Government shutdowns should, theoretically, matter to the stock market. A shutdown could hurt spending power for up to 900,000 people, the highest estimate I have seen for those to be furloughed. That’s a lot of people who will spend a lot less money – especially because most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Shutdowns still don’t…
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…
Day three of the federal government shutdown came and went Friday, with no end in sight. The stock market saw more all-time highs before the rally ran out of steam. The S & P 500 on Friday eked out a fractional gain for its 29th record-high close since the market’s tariff lows in early April….
David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock markets are due a “drawdown” in the next year or two after years of being propelled to record highs by an AI frenzy, according to Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. “Markets run in cycles, and whenever we’ve historically had 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. Markets: Wall Street lost some steam in afternoon trading Friday, as AI trade bellwether Nvidia gave up earlier gains and turned negative. Tesla , another momentum…
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…
Andrew Feldman, co-founder of Cerebras System Inc., speaks at the Raise summit in Paris, France, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence chipmaker Cerebras on Friday filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission withdrawing plans for an initial public offering. The agency is operating at a…
Inside Google’s quantum computing lab in Santa Barbara, California. CNBC Quantum computing stocks are wrapping up a big week of double-digit gains. Shares of Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum and Quantum Computing have surged more than 20%. Rigetti and D-Wave Quantum have more than doubled and tripled, respectively, since the start of the year. Arqit Quantum…
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. Markets: The S & P 500 wasn’t doing much Thursday, the second day of the federal government shutdown. The broad market index started the day modestly…
Signage outside the Intel headquarters in San Jose, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of U.S. chipmaker Intel climbed 3% Thursday, putting the monthly gain over 50%. The surge pushed the stock past $37, hiking the value of the U.S. government’s 10% stake in Intel…
