Aerial view of Seoul downtown city skyline with vehicle on expressway and bridge cross over Han river in Seoul city, South Korea. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked past renewed diplomatic setbacks between the U.S. and Iran, even as escalating tensions in the Middle East…
Investors continue to grapple with stock market volatility due to tensions in the Middle East. Those looking for a stable stream of passive income amid ongoing uncertainty can add stocks of some well-established dividend-paying companies to their portfolios. In this regard, insights from top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick attractive dividend stocks, as…
We do not have enough money coming into this market. The funds flow only to stocks tied to the data center buildout and a few others. Even the most tangential of the data center “stories,” such as the warehouse REITs and machinery stocks like Cummins and Dover, manage to sustain themselves if they have healthy…
The busiest week of earnings season is here. But that’s not all investors have on their plate. There’s a Fed meeting, and a still-uneasy situation in the Middle east. Let’s get right into it. All estimates for revenue and earnings per share are sourced from LSEG. 1. Earnings Optical cable maker Corning kicks off our…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Something interesting is happening in the options market. The S&P 500 touched record highs Thursday morning, but the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) remained stuck near 20 and is up from…
Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Odds that Kevin Warsh will be confirmed as chairman of the Federal Reserve in…
As geopolitical tensions ripple through global energy markets and a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war remains elusive, oil prices have soared, but there’s an even better trade on energy volatility that investors have flocked to: the cost of moving crude. The Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF (BWET), a little-known exchange-traded fund tied to crude oil…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire Hathaway shares fell roughly 1% this week while the S&P 500 edged 0.6% higher, ending the week at a fresh all-time high….
It was another week under the thumb of the Iran war. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq each finished Friday at record closing highs after whipsawing on Middle East developments throughout the week. Oil prices also swung sharply as Iran and the U.S. imposed blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping…
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. Stocks are on track for a positive finish on Friday, lifting the S & P 500 into the green for the week and putting it on…
