Kyndryl CEO Martin Schroeter tells Yahoo Finance that the company "finished a great quarter that was the end of a terrific year." He points to the investments being made in the Kyndryl Bridge platform and its alliance network which "have really become a part of the ecosystem that's driving our return to growth." Following the company's spin-off from IBM in 2021, Schroeter says Kyndryl has been able to create and evolve "really deep, meaningful relationships" with other tech giants like Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN), leading to a $500 million revenue stream. Schroeter expects that figure to rise to about $1 billion this year alone, saying the partnerships are "vital." "They've been a great part of our turnaround story and we expect that to continue," he tells Yahoo Finance. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode. This post was written by Melanie Riehl

  • Rivian posts wider-than-expected Q1 loss

    Rivian Automotive (RIVN) posted a wider-than-expected loss in the first quarter. The EV maker reported an adjusted loss of $1.24 per share, which was more than the $1.15 loss analysts were expecting. Revenue of $1.20 billion was in line with expectations of $1.18 billion.  Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian beaks down Rivian's Q1 results. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

  • Occidental Petroleum posts mixed Q1 results

    Occidental Petroleum (OXY) reported mixed first quarter results on Tuesday after the market close. Adjusted earnings per share of $0.63 topped estimates of $0.58. Revenue, however, fell short of Street expectations, $5.98 billion versus the $6.62 billion estimate. Yahoo Finance's Ines Ferré breaks down the energy giant's results. This post was written by Stephanie Mikulich.

  • TikTok sues US govt. over ban bill on free speech grounds

    In April, President Biden signed legislation that compels ByteDance, the parent company of social media platform TikTok, to either divest from the popular app or face the possibility of a nationwide ban in the US. However, TikTok is not backing down without a fight, as the company has brought its own lawsuit against the US government, arguing that the potential ban on the platform violates First Amendment free speech rights. Yahoo Finance Legal Reporter Alexis Keenan breaks down the details of the lawsuit and whether it falls under free speech protections. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Angel Smith

  • Disney earnings, Apple chips, Rivian partnership: 3 Things

    Shares of the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) are dropping in Tuesday's pre-market trading after reporting mixed fiscal second-quarter earnings results as the media company struggles to bring all of its direct-to-consumer streaming businesses to profitability. Apple (AAPL) is joining the AI chips race, according to the Wall Street Journal, developing the tech to run its data center servers. Furthermore, Apple is reportedly in talks over a partnership with EV maker Rivian (RIVN). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Oil prices climb on Middle East tensions, Saudi price hike

    Oil prices (CL=F, BZ=F) are climbing higher as hopes of a Gaza-Israel ceasefire agreement are slimming. Additionally, Saudi Aramco's decision to raise crude oil prices has contributed to the rise in Brent crude futures. Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré breaks down geopolitical drivers behind the oil price surge. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Angel Smith and updated by Luke Carberry Mogan.

  • Earnings, Berkshire Hathaway, Milken Conference: 3 Things

    80% of S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies have reported their first-quarter earnings as of May 3, according to FactSet. A slew of companies are set to report their earnings this week, including Disney (DIS), Palantir (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), Uber (UBER), and more. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) held its first annual shareholder meeting without longtime Vice Chairman Charles Munger. CEO Warren Buffett spoke during the conference about various topics, including selling all shares of Paramount Global (PARA). The 27th annual Milken Institute Global Conference starts on Monday, with industry leaders discussing a wide range of topics, including higher-for-longer interest rates, the presidential election, and AI. Yahoo Finance Reporters Jared Blikre, Madison Mills, and Brian Sozzi join the Morning Brief to break down the three things investors need to keep in mind for the trading day on May 6. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino

  • What Biden Admin's new EV tax credit means for automakers

    The Biden Administration has officially finalized its tax credit rules for electric vehicles (EVs). One of the provisions outlined in the new rules is a restriction on sourcing critical minerals used in EV batteries from "foreign entities of concern," meaning countries like China. Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian sheds light on the implications of this rule for automakers moving forward. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance. This post was written by Angel Smith

  • What happens if Warner Bros. Discovery loses its NBA rights?

    Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is set to report earnings on Thursday, May 9, as the broadcaster engages in a tug-of-war with Comcast's NBCUniversal (CMCSA) over the media rights for the NBA. NBCUniversal is reportedly eyeing a bid of $2.5 billion, more than double WBD's current annual spend of $1.2 billion for NBA media rights. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Alexandra Canal highlights the detrimental consequences if Warner Bros. Discovery fails to secure the streaming rights for the next basketball season, as analysts project a loss of $270 million in annual ad revenue. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Melanie Riehl