Monzo co-founder and CEO Tom Blomfield. Monzo Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield perches himself on a chair, leaning back on it playfully. He’s just returned from a friend’s wedding in Guatemala and looks refreshed. “The weather was great, it was absolutely lovely,” Blomfield says. “Back to Earth with a bump now.” He’s sat in a glass
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures traded slightly lower on Wednesday night after Microsoft warned it will not meet its revenue guidance for a key business segment, citing the recent global coronavirus outbreak. President Donald Trump is also scheduled to hold a news
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Disney. Gina Sanchez was a seller of the High Yield Bond ETF. Dan Nathan was a buyer of eBay. Guy Adami was a buyer of Citi. Disclaimer Trader disclosure: AMZA, AMZN, AAPL, ACBFF, ACRGF, ALEF, ACB, APH, ARNA,
Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga told CNBC Tuesday that he has led the company for more than a decade and that it is time to pass the baton. He will transition out of the roles next year, ceding the chief executive seat on Jan. 1 and the president title months later to current Chief Product
Stock futures were up just slightly in overnight trading after stocks’ worst two-day rout in more than four years amid heightened concern the coronavirus will upend global economic growth. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 96 points, while the S&P 500 futures were up 0.2%. To be sure, futures trading this early may
A man pushes his shopping cart past bread for sale at a Walmart Supercenter store in Rosemead, California on May 23, 2019. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Consumer confidence rose less than expected in February as people’s assessment of current conditions wavered, data released Tuesday by the Conference Board showed. The consumer
Nikolay Storonsky, chief executive of Revolut, on stage at the MoneyConf fintech event in Lisbon, Portugal. Seb Daly | Web Summit | Getty Images British financial technology start-up Revolut has raised $500 million in a fresh round of funding that values it at $5.5 billion. The investment round was led by Silicon Valley-based venture capital
Stock futures bounced a bit on Monday evening following the market’s worst decline in two years on coronavirus fears. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up by 34 points, while S&P 500 futures were higher by 0.2%. The slight gains came even as after the bell United Airlines and Mastercard warned about the potential
Your monthly bill for Netflix and Spotify may be going up. States are trying to capitalize on Americans’ growing fervor for digital consumption of movies, TV, music and other media content by taxing monthly subscriptions for streaming entertainment services. That means that $12.99 bill you just paid for a February full of on-demand shows could
Mohammed Al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia’s finance minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Arabia is willing to support crisis-stricken Lebanon, but wants to see a realistic reform plan first, its finance minister said during the G-20 Summit in Riyadh on Sunday. Asked if the kingdom would
Investor Paul Meeks is bracing for a bear market in technology. Meeks, who’s known for running the world’s largest tech fund during the dot-com boom, sees 20% pullback risks growing as the coronavirus outbreak spreads. “There is some comeuppance due, and unfortunately I think the coronavirus is that exogenous variable that is a catalyst to
A medical worker prepares a flu vaccine for a student in a middle school in Xian, China on November 9, 2009. China Photos | Getty Images The coronavirus outbreak is bringing attention to the fast-growing vaccine industry. The vaccine market has grown sixfold over the past two decades, worth more than $35 billion today, according
A trader works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 19, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Trying to time the market can be dangerous, but there are certain signals that the professionals look for when trying to gauge future risk in stocks which could be helpful for regular investors
A contractor prepares a sliding door for a home under construction at the Toll Brothers Inc. Enclave at Rye Brook housing development in Rye Brook, New York Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Owning a home has long been the individual investor’s opportunity to hold real estate. But the American millennial population is waiting
Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett thinks stocks are the place to be invested in for the long haul if interest rates and corporate taxes remain near current levlels. “If something close to current rates should prevail over the coming decades and if corporate tax rates also remain near the low level businesses
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at the TeslaDesign Studio in Hawthorne, Calif. The cracked window glass occurred during a demonstration on the strength of the glass. Robert Hanashiro | USA TODAY | Reuters Small investors are flocking to high-flying growth stocks after the brokerage industry made trading free. In the months since major
Wells Fargo will pay $3 billion in criminal and civil settlements with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission over its fraudulent fake-account scandal, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. “This case illustrates a complete failure of leadership at multiple levels within the bank,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna. “Simply put, Wells Fargo
Traders and financial professionals work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer | Getty Images This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 8:33 am: Hedge funds are crowding into a few stocks Goldman Sachs notes that “the typical hedge fund now carries 69% of
A contractor for First Solar Inc. works on construction of the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South project in Imperial County, California. Sam Hodgson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Dropbox — Shares of the data services company soared 13% during extended trading after the company announced
Houston Texans’ outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus proved his worth this year, recording 48 tackles, 7.5 sacks, two interceptions, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. All this has earned the 2012 first-round pick four additional years with the franchise — and a deal worth $54 million, $28.5 million of which is guaranteed. The deal makes