If I hear one more hedge fund oligarch on television tell me that the data center buildout/artificial intelligence story is just like the dot-com bubble, I am going to tear someone else’s hair out because I don’t have enough to demonstrate my full frustration. Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could…
How will the Federal Reserve spend its next couple of months? Actually, wait until the week ahead is through before making a prediction. The latest bundle of jobs data due out in the coming days will help shape the market’s expectations for interest rate cuts at the central bank’s final two policy meetings of the…
U.S. President Donald Trump passes a document to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to fact-check the numbers during a tour of the Federal Reserve Board building, which is currently undergoing renovations, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 24, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump posted on Saturday a cartoon image depicting him firing Federal…
Long-time market bull David Zervos is worried the Federal Reserve is overlooking how the artificial intelligence boom will impact the jobs market. “We could actually have a pretty strong growth economy. Your AI story… [is] something really pretty spectacular. But the job growth side of it is not nearly as comfortable as you would like…
It’s a partnership designed to give retail investors more access to a rapidly expanding asset class: Private credit. Simplify Asset Management and VettaFi launched the actively managed Simplify VettaFi Private Credit Strategy ETF (PCR) on Wednesday. “The role of private credit in the portfolio is something that has historically only been available to very high-net…
When Hou Yujie isn’t convincing customers to rent traditional Chinese clothing for photos at the country’s famous Forbidden City, she and her friends are checking stocks. Hou recently put 10% of her money in the market. In just a few days, she earned one month’s salary — and she’s thrilled. “Interest rates for bank deposits…
Costco beat on quarterly earnings and revenue, though some dings muted investor enthusiasm Friday. Overall, we considered Costco’s fiscal fourth quarter , ending Aug. 31, solid. But as Jeff Marks, director of portfolio analysis for the Club, wrote Thursday evening, the results were not perfect. Same-store sales, referred to as comparable sales or comps in…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday told investors what to look out for next week on Wall Street, including the latest’s nonfarm payroll report and earnings from Paychex and Nike. “The employment number lords over all other entries here. Call me concerned because I know that some parts of the economy — anything connected to this…
Gold keeps trading up to new record high prices. Bitcoin, while struggling to break out above recent record levels above $100,000, continues to find more mainstream adoption. But both the classic market safe-haven and its more risky new crypto rival are doing something other than just move up and to the right on the chart…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday suggested the current economy is divided into two parts — a strong segment spurred on by the artificial intelligence boom and a weaker consumer portion that needs a boost from interest rate cuts. “The writing is on the wall for a big chunk of the economy if we don’t get…
