Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2019 in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images Stocks may be at record highs, but 2020 has already proven to be a volatile year, leading a growing cohort of Wall Street strategists to recommend stable dividend-paying investments. Favorite names
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Traders work after the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 5, 2019 in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / Getty Images In late January 2018, Wall Street reached the moment of “peak happiness,” which marks the highest levels of valuation, investor confidence, financial liquidity and risk appetites achieved
Honey co-founders Ryan Hudson and George Ruan. PayPal Amazon has beef with the start-up PayPal recently acquired, Honey. During the height of the holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant warned some users that the browser extension could be a “security issue.” “Honey tracks your private shopping behavior, collects data like your order history and items
Every year millions of Americans make resolutions, and every year those same Americans fall short of reaching their goals. To fuel a commitment toward a healthier financial well-being in 2020, the Invest In You team asked readers and viewers to reveal their goals. The response was overwhelming — and humbling. Several themes emerged, including investing
XFA’s Bill Looney is seeing more traders making bets that a monster market move is coming. Looney is making the observation from the market’s front lines, where he helps facilitate trades on behalf of large institutional clients. “The theme is the investors are positioned on the tail side of the market,” he told CNBC’s “Trading
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Alibaba. Chris Verrone was a buyer of GE. Dan Nathan was a buyer of Pinterest. Guy Adami was a buyer of Eli Lilly. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Tim Seymour is long AMZA, AMZN, AAPL, ACBFF, ACRGF, ALEF, ACB,
This year may bring sticker shock for publicly traded U.S. companies when they get their insurance bill. The risks of being sued have skyrocketed and the price of insurance premiums is rising right alongside, especially for liability insurance to cover directors and officers, or D&O. Insurance broker and consulting firm Woodruff Sawyer said D&O costs
People burn a poster representing US President Donald Trump to protest against the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq. PRAKASH SINGH | AFP | Getty Images A former CIA officer told CNBC on Thursday that it’s likely Iran will carry out small-scale cyberattacks to avoid U.S. retaliation. “They perfectly understand that the U.S.
European stocks are set to open higher Thursday as investor sentiment improved on the back of easing U.S.-Iran tensions. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen climbing 24 points to 7,590, Germany’s DAX rising 87 points to 13,401 and France’s CAC increasing 31 points to 6,055, according to IG index data. It comes after comments from President
It’s not particularly difficult to argue that Quibi, the streaming video service invented by longtime entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and former HP Enterprise and eBay CEO Meg Whitman, is a flawed idea. When entrepreneurs build companies, it’s standard procedure to identify a problem that needs to be solved first. The more pressing the problem, the
European stocks are set to open lower on Wednesday after Iran fired rockets on Iraqi airbases housing U.S. troops. Britain’s FTSE 100 is seen falling 26 points to 7,544, Germany’s CAC dropping 96 points to 13,133 and France’s CAC slumping 31 points to 5,990, according to IG index data. Tehran retaliated to Washington’s killing of
Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 2019 SOHN Conference in New York on May 6th, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said the financial markets might have to brace for a Bernie Sanders scare in 2020. The so-called bond king believes the independent senator from Vermont is the odds-on favorite to win the
A flag flies outside the Citigroup building in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup is making David Chubak its new head of U.S. retail banking at a critical time for the third-largest U.S. bank. Chubak, who held largely strategic roles across the New York-based
Institutional Investor hall of famer Richard Bernstein is concerned renewed Mideast tensions will put the world’s central banks in a painful spot. The CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors said any more hostilities could derail their easy-money policies and spark economic troubles — particularly in the United States where a late-cycle bull market is
Farmer walks through his soy fields in Harvard, Illinois. Nova Safo | AFP | Getty Images China remains vague on how much the country will increase purchases of U.S. farm goods, considered a critical part of a trade agreement with Washington. Han Jun, vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs, confirmed to Chinese financial news
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Escalated geopolitical tensions swooped in and spoiled the market’s party in the new year, and Wall Street analysts warned the sell-off might be just beginning. After a historic run in 2019 and a strong first day of 2020, the S&P 500
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) – The nation’s largest egg producer posted a quarterly loss of 21 cents per share, compared to consensus estimates of a 3 cents per share profit. Revenue also missed estimates, due in large measure to what the company calls challenging market conditions. Exxon
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters 1. Wall Street’s 2019 rally set to continue in 2020 U.S. stock futures pointed to a strong start to the first trading session of 2020 as Wall Street carried its momentum from 2019. As of 7:50 a.m. ET, Dow Jones
Interest rates should stay where they are as long as inflation remains tame, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said Friday. “We really need to keep our eye on inflation,” the central bank official said. “And unless it starts to go up to something that is consistent with our 2% symmetric inflation objective, I think
A worker walks at the Nahr Bin Umar field, Iraq. Essam Al-Sudani | Reuters The latest flare-up in U.S.-Iran relations could bring about the end of the longest bull market ever if crude prices keep surging, slowing an already fragile global economy even further. But investors cautioned we’re not yet at that point. The last