CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday said falling oil prices helped revive the stock market, but warned that next week’s Federal Reserve meeting could quickly change the outlook for investors. “Thank heavens oil went down today,” the “Mad Money” host said. “It changed everything.” Stocks rebounded Friday as oil prices retreated, helping the major averages recover…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Reddit was announced officially as the next addition to the S&P 500, prompting a rally for the social media stock in early trading. Stock futures are little changed this morning. Wall Street is coming off a winning day. Here are…
Inflation data for July takes center stage in the week ahead, as second-quarter earnings season winds down. Another factor that could influence the market action: updates on the Iran war. Though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early last week that a deal may be coming , that news never materialized. That’s not to say a…
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 rose on Friday, putting the S & P 500 on pace for a record close thanks to a roughly 3.5% gain for the week. The…
Texas Roadhouse missed Street estimates on both the top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter as high beef prices weighed on profits. But the restaurant chain’s strong comparable restaurant sales through the first seven weeks of the first quarter of 2026 paired with no change in management’s commodity inflation outlook for the year are…
McDonald’s restaurant in San Diego, California, U.S., Oct. 31, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters “Value” was the buzzword du jour for restaurant executives that lasted all year — and it will likely stick around in 2026, too. Over the last year and a half, diners, particularly those who make less than $40,000 a year, have…
Shoppers walk through Manhattan on Nov. 7, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images High-income consumers are trading down, Gen Z is spending less, and low-income shoppers are still struggling, according to many consumer companies that shared their latest quarterly results in recent weeks. Those trends may not bode well for the…
Texas Roadhouse on Thursday evening reported a mixed third quarter as stubbornly high beef prices continued to weigh on profitability, overshadowing what was otherwise the highest quarterly revenue, same-store sales, and traffic growth of the year. Revenue in the quarter ending Sept. 30 increased 12.8% year over year to $1.44 billion, exceeding the LSEG-complied Wall…
The conundrum of President Donald Trump is one I try to stay away from. Not because I don’t want to go there, but because it hasn’t been all that lucrative to do so. Because of the president’s sheer, endless presence in the media, and his love of CEOS — to hang with or to dominate…
Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman unpacked the company’s recent quarter in an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, describing marketing strategies that have improved business. “We refortified our marketing budgets. Three years ago, we spent about $32 million in marketing,” Hochman said. “This past fiscal we just finished, we spent $137 million. So they actually have…
