#market

how's it going for the field reps that are in that pilot with changing daily field work and appointments? Any news if they're adding more markets? And if this could lead to reduction in work force?

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/di-ks-sporting-goods-stock-crash-reveals-a-major-problem-for-struggling-nike-114409937.html

If you’re considering a role on the Markets side, know what you’re walking into. The culture there isn’t just competitive, it’s dog-eat-dog, and it’s shaped by leadership that’s more interested in protecting itself than developing people. Too many of the “managers” running these teams are underqualified for the seats they hold, and they’ve built environments that reward toxicity because toxicity is what got them there.

Loyalty and tenure mean nothing. Years of contribution mean nothing. If you value a workplace with real accountability from the top down, look elsewhere.

Oil major Shell has drawn interest from potential bidders, including ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell ​for its U.S. chemical assets that could fetch up ‌to $8 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

https://energynow.com/2026/08/the-suitors-exxon-lyondell-among-suitors-for-shells-us-chemical-assets-could-fetch-8-billion/

Does anyone actually believe that this is a good product that is competitive in market

They keep acting like it's going to save the company but all I continue to see is square cause merchants prefer it

How are we not bankrupt yet

Even if it takes off, it's only small businesses

Great job, keep it up. Looking forward to more market cap decline so Hock can burst a few blood vessels.

Nike lost ~ 80% of its market cap over the last 5 years. People are asking, what happened?!

Look for market cap to shrink by 200
Percent by January 25.2027

companies previously 1/10 of QCOM now 2x or 10x QCOM marketcap.

Congrats CEO , management , etc

Outsourcing will always slowly ki-l companies long term.

BREAKING: Nike stock, $NKE, collapses to its lowest level since September 2014, now down -78% from its all time high seen in 2021.

The stock has now officially erased over -$200 billion in market cap since its record high.

#leadbysport

The latest closing stock price for Humana as of August 14, 2026 is 389.05. closing price was 540.03 on November 03, 2022.

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/HUM/humana/stock-price-history

the stock tanks again? The stock is backup to where it was 6 months ago. How long you all think before it tanks again?!

• Talks are ongoing and no deal is guaranteed, people familiar say
• Workday had about $43 billion market value before Reuters report sent shares up nearly 18%
• Silver ​Lake could bring in additional investors to finance deal, one person says

https://www.reuters.com/world/silver-lake-talks-buy-workday-sources-say-2026-08-13/

This should tell you everything you need to know. One of the well known investors threw in the towel. Sold all his shares. This company is trash. If you have stock-you should follow suit. Rather than taking a further loss-sell!

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/hertz-shares-fall-ackman-pershing-182219197.html

lack of standalone refiners

A new report indicates Seattle's housing market is experiencing a significant slowdown. This decline is attributed to widespread layoffs within the tech industry, creating buyer uncertainty. Pending home sales have dropped sharply, reflecting a cautious approach from potential homeowners. Despite a slight price decrease, the median home price remains very high. The tech sector's instability is a primary driver of this market sluggishness.

Seattle, Washington

https://seattlered.com/housing/seattle-area-housing-market-slows-as-tech-layoffs-create-uncertainty-report/4119798

…That's the year-end stock price... sorry Kool-Aid drinkers.

One of my favorite games to play whenever I'm in other cities is looking at what people are wearing. Look at the shoes, the clothing, the sports they're doing and what they're wearing while doing those sports. What kids are asking for going back to school, etc. It is increasingly not Nike.

Everyone is running in Hoka, Adidas. Every other kid has a Messi jersey and basketball shoes are just out. I don't see ppl wearing basketball shoes like they did years ago.

Alo is the new athleisure of choice. The Nike collabs are overplayed... they only pop in the comments sections of Instagram posts.

The decline is real.

I financed two raptors and a boat. I just got ranked NSI this week...should I still be in the market for a new RV or no?

Here we go again…more net outflows for July! $8.2 billion in outflows.

Bitwise Asset Management has reduced its global workforce by 14%, impacting approximately 155 employees. CEO Hunter Horsley stated this adjustment positions the company for continued growth despite the current market conditions. The firm's net assets have seen a significant decrease in the first seven months of 2026. Despite these layoffs, Bitwise has pursued strategic acquisitions, including Chorus One. This move aligns with a broader trend of layoffs across the crypto industry as companies adapt to market pressures.

https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-08-12-bitwise-layoffs-411522

FIS has history of RIF-ing employees in Q4.
That way you lose year worth of 401K match.
Market is slow in hiring. Most companies are in holiday mode.
Usually this is done as revenge against employees.

Wireless is losing to AT&T in more markets than usual in the RootMetrics comparative benchmarks. The New England region is particularly hard hit. Losses in Boston, Hartford, Providence, and Worcester. They seem to be taking Dan at his word that he doesn’t care all that much about being the best network!

https://rootmetrics.com/en-US/rootscore/map/metro/boston-ma/2026/1H

Belk Market. Store within a store?

North lake Mall Charlotte.

Will this concept work? I thought the whole idea was to have a smaller freestanding market concept OUTSIDE of malls, not on the second floor of an already existing store??

Twilio's video and voice APIs along with their voice-based AI features, are proof that this space is very much a growth market.

Cisco had the same assets and the same opportunity. Instead it filed the people building this technology under non-core, non-growth, legacy, and let them go.

The market just told Cisco what it thinks of that call.

AT&T used to compete for the best talent in the country. Today, it feels like we’re competing for the best talent willing to relocate to a handful of hub cities and accept five-day RTO.

The people walking out the door aren’t just headcount. They’re decades of institutional knowledge, technical expertise, customer relationships, and experience that can’t be replaced by posting another job opening.

“Leadership” seems to think talent is interchangeable. But we know it isn’t.

You can backfill a position in a few months. It can take years for someone to become truly effective in many of these roles, and by then they may already be looking for their next opportunity.

A real market-based culture works both ways. If you expect employees to compete in the market every day, then the company has to compete for employees too. That means offering a compelling reason to stay, whether that’s compensation, flexibility, culture, career growth, or meaningful work.

Right now, it feels like the strategy is to shrink the talent pool through geography, push experienced people out, and hope everything works out.

Hope isn’t a strategy and neither is assuming talent is infinitely replaceable.

Curious to see what restructuring has occurred. Please share and let us know market.

Why is the stock price down $8 today? Earnings call? Please explain.

Digital asset platform Uphold has reduced its global workforce by 17%, impacting 85 employees. This strategic move redirects resources towards its expanding enterprise business. The company cited a decline in retail crypto trading activity as a contributing factor. Uphold will continue to serve its U.K., European, and enterprise clients without interruption. The firm remains optimistic about the future of digital assets and blockchain technology.

New York, New York

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/27/digital-asset-trading-platform-uphold-cuts-17-of-global-headcount-as-crypto-winter-bites

as this bubble pops you can expect dell to lose all of its market share and be a 8 billion dollar company

First Marcellus, now, EF and Powder. That’s 12 billion in divestitures. Take that to the bank.

Still won’t help the share price.

Why did Intel's stock drop by $50 over the past month?

It was 140$ now 91.55$ within a month

Pump and dump after cashing out....

AT&T and TMO are also up. Look at the history of these telecom stocks. They go up when the other equities go down due to market risks increasing (wars, rising oil, etc.). Grandma clutches her pearls tighter and moves her money to utilities. She'll move it out of telecom when she thinks the risk is less, and VZ will then continue it's slide.

Demand destruction coming in 3, 2, 1 ... Who is going to buy an overpriced Apple or Samsung mobile phone now?

Stock at $168 and change,

https://www.reuters.com/business/qualcomm-tells-customers-double-digit-price-increases-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-07-24/

Did you know Arista is half the market cap of Cisco and only has 5100 employees compared to 86,000 employees at Cisco?

Did you see stock post earnings? Where is this going?

IBM management to duck and hide after market close

To stay at Teradata is to do a disservice to yourself. You cannot change what poor leadership is doing to the company. No amount of sweat, blood, and tears will save you. We tell ourselves to hang on a little longer, that if we can just make it through this round of layoff, that if we can be the hardest worker on the team, our manager will see they can't afford to lose me.

Sorry. This is what denial looks like. And when they cut you (it is coming), you will kick yourself for staying. You will regret not having your resume updated and circulating the market already. You'll regret all the nights, weekends, holidays, and family events, you gave up for this company. For nothing. Certainly not for money, recognition, a raise, or a bonus. Take it from someone who knows. I live with regrets. But you've been warned. Do better - for yourself. Best wishes.

Communications giant Verizon $VZ reports its Q2 earnings next week – July 24 – with Wall Street analysts becoming increasingly worried about the impact of competition from Elon Musk’s newly listed SpaceX $SPCX.

VZ’s share price is up 10.4% in the year-to-date, helped by its cost-cutting program to boost efficiencies and M&A such as its $20 billion purchase of fiber-optic internet provider Frontier Communications.

Wall Street expects Verizon to report earnings per share of $1.28 in Q2, up from the $1.22 it reported in the same period last year. Revenues are tipped to come in at $35.23 billion, up from $34.44 billion last time.

What Do Analysts Say?

Scotiabank Four-star TipRanks-rated analyst Maher Yaghi recently lowered his price target to $51.50 from $54.50 but kept an Outperform rating on the stock. It came as part of a report into the telecommunication services sector. Yaghi said he was adjusting some multiples on these stocks down to “investor trepidation to increased satellite competition”. However, he said he continues to favor Verizon in the sector.

The competition is likely to refer to the continued expansion of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite services. Its growth is set to be rocket-fueled by the recent IPO of parent company SpaceX $SPCX.

Indeed, Bernstein analyst Laurent Yoon gave a similar reasoning after lowering his price target on VZ to $44 from $49, keeping a Market Perform rating on the shares.

“While SpaceX’s Starlink is unlikely to have a substantial near-term impact for telecom companies, it represents another competitor in an already mature and highly penetrated broadband market,” he said. Yoon believes the presence of Starlink implies subscriber gains for one provider will increasingly come at the expense of another, making market share shifts more consequential. “Uncertainty surrounding Starlink is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon,” he said.

There has been much industry commentary about whether Starlink would be forming an MVNO – Mobile Virtual Network Operator – partnership with a major telecoms company or operate as an independent mobile carrier. Indeed, SpaceX is reportedly now considering launching a Starlink retail product and could build its own terrestrial U.S. mobile network.

Five-star TipRanks-rated Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall believes Verizon has “the most to lose and the most to gain from an MVNO with Starlink,” applying a 40% probability to such a deal. He noted that a VZ-Starlink Mobile MVNO “would be mid-to-high single digit percentage accretive to EBITDA/EPS by 2032.”

He recently initiated Verizon at Equal Weight with a $43 price target and named it Wells Fargo’s most preferred telco.

I hate this job and this company. I'd leave if I could, but the market is awful. The only silver lining is that layoffs happen all the time, so I might get out with severance eventually.