Francesca Fontana
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2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
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Meanwhile, the big winner Friday was Netflix.
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The streaming giant reported its most profitable quarter ever, with net income rising to $2.36 billion, although the company also forecast a fourth quarter drop to $1.85 billion.
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Netflix said it added roughly 5 million subscribers, which was less than it did in the quarter a year earlier.
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But investors seem to care more about the profits, and Netflix shares gained 11 percent on Friday.
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And now you know what's news in markets this week.
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You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's exchange section.
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Today's show was produced by Pierre Bien-Aimé, supervising producer Tali Arbel.
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I'm Francesca Fontana.
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Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday.
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Hey, listeners.
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It's Saturday, October 12th.
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I'm Francesca Fontana for The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News in Markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
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Let's get to it.
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You know, stocks have been pretty upbeat lately with strong economic data offsetting the rising tensions in the Middle East and all the uncertainty around the elections here in the U.S.
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Monday was a bit of a different story.
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Investors found enough to worry about all of the above, plus the strengthening of Hurricane Milton, to pull the stock market back a bit.
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But we saw some of that upbeat attitude make its return with the S&P 500 and the Dow closing at records on Wednesday.
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as traders turn their focus towards earnings season.
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The big banks, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, kick things off on Friday with some better than expected results and some reassuring signs about the broader economy, with JPMorgan CFO suggesting that the Fed has achieved a so-called soft landing with lower inflation and healthy growth.
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To be sure, the Fed's big rate cut will take some time to work its way through the financial system, but the bank's earnings do bode well for the American consumer.
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