After a busy week of trades, we’re looking to some key inflation data

After a busy week of trades, we’re looking to some key inflation data

It was another volatile week for stocks, but Wall Street ultimately finished lower again. The market experienced a sharp sell-off Monday on recession concerns, which led the S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst single-day performances since 2022. The VIX index — Wall Street’s fear gauge and a measure of … Read more

Stocks rally on good jobs data, proving it’s too early to write off the U.S. economy

Stocks rally on good jobs data, proving it’s too early to write off the U.S. economy

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. Markets rally: Markets on Thursday are trying to rally again after a vicious midday reversal in the prior session. The nearly 3% gain for the tech-heavy … Read more

Stocks bounce back from sell-off, and Disney gives investors a win ahead of earnings

Stocks bounce back from sell-off, and Disney gives investors a win ahead of earnings

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 climb back: The bounceback rally on Tuesday accelerated in afternoon trading, with the S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq climbing around 2%. The Dow … Read more

Nvidia, Super Micro lead AI trade carnage with stocks down over 5%

Nvidia, Super Micro lead AI trade carnage with stocks down over 5%

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Artificial intelligence stocks powering much of 2024’s market gains dropped Monday as U.S. recession fears sparked a global sell-off on Wall Street. The declines across the sector come after Friday’s disappointing July jobs report stoked recession concerns, and worries that the Federal Reserve is behind the curve on … Read more

Here are 4 things we’re watching closely in the stock market this week

Here are 4 things we’re watching closely in the stock market this week

Stocks had a rough week, topped off with a pummeling Friday after the July jobs data came in weaker than expected. The Nasdaq led the way down, losing 3.35% on the week, followed by the Dow Jones Industrial’s decline of 2.1%, and the S & P 500’s 2.06% drop. It was a dramatic shift in … Read more

Why the stock market plunged Friday, and the buys we made in response

Why the stock market plunged Friday, and the buys we made in response

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. Forceful sell-off: Wall Street was getting slammed in Friday afternoon trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 750 points, or 1.9%. The S … Read more

Nvidia shares fall after report that it faces a US DOJ antitrust probe

Nvidia shares fall after report that it faces a US DOJ antitrust probe

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 4, 2024.  I-hwa Cheng | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating complaints that Nvidia allegedly abused its market dominance in artificial intelligence chips, The Information reported. The DOJ has reached out to Nvidia’s competitors such as AMD to … Read more

Intel share plunge drags down global chip stocks from TSMC to Samsung

Intel share plunge drags down global chip stocks from TSMC to Samsung

Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., speaks during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 4, 2024. Gelsinger took the stage at the Computex show in Taiwan to talk about new products he expects will help turn back the tide of share losses to peers, including AI leader Nvidia Corp. Photographer: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg … Read more

Why not all chip firms are benefitting from the AI boom like Nvidia

Why not all chip firms are benefitting from the AI boom like Nvidia

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., displays the new Blackwell GPU chip during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference on March 18, 2024.  David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Not all chip firms are benefitting from the boom in artificial intelligence, earnings show, underscoring the complexities of the semiconductor supply chain and … Read more

Nvidia stock up after Microsoft, AMD quell fears AI buildout too fast

Nvidia stock up after Microsoft, AMD quell fears AI buildout too fast

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., displays the new Blackwell GPU chip during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference on March 18, 2024.  David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nvidia shares popped 13% Wednesday after remarks from top customer Microsoft and rival chipmaker AMD signaled there wouldn’t be a slowdown in the … Read more