Another superb week for stocks is in the books. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rallied on Friday to close out the week at a record high as Wall Street celebrated another solid batch of earnings and a strong-but-not-too-strong jobs report, while holding out hope for an end to the hostilities in the Mideast….
BECKY QUICK: We are sitting down right now with Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, who, for the first time in 60 years, has been watching all of this from the audience instead of being onstage. And last year at this time, Warren, you surprised everyone with the announcement that you were stepping down…
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 rallying to another new record high on Friday, capping off a week in which the S & P 500 gained more than 2%. Once…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that he’s not worried about the market taking a breather because the artificial intelligence boom remains powerful enough to keep driving stocks higher. All three major indexes closed lower Thursday after the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 hit intraday highs earlier in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed…
Offshore vessel ‘Zakher Duty’ at the Port of Fujairah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets traded lower Friday, as concerns grew over renewed hostilities between Iran and the U.S. amid a fragile ceasefire….
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Japan stocks rose more than 3% on Thursday, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 hitting 61,000 for the first time as Asia-Pacific markets rallied despite renewed tensions in the Middle East. The broader regional…
A can of Coors Light beer and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Brandon Bell | Getty Images Aluminum‘s surge to multiyear highs in the wake of the Iran war is creating cost pressures for the businesses that manufacture everything from cars to beer cans. Aluminum on the London Metal Exchange…
A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday as investors assess President Donald Trump‘s plan to “free” ships stranded in the Strait of…
The S & P 500 kept its record run alive last week, boosted by a strong batch of earnings reports that showed the artificial intelligence spending boom isn’t slowing down. Even more earnings are on the way in the coming week. Plus, the jobs market will be under the microscope. The market’s blistering rally in…
Yet another record week for stocks. Strong first-quarter earnings and a war-driven spike in oil made for another historic week on Wall Street. Investors also made sense of a spate of economic data and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.9% and 1.1%, respectively, over…
