Jerome Powell Jackson Hole Speech 10am | Foot Locker Earnings

Foot Locker Earnings: 3 Numbers to Watch

Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) investors have been sour on the stock in recent months. That downbeat assessment has been mainly powered by worries about the potential for slumping profit margins.

The footwear retailer added to those concerns by lowering its 2019 earnings prediction in its first-quarter report back in May.

On Friday, the chain has an opportunity to shift the negative narrative that sees stalling sales gains and reduced profitability coming from spiking tariff rates on Chinese imports.

fool.com/foot-locker-earnings

Fed’s Powell will find it hard not to rock markets Friday

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell faces the tough challenge of presenting a unified voice on Fed policy from the most divided Fed in years, and that could create volatility if he doesn’t assure markets the Fed will continue to cut interest rates.

Powell will speak at the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium at 10 a.m. ET Friday to an audience of central bankers and economists.

cnbc.com/feds-powell-​jackson-hole-8-23-19

Netflix’s Streaming Dominance Is at a Crossroads, New Shows Coming

Netflix’s (NFLX) streaming dominance will face its biggest test this September. Soaring competition is increasingly becoming a threat in the multibillion-dollar industry.

However, it’s the loss of licenses to big film and TV shows that is its latest headwind.

marketrealist.com/netflix-streaming-dominance

That near–$17 trillion pile of negative-yielding global debt? It’s a cash cow for some bond investors

Buying into the near–$17 trillion heap of global bonds with negative yields might sound like a losing proposition.

But for some investors — those who predicted correctly that bond prices this year would climb amid worries about sluggish global growth — negative yields actually have been a cash cow.

marketwatch.com/17-trillion-yielding-global-debt