Verizon meets earnings per share, narrowly beats revenue expectations

Verizon posted second-quarter earnings that met analyst expectations and revenue that beat. Shares rose less than 1 percent in pre-market trading. Here’s how the company did compared to what Wall Street expected: EPS: 96 cents per share vs. 96 cents expected,...

The market risk that makes Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller ‘lie awake worrying’

Yale University economics professor Robert Shiller has a warning for investors. The Nobel Laureate says low volatility paired with a questionable price-earnings ratio could wipe out a chunk of the stock market’s value. “The price increase just went...