U.S. Bancorp George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The race to cater to institutional investors who want to wager on cryptocurrency is heating up. U.S. Bank, the fifth biggest retail bank in the nation, is expected to announce Tuesday that its cryptocurrency custody service is available to fund managers, CNBC has learned. The offering
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Stock futures rose modestly in overnight trading on Monday following a tech-led sell-off as investors continued to dump high-flying shares in the face of rising rates. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 45 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%. On Monday, the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.1% for
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters The volatile September was a golden opportunity for billionaire investor Ken Griffin to shine as his main hedge fund crushed the market with outperformance. Citadel’s multi-strategy flagship fund Wellington gained 7.8% in September, bringing its year-to-date performance to 18.5%, according to a person familiar with
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tesla (TSLA) – Tesla shares rose 3% in the premarket after the company announced it delivered 241,300 vehicles during the third quarter, its most ever for a quarter and a 73% increase over the same quarter a year ago. Moderna (MRNA), Novavax (NVAX)
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 30, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were higher in overnight trading on Sunday as investors readied for the first full week of trading in October and the fourth quarter. Dow futures rose about
Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche speaks at a conference in Brooklyn, New York, in 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. fintech start-up Upgrade is set to enter the increasingly crowded buy now, pay later market. Upgrade, which was founded by former LendingClub boss Renaud Laplanche in 2016, is a digital banking start-up that
Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic agenda — and the social spending it would usher in — has few parallels in modern U.S. history. The New Deal era of the 1930s and the Great Society of the 1960s are its closest comparisons, according to economists and
In this article GOOGL The logo for Google Pay displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images At least one tech giant has decided it’s better to serve banks rather than taking them head on. Google is shuttering its bank account product nearly two years after announcing ambitious plans to take
Cathie Wood Source: CNBC Cathie Wood is calling for a drop in oil prices, likening the crude market to the extinction of whale oil in the early 1900s. “The rise in oil prices this year is a function more of supply than demand. At the turn of the 20th century, whale oil faced the same
In this article DIS REGN UAL LUV PENN Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Merck — Shares surged more than 9% after it announced its new antiviral pill cut the risk of death or hospitalization by 50% for Covid patients. The pharmaceutical company plans to file for emergency use authorization. Moderna, Regeneron —
In this article COTY ZM MRK DIS RIDE WFC Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Merck (MRK) – Merck shares surged 7.5% in the premarket after it announced that its experimental Covid-19 pill cut the risk of death and hospitalization by 50% in a late-stage study. Merck plans to file for emergency
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), September 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Thursday after the S&P 500 notched its worst month since March 2020. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 45 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.1% and
In this article NVDA RIDE BBBY GM A shopper walks past a Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. store Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Bed Bath & Beyond – Shares of the big-box retailer plunged 23% after the company slashed its revenue and earnings outlook amid supply chain
In this article SPCE XLRN MRK KMX MKC FUBO Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CarMax (KMX) – The auto retailer missed estimates by 18 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.72 per share, although revenue topped analyst projections. Comparable pre-owned car sales rose 6.2%, less than the 7.3% estimate of analysts surveyed
U.S. stock index futures inched higher during overnight trading on Wednesday, after tech stocks dipped again as investors digest the impact from higher rates. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 81 points, or 0.24%. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.24%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.24%. The Dow and S&P 500 inched
In this article SSE-GB A wind turbine photographed in, Camelford, Cornwall, at sunset. Ashley Cooper | Corbis | Getty Images Energy giant SSE said that its renewable assets produced 32% less power than expected between April 1 and September 22 thanks to historically dry and low-wind conditions. This equates to 11% of its full-year output
In this article MU LLY NFLX LCID DLTR ASML-NL Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Micron Technology (MU) – Micron reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.42 per share, 9 cents above estimates, with the chip maker’s revenue also topping Street forecasts. However, its current-quarter forecast fell below consensus, due to computer-making customers
U.S. stock futures were mostly flat Tuesday night after the Nasdaq plummeted in its worst day since March as a spike in bond yields sent stocks tumbling. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 78 points, or 0.23%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.16% and 0.08%, respectively. Shares of the semiconductor company Micron fell
In this article CRM TWTR HUN AMAT Internet company Microsoft’s China office building is seen in Shanghai, China, Dec. 8, 2020. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tech stocks — Tech stocks dropped as the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield touched a high of 1.567% Tuesday.
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images LONDON — British software company Blue Prism said Tuesday it has agreed a deal to be taken over by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) in cash. Blue Prism, which specializes in software robots that automate repetitive tasks, said Vista would pay each shareholder