Passive investing rules Wall Street now, topping actively managed assets in stock, bond and other funds

Passive investing rules Wall Street now, topping actively managed assets in stock, bond and other funds

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on January 17, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Passive investment products have long been pulling in the lion’s share of money from investors, but as 2023 came to a close they … Read more

What activist investor Nelson Peltz can bring to the board of underperforming Disney

What activist investor Nelson Peltz can bring to the board of underperforming Disney

Trian Partners co-founder and major Disney shareholder Nelson Peltz formally launched his battle for board seats Thursday — pushing for the right kinds of changes to fix the entertainment giant’s problems and lagging stock price. Trian officially nominated Peltz and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo as directors for consideration at the company’s upcoming annual meeting. … Read more

Jim Cramer names four tailwinds helping stocks rip higher

Jim Cramer names four tailwinds helping stocks rip higher

The major indexes busted out of a slump on Thursday and CNBC’s Jim Cramer pinpointed several unexpected market tailwinds, telling investors to look for this kind of action instead of obsessing over news from the Federal Reserve. “The idea that you should only care about how many rate cuts we get this year is an … Read more

India goes big too woo investors at World Economic Forum

India goes big too woo investors at World Economic Forum

India’s position on the global value chain is shifting due to government incentives and a digitally savvy economy Getty Premiums DAVOS, Switzerland — Along the Davos Promenade, attendees of the World Economic Forum stumble across the WeLead Lounge, a repurposed storefront showcasing India’s female leadership and talent. There’s also the India Engagement Center, a space … Read more

What does it mean to ‘buy and homework?’ Here’s how to get started

What does it mean to ‘buy and homework?’ Here’s how to get started

Here’s our Club Mailbag email [email protected] — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. We can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. This week’s question: When you say to study each … Read more

We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness

We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness

As the old Wall Street adage goes, health care tends to underperform the stock market in presidential election years — and in recent cycles, that’s been true. But, there’s reason to believe this year that many health-related stocks, led by Eli Lilly , could defy historical convention. The S & P 500 Health Care Sector … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Rate cut comedown The U.S. economy is chipping away at hopes for a string of interest rate cuts this year. Major U.S. stock averages fell on Wednesday — the third straight decline for the Dow Jones Industrial Average — … Read more

U.S. executives see a Trump victory in 2024

U.S. executives see a Trump victory in 2024

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he takes the stage at his caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., January 15, 2024.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters DAVOS, Switzerland — Global business leaders may be in the snowy hills of Switzerland, but their conversations keep returning to Washington, D.C. … Read more

AI models don’t need publishers’ data

AI models don’t need publishers’ data

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, at the Hope Global Forums annual meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 11, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Sam Altman said he was “surprised” by the New York Times’ lawsuit against his company OpenAI, saying its artificial intelligence models didn’t need to train on the … Read more

Watches of Switzerland shares plunge 30% after guidance cut

Watches of Switzerland shares plunge 30% after guidance cut

An employee arranges a display of Omega SA watches in the window of a Watches of Switzerland Group Plc store on Regent Street in London, UK, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. One of Watches of Switzerland Group Plc’s biggest investors cut its stake in the UK-listed timepiece retailer less than 24 hours after Rolex SA decided to buy a … Read more