Stocks surge | JPMorgan's record revenue | Biden's green plan
EDITOR'S NOTE
The V-shaped recovery in stocks is looking more like a ragged check mark as coronavirus cases continue to rise, reopening plans are paused and investors get their first look at earnings in the ongoing pandemic.
Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, but the best performers were those that hadn't enjoyed the snap backs seen in Big Tech, such as Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and even Boeing.
Shares of high-flying Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Microsoft appear to have lost momentum. As earnings season progresses, those giants will have to justify the lofty valuations they achieved since the market's bottom in March, and investors may turn more to stocks that have underperformed.
"We have likely overdone that trade that has ignored everything cyclical," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at National Securities.
In line with the wobbly recovery, perhaps the best and the worst of the big banks reported earnings Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase posted better-than-expected results, enjoying a surge in trading revenue that overcame losses in some of its other businesses.
Long-struggling Wells Fargo, on the other hand, reported a $2.4 billion loss and slashed its dividend to 10 cents from 51 cents per share.
"We are extremely disappointed in both our second-quarter results and our intent to reduce our dividend," said Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf. "Our view of the length and severity of the economic downturn has deteriorated considerably."
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