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Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images President Joe Biden in a speech last week said his $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan would lift 5 million kids from the ranks of the poor and cut the child poverty rate in half. That would be the biggest child-poverty reduction in recent history, according to some experts who study the

The stock market may avoid a major near-term correction, according to economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan. Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday that the risk a pullback of at least 10% is “really low” because the U.S. is in expansion mode. “The cycle is on the side of

IBM’s logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford — Shares of the U.S. automaker dipped about 1%, retreating from an all-time high hit in the previous session. The stock jumped 6.2% Thursday following positive comments from

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: IBM (IBM) – IBM reported quarterly profit of $2.07 per share, beating the $1.79 a share consensus estimate. Revenue missed Wall Street forecasts, however, as software sales posted a decline as pandemic-induced uncertainty kept some customers from striking long-term deals. The shares dropped

Pedestrians walk in front of the IBM building in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: IBM — Shares of IBM fell more than 6% in the extended session after the company reported fourth-quarter sales below where analysts were expecting. Revenue fell 6% on an annualized basis, the

John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images Contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes opened around the flatline Thursday evening as Wall Street appeared headed to close out the record-setting week on a muted note. The after-hours moves came after a strong showing from the Nasdaq Composite earlier in the day during the regular

Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Today, we’re on the precipice of what could be the largest transformational period in global history. With the first Industrial Revolution, new technologies like assembly lines, factories and transportation fundamentally changed society. This time, instead of cogwheels doing the work, blockchain-based digitalization will continue to drive transactions. Specifically, this latest

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Reuters BEIJING — More Chinese investors are piling into the local stock market. In December, the mainland stock market recorded 1.62 million new investors — double the 809,300 reported a year ago, according to China Securities

One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls sees the stars lining up for the economy. Federated Hermes’ Phil Orlando predicts coronavirus vaccine distribution will rev up within weeks and set the stage for a monster market year. “Our view is by summer — by Independence Day — we will be free of the coronavirus. We’ll reach

pedrosala | iStock | Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden’s ascension to the presidency will encourage more renewable energy projects in the U.S. International investors are taking note. Greencoat Capital, a global renewables investment manager with $8 billion in assets under management, just announced its first U.S. investment after eight years operating across the U.K. and

A symbol of TikTok (Douyin) is pictured at The Place shopping mall at dusk on August 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — ByteDance has launched a new payment service within Douyin, the Chinese version of short-video sharing app TikTok. Douyin users can choose Douyin Pay

Stock futures inched higher in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors awaited President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.5%. Netflix soared more than 10% in extended trading after the company reported strong subscriber growth and said it’s

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is arranged on a circuit board of a hard drive. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Bitcoin and U.S. tech stocks are viewed by investors as the biggest market bubbles right now, according to a Deutsche Bank survey released Tuesday. The survey, which is

Zach Perret, CEO and co-founder of Plaid, speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2020. George Frey | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Financial technology start-up Plaid plans to more than double its European workforce this year, even after scrapping a deal to be acquired

Credit Suisse’s Jonathan Golub is painting a more bullish picture for corporate America with earnings season officially underway.  ”It’s going to get better and better as we progress throughout 2021 for their profits,” the firm’s chief U.S. equity strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” recently. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo kicked off the season on

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – The bank reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. Strong trading and investment banking results were among the factors helping the company’s bottom line. PNC Financial (PNC) – PNC reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the

The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images LONDON — A British man who accidentally threw out a hard drive with a trove of bitcoin on it is once again urging local city officials to let him search for it in a landfill site. James Howells, a

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has watched while a new breed of fintech players, led by PayPal, Square and tech giants around the world including e-commerce

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing giant popped nearly 2% after an analyst at Bernstein named the stock a top pick for 2021. The analyst said his call was based on the growth in Zoom’s Phone business. Exxon — The oil giant slid more

President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed stimulus plan is the right medicine for an economy likely to see substandard growth in the first half of 2021, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said Friday. As the first central bank official called to publicly speak on the Biden plan, he said he was comfortable with the aggressive fiscal