#market

Hearing retail is going to 7 markets. do you think midmarket territory follow? the platinum team is already at 6 or 7 avps.

yes I know 66666667777777777

What is your guess of the stock price at the close on 4/30/26?

My guess: $1.06

I know that is crazy on a percentage basis, but we're at the end now.

Why are CRG branch and market managers celebrating Finet recruits? Are they combining?

The northeast is back to the unnecessary, make the managers super uncomfortable and feel like cr*p market reviews aka “ops review”. Make them stand up in front of people like they’re back in middle school doing a project and go over all their numbers and missed opportunities . Absolutely asinine and I see how much my store manager is stressed now about it and it’s 2 months away. My manager is asking “can store managers join the union.” Better yet maybe me and my fellow reps should to cause the uppers who are bringing back this stupid practice of market reviews upset and put some heat on them.. hmm..

at least 'the other' company in OR is doing well

Nike's profit will skyrocket, Guaranteed! Replace all decision makers with a chatbot. No more consultants or consulting companies. Distribute profits to workers and investors.

We’re losing too many good people, especially leaders at the higher levels.

The people who are smart, capable, and marketable are finding other opportunities and leaving. The problem is that these roles are not being backfilled because leadership still believes we are “fat” or redundant. In reality, much of the redundancy is not where the strongest performers are.

So what happens? The remaining high performers absorb the work. More scope, more pressure, fewer experienced people, and no real plan to replace the talent walking out the door.

This is not sustainable. We are heading toward another wave of departures, and once that happens, the damage may not be fixable. Institutional knowledge is leaving. Strong leaders are leaving. The people who can carry the company through uncertainty are leaving.

At some point, this stops being “right-sizing” and becomes self-inflicted damage.

Down 3%
Sold a 1.1B per year business for 1.4B … aka gave it away.
Market loves that deal.

The market is rough if your skills aren't current. That's just the truth.

Central Garden & Pet will close its Henrico facility. This closure will result in 94 employee layoffs. Operations are consolidating to an existing New Jersey facility. The company cited increased competition and market pressures. The wind-down process is expected to finalize by June 30.

Henrico, Virginia

https://richmondbizsense.com/2026/04/16/homegrown-pet-treat-brand-best-bully-sticks-closing-henrico-facility-laying-off-dozens/

Definitely a better close to the week with the stock over last week and many weeks before.

They say it's all smoke and mirrors though.

Up almost $10 from lows in less than a month. Is there a reason or just random?

Why is it above 60s now ?

Stock is up 10% for the year but down a bunch after the 2025 reporting spike. If the market doesn't like Q1 I can't see how he's around by the end of the year.

Down 12% in two weeks.

But yeah… everything is fine. Just need a few more badge swipes and maybe another “collaboration zone” and we should be good.

Market must’ve missed the memo about culture being built in the office.

In the past 5 days FIS is down 5% and the Nasdaq is up 4.5%.

Halliburton has recently been cutting staff again. Sources indicate these reductions are due to increasing costs and lower crude oil prices. Some workforce reductions occurred over the past several weeks. Three business divisions reportedly lost between 20% and 40% of their employees. Halliburton did not respond or comment on these claims.

https://www.southwestledger.news/news/halliburton-cutting-its-workforce-again

The market has spoken. A 20% drop in 4 months signals major fundamental issues at IBM. A falling stock price will put intense pressure on management to "shore up" the company and appease shareholders.

RDO Equipment announced layoffs for dozens of employees this week. The company cited challenging market and economic conditions. These conditions have impacted the agricultural sector for the past year. At least 36 team members were affected by this force reduction. RDO Equipment also cut two percent of its employees in early August.

Fargo, ND

https://www.dakotanewsnetwork.com/2025/09/12/rdo-announces-dozens-of-layoffs-amid-decline/

Kalshi operates a rapidly growing prediction market. This market focuses on the number of tech layoffs. It has already generated over $30 million in trading volume. The market predicts a high chance of increased layoffs in 2026. Trading volume for this market grows 20% weekly.

https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-market-tech-layoffs-mansour-lopes-lara-2026-4

Ford would be smart to get into this market.
Ford could go to junk yards all over the country with car haulers and pull Ford beaters out, even the wrecked ones with bent frames. This would be Ford junk like Pintos, Mavericks and all other junk cars Ford previously built. Ford should not do nothing to prep the beaters to sell like painting them, fixing rust in quarter panels, changing the 50-year oil in the sump or oil filter, changing spark plugs, changing busted head gaskets or broken timing belts. Tow the beaters directly from the junk yards to Ford Dealers all over the country. Then sell the beaters AS-IS with a 200% markup. This is pure profit and the beaters most likely won't ever come back to the dealerships because they were sold AS-IS.

Nasdaq up over 3% while otex is down 1%

Once we miss earnings April 29, the stock is going to 15

REC Advanced Silicon Materials announced a workforce reduction. The company will lay off approximately 10% of its employees. These layoffs will affect its Butte facility. The changes are scheduled for early December 2025. Market and financial challenges prompted this decision.

Butte, Mont.

https://www.montanarightnow.com/butte/rec-silicon-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-at-butte-facility/article_433a3aee-c64c-4fd9-b2cc-df2b832967f6.html

Listening to yesterdays call even if everything goes great over the next year where is the upside? Where's the growth coming from? Best case scenario sounds like incremental growth in na partners but dtc continues to "right size" and bleed out china will continue to take on water emea is lost. And news flash things are not going to go perfectly shipping will only get more complicated. it might take years for tariff relief to actually help the bottom line. our dear leader doesnt seem to think much of sportswear and especially not the swoosh. 20s incoming

Especially with this many people flooding the market all at once?

Just think, it was trading near 170 five years ago. Today it’s trading at 45. Make your own conclusions.

Since this market closed on 3/31 I was wondering if they found jobs for the NCM’s and SW’s?

If you had invested $1000 in nike stock back in 2015, you would have about $1000 now.

If you had bought $1000 of Nike back in 2015 and sold at the peak in 2021 you would have had roughly $3673.

If you invested $1000 in Apple stock in 2015, you would have $8,233 now.

If you invested $1000 in Amazon stock in 2015, you would have $12,000 now.

If you invested $1000 in Tesla stock in 2015, you would have $27,692 now.

If you invested $1000 in Nvidia in 2015, you would have $347,916 now.

ORCL is under $140, might get below $130 next week.
MAG 7 is flat at best.
10yr Bond is approaching 4.5%, screaming rates are way way too low.
Good for cash, bad for credit debt.
Crude is now over $110.

Not good at all !!!

I like it better here when we're hiring.

Much like when First Data came in, why hasn't anyone else scooped in to take over and acquire the client base? Only thing of value are the customers we still have.

Seems the place is ripe for the taking.

Is it possible? When do you think it will happen?

The recent surge in share prices are not a reflection of the market now thinking Phillips 66 is a better investment than peers.

YTD we are trailing all refiners, including PBF, Delek, and even CVR and are right in line with the broader S&P energy index. Bets on refining were made with the start of the Iran war and we did not benefit. We just followed the inflow of money into energy.

We still have a long way to go before we earn the trust of investors. We must deliver Q1 results given the current favorable margin environment.

This is from Barron's, link below:
Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron, warned that energy markets are underestimating the severity of the oil supply shock caused by the Iran conflict. He said millions of barrels per day are already offline, with losses expected to grow, creating what experts describe as an “availability crisis.” Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route, are tightening supply, especially for Asia, while futures markets still project relatively moderate prices. Despite recent volatility, with oil briefly spiking above $100 before falling, Wirth believes current pricing does not fully reflect the real physical shortages.

The situation is further complicated by uncertainty around how long the conflict will last and how quickly damaged infrastructure can be restored. Goldman Sachs has already raised its oil price forecast for 2026, anticipating prolonged disruption in supply flows. Even if the war ends soon, experts say it could take weeks, months, or longer to bring production fully back online, meaning supply constraints may persist. Overall, the article suggests that oil markets may be too optimistic, and prices could rise further if the supply shock proves more sustained than expected.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/chevron-ceo-crude-oil-prices-futures-f65915b8

No paywall:
https://archive.is/MHNek

260 euros to 175 new target. That is a huge reduction!!!! Why?

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/jpmorgan-cuts-sap-neutral-cloud-085540218.html

Any reasons?

Lots of analyst predicting it will decline.

What happened at 3pm today? Stock took an instant hit. 1.40 to 1.34 in an hour.
Did lean six sigma or the java ui do this? Is it Fat five beta now? Is there a new jdk ui?

It reaches 158€ !
Any info on the possible causes ?

Who keeps/holds Fiserv stock?