A brutal week for tech stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite to its worst week since April. Investors will try turning the page in the week ahead, as the government shutdown drags on and third-quarter earnings season chugs along. Here’s a closer look at the three big things on our radar. 1. Shutdown: Might we finally…
It was a terrible start to November on Wall Street. The tech-heavy Nasdaq sank just over 3% in its worst weekly performance since early April. The S & P 500 fell 1.6% for the week. Both stock measures broke three-week winning streaks.This week’s market decline, which followed a strong October, can be chalked up to…
(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’s stock gains as AI worries depress Wall Street Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards The upturn for Berkshire shares has cut its underperformance…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer unpacked Thursday’s market decline, telling investors that Wall Street is worried about the lengthy government shutdown and that artificial intelligence buildout is getting out of control. “What matters is we need the darn government to go back to work, and we need the data center blob to be cordoned off from the…
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” Albert Einstein is often credited with coining this famous saying, despite a lack of clear evidence that he ever said it. No matter: The quote cuts to the heart of investing — why it works…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks declined Tuesday after Palantir’s quarterly results and subsequent stock drop stoked valuation concerns about AI-related names. The S & P 500 was down nearly 1%, while the Nasdaq…
Pedestrians are reflected in a window as electronic boards display stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange, operated by ASX Ltd. on Aug. 6, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams | Getty Images News | Getty Images Asia Pacific markets traded mixed, breaking ranks from Wall Street’s tech-fuelled rally. The rally followed Amazon shares rising 4%…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday rejected concerns of market cap concentration in the Magnificent Seven, saying they are tied together because of their high growth rates rather than their products. “It’s growth that matters to stock investors, not the data center, not accelerated computing, not even artificial intelligence,” he said. “Growth is what the Magnificent…
An employee works on the production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop on July 11, 2025 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. Li Xin | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Monday, after Wall Street saw all three U.S. major indexes climb Friday…
Third-quarter earnings reports, the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision, and developments in the China-U.S. trade war led to some wild swings in the stock market. However, all three benchmark gauges — the S & P 500 , Nasdaq , and Dow — managed to finish in the green for the week. The U.S. central bank…
