The first thing you should do when you start at a Wall Street bank
Navigating through your first Wall Street job is not going to be easy.Junior bankers work long hours under high pressure in extremely competitive environments.But there's one thing you can do to help...
View ArticleBlackRock just upped its stake in 4 US tech giants (AAPL, FB, HPQ, MSFT)
BlackRock has upped its stake in some big-name tech companies.The world's largest asset manager, with $4.5 trillion, now has a 5.6% stake in Facebook, a 5.6% stake in HP, a 5.7% stake in Apple, and a...
View ArticleSTOCKS AND OIL RALLY: Here's what you need to know (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, TLT,...
Stocks and oil both bounced back after getting clobbered on Monday. First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,167.2, +282, (+1.8%)S&P 500: 1,903.6, +26.6, (+1.4%)Nasdaq: 4,567, +49.2, (+1.1%)WTI crude oil:...
View ArticleAPPLE DELIVERS DISAPPOINTING OUTLOOK, BLAMES GLOBAL ECONOMY (AAPL)
Apple delivered its 2015 holiday-quarter earnings report on Tuesday afternoon.There's only one thing you need to know about the report: It seems that the iPhone business has finally peaked.Apple...
View ArticleA former NBA player was sentenced to 9 years in prison for operating a Ponzi...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Former NBAer sentenced for Ponzi scheme (KCTV News)Tate George, who played in...
View ArticleVMware confirms layoffs and CFO departs after earnings beat (VMW)
VMware just confirmed that it cut 800 jobs, and its CFO and COO Jonathan Chadwick is leaving the company.The news came out in VMware's Q4 2015 earnings report. The company earned $1.26 (adjusted) per...
View ArticleApple misses estimates with 74.8 million iPhones shipped last quarter (AAPL)
Apple shipped 74.78 million iPhones in the holiday quarter of 2015, falling short of analyst expectations of 75 million iPhones shipped.Analysts and industry-watchers have been forecasting an iPhone...
View ArticleApple has more than 1 billion devices online — something it's never revealed...
There are more than a billion Apple devices being used around the world.This includes iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, and Apple Watches.Tim Cook made the announcement in a letter to shareholders on...
View ArticleApple just reported the largest quarterly profit in history (AAPL)
Apple reported $18.4 billion in profit in the holiday quarter of 2015, which is good for the biggest quarterly profit in history.The quarter topped the previous record of $18 billion set by Apple last...
View ArticleOprah says she's lost 26 pounds using Weight Watchers, and the stock...
Oprah Winfrey says she's lost 26 pounds, thanks to Weight Watchers.In a new ad for the company she tweeted on Tuesday afternoon, Oprah said she lost the weight despite eating bread every day.She says,...
View ArticleBill Gross says you can thank Warren Buffett for Tuesday's stock market rally...
Bill Gross says you can thank Warren Buffett for Tuesday's stock market rally.Via the @JanusCapital account on Twitter, Gross said on Tuesday, "Buffett, not oil, likely cause of today's rally. $32...
View ArticleApple: We're seeing 'softness' in China (AAPL)
Apple just reported its Q4 earnings, and the company's CFO is attributing its disappointing revenue guidance to a "softness" in China and other parts of the world.Apple expects $50-$53 billion in sales...
View ArticleApple's iPad business is shrinking like crazy and the iPad Pro couldn't save...
On Tuesday, Apple announced that it sold 16.1 million iPad tablets in the holiday shopping quarter of 2015.In the same period of 2014, though, it sold 24.4 million. That's a 25% dip in sales, with an...
View ArticleIt's already about March — Here's what to expect from the Fed's big statement...
The Federal Reserve is not likely to raise interest rates again this week.Rather, its policy statement on Wednesday afternoon will be all about clues on how it will handle its next big decision in...
View ArticleSales growth of all three major Apple products is dead in the water (AAPL)
Apple did not grow unit sales year-over-year in any of its major product categories during 2015's crucial holiday sales quarter. The number of iPhones sold was basically flat from a year ago, Mac unit...
View ArticleI drove Toyota's unusual vision for the future of mobility — and it was a...
The future of mobility is an exciting frontier that everyone in the automotive world is trying to explore. As a result, companies have taken creative and odd approaches to meet the challenge. Recently,...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook: 'We're seeing extreme conditions, unlike anything we've...
Apple's holiday-quarter revenue of $75.9 billion missed analyst expectations as well as the company's own guidance.According to CEO Tim Cook, a major factor in the company's miss was "the turbulent...
View ArticleDonald Trump's seemingly crazy claim about America's schools in a Facebook...
In a video he uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday, Donald Trump took a swing at what he believes is America's failing school system."We are rated 28 in the world. The United States, think of it, 28 in the...
View ArticleBuick will run its first-ever Superbowl commercial, featuring a new...
Buick will air the company's first-ever Superbowl advertisement this year, featuring the New York Giant's Odell Beckham Jr. and actor and swimsuit model Emily Ratajkowski ("Gone Girl"). The ad will...
View ArticleThe world's über-rich are stuffing their cash in the US because it's suddenly...
Wealthy folks are moving their money out of traditional tax havens and into the US.Bloomberg Businessweek's Jesse Drucker reports that the US is one of only a handful of countries not to have signed on...
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