Macy’s CEO Tony Spring takes over for Jeff Gennette

Macy’s CEO Tony Spring takes over for Jeff Gennette

Tony Spring speaks at an event unveiling the Macy’s new women’s apparel brand, On 34th, in July. Spring is former CEO of Bloomingdale’s and begins as Macy’s CEO in February 2024, succeeding longtime Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette, right. Melissa Repko | CNBC Inside its headquarters in New York City’s Herald Square, Macy’s got ready to … Read more

Too exposed to Big Tech? These ETFs may help broaden out your risk

Too exposed to Big Tech? These ETFs may help broaden out your risk

Big Tech’s market dominance may push more investors to equal-weight exchange-traded funds, according to VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth. “Investors are getting nervous that too much money is concentrated in a handful of stocks within the broader ETFs that they have available that [are] tied to the S&P 500 or even the Nasdaq 100,” the firm’s head … Read more

Big Tech’s AI spending plans mean big things Nvidia, Broadcom, Eaton

Big Tech’s AI spending plans mean big things Nvidia, Broadcom, Eaton

A busy week of Big Tech earnings left us feeling more assured about our investments in Nvidia , Broadcom and Eaton as spending on artificial intelligence chips and data centers remain clear-cut priorities. The quarterly reports from Club holdings Alphabet , Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Amazon this week varied in overall quality, but a … Read more

Tech’s longtime highfliers are growing up by getting smaller

Tech’s longtime highfliers are growing up by getting smaller

Visitors take photos in front of the Meta sign at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, December 29, 2022. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Technology companies are learning an old lesson from Wall Street: maturing means shrinking. Meta and Amazon saw their shares spike on Friday following their fourth-quarter earnings reports. While … Read more

Amazon warns climate change could disrupt its business in SEC filing

Amazon warns climate change could disrupt its business in SEC filing

Amazon trailers are parked at an Amazon Air gateway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Sept. 26, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Amazon is warning investors that the climate crisis may have a material effect on its business. In the risk factors section of its 2023 financial filing released Friday, Amazon added … Read more

Fourth-quarter earnings shaping up to be the best of 2023

Fourth-quarter earnings shaping up to be the best of 2023

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 1, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Here’s how big of a surprise corporate profits have been this earnings season: the fourth-quarter is now shaping up to be the best of 2023. Despite ongoing macroeconomic concerns that have … Read more

Mega tech earnings grab attention

Mega tech earnings grab attention

Information about Facebook stock shares is displayed on a monitor as traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the closing bell, November 19, 2018 in New York City.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Cloud back at Amazon, putting stock on a path back to Covid-era record highs

Cloud back at Amazon, putting stock on a path back to Covid-era record highs

Amazon shares jumped after-hours Thursday, following the e-commerce and cloud computing giant’s strong fourth quarter. Results like this happen when Amazon shifts its mindset from an “investing” cycle to a “harvesting” phase, which usually leads to big profit numbers like what we saw in the quarterly print and what was forecasted in the future. Revenue … Read more

More mega tech earnings in spotlight

More mega tech earnings in spotlight

The share price of Facebook stock is seen at the Nasdaq stock market in New York. Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can … Read more

Tim Cook teases Apple AI announcement ‘later this year’

Tim Cook teases Apple AI announcement ‘later this year’

Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the Wonderlust event at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 12, 2023. Loren Elliott | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook teased that Apple may have an artificial intelligence announcement later this year during a call with analysts after the company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings. While Cook’s remarks on … Read more