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CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday praised the appointment of Jane Fraser as the next chief executive office of Citigroup, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. megabank.  “The glass ceiling in banking maybe is finally cracking,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Citi is the third-largest U.S. bank by assets.  Fraser is set to

Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters There’s a spate of new exchanges ready to launch that want

Investors who have cash might want to consider putting some to work after a recent pullback in the stock market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised Wednesday.  “If you haven’t bought anything, maybe you dip your toe in,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” while noting he has for weeks been advising people to sell and lock-in

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai on Jan. 7. Aly Song | Reuters Most investors can relate to the dilemma faced by the S&P Dow Jones Indices committee as it bypassed Tesla for inclusion in the S&P 500 last week. Tesla had more than

Shoppers walking into a Lululemon store Scott Mlyn | CNBC How do investors pick stocks poised to outperform in the current environment? Stocks are tumbling in a tech-led selloff after reaching record highs over the last few weeks. However, even after the pullback, the S&P 500 has still surged almost 19% on a one-year basis.

You knew this was coming. The market internals had been flashing warning signs for a couple weeks: very few new highs, very sloppy advance/decline line, low short interest, and a lot of talk about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and TINA (There Is No Alternative). All signs of frothiness. So what is this? Is this

SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites in orbit. SpaceX SpaceX gave an update on early tests of its Starlink satellite internet network, which showed speeds capable of playing online video games and streaming movies. Starlink is the ambitious plan by Elon Musk’s company to build an interconnected network of about 12,000 small satellites in low Earth orbit.

A stock trader wearing a mask walks near social distancing signs the day a new IPO is launched at the New York Stock Exchange as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 27, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts

Elon Musk Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla shares slid more than 6% during premarket trading on Thursday, building on the stock’s recent losses after the company’s largest outside shareholder reduced its position, and after the auto maker said it would raise up to $5 billion in a new stock offering. The stock

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images Baillie Gifford, Tesla’s largest outside shareholder, has reduced its position in the electric auto maker after the company’s rapid share appreciation made it an outsized influence on the firm’s holdings. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan responds to a question during a 2014 news conference at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Jeff Siner | Charlotte Observer | Tribune News Service via Getty Images This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Shares of DraftKings jumped 13% in premarket trading after the company said

Joggers pass the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Interest rates near zero likely will stay in place not for months but years as the Federal Reserve seeks to reengineer an economy characterized by low inflation and an uneven labor

A bear statue stands outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, operated by Deutsche Boerse AG, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday, March 13, 2020. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Throw in the towel on a market pullback? It’s getting lonely being a market bear. Investors — even market bulls — who are trying to figure

Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC They say 90 is the new 70, and in Warren Buffett‘s case it may be true. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway announced today, on his 90th birthday, that his company has acquired a slightly more than 5% stake in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies.

Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the grand reopening of Apple’s flagship Apple Fifth Avenue retail store on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Taylor Hill | Getty Images Shares of Apple and Tesla rose sharply on Monday, the first day after their recently announced stock splits took effect, as investors continued to

Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Getty Images Mutual funds managed by women are outperforming those managed by men this year as higher relative exposure to technology names drives performance, according to new research from Goldman Sachs. The firm found that 43% of women-managed funds — as defined by those with at

DraftKings CEO and Co-Founder Jason Robins speaks during the unveiling of DraftKings headquarters March 26, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. Darren McCollester | Getty Images Stocks are once again at record high levels — with the S&P 500 now up over 21% on a one-year basis. That’s following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s more-relaxed inflation targeting strategy,

A man wearing a protective mask sits on top of the Charging Bull sculpture near Wall St. amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 19, 2020 in New York City, United States. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Company: Evolent Health Inc. (EVH) Business: Evolent is a health-care delivery and payment company. It supports health systems and

It’s been a great August, up 6% for the S&P 500, the best August since 1986. But then again, it was a great July.  And a great June. May was pretty good, too, and April was downright eye-popping. The Summer Rally (S&P 500 Monthly Returns) April: up 12.7% May: up 4.5% June: up 1.8% July:

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday praised the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell, for updating their approach to monetary policy to help the U.S. economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.  “Powell is on the side of the bulls,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.”  The Fed earlier Thursday said it would be willing to