The U.S. economy created slightly fewer jobs than expected in August, reflecting a slowing labor market while also clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates later this month. Nonfarm payrolls expanded by 142,000 during the month, up from 89,000 in July and below the 161,000 consensus forecast from Dow Jones, according … Read more
Crude oil futures were on pace for a deep weekly loss, as the OPEC+ decision to postpone a production hike failed to ease worries that supply would outstrip demand. The Brent global benchmark has fallen 7.2% and is on pace for its worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark is down 5.4% for its … Read more
The artificial intelligence trade is not just for traditional tech companies. We have three industrial stocks in the portfolio that will keep getting more and more business as AI proliferates and data centers are built and rebuilt to handle the increasing computing workloads. Beyond AI, there are other fundamental reasons to buy them as well. … Read more
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the Federal Reserve should deliver a half-point interest rate cut at its forthcoming meeting, accusing the U.S. central bank of going “too far, too fast” with monetary policy tightening and making the inflation problem worse. His comments come ahead of Friday’s pivotal release of U.S. jobs data, with investors … Read more
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the release of the Fed policy decision to leave interest rates unchanged, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters As investors await the upcoming rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve this month, Carl Weinberg … Read more
Broadcom reported an earnings beat Thursday, driven by strong sales of its AI products and VMware software. But management’s guidance for the current quarter disappointed investors, sending shares of the chipmaker down nearly 7% in the after market. This is too harsh of a reaction to an otherwise solid print. Revenue increased 47% year over … Read more
Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist of JPMorgan Securities, listens during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on March 6, 2018. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by 50 basis points at its September meeting, according to JPMorgan’s Michael Feroli. “We think there’s a good case that … Read more
Office workers cross the street at lunch time near Tokyo Station on Oct. 20, 2022. Stanislav Kogiku | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Friday as investors brace for a crucial jobs report from the U.S. and digest household spending data from Japan. Japan’s household spending data for July … Read more
Colleagues working together in the office. Aja Koska | E+ | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Family offices are expected to add more than $2 trillion … Read more
A general view of signage at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Feb. 29, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Kronsteiner | Getty Images News | Getty Images Members of the OPEC+ oil alliance have delayed plans to hike production by a scheduled 180,000 barrels per day in October, as … Read more
