Wall Street’s weekly performance was near the flat line heading into Friday. Things started OK on the final trading day of the week, until President Donald Trump ‘s new China trade threats tanked the stock market. The S & P 500 lost 2.71% on Friday — the worst single-session decline since April 10, the day…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters On Friday morning, the S&P 500 was less than a couple of points from another all-time high. Then, after a single social media post from President…
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 Thursday’s key moments. 1. The stock market was lower Thursday, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq both retreating from their previous record-high closes. This comes after Wednesday’s furious rally in the…
Roundhill Investments resurrected an exchange-traded fund focused on meme stocks on Wednesday, aiming to give everyday investors a simple way to play the new class of buzzy-yet-volatile stocks. But if history repeats itself, that could signal the trade — and broader market — is already losing its steam. Roundhill said the Meme Stock ETF, which…
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains as investors shrugged off concerns of an artificial intelligence bubble. Nvidia shares advanced Wednesday stateside after CEO Jensen Huang said that demand for AI computing is “substantially” up in the last six months. Stocks of CoreWeave also jumped after the AI cloud provider…
European stocks are expected to hover around the flatline at the open on Wednesday as markets lack direction during a difficult week. Source link
CNBC’s Jim Cramer opined on the accelerating artificial intelligence arms race, saying OpenAI’s latest deal with chipmaker AMD makes the ChatGPT owner more competitive. “The hyperscalers are all vulnerable if OpenAI gets this computing power,” he said. “And given the number of chips it’s buying, I think this company can go after everybody’s business.” The…
Aerial view by drone of Tokyo Cityscape with Tokyo Sky Tree visible in Tokyo city, Japan on sunrise. pongnathee kluaythong | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 hit a record high Tuesday for the second straight session, lifted by a tech rally on Wall Street after a massive deal between OpenAI and AMD —…
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…
