Stocks jumped for the second straight week and reached record highs Friday as Washington trade and shutdown drama took a back seat to cooler inflation data and stronger earnings. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2% and 2.3%, respectively, for the week. In fact, the S & P 500 on Friday peaked above…
As Wall Street approaches the heigh of earnings season, CNBC’s Jim Cramer pinpointed the most important events happening next week — including the Federal Reserve’s meeting and earnings from Big Tech. Earnings are especially important as the government shutdown delays macro economic data, according to Cramer. He added that Friday’s gains make him fairly wary….
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. Market update: Stocks are rallying on Friday, with the S & P 500 trading at a record high and extending its gains to roughly 2% this…
Starbucks Workers United is kicking off a strike authorization vote Friday, as the union representing baristas makes a bid to secure a contract with the coffee giant. The union also said it is planning a wave of rallies and pickets across the country with its baristas and allies. Voting on authorizing a strike at unionized…
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 Monday’s key moments. 1. Stocks are starting the week off on a positive note with every sector except consumer staples in the green. As stocks extend last week’s gains, Jim Cramer is closely…
Stocks were brutalized Friday in a way we haven’t seen in ages. Everything except some downtrodden consumer packaged goods stocks, led by the resurgent PepsiCo , was slaughtered. The headwinds were enormous and came from disparate places. Bond yields came down huge, something that equity markets normally greet with tremendous relief and price-to-earning multiple expansion….
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday suggested the current economy is divided into two parts — a strong segment spurred on by the artificial intelligence boom and a weaker consumer portion that needs a boost from interest rate cuts. “The writing is on the wall for a big chunk of the economy if we don’t get…
In the message to employees Thursday, Niccol said the company had reviewed and identified stores where the company would be “unable to to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance.” In addition to focusing on the customer experience, Niccol has enacted additional changes…
Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis, on Thursday ran through all 31 portfolio holdings during the September Monthly Meeting. The two went over the best ways to play the stock market in the last months of 2025 while considering factors like the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions, President Trump’s tariff…
A Wawa store is seen on May 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Fast-food restaurants are losing breakfast customers to convenience stores. Morning meal traffic to fast-food chains rose 1% in the three months ended in July, while visits to food-forward convenience stores climbed 9% in the same period, according to…
