A strong month for the stock market was going out on a sour note on Friday. The S & P 500 retreated from Thursday’s record high close, reversing slightly into the red for the week, which put the index on pace to end its four-week winning streak. For August, however, the S & P 500…
As investors digested the highly-anticipated earnings report from Nvidia, CNBC’s Jim Cramer rejected the notion of a looming artificial intelligence bubble, saying the massive AI spend across Big Tech is worthwhile. “I don’t care about the seemingly sky-high market capitalization that these stocks have. I’m simply trying to put a valuation on a company that…
dowell | Moment | Getty Images With the stock market hovering near record highs, you may have large profits sitting in a taxable brokerage account. Upon selling, you could owe capital gains taxes, levied at 0%, 15% or 20%, based on taxable income, if you own the assets for more than one year. There’s also 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. Market update: The S & P 500 is off to a muted start to the week, but the broad-based index has clawed back losses thanks to…
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Ether is pulling back to start the week, after hitting a fresh all-time high over the weekend. The price of the second largest cryptocurrency fell 5% to $4,588.85 on Monday, according to Coin Metrics. On Sunday, it rose to a fresh record of $4,954.81, after hitting an all-time…
Marco Vdm | E+ | Getty Images For many investors, workplace retirement plans build long-term savings via automatic paycheck deferrals. But most employees don’t make Roth contributions, which can grow tax-free. Some 86% of retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, offered Roth contributions in 2024, but only 18% of investors with the option participated, according to…
Customers shop at a Home Depot store on August 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Investors seeking steady returns amid macro uncertainties ought to consider adding dividend-paying stocks to their portfolios. Given the vast universe of dividend-paying stocks, it can be challenging for investors to identify the most attractive ones. To…
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…
For going on three years now, a once-scrappy company based in Santa Clara, California, has been the center of the Wall Street universe. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon — most certainly not in the week ahead, when its earnings report is the market’s biggest event. On Wednesday night, Nvidia is set to release its…
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images While you may hope to step out of the workforce sooner rather than later, it’s easier said than done, experts say. On average, surveyed Americans, asked “What age should you be” for retirement, said 58, according to a recent report by Empower, which polled 1,001 adults on June…
