5 big questions Netflix is facing from Wall Street ahead of earnings
By now, it’s become a common refrain in Hollywood: Netflix has won the streaming wars. It has a giant subscriber base and a towering lead over its rivals (most of which are still struggling to figure out a profitable streaming model), and its stock price recently hit an all-time high. Still, that gargantuan comeback —…
Luxury stocks slide as LVMH disappoints and Wall Street eyes few signs of stronger China demand despite stimulus
Luxury stocks slid Wednesday after LVMH’s tough earnings report and a warning from Wall Street about the struggle to revive demand among all-important China consumers. LVMH shares fell 3.7% Wednesday, while L’Oreal dipped 2.2%, and Hermes dropped 1.3%. LVMH reported a sales dip and delivered commentary on weak demand in China, a dire omen for…
All eyes are on TSMC earnings as the chipmaker industry faces slowdown worries
Visitors taking photofs at a TSMC booth at the 2024 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, China. This week’s sell-off in chip stocks and lingering questions about the demand for artificial intelligence tech has raised the stakes for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s coming earnings report. The chipmaker will report its full third-quarter earnings in the early…
The US freight recession is showing early signs of recovery
Trucking company JB Hunt earned the approval of stock investors on Wednesday after a stronger-than-expected earnings report showed demand is coming back. Shares of the company climbed as much as 8% after both third-quarter revenue and earnings-per-share results surpassed estimates after the closing bell on Tuesday. It’s welcome news for a company whose earnings have…
A woman moved from Wyoming to Texas after dreaming of city life. She can’t wait to go back.
Elizabeth Bagdon currently lives in Texas, but she misses life in Wyoming. Elizabeth Bagdon always wanted to live in a big city. Bagdon, 30, is originally from Pennsylvania. But when her fiancé, Ryan Heming, got a job working on wirelines for oil and gas, they got the chance to explore different parts of the US.…
Moving to Panama slashed an expat’s expenses. Here’s how much he pays for housing and bills for a family of 4.
Mac Davidson moved to Panama City nearly a decade ago. Mac Davidson, 46, was done with the intense Canadian winters. After living in Manitoba his whole life, a friend convinced him to leave for somewhere much warmer — and cheaper. In 2015, Davidson settled down in Panama City, working as a technical support manager. He…
We moved from a ranch in South Carolina to an apartment in Madrid. I learned material things are not important.
The author and her family moved from South Carolina to Madrid and had to downsize. In the US, my family of four had achieved the American dream. We owned a three-acre farm in the suburbs of Greenville, South Carolina, in a great school system surrounded by a wonderful community. We enjoyed our 3,600-square-foot home, which…
My husband and I are full-time housesitters for people around the world. We don’t have a permanent home and have no housing costs.
The author, left, housesits with her husband. I’ve always had the travel bug, and so has my husband. We met in 2013 while we were living overseas. Housesitting was on my radar then, and I was itching to try it. So we dove right in. Housesitting involves taking care of someone’s home and (usually) pets…
We traded our condo in a walkable city for a big house in the suburbs after we retired. It’s been great for us and our grandkids.
We loved living close to Washington, DC. For 17 years, my husband and I lived in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condominium in North Arlington, Virginia. We moved there from the Maryland suburbs in 2004 when our last-born went off to college. Both my husband and I worked in the heart of Washington, DC, and we wanted…
