Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Dec. 18, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stocks jumped Tuesday on Christmas Eve as the market pulled off back-to-back gains in the holiday week. The S&P 500 added 1.1% to 6,040.04, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 390.08 points, or 0.91%, to 43,297.03….
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 10, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks rose on Monday to start a holiday-shortened trading week as the continuous strength in technology names helped the broader market. The S&P 500 gained 0.73% to 5,974.07. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.98% to 19,764.89,…
Couple looks at light-emitting diode illuminations ahead of Christmas in Tokyo, Japan Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets started the holiday-shortened Christmas week on a positive note, after a U.S. government shutdown was averted over the weekend. On Monday, investors will be looking out for any official announcement related to the merger…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday warned novices against day trading, referencing an article from the Wall Street Journal that described how more investors are developing serious gambling addictions to risky market trading. “We need to help those who’re getting addicted, and we need to stop those who might become addicted,” he said. “After all, the…
Prices barely moved in November but still held higher than the Federal Reserve’s target when looked at from a year ago, according to a Commerce Department measure released Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, showed an increase of just 0.1% from October. The measure indicated a 2.4% inflation rate…
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed Wednesday night as investors absorbed a new, sobering reality for financial markets. Trading was volatile after the regular session’s panic surrounding the Federal Reserve’s revised outlook for interest rates next year. Futures…
We’re buying 25 shares of Home Depot at roughly $407 each and 14 shares of Blackrock at roughly $1,041. Following Tuesday’s trades, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 200 shares of HD, increasing its weighting to 2.25% from about 2%. The Trust portfolio, used by the CNBC Investing Club, will own 75 shares of BLK…
In an aerial view, people gather in front of a sign posted at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, July 7, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million), Australia’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, closing long-drawn, expensive legal proceedings for the Facebook parent over the Cambridge Analytica scandal….
A trader works, as a screen displays a news conference by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 26, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 rose on Monday, with tech shares kicking off the week on solid footing as…
View of the headquarters of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Monday, with investors looking to several major central back decisions due this week including the Bank of Japan and the People’s Bank of China. The Federal Reserve’s decision on Dec. 18 stateside…
