Cliff Asness. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images AQR Capital Management took advantage of a volatile first half of 2025, with a duo of hedge funds doubling the S&P 500’s return. The Apex strategy from Cliff Asness’ firm, which combines stocks, macro and arbitrage trades and has $4.3 billion in assets under management, rallied 11.4%…
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 24, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank would have easier monetary…
In a Monday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the tech giant hasn’t seen significant price increases, and he explained the mitigation strategies his company and its sellers are using. “We did a lot of forward buying several months ago, and then a lot of our sellers, our third party selling…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday suggested that young investors are driving market action by putting their money into newer companies that promote ideas they find exciting. “Long story short, these younger investors reward bold behavior,” he said. “They punish companies like Apple, which seems to have an aversion to being bold and, instead, like to…
