The stock market staged a comeback last week, even as Wall Street waded through a flurry of both upbeat and unsettling headlines. The Nasdaq broke its five-week losing streak on Friday, buoyed by strong advances from our big tech names like Meta Platforms , Nvidia and Amazon . The tech-heavy index ended the week 1.9%…
Texas Roadhouse missed Street estimates on both the top and bottom lines in the fourth quarter as high beef prices weighed on profits. But the restaurant chain’s strong comparable restaurant sales through the first seven weeks of the first quarter of 2026 paired with no change in management’s commodity inflation outlook for the year are…
Fears of AI disruption spread to new corners of the stock market last week. Now, a question on investors’ minds entering the holiday-shortened week of trading: How much longer can this sell-first, ask-later kind of market behavior persist? Here’s a closer look at the three big things on tap this week: 1. Palo Alto Networks’…
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 were rebounding to wrap up another volatile week that saw the S & P 500 still headed for losses over the past five trading days….
A massive market snapback on Friday couldn’t erase all of the week’s damage. After several days of selling, the tech sector roared back, with the Nasdaq gaining over 2% on Friday. Chipmakers Nvidia and Broadcom led the way, with gains of 7.8% and 7.2%, respectively. The broad-based S & P 500 rose nearly 2% in…
Jim Cramer and Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis, on Thursday delivered updates on all 34 Club holdings during the January Monthly Meeting. Here are the highlights from the first meeting of 2026, starting with our four turnaround stories: 4 turnaround plays Nike: The apparel and sneaker retailer has shown real signs of…
Stocks finished last week slightly lower as the market battled a series of political headlines and policy news. To start the week, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he is under criminal investigation by the Trump administration related to the $2.5 billion renovation at central bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. The market didn’t like the…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Jan. 8 1. The S & P 500 was headed for a lower open this morning, retreating from its all-time intraday highs seen during the prior session. Fresh economic data this morning was largely positive. The index did, however, close lower yesterday after President Donald Trump said that…
Crippling high beef prices are being felt by everyone. Tyson Foods , for example, announced plans last month to close its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska. Roughly 3,200 workers will lose their jobs at what had long been the area’s largest employer. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday ran a sobering story about the ripple…
Stocks finished higher Friday, lifted by the volatile artificial intelligence trade, leading the market to the upside for the week. The S & P 500 eked out a 0.1% weekly gain, while the Nasdaq gained 0.5%. While logging three positive weeks in the past four, the indexes were still modestly lower for the seasonally strong…
