E*TRADE Generation Trader: Preview of Facebook Earnings
Cheddar's "Generation Trader" series highlights the most compelling business stories that are moving the market, while utilizing E*TRADE's innovative trading platform. In this episode, Anchors Hope King and Baker Machado preview what to expect for Facebook earnings this week.
The company has faced scrutiny over Russian groups using its platform to meddle with the 2016 elections. In a written statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee just las week, Facebook said events from one Russia-linked troll group reached 300,000 Facebook users.
Earlier this month, Facebook announced changes to its algorithm of its newsfeed to prioritize posts from friends, and family over media publishers. This sent shares down on January 12. Facebook stock has recently rebounded, and is up about 10 percent over the past six months.
With the Fed likely set to leave rates unchanged, lower and middle income Americans will continue dealing with higher credit card interest and expenses.
Markets soared in May after Nvidia’s Q1 success, but concerns over slowing consumer spending, especially among middle—and lower-income groups, loom large.
The U.S. economy added 272,000 jobs in May, far more than expected. But that number doesn't tell the whole story. Interest rate cuts could still be on the way.