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What investors need to know

Gold traded below the $4,000-per-ounce mark again on Tuesday as the dollar remained resilient at over three-month highs, while reduced chances of another U.S. interest rate cut in December and easing U.S.-China trade tensions blunted bullion’s demand. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold profits are glittering in 2025 — but cashing in may trigger a…

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Americans are ‘entrenched’ in financial stress

Economic conditions like gas prices well above $4 a gallon, according to AAA estimates, and annual inflation nearing 4%, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are pushing Americans’ financial stress levels higher. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling expects Americans’ economic stress levels to tick back up in the second quarter of the year after…

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Will cooler heads prevail at Davos WEF 2026?

World Economic Forum security badges Leonie Kidd | CNBC Davos Season I have been going to the World Economic Forum since 2009, when I was a young news assistant on “Squawk Box Europe” and had no idea what I was getting into. Back then, and still now, it is CNBC International’s biggest outside broadcast of…

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