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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 14, 2019 Spencer Platt | Getty Images One of the market’s most important players is losing its mojo. Corporate America’s share buybacks, which hit a record of over $1 trillion in 2018 on the back of a tax overhaul, have begun to

Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail brokerage firm E-Trade announced Wednesday it will drop commission fees on online U.S. stock, ETF and options trades. The move comes within a week of Interactive Brokers, Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade all dropping their commission fees.

Monster Beverage Corp. drinks. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Guggenheim downgraded Monster Beverage to ‘neutral’ from ‘buy’ Guggenheim said its downgrade that it thinks the stock will be “range bound” for the next 6-9 months. “We are downgrading Monster to NEUTRAL (from

Technology companies, which face some of the biggest tariff impacts, have been slashing expectations for third-quarter earnings at a record pace. With the kickoff to the heart of earnings season still about two weeks away, some 29 information technology sector companies have lowered their guidance, which is the biggest number since FactSet starting tracking the

Kathy Huff installs a headlight assembly at GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 25, 2018. John Gress | Reuters U.S. economic growth is expected to have slowed in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDP tracking gauge. The GDPNow model estimates the

Credit Suisse on Tuesday cleared Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam in an internal investigation into the botched surveillance of the bank’s former wealth management head Iqbal Khan in a probe that cost Thiam’s right-hand man his job. Chief Operating Officer Pierre-Olivier Bouee resigned after the investigation by the Homburger law firm found he alone initiated observation

iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max Todd Haselton | CNBC J.P. Morgan raised its price target on Apple’s stock Monday, expecting the company’s shares will rise 21% as sales of its new line of iPhone are “stronger than muted expectations.” “We are modestly raising our iPhone volume forecasts and expect investor sentiment

Pedestrians pass in front of a TD Ameritrade location in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Interactive Brokers will now make any amount of your stock trades without commission fees, threatening rival brokerage firms. Shares of retail brokerage firms TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and E-Trade Financial all traded down Thursday

Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) applaud during the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Wells Fargo raised

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday called Wells Fargo‘s selection of veteran banking leader Charles Scharf as its new CEO a “brilliant move.” “This was a job that was offered to Charlie a while ago. And Charlie didn’t want to take it,” Cramer said. “But I think the opportunity was just too great, was my understanding.”

China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Nicholas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images U.S. consumers are getting increasingly anxious about the trade war with China despite a recent thaw in the tensions ahead of the trade

Randal Quarles, vice chairman of supervision at the Federal Reserve, at the NABE Economic Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Feb. 26, 2018. Joshua Roberts Washington, D.C. — The U.S. economy is chugging along nicely even as worries over the country’s trade policy are hurting business investment, a top Federal Reserve official said Friday.

Charles Scharf Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Three decades before Charlie Scharf was named CEO of Wells Fargo, he got his start by mailing his resume to an up-and-coming banker named Jamie Dimon. Scharf was a senior at Johns Hopkins University when Dimon hired him at Baltimore lender Commercial Credit. That move proved

Recent highly publicized flops by supposedly disruptive companies could be painting an unpleasant picture ahead for innovation, at least in how it’s viewed in the financial markets. Investors have turned thumbs-down on high-profile companies including WeWork, Uber and Tesla. Industries including marijuana, vaping and bitcoin all have seen big price drops following a spate of

People walk past a board with the logo of Bitcoin in a street in Yerevan, Armenia September 9, 2019. Anton Vaganov | Reuters This has been a tough week for bitcoin. The world’s first and largest cryptocurrency plunged more than 20% over seven days, hitting a low of $7,757 Friday — its lowest level since

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving aboard Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 26, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Friday he would support President Donald Trump blocking U.S. investments in China. The idea reportedly under consideration at the White House could include blocking all U.S.

Peloton introduces a treadmill to their product line. Emily Gaffney | CNBC Peloton is worth $19 a share at most, according to Wall Street’s valuation guru. The fitness start-up tumbled about 11% in its public debut on Thursday to as low as $25.76 a share, below its IPO pricing of $29 per share, which was

Ethan Brown, founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, prepares to ring the opening bell to celebrate his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, May 2, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Beyond Meat stock jumped on Thursday and that’s putting pressure on the hundreds of millions of dollars that investors have bet

Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Getty Images Apple’s stock is no longer a compelling investment as the business transitions away from its historic, device-based model to one that emphasizes services revenue, according to one of Wall Street’s top tech analysts. Andy Hargreaves of Keybanc Capital Markets penned a warning to would-be investors that Apple’s pivot into

Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters In just the last 24 hours, the CEOs of WeWork, eBay and Juul have all stepped down from their posts, the continuation of a record-setting pace of exits this year by the heads of U.S. businesses. U.S. based companies announced 159 CEO changes in August, 28%