The Federal Reserve made an emergency cut in interest rates after officials saw the coronavirus was having a material impact on the economic outlook, Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday. Powell held a news conference following the central bank’s decision to cut overnight interest rates by half a percentage point. He said the Fed “saw a
Month: March 2020
Confusingly named, enticingly remote and increasingly popular, the chilly island of Greenland is fast becoming the dark horse of 2020 travel destinations. Before planning their trips, most visitors know little about the Arctic destination beyond vague ideas about its misleading nomenclature — “Greenland is icy whereas Iceland is green, right?” — or its link to
People inside the offices of JP Morgan Chase in New York City. Getty Images Bank stocks sold off in unison on Tuesday following the Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut to combat an economic slowdown triggered by the fast-spreading coronavirus. The weakness by the group kept the overall markets’ gains in check. Shares of JPMorgan and
In a rare move, the Federal Reserve announced an emergency rate cut of 50 basis points in response to the growing threat from the coronavirus outbreak. It’s the first time the Fed has cut rates by half a percentage point since late 2008. “The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said
Passengers arrive at LAX from Shanghai, China, after a positive case of the coronavirus was announced in the Orange County suburb of Los Angeles, California, January 26, 2020. Ringo Chiu | Reuters North Carolina health officials confirmed the state’s first COVID-19 case — a patient from Wake County who traveled to Washington state. Local health
Dina Rudick | The Boston Globe | Getty Images Kohl’s shares rose Tuesday morning as the retailer reported quarterly earnings and net sales that beat analysts’ expectations. CEO Michelle Gass said the chain saw an “acceleration of traffic,” and new customers in stores and online, with Kohl’s launching a slew of new brands ahead of
A pedestrian carries a Nordstrom shopping bag in Chicago. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Nordstrom — Shares of the fashion retailer dipped 8% in extended trading after the company missed analysts’ expectations on both earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter. The company reported earnings
When it comes to real estate, $1 million doesn’t go as far as it used to — especially in the world’s top cities. In Monaco, the world’s most expensive city on a per-square-foot basis, $1 million gets you 162 square feet of prime real estate, according to a report from real estate brokerage firms Douglas Elliman
Robinhood reported technical issues for a second day following an outage that kept clients from trading on a historic market rally. As U.S. stocks traded actively again Tuesday in wake of a surprise Fed rate cut, Robinhood reported a “major outage” for trading across its platform. Earlier updates on the site said that all trading
Zelma Brezinska / EyeEm New York’s new ban on plastic bags is, on its face, an effort to reduce consumer waste. It likely also offers an important lesson on consumer psychology and how we think about money. As of Sunday, most businesses in the state can no longer offer single-use plastic bags to consumers. Several
Jim Cramer Adam Jeffery | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that the Federal Reserve‘s emergency interest rate cut on Tuesday morning makes him more concerned about the possible economic risks from the coronavirus. “It’s great that the Federal Reserve recognizes that there’s going to be weakness, but it makes me feel, wow, the weakness must
A woman wears a face mask as she waits on the subway after the first confirmed case of coronavirus was announced in New York State in New York, March 2, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. All times below are in Eastern time. Global cases: At
A Target store in Culver City, California. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Target on Tuesday outpaced fourth-quarter earnings expectations, but revenue fell short because of weak sales of toys, electronics and home goods over the holidays. Shares were up fractionally in premarket trading. Here’s what Target reported compared with what analysts were expecting, based
Workers walk outside the Tesla Inc. Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — Shares of Telsa rose nearly 3% after JMP Securities upgraded the stock to market outperform from market perform and established a price target
Bentley Mulliner Bacalar Bentley Bentley on Tuesday unveiled the all-new Mulliner Bacalar, a roughly $2 million two-seat, open-air luxury sports car that features 5,000-year-old wood in its interior dashboard. The iconic British automaker, which is owned by Volkswagen, is describing the car as the “rarest two-door Bentley of the modern era.” The company is only producing
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Susan Walsh | AP The market’s disregard for the Federal Reserve’s emergency interest rate cut doesn’t surprise Josh Brown, who called the decision “ill thought out.” “This is to make people feel better. OK, fine. So then do it the
Javier Snchez Mingorance / EyeEm Wild swings in the stock market may have you itching to make changes to your portfolio. Yet any expert will tell you: You shouldn’t let your emotions drive your investment decisions. “That vacillation between excitement and panic — that is what hurts people financially,” said financial psychologist Dr. Brad Klontz, associate
Empty shelves of sanitizer products at a CVS in Rivers Edge, N.j., as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Fahiemah Al-Ali | CNBC As an outbreak of a new coronavirus causes some U.S. customers to fill up shopping carts and thin out store shelves, industry groups and experts say grocers can tamp down on “panic
The Robinhood app on IOS and Android Source: Robinhood As U.S. markets opened Monday morning, 30-year old engineer Vivek Sevak was ready to cut his losses. The recreational trader had put money in a market-short exchange traded fund, and was looking to sell. But when he logged into his Robinhood account to make the trade,
Elon Musk speaks onstage during the E3 conference in Los Angeles on June 13, 2019. Charley Gallay | Getty Images Elon Musk jumped to the defense of fellow tech billionaire Jack Dorsey late Monday, as the latter faces pressure from an activist investor to step down as the CEO of Twitter. “Just want to say