Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. stocks on Friday were set to add to their Thursday rally as China and the U.S. neared the signing of a “phase one” trade deal, removing a key uncertainty for investors less than three
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More than 200,000 Robinhood users are “already in line” for fractional stock trading on the app in the few hours since it announced the service, co-CEO Vladimir Tenev told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. “The early signs are really promising,” Tenev said on “Mad Money.” “We just have to keep focus on what we’ve always
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Keep America Great Rally at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, November 4, 2019. Yuri Gripas | Reuters President Donald Trump is not expected to impose new tariffs on China this weekend, but he may not have much of a trade deal to show either. That promise, however,
A Lululemon sign hangs in front of their store at the Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets shopping mall on November 17, 2019 in Central Valley, New York. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Lululemon Athletica slipped 5% during extended trading Wednesday despite the
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made it clear the central bank will not move on interest rates unless it sees a significant and persistent move in inflation, which has been stubbornly below the Fed’s target. Markets took Powell’s comments as dovish, meaning the Fed is leaning toward an easing policy and keeping interest rates low
Three months before he died, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker issued a scathing critique against President Donald Trump and the “movement to undermine Americans’ faith in our government and its policies and institutions.” In an afterword to a paperback release of his autobiography, the legendary former central bank chief called out the president for
Pedestrians pass a GameStop store in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of GameStop tanked more than 20% during extended trading after the video game retailer reported a large third-quarter earnings miss. GameStop posted a loss of 49 cents per share excluding certain items on
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a closed two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, September 18, 2019. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters The Federal Reserve is likely to indicate it’s not in a hurry to do anything to change its neutral stand on interest rates, following its meeting Wednesday. But
The Federal Reserve could be launching another round of money-printing in the next few weeks as problems in the overnight lending markets reemerge and force the central bank into more aggressive action, according to a Credit Suisse analysis. A fourth version of quantitative easing — often referred to as “money-printing” for the way the Fed
Soybeans are harvested from a field on Hodgen Farm in Roachdale, Indiana, November 8, 2019. Bryan Woolston | Reuters China is buying more U.S. soybeans, as both countries try to reach an initial agreement on trade. Between September and November this year, Chinese imports of American soybeans increased 13 times from the same period last
A customer uses a Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, automatic teller machine (ATM) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Justin Mott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vietnam’s banking sector is an attractive investment opportunity because it is generating a lot of capital and growing fast, according to a senior banker at J.P. Morgan.
The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Michael Khouw looked into call buying in the Technology ETF. Dan Nathan illustrated call buying in Starbucks. Khouw and Guy Adami broke down a call calendar in Lululemon. Disclaimer Trader disclosure: Guy Adami is long CELG, EXAS, GDX, INTC. Guy Adami’s wife,
If jobs market strength persists, Wells Fargo Securities Michael Schumacher isn’t ruling out a 2020 interest rate hike — especially if the Federal Reserve decides to add one more insurance cut early next year. His call comes less than a week before the year’s final Fed meeting on rates. “The Fed is not in a
T-Mobile CEO John Legere (L) and Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure (R) arrive to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing on the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2018. Mandel Ngan
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) The idea that we are late in the economic and financial-market cycle is one that even most Wall Street bulls won’t dispute. After all, when the economic expansion surpasses a decade to
U.S. President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence looking on, delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills | Getty Images Citi is boosting its stock forecast for
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Wall Street veteran Karen Firestone knows all too well that stock picking isn’t as easy as it used to be, but her decades of experience is serving her well. Firestone runs a
November’s surprisingly strong jobs report makes it less likely the Fed will move to cut interest rates, and it could even sound more hawkish when it meets next week. A so-called ‘hawkish’ Fed is one that is more likely to move to tighten policy than make it looser by cutting interest rates or taking other
China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. AFP Contributor | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration’s Dec. 15 deadline for new tariffs on China looms large, and while most strategists expect them to be
A WeWork office in San Francisco Kate Munsch | Reuters WeWork’s dramatic fall has led to SoftBank CEO Masa Son’s questioning his own judgement, but one analyst still believes the bank will come out on top eventually with the massive investment in the reeling space-sharing company. “Despite the huge embarrassment WeWork has been for SoftBank this