Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is postponing the highly scrutinized listing of Pershing Square’s U.S. closed-end fund, according to a notice on the New York Stock Exchange’s website. The initial public offering of Pershing Square USA Ltd., with the ticker PSUS, has … Read more
The Ledger Flex is a new, cheaper hardware crypto wallet from French startup Ledger. It sports an E-ink display and can be used to secure a range of crypto assets. The device is retailing at $249. Ledger Cryptocurrency storage company Ledger is raising the price of its iPod-like Stax hardware wallet by 40% — just three … Read more
Crypto prices rose on Friday following two down days in which investors rotated out of risk assets. Bitcoin was last higher by 4.5% at $67,720.83, according to Coin Metrics, and ether advanced 4% to $3,248.25. In equities, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite and the broad-market S&P 500 — which suffered their worst single trading day since … Read more
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 Friday’s key moments. Stocks jumped Friday as Wall Street tried to end a turbulent week on a jubilant note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added more more than 600 points, or 1.6%. The … Read more
Andrew Left, founder and CEO of Citron Research Adam Jeffery | CNBC Federal prosecutors have criminally charged the activist short seller and analyst Andrew Left with securities fraud related to allegedly using his public platform to illegally profit to the tune of at least $16 million from manipulating stock market activity contrary to positions he … Read more
People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on July 11, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images An important gauge for the Federal Reserve showed inflation eased slightly from a year ago in June, helping to open the way for a widely anticipated September interest rate cut. The personal consumption expenditures … Read more
Oil pumpjacks operate in Los Angeles, California, July 31, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images U.S. crude on Friday was on pace for a third weekly decline as worries about demand in China outweigh strong economic growth U.S. U.S. oil is down 2.7% this week, while Brent is 0.84% lower. The U.S. economy grew at … Read more
Center street shibuya. David Gee | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday after Thursday’s sell-off saw some indexes in the region hit their lowest level in months. The sell-off came as traders rotated out of tech on Wall Street, pushing major U.S. indexes on Wednesday lower, with the S&P and Nasdaq … Read more
Picture Alliance | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies fell one day after a reversal in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to their worst day since 2022. Bitcoin was lower by 2% at $64,603.34 Thursday, according to Coin Metrics. Disappointing quarterly earnings from Alphabet and Tesla late Tuesday weighed on the rest of the tech sector … Read more
Lineage, the largest temperature-controlled warehouse real estate investment trust (REIT) in the world, rose by as much as 5% in its Nasdaq Stock Market debut on Thursday, after going public under the ticker symbol “LINE.” Lineage priced 57 million shares at $78 apiece on Wednesday, near the top of its initial $70 to $82 target range. … Read more
