We’re trimming a hot bank stock in a very overbought market, locking in profits

We’re selling 100 shares of Morgan Stanley at roughly $100.56 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 1,150 shares of MS, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 3.62% from 3.93%. We’re raising cash Wednesday into the stock market’s post-consumer price index gains to stay disciplined with a very overbought signal from … Read more

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon urges U.S. to deal with its fiscal deficit

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 JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday urged the U.S. to reduce its fiscal … Read more

Consumer prices rose 0.3% in April

Inflation eased slightly in April, providing at least a bit of relief for consumers while still holding above levels that would suggest a cut in interest rates is imminent. The consumer price index, a broad measure of how much goods and services cost at the cash register, increased 0.3% from March, the Labor Department’s Bureau … Read more

GameStop, AMC extend gains but broader meme stock rally fizzles

A GameStop store operates in a strip mall in Chicago on March 16, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images GameStop and AMC logged further gains in premarket trading as the broader meme stock frenzy fizzled early on its third day, with Blackberry shares flat and Koss edging lower. Brick-and-mortar video game retailer GameStop was up … Read more

Justice Department says Boeing breached 2021 agreement over 737 Max

Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are pictured outside a Boeing factory on March 25, 2024 in Renton, Washington.  Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Boeing violated a 2021 settlement that protected it from criminal charges tied to the fatal 737 Max crashes, opening the company up to potential U.S. prosecution, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. Federal … Read more

Nasdaq rises to record close; Google launches new AI model

A photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, 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 subscribe here. What … Read more

AMC completes $250 million stock sale during meme rally, shares jump 30%

Victor J. Blue | Getty Images News | Getty Images AMC Entertainment raised about $250 million of new equity capital, completing the sale Monday during the revived meme stock craze triggered by the return of “Roaring Kitty.” The movie theater operator sold 72.5 million shares in an at-the-market equity offering that it launched on March … Read more

GameStop, AMC attracting a fraction of retail trader interest seen in 2021

A woman walks past the GameStop store inside the Susquehanna Valley Mall in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 27, 2021. Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images GameStop and AMC are seeing big buying from mom-and-pop investors, but the purchases pale in comparison to the meme stock explosion seen three years ago. The video game … Read more

It’s no surprise to see Amazon shares lower after cloud CEO shakeup

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were little changed Tuesday as the market digested hotter-than-expected inflation data. April’s producer price index print came in above estimates , further complicating the timeline for Federal Reserve … Read more

Powell says inflation has been higher than thought and expects rates to hold steady

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated Tuesday that inflation is falling more slowly than expected and will keep the central bank on hold for an extended period. Speaking to the annual general meeting of the Foreign Bankers’ Association in Amsterdam, the central bank leader noted that the rapid disinflation that happened in 2023 has slowed … Read more