Apple Inc. AAPL 0.56% reports third-quarter earnings after the close Thursday afternoon. Based on the stock’s 7-percent gain over the past five days, investor expectations are high. But with roughly 24 hours left for traders to take a position in Apple, the million-dollar question is if expectations a little bit too high.

General Electric Company GE 0.22% investors are finally getting a chance to catch their breath Wednesday following seven consecutive down days that have the stock on the verge of dipping into the teens for the first time since the 2015 flash crash.

JPMorgan has issued a wave of downgrades in the airline space, but American Airlines Group Inc. AAL 0.61% was the lone upgrade in the firm’s latest report. Analyst Jamie Baker said airline investors turned their attention to rising costs in the third-quarter earnings season.

The Nevada state gaming control board released its report Tuesday on gaming revenue for the Las Vegas area in September.

A 13.2-percent gain in a single day is a sizable move for a company of any market cap. For a company with a $500 billion market cap, it’s almost unbelievable.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS 0.56% stock has done a whole lot of nothing since reporting a huge earnings beat on Oct. 17. In fact, after an initial sell-off, the stock is now down 0.3 percent overall in the two weeks since it blew analyst earnings expectations out of the water.

WTI crude oil prices are back above $54/bbl for the first time since February, which is good news for many oil investors. But while crude oil prices have surged 15 percent in the past month, natural gas prices have fallen 5.8 percent in that time.

Apple Inc. AAPL 0.56% investors haven’t known quite what to make of reports that iPhone 8 demand has fallen short of expectations. Low demand would typically be bad news for Apple. But in this case, it could simply be a sign that Apple customers are holding out for the iPhone X.

Just days after Gain Capital Holdings Inc GCAP 0.14% announced it will be launching bitcoin trading on its platform, CME Group Inc CME 0.43% now says it will be launching bitcon futures starting in the fourth quarter.

This month, JFK conspiracy theorists got what they had been waiting for for more than 50 years when the government declassified more than 2,800 files related to the investigation into President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.