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Tech stocks weigh on Asian markets after Wall Street selloff

Mar. 19, 2018 at 11:56 p.m. ET
by Gregor Stuart Hunter

Oracle earnings rain on cloud parade

Mar. 19, 2018 at 9:32 p.m. ET
by Therese Poletti

Facebook security chief to exit: report

Facebook Inc. chief information security officer Alex Stamos is leaving the company in August after disagreements within the company about how it should handle spreading disinformation, according to a New York Times report late Monday. The Times, citing unnamed current and former employees briefed on the matter, said that Stamos had been advocating that Facebook investigate and disclose the Russia-backed activity on the platform, but other executives such as Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg were dismayed by the suggestion. Stamos' day-to-day responsibilities were reassigned in December, but he will stay at the company until August to oversee the transition, the Times reported. After the Times published its story, Stamos tweeted that he was still "fully engaged with my work at Facebook. It's true that my role did change. I'm currently spending more time exploring emerging security risks and working on election security." Facebook stock is down 1% in late trading, after closing down 6.8% to $172.56 on Monday. Facebook stock is down 1.7% this year, as the S&P 500 index has gained 2.9%.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:31 p.m. ET
by Max A. Cherney

More than 70% of Tesla’s biggest fans didn’t buy a Model 3 when offered, analyst finds

Mar. 19, 2018 at 7:22 p.m. ET
by Jeremy C. Owens

Zuckerberg saved tens of millions of dollars by selling Facebook stock ahead of Monday’s decline

Mar. 19, 2018 at 6:59 p.m. ET
by Max A. Cherney

How Donald Trump is re-emerging as a risk for the stock market

Mar. 19, 2018 at 5:31 p.m. ET
by Howard Gold

The stock market meltup is over: Morgan Stanley

Mar. 19, 2018 at 5:29 p.m. ET
by Sue Chang

U.S. stocks finish deep in negative territory as Facebook’s troubles spark tech selloff

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:38 p.m. ET
by Victor Reklaitis

Facebook sheds nearly $40 billion of market cap as investors flee stock

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:22 p.m. ET
by Emily Bary

Breaking

Facebook's stock tumble cuts $36 billion from the social network's market value

Facebook Inc. has shed about $36 billion in market value since Friday as shares of the social-media giant skidded lower. Facebook's stock closed 7.9% on Monday, putting the Menlo Park, Calif.-based technology giant marked its worst daily drop since March 26, 2014, with that downturn equating to a $36.4 billion loss in market value, from its value of $537.67 billion at Friday's close, according to FactSet data. The social network has come under firepegged to how it has managed users’ information, after the company announced that a firm with ties to the 2016 Trump campaign improperly kept data for years despite saying it had destroyed those records. Facebook's decline was weighing on the broader market by virtue of its size and the company's influence on sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day off 335 points, or 1.4%, at 24,610, while the S&P 500 index finished down 1.4% at 2,712, with technology shares suffering the worst daily decline among the broad-market benchmark's 11 sectors. Meanwhile, tech-laden The Nasdaq Composite Index wrapped off 1.8% at 7,344.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:20 p.m. ET
by Mark DeCambre

Breaking

Facebook's 7% drop is the worst daily decline in nearly 4 years

Shares of Facebook Inc. posted their worst daily drop in about four years amid concerns about how the social-media giant managed user data. The company's shares finished down about 6.8% on Monday at $172.56, with the stock logging its steepest one-day decline since March 26, 2014, according to FactSet data. U.S. and British lawmakers slammed Facebook over the weekend for not providing more information about how the data firm, Cambridge Analytica, came to access information about potentially tens of millions of the social network's members without their explicit permission around the time of the 2016 presidential election. Selling in Facebook was weighing on the broader technology sector . Among other social-media companies, Twitter Inc. fell 0.6% while Snap Inc. shares were down 2.5%. Shares of Facebook turned negative for the year, down 2.2%, compared with the Dow Jones Industrial Average which also was down 0.4% for the first three months of 2018. The Dow closed 335 points, or 1.4%, at 24,610, the S&P 500 index finished down 1.4% at 2,712, but up 1.5% year to date. The technology laden Nasdaq Composite Index , however, ended the session 1.8% lower at 7,312, enduring the biggest fall on the day from the pressure in tech names. For the year, the benchmark was up 6.4%. Because Facebook boasts a market value of more than $500 billion it can influence many market-capitalization-weighted indexes, dragging them higher or lower.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:14 p.m. ET
by Mark DeCambre

Dow's 335-point drop erases all of 2018 gains--and then some

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled on Monday, erasing its year-to-date gain, pushing the blue-chip indicator negative for 2018. The Dow declined 335 points, or 1.4%, at 24,610, for a decline in the first three months of the year of about 0.4%. Any close above 24,719.22, the average's close for 2017, according to FactSet data, would push it into positive territory. The S&P 500 index, meanwhile, closed 1.4% at 2,712, while the Nasdaq Composite Index wrapped 1.8% lower at 7,344. All three benchmarks ended off their lows of the session, but weighed by selling in technology shares, amid a data scandal tied to how Facebook Inc. has managed user information during the 2016 presidential campaign. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are both positive for the year, with the S&P 500 up 1.5% so far this year and the Nasdaq boasting a return of 6.4%.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:07 p.m. ET
by Mark DeCambre

Facebook hires digital-audit firm to investigate recent user-data problem

Facebook Inc. said Monday that it has hired the digital forensics firm Stroz Friedberg LLC to conduct an audit of Cambridge Analytica's systems, following the improper handling of data related to about 50 million Facebook members. Facebook stock is down 7% in late afternoon trading. Facebook hired Stroz to investigate the improperly handled data after the company admitted late Friday that Cambridge acquired it from a personality prediction app in 2015, which was shared with the political consulting firm, Cambridge. One of the men involved in the improperly handled data, Christopher Wylie, has declined to allow the Stroz investigators to check his systems. The researcher who created the personality-prediction app, Aleksandr Kogan has agreed to give the Stroz investigators access to his systems. Facebook stock has declined 2.5% this year, as the S&P 500 index has gained 1%.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:04 p.m. ET
by Max A. Cherney

Breaking

Stocks end sharply lower as Facebook tumbles; Dow negative for 2018

U.S. stocks closed more than 1% lower on Monday, pressured by a broad decline that was largely attributable to weakness in Facebook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 336 points, or 1.4%, to 24,611. With the day's drop, the blue-chip average turned negative for 2018. The S&P 500 shed 39 points, or 1.4%, to 2,712. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 138 points to 7,344, a decline of 1.8%. The Nasdaq saw outsize weakness due to technology shares; the sector fell 2.1% in its biggest drop since Feb. 8. Facebook led the sector lower after, facing heavy selling pressure over how it manages third-party access to its users' information, after saying a firm with ties to the 2016 Trump campaign improperly kept member data for years despite saying it had destroyed those records. The stock fell 6.8% in its biggest one-day drop since March 2014. The day's losses were widespread, with all 11 of the primary S&P 500 sectors ending down on the day and 29 of the 30 Dow components ending in the red.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:02 p.m. ET
by Ryan Vlastelica

S&P 500, Nasdaq suffer biggest one-day drop since Feb. 8

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. ET
by MarketWatch

Breaking

Stocks end sharply lower as Facebook leads technology selloff

Mar. 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. ET
by MarketWatch

Drug companies are beginning to wake up to this new risk factor

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:55 p.m. ET
by Emma Court

Kushner Cos. filed false paperwork with New York housing authorities for years: AP

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:53 p.m. ET
by Ciara Linnane

Tech stocks sink under weight of Facebook, chip makers

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:42 p.m. ET
by Wallace Witkowski

Zscaler stock pulls back after booming first trading day

Shares of Zscaler Inc. are down 17.6% in their second day of trading Monday, after more than doubling on Friday. Zscaler's initial public offering priced at $16, and the stock closed at $33 on Friday. Fellow unicorn Dropbox Inc. is expected to go public as well later this week. Though much of the tech sector is down in Monday trading due to concerns about Facebook Inc. , the far sharper decline in Zscaler's stock price speaks to the volatility of recent IPOs. The cloud-based security company has seen 5.1 million shares trade hands in Monday's session. Shares of other relatively recent big tech IPOs are down sharply during the session as well, with Stitch Fix Inc.'s stock off 6.5% and Roku Inc.'s stock down 6.9%. The S&P 500 has fallen 1.7% and the Nasdaq Composite Index is off 2.2%.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:31 p.m. ET
by Emily Bary

Record Fund Inflows Leads to Stock Market Whiplash

Investors piled a record amount of money into hot stock funds during the week before Monday's sell-off, a sign that buyers who made aggressive bets may have gotten burned.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:13 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Market Selloff in 7 Charts

A stock market selloff deepened on Monday after, led by high-flying technology stocks.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 1:09 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Facebook Stock Decline Knocks it Out of S&P 500′s Big Five

Facebook Inc.'s share-price fall on Monday shaved roughly $30 billion from its market cap, enough to remove it from the ranks of the five biggest companies in the S&P 500.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 11:54 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Investors Are Still Quite Bullish

Measures of market sentiment still look elevated, even after major stock indexes dropped by more than 10% last month.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Stocks Show Persistence of Goldilocks Economy

Major stateside stock benchmarks are pacing for a better annual performance than much of the rest of the world, despite a volatile few weeks.

Mar. 13, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Tech Companies Are Taking Over the Stock Market

Technology companies are conquering the stock market, boosting sectors not often associated with the giants of Silicon Valley.

Mar. 12, 2018 at 4:55 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

This Bull Market’s Best-Performing Stock is…a Mall Owner?

The U.S. stock bull market turned nine years old on Friday. The companies that have seen the biggest gains over that period may surprise you.

Mar. 9, 2018 at 2:17 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Jobs Report Shows Investors Are Getting Used to a Stronger Economy

Investors are learning to stop fearing an economic pick-up. That was a key lesson from Friday's market reaction to the jobs report.

Mar. 9, 2018 at 1:38 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Not Everyone Hates Volatility

The market gyrations of recent weeks are lifting trading volumes, typically a boon to banks.

Mar. 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Powell’s Fed Could Be More Volatile For Markets

It's quite likely the new chair will see more market volatility during his term than did his predecessor. Janet Yellen's time at the helm was marked by mostly serene markets.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 8:02 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Investors Didn’t Sour on the Stock Market for Long

Money is flowing back into stocks, a sign that investors believe the market will keep climbing after the recent selloff.

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Corporate Earnings Look Good, But Investors Already Know That

Executives are as excited about corporate earnings as they've ever been, but that optimism may already be priced into the stock market.

Feb. 22, 2018 at 8:41 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Housing Market Is Riding High Once Again

The housing market is heating up, providing another pillar of support for the stock market and U.S. economy.

Feb. 21, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Credit Suisse Navigates the Volatility Cross-Currents

Credit Suisse Group AG says betting on volatility to fall has been a great trade. Just don't use the bank's once-popular investment product to do it.

Feb. 6, 2018 at 10:33 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Stock Market Didn’t Get Tested—You Did

Stop trying to make sense of the stock market, Jason Zweig says.

Feb. 5, 2018 at 6:19 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Stock Market Selloff By the Numbers

Here is a selection of factoids about the market's big decline on Monday.

Feb. 5, 2018 at 4:45 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Forget Apple: The Stock Market’s Rise Is All About Boeing

Boeing Co. quietly has more pull on the stock market than pretty much any other company.

Jan. 31, 2018 at 1:50 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

S&P 500 Has First 1% Decline Since August

The stock market's long stretch of calm was interrupted this week.

Jan. 30, 2018 at 4:23 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Stock Market Hyperbole

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that his election loss would have sparked a plunge in the stock market that's only ever happened eight times.

Jan. 26, 2018 at 1:01 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Strategists Can’t Keep Up With the Stock Market

The year is just 15 trading sessions old and already the stock market has put in almost a full year's worth of gains.

Jan. 25, 2018 at 12:23 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Other News

A Stock Sell-Off Vocabulary Guide

When stocks sell-off, a whole bunch of new financial terms start popping up that you may not be familiar with. Here's our cheat sheet to help you out.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 1:51 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

A Timeline Of Theranos's Troubles

A look at the ongoing saga of a unicorn biotech startup in Palo Alto, from its rise to the fall.

Mar. 14, 2018 at 1:08 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Factors Affecting Oracle Stock in 2018

Oracle stock has risen more than 19.0% in the past year. During the same period, the S&P 500 Index has risen 15.0%.

Mar. 8, 2018 at 8:09 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Has McDonald’s Stock Price Bottomed Out?

In this series, we'll look at analysts’ revenue and earnings estimates for McDonald’s in the next four quarters.

Mar. 12, 2018 at 1:32 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What’s Microsoft’s Value Proposition in the US Software Space?

Despite the massive surge in Microsoft stock, which helped its market cap to cross the $724 billion mark, it's lagging behind Amazon (AMZN), which has a market cap of ~$726 billion.

Mar. 1, 2018 at 1:37 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What Is Microsoft’s Value Proposition in the US Software Space?

Despite the massive surge in Microsoft stock, which helped its market cap to cross the $713 billion mark, it was momentarily eclipsed by Amazon (AMZN).

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:59 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Lowe’s 4Q17 Earnings: Here’s What to Expect

Lowe's Companies (LOW) plans to announce its 4Q17 earnings before the market opens on February 28.

Feb. 22, 2018 at 2:23 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Why Campbell Soup Stock Fell despite Fiscal 2Q18 Beat

The Campbell Soup Company (CPB) stock fell ~3.3% on February 16, 2018, despite reporting better-than-expected fiscal 2Q18 results.

Feb. 21, 2018 at 8:51 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Here’s Why Kraft Heinz Stock Fell after Its 4Q17 Results

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) reported weaker-than-expected 4Q17 results on February 16, 2018.

Feb. 20, 2018 at 10:21 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

How To Read The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has provided a key leading indicator for investors and economists for decades. This respected index is published monthly from the results of random telephone surveys.

Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:37 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Investors Are Optimistic about Home Depot’s 4Q17 Earnings

Home Depot (HD) is scheduled to announce its 4Q17 earnings before the market opens on February 20, 2018.

Feb. 16, 2018 at 11:45 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What Investors Fear Most

The yuan! Trump! North Korea! Brexit! Inflation! We brought together two years of survey data to show how quickly investors' worst nightmares come and go.

Feb. 15, 2018 at 11:13 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

9 Common Effects of Inflation

Is inflation ever good? If you like your job it is.

Feb. 14, 2018 at 12:35 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

The Consumer Price Index: A Friend To Investors

As a measure of inflation, this index can help you make key financial decisions.

Feb. 14, 2018 at 10:51 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Why Investors Are Optimistic about Shake Shack’s 4Q17 Earnings

Shake Shack (SHAK) is scheduled to announce its 4Q17 earnings after the market closes on February 15, 2018.

Feb. 13, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Why This Recent Volatility Isn’t The End Of The Stock Market’s Bull Run

Feb. 10, 2018 at 1:16 p.m. ET
on InvestorPlace.com

Could Gold Catch a Bid if Equities Stay Weak in 2018?

What the markets have long been fearing has finally come true, at least in part. The S&P 500 (SPY) (SPX) hit a record high on January 26, 2018. Since then, the index has fallen ~8% as of February 6, 2018.

Feb. 9, 2018 at 10:19 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Chipotle’s Stock Falls Over 10% on Weak Outlook

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) posted its 4Q17 earnings after the market closed on February 6, 2018. In 4Q17, Chipotle posted adjusted EPS (earnings per share) of $1.34 on revenues of $1.11 billion.

Feb. 8, 2018 at 4:17 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

How Do Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market?

Interest rates can have a complicated ripple effect through financial markets. Here's what you need to know.

Feb. 8, 2018 at 11:48 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

A Look at IBM’s RSI and Volatility after Fiscal 4Q17

IBM stock has a beta of ~1.07, which indicates that it is 7% more volatile than the overall market.

Jan. 31, 2018 at 3:57 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Key U.S.	Last	Chg	Chg %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	24,610.91	-335.60	-1.35%
NASDAQ Composite Index	7,344.24	-137.75	-1.84%
S&P 500 Index	2,712.92	-39.09	-1.42%
Russell 2000 Index	1,570.56	-15.49	-0.98%
Other U.S.	Last	Chg	Chg %
Dow Jones Transportation Average	10,646.57	-37.25	-0.35%
Dow Jones Utility Average Index	686.31	-5.51	-0.80%
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index	28,120.03	-385.33	-1.35%
NASDAQ 100 Index (NASDAQ Calculation)	6,864.88	-155.07	-2.21%
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	1,917.57	-18.08	-0.93%
NYSE Composite Index	12,651.46	-132.93	-1.04%
Barron's 400 Index	728.04	-7.88	-1.07%
CBOE Volatility Index	19.02	3.22	20.38%
Global	Last	Chg	Chg %
Global Dow Realtime USD	3,084.74	-0.41	-0.01%
Asia/Pacific	Last	Chg	Chg %
The Asia Dow Index USD	3,625.94	-5.12	-0.14%
S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index	5,936.4	-23.0	-0.39%
Shanghai Composite Index	3,290.64	11.39	0.35%
Hang Seng Index	31,557.64	43.88	0.14%
S&P BSE Sensex Index	33,058.46	135.34	0.41%
NIKKEI 225 Index	21,380.97	-99.93	-0.47%
FTSE Straits Times Index	3,509.45	11.16	0.32%
Europe	Last	Chg	Chg %
STOXX Europe 50 Index EUR	2,977.80	-37.78	-1.25%
STOXX Europe 600 Index EUR	373.68	-4.03	-1.07%
CAC 40 Index	5,222.84	-59.91	-1.13%
DAX	12,217.02	-172.56	-1.39%
IBEX 35 Index	9,664.10	-96.90	-0.99%
FTSE 100 Index GBP	7,042.93	-121.21	-1.69%
Americas	Last	Chg	Chg %
BOVESPA Index	83,913.06	-973.42	-1.15%
S&P/TSX Composite Index	15,589.39	-121.94	-0.78%
IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones	47,477.58	-339.47	-0.71%

Company	Last	Chg	Chg %
Signet Jewelers Ltd.	39.46	0.78	2.02%
Northrop Grumman Corp.	344.93	6.30	1.86%
Gap Inc.	32.23	0.49	1.54%
Macy's Inc.	29.30	0.40	1.38%
DXC Technology Co.	105.75	1.24	1.19%
Lockheed Martin Corp.	335.25	3.85	1.16%
Kansas City Southern	106.71	1.20	1.14%
TransDigm Group Inc.	302.50	3.27	1.09%
Carnival Corp.	67.63	0.72	1.08%
CSRA Inc.	41.02	0.37	0.91%

Company	Last	Chg	Chg %
Facebook Inc. Cl A	172.56	-12.53	-6.77%
Newell Brands Inc.	26.79	-1.87	-6.52%
Mattel Inc.	13.22	-0.64	-4.62%
Newfield Exploration Co.	23.16	-1.11	-4.57%
Incyte Corp.	86.27	-3.76	-4.18%
Hess Corp.	46.96	-2.02	-4.12%
Express Scripts Holding Co.	72.99	-3.03	-3.99%
Juniper Networks Inc.	25.26	-1.03	-3.92%
Broadcom Ltd.	244.95	-9.92	-3.89%
KLA-Tencor Corp.	115.98	-4.64	-3.85%

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