In this article BTC.CB= Dado Ruvic | Reuters Crypto bulls have long championed bitcoin as a modern-day replacement for gold, and by one measure, the new market is already close to surpassing bullion in that respect. The total value of the cryptocurrency market now stands above $2 trillion, putting it on nearly equal footing with
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Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq in New York on Sept. 3, 2020. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes ticked higher at the start of the overnight session Monday evening after Wall Street kicked off the week with modest losses. Dow futures added 50 points, while contracts
In this article TSLA Michael Burry attends the “The Big Short” New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on November 23, 2015 in New York City. Jim Spellman | WireImage | Getty Images Famed investor Michael Burry on Monday revealed a short position against Tesla worth more than half a billion, in a regulatory filing. Burry,
In this article TWNK TSLA T Hostess Twinkies Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. AT&T, Discovery — The pair of stocks were volatile on Monday after the company’s announced a $43 billion deal to merge Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia unit. Discovery’s A shares popped at the open but were down
Traders on the floor of the NYSE. Source: NYSE Stock futures edged up in overnight trading on Sunday as the market looked to continue to rebound from last week’s sell-off triggered by inflation jitters. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 40 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures were both 0.2% higher.
In this article DOGE.CM= ETH.CM= BTC.CM= A collection of bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum tokens. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — A Goldman Sachs executive has resigned after earning a fortune from a cryptocurrency investment, according to industry sources. Aziz McMahon, Goldman’s managing director and head of emerging market sales in London, quit
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney shares dropped 3.9% in premarket trading after growth figures for the Disney+ streaming service fell short of Wall Street predictions. Disney reported better-than-expected profit for the first quarter, but revenue was short of analysts’ forecasts. DoorDash (DASH) –
A man wearing a mask walks past the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, in Beijing, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, February 3, 2020. Jason Lee | Reuters BEIJING — While investors around the world fret over inflation, China’s central bank has more
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in honor of Star Wars Day. Source: NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Disney — The media giant’s share price sank more than 3% after it missed revenue and streaming subscriber estimates. Disney earnings
Sherry Ann Mohan, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs Source: Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs continues to lose key managers at its fledgling consumer banking business. The chief financial officer for Goldman’s consumer business, which includes its Marcus brand and the Apple Card, is joining JPMorgan Chase, according to an internal memo obtained exclusively by CNBC. Sherry
In this article DOGE.CM= Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dogecoin soared more than 40% early Friday after a tweet from supporter Elon Musk and as Coinbase said it would list the meme-inspired cryptocurrency. The price of dogecoin rose to an intraday high of around 55 cents at 2:30 a.m. ET, according
U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Thursday, after all three major averages snapped three-day losing streaks to end the day higher. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.08%, while Nasdaq 100 futures posted a slight decline. During regular trading, the
In this article BTC.CM= TSLA Elon Musk’s decision to stop Tesla from accepting bitcoin as payment has led to fresh scrutiny of the cryptocurrency’s environmental impact. Musk said Wednesday that Tesla had halted purchases of its vehicles with bitcoin due to concerns over the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining.” He alluded
In this article FB The logo for Diem, formerly known as Libra, is seen is displayed on a smartphone screen with a Facebook logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem said Wednesday it has withdrawn its application for a Swiss payment
In this article @DJ.1 @SP.1 @ND.1 A passenger wears a protective mask at the Wall Street subway station in New York, on Monday, March 30, 2020. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg via Getty Images Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes crept higher in the overnight session Wednesday, just hours after persistent pressure on
A driver leaves BJ’s station looking for gas, after a cyberattack crippled the biggest fuel pipeline in the country, run by Colonial Pipeline, in Norfolk, Virginia, May 11, 2021. Jay Paul | Reuters The national average for a gallon of gas jumped above $3 on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, as much of
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Palantir — Shares of the secretive analytics and software firm rose 7.4% after it reported 49% revenue growth for its first quarter, thanks in part to the economic recoveries in the U.S. and the U.K. Palantir, which has both government and corporate clients, booked sales of
U.S. stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday after the Dow’s worst day since February. Dow futures fell 30 points. S&P 500 futures dropped 0.12% and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.14%. On Tuesday, technology stocks fell but eventually recovered, spurring selling in the broader market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 473
In this article TSLA A worker operates a forklift to move bundles of Hampton lumber for a shipment order at Burton Lumber in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, May 6, 2021. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. economy is trying to restart its engine after tumbling into its deepest recession in
Joggers run along the Bund across from the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s once-a-decade census showed that the national population of the mainland was 1.41 billion people as of Nov. 1, 2020. The average annual growth rate was 0.53%