U.S. crude oil prices are on pace for a third monthly loss in a row in September as rising supplies from OPEC+ and weak demand in China haunt the market. The U.S. benchmark has declined more than 7% for the month, while global benchmark Brent has fallen about 9%. “Oil markets are experiencing a panic … Read more
A man walks past a housing complex by Chinese property developer Evergrande in Guangzhou, China’s southern Guangdong province on September 17, 2021. Noel Celis | Afp | Getty Images Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Monday after major cities in mainland China unveiled easing measures to boost homebuyer sentiment, following the central bank’s blitz … Read more
A cycler passes the entrance to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) headquarters building in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo on May 2, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled over 4% Monday, while Australia stocks hit a fresh high ahead of key economic data from China and Japan. The … Read more
It always turns out the same way: No matter what people might say, the beginning of an interest rate cycle always causes a change in command in the stock market. You must always change your mind, hold your nose, and buy what look to be some of the weakest names — the stocks that do … Read more
The S & P 500 index dipped Friday but logged its third straight weekly gain on the back of three record closes last week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose just over 0.6%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which closed at another record Friday, gained almost 0.6%; the Nasdaq advanced nearly … Read more
The economic woes from inflation look to have accelerated a shift of Latino voters toward Republicans, cutting in half a Democratic lead with a critical voting group in the lead up to a tight presidential election, according to an NBC/CNBC/Telemundo survey. The survey of 1,000 Latino likely voters found the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President … Read more
Less than two months ago, Wall Street was in the thick of a global market sell-off, with fears of a U.S. recession intensifying. Now the S & P 500 is on the doorstep of its fourth positive quarter in a row, the longest such streak since 2021. What a difference a little time makes. The … Read more
A bulldozer moves coal that will be burned to generate electricity at the American Electric Power coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images The planned restart of Three Mile Island is a step forward for nuclear power, but the U.S. needs to deploy new plants to keep up … Read more
Dilara Irem Sancar | Anadolu | Getty Images The OPEC+ alliance is once more cracking down on group compliance with oil output cuts, as it presses ahead with a three-pronged plan of formal and voluntary production trims. Two OPEC+ delegates, who could only comment anonymously because of the sensitivity of the talks, told CNBC that … Read more
JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Buried in a roughly 200-page quarterly filing from JPMorgan Chase last month were eight … Read more
