Finance executives speak during a panel on the future of banking at CNBC’s East Tech West event. Dave Zhong | Getty Images for CNBC Banks must operate more like technology companies in order to stay relevant for years to come, executives in the financial services industry say. “I happen to believe that many banks, perhaps
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A Chinese bank employee counts 100-yuan notes and U.S. dollar bills at a bank counter in Nantong in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on August 6, 2019. STR | AFP | Getty Images China is heavily exposed to the U.S. dollar, but now, with the risk of “decoupling,” Beijing is silently diversifying its reserves to reduce
(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Let’s call them the undisrupted champions of Wall Street. A small group of enormous, elite consumer companies — once seen as vulnerable to onrushing digital disruption and shifting public tastes — have
Robert Iger, Chief Executive Officer of Disney, poses in “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” during a media preview event at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, May 29, 2019. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Disney+ is here, ushering in the unofficial kickoff to “The Streaming Wars” — the slew of monthly subscription services that are flooding the market
Even though stocks are trading around all-time highs, CFRA’s Sam Stovall thinks Wall Street isn’t bullish enough. According to the firm’s chief investment strategist, an under-the-radar historical trend suggests the S&P 500 will continue to reach record levels through December. He credits a phenomenon that’s only happened 28 times since WWII. Stovall highlighted the pattern
A Woman jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 24, 2019. Siphiwe Sibeko | Reuters Washington can feel pretty gridlocked these days, with the impeachment proceedings against President Trump dividing politicians by party lines. Still, both Republicans and Democrats have rallied around a number of bills that could deliver real changes to your personal
John Legere, chief executive officer of T-Mobile US Inc. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer John Legere isn’t taking the WeWork CEO job, according to people familiar with the matter. Legere, who became CEO of T-Mobile in 2012, has no plans to leave the company, said the people, who asked
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks bounced on trade headlines on Friday, but the market could stall out in the week ahead if there is no real progress towards a deal. Stocks ended the week at record highs, but Treasury yields unwound half the big
The analyst who uncovered Carl Icahn’s recent purchase of HP and Warren Buffett’s backing of Occidental Petroleum now says a big investor may be sniffing around Netflix. Don Bilson, head of event-driven research at Gordon Haskett, said it looks like Nomura Holdings picked up 1.89 million Netflix shares in the third quarter and may have
Pedestrians carry Bloomingdale’s shopping bags while walking in New York. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumers are likely to have increased their spending in October, after a surprising pullback in September. The government’s October retail sales report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, is one of the most important data releases of the
Online fashion house Farfetch’s CEO Jose Neves and members of the company’s leadership team ring the opening bell to celebrate their IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, September 21, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Farfetch shares surged 20% during extended trading after
Amid a roaring stock market and ever-increasing levels of corporate and government debt, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday he does not see signs of bubbles brewing or immediate dangers being posed by trillion-dollar deficits. “If you look at today’s economy, there’s nothing that’s really booming now that would want to bust,” Powell said
Secondary school students attend a rally at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong on August 22, 2019. Anthony Wallace | AFP | Getty Images Even after months of protests and escalating violence, Hong Kong is still a “very good proxy” for foreign investors wanting to access the vast China market, an economist said on Wednesday. “Since
A man and a child wearing breathing masks are seen on an electric vehicle in smog on November 14, 2018 in Beijing, China. Yang Kejia, China News Service | Visual China Group | Getty Images Climate change is already damaging the health of children, and its impacts will harm the entire generation with serious health
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Disney. Dan Nathan was a seller of the SPDR S&P Retail ETF. Lori Calvasina was a buyer of small caps. Guy Adami was a buyer of PayPal. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Dan is Long TLT Dec call spread. XLP Nov
A JD delivery cart stops at roadside. Zhang Peng | LightRocket | Getty Images BEIJING – Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo. For these three forces of China‘s online shopping market, winning the race to tap the country’s fastest-growing regions will depend largely on an efficient delivery strategy. China’s largest cities rival global metropolises in the variety
Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of 2U Inc. surged more than 15% during extended trading after the cloud-based software company reported third-quarter earnings and updated its full-year revenue and net loss outlook. 2U expects revenue between $570 million and $575 million for the year, narrower than
The S&P 500 is having its best year since 2013. But one widely used strategy will likely block investors from profiting from the market’s record strength going forward, according to Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez. The firm’s chief market strategist, who has $5 billion in assets under management, is advising investors to avoid picking S&P
China could start rolling out its digital currency as early as the next two to three months, predicted the managing partner of an investment firm backed by Foxconn Technology Group. China has developed a framework called the Digital Currency Electronic Payment or DCEP, according to Jack Lee, managing partner of HCM Capital. That would allow
Partners and executives at European venture capital firm Balderton Capital. Balderton Capital Venture capital firm Balderton Capital has closed a new $400 million fund, which it says will be used to invest in early-stage European tech start-ups. Balderton said Tuesday that the fund is targeted at start-ups raising funds at the Series A stage —