Welcome to Yahoo Finance's flagship show, The Morning Brief. I'm Julie Hyman. Let's get to the three things you need to know today. First up, US stock futures pushing higher as Oracle shares surge after a blowout outlook in its latest earnings report. Equities are set to open at record highs again following the results, which offered a robust forecast for Oracle's cloud infrastructure business. Wall Street forecasters are now rushing to boost their outlooks for the S&P 500 amid renewed enthusiasm around the ...

The earnings calendar highlights Adobe Inc. reporting after close on Thursday, a significant event for the software industry. Adobe Inc. has a market capitalization of $150.19 billion as of September 9, 2025. The retail sector is also active with Chewy Inc. Class A on Wednesday, followed by Kroger Company (The) and RH on Thursday. Chewy Inc. Class A has a market cap of $17.37 billion as of September 2025. Kroger Company (The) has a market cap of $44.71 billion as of September 9, 2025. RH has a market cap of ...

PresentationGood morning, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Associated British Foods Trading Update Conference Call hosted by George Weston, CEO; and Joana Edwards, Interim Finance Director. [Operator Instructions]. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.George WestonCEO & Executive Director Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining this call. We've got quite a lot to go through because we've had a very busy second half. This, as a reminder, is the trading update for t ...

Tapestry Inc. (NYSE:TPR), the owner of Coach and Kate Spade, outlined its long-term growth strategy on Wednesday at its 2025 Investor Day in New York. The plan, called Amplify, focuses on increasing revenue, expanding margins, and boosting shareholder returns through 2028. The company expects mid-single-digit annual revenue growth and low double-digit earnings per share gains in fiscal years 2027 and 2028. It also pledged to return $4 billion to shareholders during the three-year period through dividends a ...

Five things to know ahead of the opening bell. The Supreme Court agreeing to hear the White House's appeal of lower the lower court ruling that many of President Trump's tariffs are illegal. It's going to hear oral arguments in the first week of November.In other tariff news, tensions could be easing between the US and India. In a post on Truth Social yesterday, President Trump saying India and the US are continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between our two nations. Then last night on X, Mo ...

The thing is, this approach works! The end result is a bunch of value stocks that don't necessarily produce a great deal of revenue of earnings growth, but you still get solid growth stemming from the sheer quality of the names this index and fund owns. (In many cases, for instance, generous stock-buyback programs do quite a bit of heavy lifting.) That's how this Schwab fund is up 45% for the past five years, and more than 130% higher for the past 10.It's a curious index to build an ETF around. Most funds a ...

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that the record revision to U.S. payrolls data underscores that the U.S. economy is contending with a slowdown. “The economy is weakening,” Dimon said. “Whether that is on the way to recession or just weakening, I don’t know.”“The labor market appears weaker than originally reported,” said Jeff Roach at LPL Financial. “A deteriorating labor market will allow the Fed to highlight the need to ease rates. Investors should expect the Fed to officiall ...

Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty ImagesGetty ImagesShares in food and clothing conglomerate Associated British Foods tanked on Wednesday, as sales at the key Primark retail division undershot forecasts.At £20.23 per share, the ABF share price was last 9.7% lower in midweek business.At its Primark budget clothing division, the FTSE 100 company said sales are expected to rise 1% in the second half. Growth is tipped to be evenly distributed across the third and fourth quarters.However, on a like-for-like basis, AB ...

These stocks offer high dividend yields and the potential for stock price growth in a recovery.One enduring strength among the more prominent consumer stocks is their dividends. Many have maintained dividend payments for decades and, in many cases, they raise their dividends on an annual basis.Some of these stocks also happen to offer dividend yields that are significantly above the S&P 500 average of 1.2%. Admittedly, such yields often come with depressed stock prices. Still, as business conditions improve ...

US stocks eyed fresh all-time highs on Wednesday as Oracle's (ORCL) blowout revenue forecast lifted AI hopes, as Wall Street waited for a wholesale inflation reading seen as unlikely to reset rate-cut bets. Futures on the S&P 500 (ES=F) climbed 0.3%, while those on the Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) edged up 0.2%, on the heels of record closing highs. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F), which includes fewer tech stocks, slipped 0.2%. Oracle stunned Wall Street as its CEO said its cloud revenue will ...