5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, September 19

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, September 19

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Roller coaster ride Stock markets took a volatile turn Wednesday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Market watchers initially cheered the outsized 50-basis-point rate cut, but it raised concerns that the Fed was trying to get ahead … Read more

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Q1 2025 earnings

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Q1 2025 earnings

A sign hangs on the front of an Olive Garden restaurant on June 22, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olsen | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue as sales weakened at Olive Garden and its fine dining restaurants. “While we fell short of our expectations for the first quarter, … Read more

Bank of England holds interest rates steady after August cut

Bank of England holds interest rates steady after August cut

Commuters cycles past the Bank of England (BOE), left, in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s interest rate decision is scheduled for release on Sept. 19.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday said it would hold interest … Read more

Markets need time to digest the 50-point cut

Markets need time to digest the 50-point cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

Markets seemed taken aback by the 50-point cut

Markets seemed taken aback by the 50-point cut

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our … Read more

The Fed goes big — jumpstarting lowering mortgage rates, boosting housing plays

The Fed goes big — jumpstarting lowering mortgage rates, boosting housing plays

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday afternoon cut the fed funds overnight bank lending rate by 50 basis points to the range between 4.75% and 5%. … Read more

Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act

Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act

Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates co-chairman and co-chief investment officer, speaks during the Skybridge Capital SALT New York 2021 conference. Brendan McDermid | Reuters As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an “enormous amount of debt.” … Read more

40% growth in institutional, corporate investors

40% growth in institutional, corporate investors

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has seen a 40% increase this year in institutional and corporate investors joining the platform, CEO Richard Teng told CNBC’s Lin Lin in an interview Wednesday. “Allocation into crypto by institutions is just at the tip of the iceberg. It’s just beginning, because a lot of them are still doing their due … Read more

How Federal Reserve interest rate cuts affect the global economy

How Federal Reserve interest rate cuts affect the global economy

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions can influence the trajectory of the U.S. economy. “The U.S. economy’s stature is one of the key drivers of the importance of the Fed,” said Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon. “The [U.S.] economy remains one of the largest economies in the world, and certainly of late, one of … Read more

Fed rate cut, BOJ meeting, New Zealand GDP

Fed rate cut, BOJ meeting, New Zealand GDP

The Bank of Japan headquarters is seen in Tokyo on January 30, 2017. The Bank of Japan will pull the plug on its eight-year negative interest rate policy in April, according to more than 80% of economists polled by Reuters, marking a long-awaited major shift from a global outlier central bank. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | … Read more