Southwest Chair Kelly to step down next year amid Elliott fight

Southwest Chair Kelly to step down next year amid Elliott fight

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport above other Southwest planes on July 25, 2024 in Burbank, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Southwest Airlines executive chairman and former CEO Gary Kelly said Tuesday that he will retire next year, a move that comes as the carrier faces pressure for changes by … Read more

The stock market bounces back without Apple — plus, a new economic growth estimate

The stock market bounces back without Apple — plus, a new economic growth estimate

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 rebound: Stocks were rebounding to start the week, recovering some of Friday’s steep losses. It looked like some dip buying after last week’s brutal start … Read more

Chinese travelers taking more last-minute trips as economy struggles

Chinese travelers taking more last-minute trips as economy struggles

HAIKOU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 08: Passengers wait in line to check in at Haikou Meilan International Airport on September 8, 2024 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. (Photo by Luo Yunfei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) Luo Yunfei | China News Service | Getty Images Chinese travelers are taking more last-minute trips as they become … Read more

Asia-Pacific stocks to open higher following Wall Street’s rebound

Asia-Pacific stocks to open higher following Wall Street’s rebound

Sunrise around the Bund river district on November 02, 2023 in Shanghai, China. James D. Morgan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are set to open higher on Tuesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rebound from their worst week of the year. The … Read more

Goldman Sachs to post $400M hit in third quarter over consumer business

Goldman Sachs to post 0M hit in third quarter over consumer business

David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York on Aug. 6, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs will post a roughly $400 million pretax hit to third-quarter results as the bank continues to unwind its ill-fated consumer … Read more

Bitcoin rebounds from its worst week in more than a year, tops $57,000

Bitcoin rebounds from its worst week in more than a year, tops ,000

Bitcoin jumped Monday evening and topped $57,000 after Wall Street’s rebound from its worst week of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5.6% at $57,4449.00, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, bitcoin tumbled 9% for its worst weekly performance since August 2023.  Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Bitcoin performance … Read more

Rotation trade pushed this consumer stock to new highs, so we’re booking some profits

Rotation trade pushed this consumer stock to new highs, so we’re booking some profits

We’re selling 25 shares of Procter & Gamble at roughly $176 each. Following Monday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trist will own 325 shares of P & G, decreasing its weighting to 1.75% from 1.9%. Consumer goods powerhouse Procter & Gamble has been a solid performer lately, rallying to new all-time highs in a weak tape … Read more

WTI rebounds after worst week since 2023

WTI rebounds after worst week since 2023

U.S. crude oil futures rebounded nearly 1% on Monday after posting the worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark has fallen 15.8% so far in the third quarter while the Brent global benchmark has fallen more than 16.6%. “We have lost 400 million barrels of financial demand since early July,” Daan Struyven, oil research … Read more

Economist calls Trump’s threat to tariff countries that shun the dollar a ‘lose-lose’

Economist calls Trump’s threat to tariff countries that shun the dollar a ‘lose-lose’

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall at the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on September 04, 2024. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s threat to slap countries that shun the U.S. dollar with 100% tariffs is a … Read more

Carry trade unwind could replicate August mayhem, suggests BK’s Lein

Carry trade unwind could replicate August mayhem, suggests BK’s Lein

The Bank of Japan is largely expected to hold interest rates steady at the end of its 2-day meeting ending June 14, 2024. Seen here, the Japanese flag flying high at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images The unwinding of the yen carry trade is expected to continue in … Read more