Here’s why Jim Cramer says Amazon is a buy ahead of its Prime Day event

Here’s why Jim Cramer says Amazon is a buy ahead of its Prime Day event

Amazon is a buy ahead of its annual Prime Day starting Tuesday — even as the stock has rallied hard this year. That’s because the high-quality stock is still cheap, said Jim Cramer on CNBC Monday. Consider: Shares of the e-commerce giant are up nearly 29% in 2024 compared to the S & P 500 … Read more

Dow record high, Powell comments, China Third Plenum

Dow record high, Powell comments, China Third Plenum

China’s biggest policy meeting in six years kicks will kick off this week. Wang Yukun | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on Tuesday as traders in Asia react to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates. Powell indicated that … Read more

Powell indicates Fed won’t wait until inflation is down to 2% before cutting rates

Powell indicates Fed won’t wait until inflation is down to 2% before cutting rates

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates. Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington D.C., Powell referenced the idea that central bank policy works with “long and variable lags” to explain why the Fed wouldn’t wait for its target to … Read more

How AI and automation will reshape grocery stores and fast-food chains

How AI and automation will reshape grocery stores and fast-food chains

AI isn’t just a hyped innovation in the tech sector; the food industry is also investing heavily in the red-hot trend. Americans heading to the grocery store or their favorite fast-food restaurant will already have noticed the introduction of the new technology in such services as self-checkout kiosks and even AI ordering in drive-thru lanes. … Read more

Watch Fed Chair Powell’s remarks on interest rate policy, the economy

Watch Fed Chair Powell’s remarks on interest rate policy, the economy

[The stream is slated to start at 12:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to address the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., on Monday as traders look for hints about when the central bank will cut interest … Read more

Trump assassination attempt: Wall Street CEOs react

Trump assassination attempt: Wall Street CEOs react

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The leaders of Wall Street’s most powerful firms are speaking out to condemn the attempted assassination of former … Read more

Markets expected to get a short-term boost after Trump survives shooting

Markets expected to get a short-term boost after Trump survives shooting

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters U.S. stocks are expected to get a short-term boost in the aftermath of the failed assassination of former president Donald Trump over the weekend, as analysts say … Read more

Bitcoin jumps as markets see increased odds of Trump victory

Bitcoin jumps as markets see increased odds of Trump victory

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a two-week high Monday, as betting markets suggested an increased chance of victory for crypto-friendly candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. The value of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, was up around 4% at  12:25 p.m. London time, to $62,462.46, according to CoinGecko. The rally … Read more

Trump Media shares rise after assassination attempt

Trump Media shares rise after assassination attempt

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Historic Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake, Virginia, on July 28, 2024. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Trump Media shares surged over 50% in premarket trading Monday following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania … Read more

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings 2Q 2024

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings 2Q 2024

David Solomon, Goldman Sachs interview with David Faber, September 7, 2023. CNBC Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Monday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $8.34 per share, according to LSEG Revenue: $12.46 billion, according to LSEG Trading Revenue: Fixed Income of $2.96 billion, Equities of $3.17 billion, per … Read more