Despite headlines, the market isn’t in a bear territory yet. Volatility and uncertainty are high, but history has shown that even major events like wars and financial crises become mere blips in long-term investing.
Human capital management (HCM) stocks may be catching investors' attention as fears of an escalating trade war and hotter-than-expected PCE data led to a sharp decline among the broader indexes on Friday.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how data & business process services stocks fared in Q4, starting with ADP (NASDAQ:ADP).
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) and the rest of the data & business process services stocks fared in Q4.
ADP has had an impressive run over the past six months. While the S&P 500 has been flat, the stock has returned 7% and now trades at $296.12. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the data & business process services industry, including EXL (NASDAQ:EXLS) and its peers.
Market indexes put in a fine showing at the closing bell today, climbing in the final minutes of trading across major indexes and ending the day at or near session highs.
Markets traded higher today, with all major indexes closing near session highs — and erasing yesterday’s tariff panic, now that tariff plans have already been eased for our neighbors to the north and the south.
