Facebook introduced a new Facebook Messenger feature named “Live Location” on Monday that allows users to share their location with others. Sharing a static location was already possible — I’m at this Starbucks — but now you can share your live location as you move around. That could be a little creepy, but it’s opt in, so you’d only turn it on if you wanted to make yourself easier to find. Here’s how to use it.

If you were lucky enough to find Apple’s AirPods in stock, you can now use your iPhone or iPad to find them when they’re misplaced. So long as you’re within Bluetooth range — about 20 to 30 feet — you’ll be able to play a sound through the earbuds, making it easier to find if they’re stuck in a couch cushion. Find My AirPods also lets you view the last known location of your buds.

No one does stock picking anymore, it’s too crowded. Yogi Berra’s paradoxical quip about an unfashionably congested restaurant applies to the traditional Wall Street pursuit of selecting the best stocks. The rush of cash to passive index funds from active managers who try to beat the broad market is both leading symptom and secondary cause of the pressure on stock picking. Some $542 billion entered index funds while $442 billion departed active portfolios. Long bull markets always tend to show a

With the economic data calendar looking light this week, other factors are eyed for market attention. At the weekend, a joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC countries agreed to review whether the global pact to curb supply should be extended. But some analysts said that the lack of an immediate extension could weigh on crude oil prices, Reuters reported. A series of central bank officials are also set to speak over the week, from the Federal Reserve’s Janet Yellen to the European

The Irvine, California-based start-up helps business analysts prep their data, allowing them to rely less on IT and data scientists. Alteryx has incurred a net loss for the past three years, losing $24.3 million in 2016, according to the latest regulatory filings. But revenue has expanded rapidly, growing from nearly $38 million in 2014 to nearly $86 million in 2016. Alteryx’s offering comes amid a revival of the technology IPO market, which withered over the past few years as more start-ups opt

Baidu wants to bring AI talent to China, badly. So much so that it’s willing to pay its scientists 15 percent more in compensation if they’ll move from the U.S. to China, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing a Baidu executive. That talent gap has made it increasingly difficult for the country to keep up with the likes of Facebook and Google when it comes to AI innovation, according to the WSJ report. Baidu’s, main competitors are still other Chinese companies, also trying to recruit

Macy’s faces “structural issues” that won’t be offset by the value found in its real estate portfolio, according to Citi Research, which downgraded the retailer to neutral from buy on Friday. Lejeuz based his previous buy rating on, among other things, Macy’s strong holdings in real estate, a position he is less confident in now. “And importantly, based on some of its recent real estate transactions and significant store closings throughout the industry, we are less comfortable that real estate

Jefferies raised its rating for Under Armour shares to buy from hold, predicting the company’s earnings will beat expectations next year. Under Armour shares are down 35 percent this year through Thursday, with most of the decline occurring after the company gave weaker-than-expected 2017 sales guidance on its Jan. 31 fourth-quarter earnings report. The shares are also down 55 percent in the previous 12 months. “Our webscrapes, store work, and social trend analysis indicate to us an inflection h

TipRanks identified the corporate insiders with the best-performing track records and found which health-care stocks they like right now. We differentiate between informative and uninformative insider transactions in order to find the most compelling opportunities. Uninformative transactions indicate that an insider is buying/selling shares for reasons that do not necessarily indicate confidence in the company, such as exercising share options. In contrast, informative transactions are deliberat

Investors should buy financial stocks due to the sector’s strong earnings growth this year relative to other industries, according to BMO Capital markets, which reiterated its overweight rating on the sector. The S&P Financial Select Sector index is up 18 percent through Thursday from the Nov. 8 election compared with the S&P 500’s 10 percent return. However, the sector has declined 7 percent since March 1. “Fundamental and macro analysis suggests to us that the [financials] rally has just begun

He began working at Goldman Sachs while earning an economics degree at Harvard, and made partner at 27 – at the time the youngest in the Wall Street firm’s history. He quit in 2004 and launched a hedge fund with some $3 billion, one of the largest sums ever. His main fund at Eton Park posted a loss of 9 percent in 2016, and the firm’s assets fell to $7 billion, half of their 2011 peak. On Thursday, Mindich told the firm’s investors he was throwing in the towel and returning their money. Eton Par

The judicial branch is unique in that Supreme Court justices are appointed for life or until retirement. President Franklin Roosevelt, for example, sent nine justices to the court during his 12 years in office. All told, those justices served for 148.7 years and decided some of the most important cases in American history. Trump’s single seat may last longer, but some presidents have shaped the court more. It should be noted that these are estimates: Any given justice could live longer than proj

JPM: Here’s what will happen to the markets post-health care vote Friday, 24 Mar 2017 | 11:22 AM ET | 03:03Friday’s highly anticipated health-care vote could drive markets on another leg up, says one JPMorgan strategist. “If the vote goes through, it will give markets the confidence that the administration can continue to move forward with their policies,” Lyon said Thursday on CNBC’s “Futures Now.” According to Lyon, if the health-care vote goes through, the markets could possibly turn back to

What could happen to stocks on a health care bill setback Thursday, 23 Mar 2017 | 3:49 PM ET | 01:31President Donald Trump’s and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to pull the Republican health care bill hours before Friday’s vote won’t cause irreparable damage to the bull market, according to Raymond James. He believes stocks will come under pressure Monday, as investors take the health care setback as a sign that Trump’s business friendly agenda is seeing serious cracks. Saut published that no

The Motorola G5 Plus certainly has the looks of a smartphone that might cost nearly twice as much. The Moto G5 Plus is a solid phone if you’re on a budget. It’s for folks who don’t want to spend more than $300 on a new smartphone, and who don’t want to get tied into long-term carrier contracts. Customers who also want a familiar brand like Moto, as opposed to ZTE or OnePlus or Honor, might also find the Moto G5 Plus appealing. Is it going to vastly increase Lenovo’s market share in the U.S.?

Apple is getting closer to making a deal that would allow the company to start assembling its phones in India, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing a government official. India has one of the fastest-growing smartphone markets, and Apple currently only has about a 4 percent share of it. As the Indian population of 1.2 billion people continues to grow, the move presents an opportunity for the company to boost sales. The cost of the iPhone is still high for the average Indian, and whi

Looking at the components of the components of the XLF, some potential winners emerge. Wells Fargo, Progressive and Moody’s were the most consistently positive, trading higher 77 percent of the time, returning average returns of 2 percent, 1.9 percent and 2 percent respectively. Affiliated Managers Group had the highest average return up 2.2 percent, while trading positively 67 percent of the time. Goldman Sachs landed on the bottom of the list in both categories, notching the lowest average ret

Ford just came out and warned first-quarter profit would be as low as 30 cents a share, below the 47 cents a share current consensus on Wall Street. The shares were set to open almost 3 percent lower. The following stocks in the Russell 1000 Index have the highest correlation with Ford over the last 6 months, according to Kensho. So if Ford falls 3 percent, expect these stocks to decline nearly as much. For example, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said after the Ford warning that he would use any weakness in

Walt Disney has again extended CEO Bob Iger’s contract to July 2, 2019, it announced in a release on Thursday. The media and entertainment giant’s stock added to gains following the news. Iger has served as the CEO of Disney for 11 years. “Leading this great company is a tremendous privilege, and I am honored to have been asked to continue serving as CEO,” Iger said in the press release. “I am confident that Disney’s best days are still ahead, and I look forward to continuing to build on our pro

According to Grant Cardone, anyone can get rich. “Regardless of your current economic condition, where you live, or what you do, you can become wealthy,” he writes in “The Millionaire Booklet: How To Get Super Rich.” The self-made entrepreneur, who owns and operates four companies that do nearly $100 million in annual sales, went from broke to seven figures by following a few simple steps. “The reality is, what I have created financially in my life is very simple, and that is why it will work fo