Wall Street’s weekly performance was near the flat line heading into Friday. Things started OK on the final trading day of the week, until President Donald Trump ‘s new China trade threats tanked the stock market. The S & P 500 lost 2.71% on Friday — the worst single-session decline since April 10, the day…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters On Friday morning, the S&P 500 was less than a couple of points from another all-time high. Then, after a single social media post from President…
BlackRock is seeing a shift among Big Tech investors. Jay Jacobs, the firm’s U.S. head of equity ETFs, finds they’re going for targeted themes like artificial intelligence. “One of the biggest trades we’re seeing this year is simply people leaving the traditional tech sector and getting more granular into AI-specific ETFs, like BAI [the iShares…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer walked investors through next week as Wall Street launches into earnings season, highlighting reports from financial giants including Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan. He acknowledged Friday’s major sell-off but said he doesn’t think the session marks the end of the market’s multi-year rally. “It’s a…
Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Source: DHS President Donald Trump‘s nominee to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, was accused of sexual harassment, Politico reported. Ingrassia, who is currently the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, was investigated in connection with an incident…
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump administration began laying off federal workers on Friday, the 10th day of the U.S. government shutdown,…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is leading a demonstration against the re-inauguration of authoritarian President Maduro this Friday. Jesus Vargas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The White House on Friday criticized the Nobel Committee after it declined to pick President Donald Trump for the organization’s vaunted peace prize. But the prize’s actual recipient,…
U.S. and Chinese officials have been working to arrange a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the coming months, which will likely take place in Beijing, experts said. Dilara Irem Sancar | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs”…
The Merlion statue in the central business district of Singapore, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Moneyed…
Morgan Stanley’s office in Canary Wharf financial district on Jan. 30, 2025 in London, UK. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Morgan Stanley on Friday told its financial advisors that the firm was broadening access to crypto investments to all clients and allowing such investments in any type of account, including retirement accounts,…
