Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks are rallying Friday , but the S & P 500 is still on pace for a negative week. The market is rebounding from oversold levels,…
Xeon server chips shown to CNBC inside Intel’s advanced packaging facility in Chandler, Arizona, on November 17, 2025. CNBC Asian technology and semiconductor stocks surged on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire that includes a temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The news sent major indexes in Asian…
The Iran war poses ongoing challenges for cloud provider Amazon Web Services, its chief, Matt Garman, said Tuesday. The Amazon division said in early March that drone strikes had damaged its data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. “It’s a really difficult situation, and we’re working incredibly hard,” Garman told CNBC’s Kate Rooney…
Almonty’s tungsten mine in Sangdong, South Korea, in March 2026. Almonty BEIJING — The Iran war is squeezing a global commodities market already pressured by China’s export controls and stockpiling efforts. Prices of three niche elements — tungsten, sulfur and helium — have climbed sharply in recent weeks. While none of the commodities are traded…
The war in the Middle East could pose a threat to the semiconductor industry and other sectors dependent on a resource produced in the Gulf — helium. Helium is a little-known but key input in many industries, most notably technology. In semiconductor manufacturing, its cooling properties are used to transfer heat. Helium is also indispensable…
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian technology stocks fell on Thursday as Iran’s latest attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City and a surge in oil prices rattled investor sentiment, amplifying concerns…
Industrial-focused stocks have been stumbling since the start of the Iran war on fears that higher oil prices will ignite a fresh wave of inflation and make it difficult to transport goods to and from the Mideast. Club holdings Honeywell , Dover , and Linde each have a way to weather the storm. Honeywell Honeywell…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. The Dow plunged more than 500 points on Thursday as oil prices continued to surge after Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said the Strait of Hormuz would stay…
Honeywell shares were on track for a record-high close Tuesday after the industrial conglomerate said it is re-evaluating what to do with two lagging businesses ahead of its planned three-way split. The news Honeywell announced Tuesday it is exploring strategic alternatives for its productivity solutions and services (PSS) unit and its warehouse and workflow solutions…
