People looking to start investing have found the right moment, personal finance expert Suze Orman told CNBC on Thursday. “There couldn’t be a better time to start investing [than] right now,” Orman said on “Fast Money.” Orman’s comments came after another strong day for stocks amid weeks of coronavirus-driven volatility. The S&P 500 rose more than 6%
Month: March 2020
Small businesses are getting a potential lifeline from Congress. The massive $2 trillion economic rescue package — expected to get final approval from Congress on Friday — includes provisions aimed at helping smaller employers weather the economic storm brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. “We are cautiously optimistic that this will provide the cash flow
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: More than 529,500 Global deaths: At least 23,900 U.S. cases: At least 83,800 U.S. deaths: At least 1,200 The data above was compiled by Johns Hopkins University. All times below are in Beijing time. 8:58 am: Los Angeles launches program to produce 5 million
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, chairs a symposium at the School of Medicine at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2020. Yan Yan | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping called
Brendan McDermid | Reuters It might be premature to declare the bear market dead, but Thursday’s action sure checked off some important boxes. Conventional Wall Street wisdom is that bear markets, or 20% declines from 52-week highs, die on bad news, and Thursday featured some of the worst the U.S. economy has ever seen. Nearly
Yellow Dog Productions What does the legislation do? The bill — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act — expands unemployment insurance, a program enacted in 1935 to provide temporary income support for workers who lose their jobs. The legislation does three primary things: offers bigger unemployment checks, increases the duration of those payments and extends
Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Thursday sought to reassure small business owners who already had to lay off their workers about a major facet of the Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus package. “If you use these funds to rehire those employees … then you qualify,” the Maryland Democrat said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” ”There are
This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak. All times below are in Eastern time. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks. Global cases: More than 480,446 Global deaths: At least 21,571 US cases: At least 69,197 US deaths: At least 1,046 The data
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 9:27 am: Mnuchin says coronavirus stimulus checks will come within three weeks Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that people will start getting relief checks within three weeks, as the country reels from the coronavirus pandemic. Mnuchin spoke to CNBC the morning after the Senate
Dell CEO Michael Dell Getty Images Executives are loading up on their company shares as the coronavirus-driven sell-off dents the broader market, signalling the heads of U.S. businesses are confident their companies will rebound. The heads of Dell Technologies and Wells Fargo are purchasing shares while outsiders ditch riskier assets, sucking trillions in value from
White flag blowing in the wind Derek Brumby After weeks of steep market declines, you may feel you’ve had enough, that you want your hard-earned money during these uncertain times with you, under quarantine. And who could blame you? Headlines warn us that we’re careening toward a global financial crisis uglier than 2008, and the
People gather at the entrance for the New York State Department of Labor offices in Brooklyn, which closed to the public due to the coronavirus disease outbreak March 20, 2020. Andrew Kelly | REUTERS What should I do now? It’s a fast-growing and widespread concern when it comes to managing money in the middle of
U.S. stock futures were flat in early trading Wednesday night as markets tried to build on recent strength in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500. The two indexes have just posted their first back-to-back gains since February. Fueling the rally is the hope that the White House and Senate will soon agree to
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged Thursday that the central bank will keep using the tools it has to fight the economic slowdown brought on by the coronavirus crisis. In an interview with NBC’s “Today” show, the central bank chief said the recent initiatives the Fed has taken will help provide capital to businesses that
Ken Griffin Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Renaissance Technologies’s James Simons, Citadel’s Ken Griffin, Points72’s Steven Cohen and Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper were among the biggest hedge fund earners in 2019 with each man raking in over $1 billion, according to Institutional Investor’s Rich List. No. 1 on the list was Christopher Hohn of TCI Fund Management,
Everyday Americans are about to get a one-time cash infusion. As part of a relief bill to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the government is expected to provide payments of up to $1,200 for individuals or $2,400 for married couples, up to a certain income threshold, as well as $500 per child.
A Spanish soldier stands next to beds set up at a temporary hospital for vulnerable people at the Fira Barcelona Montjuic centre in Barcelona on March 25, 2020, during the new coronavirus epidemic. Pau Barrena | AFP | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 416,686,
Michael Wirth, CEO, Chevron, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galasia | CNBC Chevron will slash capital spending by $4 billion this year and suspend share buybacks, the latest oil company to cut costs in the face of an unprecedented slide in oil prices. Oil has crashed by
A customer views cars on display in a showroom of the Avilon dealership owned by the Ford Motor Company in Moscow. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS (Photo by Anton NovoderezhkinTASS via Getty Images) Anton Novoderezhkin | TASS | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Micron Technology — The semiconductor company’s stock jump 5% in
Stocks’ swift and steep sell-off is providing the type of buying opportunity that doesn’t come around all that often, and investors should take advantage of the downturn, according to Ariel Investments’ chairman John Rogers. “I think this is a maybe once in a lifetime opportunity to buy stocks at bargain prices,” he said Wednesday night
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