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McDonald's reports largest revenue drop in US since pandemic as consumers pull back on spending
Sales shrank almost 4%, at 3.6%. It's concerning when fast food and retail businesses start seeing contradicting sales from the US consumer. Especially staples that are concerned with affordability like Walmart and McDonalds. If Consumers are pulling back spending on "cheap", low cart value items like a McDonalds meal then …
Federal judge rules that Apple violated anti trust ruling to open up App Store
Judge rules that Apple willingly ignored a court order and the outcome of their legal battle on opening up the App Store and charging high take fees of up to 30%. I don't see any major impact of this on Apple, other than them having to pay a fine every …
Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, (more than expected)
Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy. First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled 241,000 for the week ending April 26, up 18,000 from the prior period and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 225,000, the Labor Department …
Biotech theoretical question... I need a fact check!
I'm newish to stocks and investing and trying to figure some things out. I've noticed there are some outsized winners in biotech - they either languish as penny stocks or go to the moon once there's an FDA approval, they get bought, etc etc. I've also noticed that it's REALLY …
Tesla board opened search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk, WSJ reports
Tesla TSLA.O board members about a month ago reached out to several executive search firms to find a successor for CEO Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. The current status of the succession planning could not be determined, WSJ said. The …
r/Stocks Daily Discussion & Options Trading Thursday - May 01, 2025
This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on stock options, but if options aren't your thing then just ignore the theme. Some helpful day to day links, including news: * [Finviz](https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=spy) for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks …
Does the market really go up in reasonable timeframes?
They say 'time in the market beats timing the market' and that on a long perspective, the market always goes up. However, if you had invested in 1929, you would've had to wait until 1959 to be in the green again, and if you had waited just 11 years more, …
Precursors to Great Depression
1. Stock Market Speculation and the 1929 Crash Mid-1920s: The U.S. stock market boomed, driven by confidence in continual growth and profits. Investors increasingly bought stocks on margin (borrowing up to 90% of the stock price). Summer 1929: Warning signs emerged: production slowed, unemployment rose, and stocks became overvalued, but …
Inheriting a small fortune, considering how to invest it until 2029 in the current climate
This is probably an extremely tired topic, but wanted some advice, or at least some personal stories from people who have had experience in the market. When the 2020 pandemic crash happened, I was 21 and had some money, so I started looking into investing. I was a complete rookie …
No one is talking to companies specializing in onshoring
Why aren’t we hearing from industry experts who have actually onshored back to the US and know how long/hard it is? Like Flex for example. They helped Apple build a factory in the US. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/trump-texas-apple-factory.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare And they helped Nike build one in Mexico that eventually didn’t work out https://www.worldfootwear.com/news/nike-flex-partnership-ends/3573.html Thats …