New data shows British house prices jumped significantly in September. But as prices rise, so too are concerns about a government scheme to help buyers onto the property ladder, amid fears of a bubble. Kirsty Basset reports.
“Those people aren’t just being useless (and being coddled to think useless jobs actually matter—they don’t), but they are also taking money away from the rest of the workforce’s retirement programs.”
Prepare yourself for a big shock.
Palantir followed up its “bombastic” December quarter with even better results for the March quarter as the data analytics software company continued to gain traction with its artificial-intelligence tools, in particular with U.S. commercial customers. Palantir shares, which rallied 8.1% in Monday’s regular session, were down more than 14% to $21.56 in midday trading Tuesday. For the March quarter, Palantir posted revenue of $634 million, up 21% from a year ago, and ahead of both the company’s guidance range of $612 million to $616 million and Wall Street’s consensus of $615 million as tracked by FactSet.
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After a rocky month of April, investor sentiment has improved somewhat. At least in part, this can be attributed to a better-than-expected earnings season. So far, about 80% of the S&P 500-listed companies have reported their Q1 results, and 77% of those have shown a quarterly EPS above the forecasts. Overall, the earnings reported are 7.5% better than the estimates, a beat that’s well above the 6.7% decadal average. Scott Chronert, a U.S. equity strategist at Citigroup, comments on the broader