Investors are worried the U.S. and China may not find enough common ground to head off a new round of tariffs later this week that could bite into global growth, squeeze profit margins and drive down stock prices. Trade negotiators are scheduled to meet this week in Washington, but recent tensions make it less likely
Month: May 2019
Traders work at Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images For investors fearful of a full-blown trade war, here’s Goldman Sachs’ playbook to tackle the tough market. Stock losses keep accelerating as investors remain anxious about President Donald Trump’s new
Ariel Skelley/Getty Images If you want a job in a growing field with high pay and low stress, you should probably like math, numbers and data. Of the 10 best jobs for 2019 — based on income, anticipated growth rate, work environment and stress — five are in mathematical sciences, according to a new report
Financial advisors have seen clients make very smart, and pretty dumb, 401(k) plan decisions. FatCamera | Getty Images Knowing a person’s investment approach could also provide insight into their financial priorities and what they’re looking for in a financial advisor, a new study suggests. By splitting investors into two categories, based on their general attitudes
My mother suffered with the Alzheimer’s disease for more than 10 years. In her last five years she lived at a wonderful assisted living residence, Harbor Point, in Centerville, MA. During her stay I would visit her at least twice a week. We had lengthy conversations each visit. I learned a great deal about communicating
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin HOUSTON, TX – MAY 04: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors goes up for a lay up defended by Austin Rivers #25 of the Houston Rockets in the fourth quarter during Game Three of the Second Round of the 2019 NBA Western Conference Playoffs
There’s no doubt about it: Short-term rentals are changing how most of us travel, and often for the better. But is renting out your extra room everything it’s cracked up to be? From extra rooms to apartments, entire homes and even the occasional castle, this short-term rental website might seem like the perfect solution for
Health-care stocks are underperforming the market this year because some investors are overreacting to political “slogans” from Democratic presidential hopefuls, former Aetna Chairman and CEO Ronald Williams told CNBC Tuesday. Health care is the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year as Sen. Bernie Sanders and other 2020 contenders push “Medicare for All,” a plan
Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Drugmaker Mylan missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, hurt by restructuring at its Morgantown plant in West Virginia and a stronger dollar, sending its shares down 4.5%. Revenue from its North America business fell 6% to $922.9 million and missed estimates of $952.43
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Allergan — Allergan beat estimates by 24 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of $3.79 per share. Revenue also exceeded Wall Street forecasts, helped by sales growth for existing products like Botox and Juviderm. The company also raised its full-year forecast amid what it calls
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an unveiling event for the Tesla Model Y crossover electric vehicle in Hawthorne, California, U.S., on Friday, March 15, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla‘s recent move to raise cash may quiet down some bears, but CEO Elon Musk’s
Image Source | Getty Images Nobody likes writing a check every month. The joy of that new car quickly gives way to monthly misery — especially when the size of the check is sometimes equivalent to the size of a mortgage payment. Americans are carrying an increasing amount of auto debt, according to the Federal
Venture capital flow into Florida companies is rising. Some of the factors driving the trend are the rise in immigration and the shift to more gig-oriented work. Scott B. Smith Photography | Getty Images Miami has vaulted to the No. 1 spot for starting a small business in the U.S., according to Biz2Credit’s annual rankings
Logistics Supply Chain https://www.mitsde.com/PGDInSupplyChainMng One of the less often thought about components of the digital and retail revolution is how exactly customers and businesses will receive products. Amazon has set the new standard and many consumers expect to receive products ordered online within 48 hours. Other big players such as Target and Walmart are now
The White Walkers weren’t the only undead threat Americans should be concerned about. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Millions of Americans watched the 70th episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones last Sunday to see who would win the ultimate battle between the people of Westeros and the undead army of the White Walkers. But there is another
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Copyright Jim Sinur Jim Sinur There are those that think that data is the oil of AI and the focus should be clean data, data science and deep understanding of what the data means. There are those that say data is meaningless without context that can
The London Metal Exchange is targeting Asian retail investors amid interest in the region, its CEO, Matthew Chamberlain, told CNBC on Tuesday. The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKEX), which bought the LME in 2012, will be launching dollar-denominated mini contracts for six base metals in the coming months. The standardized monthly futures contracts will reference
Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 24th Annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York on May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Jeffrey Gundlach is not shy when it comes to ridiculing the Democratic presidential hopefuls. The so-called bond king and DoubleLine Capital CEO first fired shots at former Vice President Joe Biden, who last month
This chip dip could be your chance to buy. The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF and the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF, two of the top exchange-traded funds tracking chipmakers, both lost more than 2% in intraday trading Monday following a hiccup in U.S.-China trade negotiations. The market-cap-weighted ETFs, both of which count Qualcomm and Intel among
Before Akbar Gbajabiamila became a pro football player and co-host of NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior,” he was a kid growing up in South Central Los Angeles with six siblings and immigrant parents. During that time, he formed ideas about money that he still carries with him today. “I had a counselor once tell me that
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