Last week started with the big banks delivering strong earnings and ended with regional lenders writing off bad loans. Investors are hoping for calmer waters in the days ahead, as earnings season ramps up and Washington remains in gridlock. Here’s a closer look at what to expect over the next five trading days. 1. Market…
The stock market rebounded this week after seesawing on concerns about U.S.-China trade, the ongoing federal government shutdown, and credit. For the week, the S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1.7% and 2.1%, respectively, after each lost more than 2% the prior week. Late in the week, trade and the shutdown took a…
Another breakup is on the horizon. Later this month, Honeywell will separate its Solstice Advanced Materials unit. Honeywell shareholders as of Oct. 17 will receive one share of Solstice for every four shares of Honeywell. The two companies will begin trading independently on Oct. 30, with Solstice under the ticker SOLS and Honeywell keeping its…
The federal government closed up shop last week. You might not have known that if the stock market’s performance was your guide: The S & P 500 finished the week at a record high on a six-day win streak . But the longer the shutdown in Washington drags on, the more attention Wall Street may…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through next week on Wall Street, highlighting earnings reports from McCormick and Delta Air Lines as well as Dell‘s analyst meeting. He also suggested the economy outside of data center-related business is getting weaker and advocated for another rate cut from the Federal Reserve. “We have a lot…
ABOARD A HONEYWELL TEST PLANE — Aerospace giant Honeywell is building new cockpit alerts that developers say will give airline pilots more precious time to react to hazards at airports. Honeywell senior test pilot Capt. Kirk Vining late last month put the alerts — called Surface Alert, or SURF-A — to the test by recreating…
Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis, on Thursday ran through all 31 portfolio holdings during the September Monthly Meeting. The two went over the best ways to play the stock market in the last months of 2025 while considering factors like the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions, President Trump’s tariff…
It was a stellar week for stocks as Wall Street speculated on the Federal Reserve’s upcoming and highly anticipated interest rate decision and what comes next. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq each hit multiple record highs since Monday. A mixed bag of economic data, along with a blowout earnings report from Oracle ,…
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — Nearly half of U.S. businesses have redirected planned China investments to other regions over the past year — highest on record — the American Chamber…
The conundrum of the stock market going down ahead of Jackson Hole confounded me. With a market that had been headed down every day, except for deep cyclicals and housing-related stocks, the setup seemed extreme. By the end of the week, the bet was one way: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell , perhaps because he…
