Energy shares lead world stock losses on volatile oil price

Though brick-and-mortar retail has come under pressure of late, Jim Cramer found one related stock that could be making a comeback: Alliance Data Systems.

Stocks finished little changed Thursday, after a choppy session of trade as the energy sector tumbled in sync with a drop in crude oil and House Republicans took a step to begin rolling back Dodd-Frank reforms and Obamacare.

Investors didn’t harshly punish the Dow industrials tech titan weaker-than-expected revenue and iPhone sales in part because Apple hiked its dividend by 10.5% and added $50 billion to its stock buyback. Meanwhile, fellow Dow techs Microsoft (MSFT …

Mizuho, JPMorgan Chase, Sandler O’Neill, UBS, and Ladenburg Thalmann are among those who downgraded the stock after its first-quarter earnings report.

Shares of Five9 Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN) were up 16.5% as of 3:00 p.m. EDT Thursday after the contact-center software specialist announced stronger-than-expected first-quarter 2017 results.

As you can see in the chart below it’s not been a happy time for investors in industrial wholesale and distribution stocks. Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) and MSC Industrial Co Inc. (NYSE:MSM)have also reported disappointing results this earnings …

The move came after the company reported positive first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. The stock hasn’t had a losing session since April 19.

The stock is up 25 percent this year, and closed at a record on Monday. It’s also the first sale he’s made since telling an audience at the U.S.

Shares of Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) have soared today, up by 13% as of 12:15 p.m. EDT, after the company reported fiscal third-quarter earnings.

The stock currently trades for $30.95 after its run-up, which results in a P/E ratio of more than 50 on the stock, based on actual results.

Tableau Software (DATA) snapped up 11% at the open. First-quarter revenue growth of 16% came in just below estimates, but the big data software developer reported a 3-cent per share profit, vs.

However, with strong anticipation for the next iPhone series, a rising dividend, and CEO Tim Cook’s intention to double service-related revenue within a few more years, an investor also has good reasons to build conviction and watch if the stock has …

Year-to-date, Johnson Controls stock is little changed, while the index is up 7%. Late last month, the company reported financial results that met expectations for its second fiscal quarter, which ran through March, but management trimmed guidance for …

Financial stocks led all sectors in trading volume, and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLF) outpaced the broader market slightly with a 0.2% increase.

Those headline numbers weren’t terrible, but several troubling headwinds likely gave the bears enough reasons to bet against the stock, which has stayed flat since the beginning of the year. Let’s examine four reasons why the bears could be right about …

The “Fast Money” traders discussed which stocks to trade as multiple technology companies report earnings on Wednesday.

Warren Buffett sold off a third of his 81 million shares of IBM stock in the first two quarters of 2017, the famed investor tells CNBC.