Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Deere – The heavy equipment maker reported adjusted quarterly profit of $2.71 per share, missing the consensus estimate of $2.85 a share. Revenue also missed forecasts, with the company saying some farmers are postponing purchases because of uncertainties regarding the export market. Applied Materials – Applied
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The “Fast Money ” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Industrials ETF puts. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Target. Dan Nathan was a seller of the Financials ETF. Guy Adami was a buyer of Eastman Chemical. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Pete is long calls ALLY, AMD, DISCA, DOCU,
Fraud finder Harry Markopolos took GE stock down more than 11% in one day with a dizzying array of charts and numbers, but also some choice words accusing analysts, ratings agencies and GE’s management of Enron-era behaviors. A day later, GE stock rebounded nearly 10% on Friday after GE CEO Larry Culp invested $2 million on the
Esther George, John Williams and Jerome Powell, at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 24, 2018. David A. Grogan | CNBC If the markets get their way, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will use the Fed’s Jackson Hole symposium to clarify whether the Fed is at the beginning of a serious rate cutting cycle — or just intending
U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019. New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services | Handout | Reuters An investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s possible suicide attempt last month —