Coal could come back. That was my insight, or more, my instinct, after interviewing Kenny Young, the CEO and seven-year veteran of Babcock & Wilcox , the 160-year-old boiler manufacturer turned engineering and construction company. Young wanted to talk about the surging demand for power spurred by the data center boom. So did I. B…
Here we go again: Nvidia earnings week is upon us. The world’s most valuable company and the leading maker of artificial intelligence chips will deliver first-quarter earnings on Wednesday night. Of course, it will drive a ton of the action on Wall Street this week. But it’s certainly not the only thing on our radar….
Artificial intelligence has ushered in a bull run in stocks that has taken the broader market to new heights. Companies that have tied workforce reductions to the new technology, however, haven’t always fared so well. CNBC compiled a list of 23 S&P 500 firms across multiple sectors and industries to see how their stocks fared…
China and the United States have provided critical support to the oil market and helped ease the huge supply disruption in the Middle East and kept energy prices from surging even higher. The oil market has lost about 10 million barrels per day (bpd) of exports from the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s blockade of…
President Donald Trump has been considered the ultimate stock market president, overseeing an expansion to numerous record highs while serving as a catalyst for major declines. Within the first two months of Trump’s second term, the S&P 500 experienced one of the fastest falls to correction territory since World War II, spurred primarily by uncertainty…
Johnson & Johnson is counting on its newly launched psoriasis pill to become its next cash cow. Investors want to know if it can live up to the hype. Icotyde went to market after the Food and Drug Administration approved it in mid-March for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The once-a-day drug is the first…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) ABEL OVERHAULS PORTFOLIO Notable positions cut, Alphabet more than tripled, Delta is back Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio got one of its biggest renovations ever…
Don’t look now, but the pain from high energy prices might be about to bite Americans twice. With no end in sight to the war in Iran and oil prices stuck above $100 a barrel, bond traders worried about inflation have sold off long-term government debt in the U.S. and developed economies in recent days….
Global oil inventories are falling at a record pace to compensate for the big supply disruption in the Middle East and they will approach critical levels if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen. Higher prices for oil and fuel are likely ahead of peak demand this summer as a consequence, the International Energy Agency…
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Inc., attends his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in New York City, U.S., April 29, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has built a position in Microsoft, as the hedge fund manager said the software giant’s recent pullback created a…
