Asia stocks higher; South Korea shares soar as interest rates hold steady

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Asia stocks higher; South Korea shares soar as interest rates hold steady

MarketWatch
Stocks in South Korea soared to a fresh high Thursday, leading broad gains across the region after the nation’s central bank held interest rates at a record-low in a vote of confidence in the economy.

Tesla’s reward for hitting its targets could be a stock surge past $500, says analyst

CNBC
Tesla shares could surge past $500 if the company sticks to its own production and sales targets, said Baird analyst Ben Kallo. This is higher than the $368 price target Kallo has on the stock, which he told CNBC is based on lower expected production

Stocks Extend Gains After Fed Minutes; Nvidia Jumps, Ulta Drops

Investor’s Business Daily
The stock market extended its gains in afternoon trading following the release of the minutes from the May 2-3 Fed meeting.

The stock market’s hottest stock, Nvidia, just got a big new backer

CNBC
Nvidia, the market’s best-performing stock in the past year, just got another big believer for its artificial intelligence aspirations.

Hedge funds are betting billions that a stock loved by millennials is going to plummet

Business Insider
They’re paying the lowest premium in nearly three years to protect against a 10% decline in Nvidia’s stock over the next three months, relative to bets on a 10% increase, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Hot stock that’s tripled in the past year has analysts throwing up their hands

CNBC
Shares of Nvidia hit a fresh record high in early Tuesday trading, the 69th record high logged by the stock in a year’s time.

Opinion: How to stop being your own worst enemy in the stock market

MarketWatch
The sad truth is that your brain is hard-wired to make you your own worst enemy in the stock market. And the temptation you might feel right now to sell ahead of expected market weakness highlights two of our biggest psychological shortcomings as

Opinion: The stock market should be more worried about the hard economic data

MarketWatch
The election of Donald J. Trump as president in November unleashed a wave of confidence among businesses, consumers, and investors that prosperity was just around the corner.

Pure Storage Earnings, Outlook Top Estimates; Stock Rises

Investor’s Business Daily
Data storage innovator Pure Storage (PSTG) late Wednesday reported quarterly results that beat estimates on the top and bottom lines, sending its stock higher. Pure Storage, a maker of flash chip-based storage products for the business enterprise

Lowe’s stock falls on earnings, sales miss

CNBC
“From a stock perspective, the headline may not spark a lot excitement, as expectations had moved up into the print and the bar was set higher by [Home Depot],” Credit Suisse analyst Seth Sigman wrote in a note to clients.
CNBC
Comparable sales fell 3 percent in both Tiffany’s Europe and Asia-Pacific regions, with the luxury retailer mentioning “varying degrees of softness” in certain markets fueling these declines.

Pro-Trumpcare Republicans Owned Millions in Health-Care Stock

Daily Beast
The majority of the companies in which lawmakers own stock represent the giants of the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries.

Opinion: Harry Boxer: Four stocks locked in a strong uptrend

MarketWatch
The climb came as the biotechnology company’s chief medical officer is expected to speak at a pain therapeutics conference in London on Tuesday.

Salvatore Ferragamo Stock Slides Further On Cautious Outlook

TheStreet.com
Salvatore Ferragamo SpA (SFRGF) stock slid further Thursday after the luxury goods maker issued a cautious outlook for the year ahead and said that the focus in the boardroom remains on rationalizing the retail business.

When Will Amazon Split Its Stock Again?

Motley Fool
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) turned 20 as a public company earlier this month, and the stock is being celebrated for its monstrous game-changing wealth creation.

This Biotech Stock Has Soared 84% This Week On Breast-Cancer Drug News

Investor’s Business Daily
Puma Biotechnology (PBYI) stock leapt Wednesday after a Food and Drug Administration committee voted 12-4 to recommend approval of its drug, neratinib, for the treatment of some breast cancers.

S&P’s Famous FANG Trade Has Nothing on China Four-Stock Boom

Bloomberg
While a love for technology shares worldwide is boosting other major benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 Index, none are so influenced by so few stocks this year. As evidence of the distortion: An equal-weighted version of the MSCI China, one that strips

What Not To Buy In Today’s Stock Market

Seeking Alpha
The average stock out there is very, very expensive. At this point, it almost doesn’t matter which valuation metric you use – they all point to this: Stocks were more expensive than they are today only once in the past century, i.e., during the dot-com

3 Stocks That Could Put Amazon.com’s Returns to Shame

Motley Fool
However, these types of rocket-fueled growth stocks are exceedingly difficult to spot, even during the middle of their radical transformation into giants of their respective industries.

Wall Street rises, dollar falls on Fed minutes; oil retreats

Reuters
NEW YORK Wall Street rose, while the U.S. dollar and bond yields fell on Wednesday after Federal Reserve meeting minutes signaled a gradual approach to interest rate hikes, and oil prices dipped on a draw of U.S.

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