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Earnings Report

Pay Pal soars on digital payments boom

PayPal Holdings Inc reported its strongest first quarter on record and beat profit estimates on Wednesday, with a coronavirus-driven shift to online shopping and digital transactions boosting payment volumes.

Is inflation the real threat to the markets?

Strategic Wealth Partners president Mark Tepper, Belpointe chief strategist David Nelson and Peapack Private Wealth Management managing principal David Dietze discuss the state of the economy.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine lifts quarterly results

Pfizer Inc. significantly increased revenue projections from its Covid-19 vaccine for the year, as sales from the shot over the first three months of 2021 lifted the company to a stronger quarterly profit.

What to expect from markets in May

Kaltbaum Capital Management President Gary Kaltbaum, Kadina Group president Gary B. Smith and Payne Capital Management President Ryan Payne discuss the markets, Biden’s spending plans and economic recovery. 

Record share of companies are beating earnings estimates

With the earnings season more than halfway over, most companies in the S&P 500 have surpassed analysts’ profit expectations. As of Friday, results from 87% of those that have reported were better than expected, according to Refinitiv. That is above the historical average of 65% and on pace for the highest share since Refinitiv began tracking the metric in 1994.