David Dittman

1 month ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema |David Dittman

Nvidia (NVDA) will disclose its fiscal first-quarter earnings report after the close next Wednesday, May 28. Nvidia earnings have become one of Wall Street's most anticipated events thanks to snowballing demand for all things artificial intelligence (AI). This time around, analysts are calling for earnings of 87 cents per share, up 42.6% year over year. Revenue is forecast to arrive at $39.3 billion, a 51.1% improvement over the year-ago period.

1 month ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema |David Dittman |David Payne |Dan Burrows

Can Trump fire Powell? In addition to upending the global economy with his tariffs, President Donald Trump has introduced additional uncertainty for financial markets by undermining the independence of the Federal Reserve and Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a series of public attacks. His behavior could render moot whatever the result of a pending Supreme Court review of a 90-year-old case that could answer the question, can Trump fire Powell?

Feb 27, 2025 | kiplinger.com | David Dittman |Joey Solitro

Equity futures pointed higher until about 45 minutes before Thursday's opening bell, when President Donald Trump said planned tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China will take effect on March 4. Incoming data continue to indicate a relatively stable if not quite normal economy. But the president's post marked the beginning of another up-and-down session for investors, traders and speculators.

Feb 20, 2025 | kiplinger.com | David Dittman |Joey Solitro

A big-box bellwether reported strong fourth-quarter earnings but offered weak full-year guidance on Thursday, a follow-up to a soft January retail sales report that could further undermine faith in the U.S. consumer as an engine of global economic growth. Meanwhile, President Donald J. Trump is carving a new, new world order complete with budget cuts at the Pentagon and a corresponding impact on defense stocks.

Feb 14, 2025 | kiplinger.com | David Dittman |Joey Solitro

Early on Friday, the S&P 500 was less than a point from reaching a new all-time high. Earnings and guidance generally reflect solid ground-level conditions, and incoming data still present, at worst, a fair-to-middling macro picture. At the end of an up-and-down trading session, the S&P 500 was little changed. But that was enough for the widely watched stock market gauge to wrap up an eventful week in positive territory.