Globe stars and dogs for the week

Alcoa (DOG)

Trump tariffs supposed to help American aluminum producers? Not exactly the desired effect. Alcoa shares posted a double-digit decline one day after the company cut its profit forecast for 2018, citing US taxes on aluminum it produces in Canada and ship to the US market. With higher energy costs and lower aluminum prices – under the pressure of trade-related economic slowdown fears – weighing on Alcoa's profits, it's no wonder that the action of metallurgists collapse

AA – NYSE, US $ 40.31 US $ 6.95 or 14.71% per week

Skechers USA (DOG)

Quiz of & # 39; 39; business! Shares of Skechers shoe manufacturer fell after: a) dozens of children suffered mild electrical burns when their lightweight shoes were short-circuited, causing a mbadive booster; b) Skechers' new slogan inspired by Trump – Just Do not Not It It – prompted rival Nike shoe manufacturer to take legal action; c) Skechers 'second quarter results fell by about 24 percent, with estimates missing, and forecasts for the third quarter are well below badysts' expectations. Answer:

SKX – NYSE, US $ 26.27, down US $ 5.02 or 16.04% per week

Netflix (DOG)

The actions are good – until they are no more. Netflix plunged after the streaming service, penalized by the shortage of new content and competition from the World Cup, posting subscriber growth in the second quarter that missed the company's ratings by more than a million dollars. # 39; s users. Adding to the pain, a report said Walmart plans to launch a video streaming service in the fourth quarter, targeting Netflix and Amazon directly. Stay tuned, this could become interesting

NFLX – Nasdaq, US $ 361.05, down US $ 34.75 or 8.78% on week

TransCanada (STAR)

Listen carefully: C & # 39 is the sound of thousands of widows and orphans. TransCanada shares – a share favored by risk-averse investors – posted a significant gain after the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released changes that will mitigate the impact of US corporate tax reform. pipeline. With another pipeline operator, Enbridge, which is also growing strongly, it's the retirement home party

TRP – TSX, $ 58.06, up $ 0.86 or 1.50% on the week.

Philip Morris International (STAR)

in the office. I can not smoke in a restaurant. You can not even smoke while you pump gas. With the collapse of a larger number of people, the shares of tobacco giant Philip Morris International have lost about a third of their value over the past year. This did not help sales of the company's IQOS vape appliance to not meet expectations. While the company has trimmed its earnings guidance for 2018 this week, investors have ditched the stock as a bad habit. But, as drug addicts recanted, they could not stop buying it again

PM – NYSE, US $ 84.31, up US $ 1.63 or 1.97% on the week