CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that investors chasing the market’s reaction to Venezuela’s political upheaval are making a familiar mistake: confusing short-term trading opportunities with long-term investing. Cramer urged investors to focus on owning high-quality stocks and sticking with them, rather than jumping into trades where valuations could swing on every passing headline. “Along with…
Friday marked the end of a lackluster week for stocks and the first trading session of 2026. The market was mixed for the holiday-shortened week: The Dow and Nasdaq shed 0.1% and 1.5%, respectively, while the S & P 500 edged roughly 1% lower, its third back-to-back loss since Monday. It’s unclear what caused the…
North Carolina Sean Pavone | Istock | Getty Images Lithium and steel outshined A.I. in 2025, at least when it comes to CNBC’s exclusive Power City Indexes. The Power City Indexes (PCI) were built ten years ago. The ‘indexes’ are made up from the 11 or 12 largest market cap companies in 36 different city and…
Trader Peter Tuchman wears “2026” glasses as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on Dec. 31, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images The new year is starting off looking a lot like the old one. The first trading day of 2026 kicked off…
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images West Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings to skin and the inside of your mouth, a fine grit that turns every…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters After a tough start to the year, Google closed out 2025 with its strongest performance — from Wall Street’s perspective — since 2009, when the…
SoftBank has completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. The Japanese investment giant sent over a final $22 billion to $22.5 billion last week, according to the sources familiar with the matter. SoftBank had previously syndicated $10 billion and invested $8 billion in the ChatGPT maker. The investment takes…
The stock market broke records during the holiday-shortened trading week. The S & P 500 hit an all-time intraday high Friday but closed slightly lower. Nevertheless, the index rose 1.4% last week, padding an almost 18% year to date advance. Economic data last week lifted investor spirits, with weekly jobless claims, as well as third-quarter…
The AI market is tipped to splinter in 2026. The last three months of 2025 were a rollercoaster of tech sell-offs and rallies, as circular deals, debt issuances, and high valuations fueled concerns over an AI bubble. Such volatility may be an early sign of how AI investment is set to evolve as investors pay closer…
The Club’s 10 things to watch Wednesday, Dec. 24 1. Wall Street is headed for a muted open in this holiday-shortened session that ends at 1 p.m. ET. Today marks the start of the seasonally strong Santa Claus rally period, covering the final five trading days of the year and the first two of the…
