The Leuthold Group’s Jim Paulsen expects stocks to rally higher into record territory due to stronger economic and earnings growth. But his bullish forecast comes with a warning — and it has nothing to do with the coronavirus outbreak. “If we [economy] continue to grow, you’re going to see consumer prices, wages, commodity prices —
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the Apple Watch during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mason Trinca Mason Trinca | Reuters The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019, according to a new report. Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that Apple shipped 30.7 million
Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented the first batch of made-in-China cars to ordinary buyers on January 7, 2020 in a milestone for the company’s new Shanghai “giga-factory”, but which comes as sales decelerate in the world’s largest electric-vehicle market. STR Young retail investors rushed into Tesla stock as it surged to new highs this week.
kate_sept2004 Tax season has just started, but you can still find opportunities to cut your 2019 taxes if you know where to look. The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan.27, kicking off the long march to April 15 — the deadline for taxpayers to pay last year’s liabilities. Even if you’re able to get
Samurai Messenger Service prepares to deliver a packaged mattress from the bed delivery company Casper in New York. Yana Paskova | The Washington Post | Getty Images Casper on Wednesday evening priced its initial public offering at $12 per share. At this price, the company would have a market value of $476 million, excluding the
A high speed production line of insulin is pictured at the factory of Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company, in Chartres. Jean-Francois Monier | AFP | Getty Images Diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk said on Wednesday it expects its business to grow at a slower pace in 2020 compared to last year with insulin prices
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan,. 22nd, 2020. Adam Galici | CNBC Here are the most important things to know about Thursday before you hit the door. 1. Uber another loss? Uber is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings after
Steve Eisman Olivia Michael | CNBC Steve Eisman, one of the investors who famously bet against the subprime mortgage crisis, said he has killed his money-losing bet against Tesla amid its “cult-like” rally. “I covered it a while ago,” Eisman told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. “Look, everybody has a pain threshold. When a stock becomes
Sirinarth Mekvorawuth / EyeEm LendEDU, a website that compares loans, credit cards and insurance for consumers, engaged in a pay-to-play scheme that saw the online marketplace accept money from financial firms in exchange for higher ratings and post fake customer reviews, according to the Federal Trade Commission. LendEDU and three company officers deceived the public
McDonald’s worker prepares french fries to go. Getty Images America’s franchisees are poised for another year of growth in 2020 as the U.S. economy chugs along, bolstered by a strong consumer. But facing an election year and a historically tight jobs market, franchise establishment growth is slowing to its lowest rate in the past four
Medical officers spray Indonesian nationals with antiseptic as they arrive from Wuhan, China’s center of the coronavirus epidemic, and before transferring them to the Natuna Islands military base to be quarantined, at Hang Nadim Airport in Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia, February 2, 2020. Antara Foto | Reuters Jarred Evans spent his fourth night of quarantine
Merck & Company, Inc., d.b.a. Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada, is an American pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Igor Golovniov | LightRocket | Getty Images Merck said on Wednesday it intends to spin off its women’s health, biosimilar drugs and older products into
A Qualcomm sign is seen at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Qualcomm – The semiconductor company’s stock dropped about 4% in extended trading though the company beat analysts’ estimates on both the top and
Signage is displayed at the FirstEnergy Corp. Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images The best two sectors so far this year are the fast-growing tech sector and stodgy old utilities, continuing an odd race that has been going on for more than 18 months. The utilities
Young female barista has a disappointed expression on her face as she counts her tips at the end of the day. Steve Debenport | E+ | Getty Images When it comes to tipping, most Americans believe they are better than average. But some may be overestimating just how generous they are. A new survey from
A United Airlines passenger aircraft prepares to leave its gate and taxi to the runway at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Robert Alexander | Getty Images United Airlines is buying a flight-training academy in an effort to speed up hiring of more than 10,000 pilots by the next decade as about half
General Motors CEO Mary Barra Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors lost $194 million in the fourth-quarter heavily due a 40-day labor strike against the company that cost it four weeks of vehicle production and eroded any profit. The strike, according to the automaker, cost it $2.6 billion in earnings before interest
Visitor walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. Greg Baker| AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford — Ford was the biggest loser in the S&P 500 in early trading, with shares plunging more than 9% after the
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he sees why the stock market was headed for a higher open in the first trading session since President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address. “Previous presidents have not cared about the stock market because they don’t think it’s that big,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “But
Research shows that kids who learn to manage money when they’re young will be able to better handle their finances as adults. Yet, up until recently, only 17 states required high school students to take a class in personal finance. Now, a new report from the Council for Economic Education found that the number of