What to watch Chewy: Online pet food and product retailer Chewy’s share price is up by more than 150% in 2020, as consumers stuck at home have turned to online solutions. Pet sales and adoptions have also surged this year during US lockdown restrictions. The firm will deliver its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, where investors…
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What to watch Coupa Software: California-based tech firm Coupa Software offers business spending management services, which provide companies with visibility into and control over their operations. The firm’s share price has soared in 2020, more than doubling. Coupa’s cloud-based products fit well into the current mass work-from-home environment. Companies facing economic difficulties who want to…
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What to watch US jobs report: All eyes will be on November’s job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, investors will be watching to see whether surging Covid-19 case numbers in the US have damaged the labour market. In October, jobs growth was better than expected, and the unemployment rate fell to…
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What to watch Dollar General: Discount retailer Dollar General has added almost 40% to its share price in 2020, taking its market cap past the $50bn mark. Along with other discount retailers, Dollar General’s gains this year have been driven by consumers stocking up on staples, and turning to cheaper options in the face of…
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What to watch Snowflake: Cloud-based data storage and analytics firm Snowflake went public in September at an IPO price of $120 a share, and has now surged past the $300 mark. That puts the company’s value at more than $80bn. Snowflake delivers its first-ever quarterly earnings update as a public company after the market close…
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What to watch Salesforce: Certain to be front and center of Salesforce’s earnings call today will be reports that the firm is planning to acquire workplace messaging service Slack. If the deal is going ahead, how the company plans to integrate Slack into its other business software products, and the valuation placed on Slack after…
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What to watch Zoom Video Communications: Investors in video communications company Zoom have been handsomely rewarded this year, with its year-to-date share price gain close to the 600% mark, as mass working from home has led to huge demand for virtual meeting tools. The company delivers its latest set of quarterly earnings on Monday, where…
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What to watch Black Friday: Today marks the official start of the Black Friday sales event (although many outlets started cutting prices weeks ago). With many retailers around the world (particularly in the UK) locked down because of Covid, all the signs point firmly at the online retail giants to clean up once again. Last…
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What to watch US Markets: Stock markets in the US are closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving, and close early (1pm ET) on Friday, so there will be no companies reporting today from the US and limited activity on Friday. Reach plc: UK red-top media firm Reach plc is reporting its interim results on Friday. The…
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What to watch Deere & Company: Agricultural machinery firm Deere has added more than 50% to its share price in 2020, including a 27% gain over the past three months. While the lifting of pandemic-induced lockdowns is positive for the stock, the economic damage done by Covid is likely to have put a dent in…
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