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. 1. U.S. stocks were lower Friday as markets digested fourth-quarter earnings results and a fresh batch of economic data. The producer price index , a gauge of wholesale prices, declined … Read more
The beer industry should prove resilient through looming supply chain challenges that look set to impact some markets, the chief executive of Budweiser owner AB InBev said Friday. Beer has a “characteristic as a category that is incredible, which is beer is local,” Michel Doukeris told CNBC’s Arabile Gumede. AB InBev is the world’s biggest … Read more
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-700 seen lining up before departure at Princess Juliana airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Delta Air Lines shares slipped about 7% Friday after the company trimmed its 2024 earnings forecast. Delta forecast full-year earnings per share of $6 to $7, below its previous estimate of more than $7 … Read more
Larry Fink Cameron Costa | CNBC Bitcoin ETFs have arrived after a hard fought battle between the crypto industry and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock — the biggest asset manager in the world — thinks it’s just the first step toward a new financial world. ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, were … Read more
Wells Fargo shares fell Friday even after fourth-quarter profit rose from a year ago, as the bank warned that net interest income for 2024 could come in significantly lower year over year. “As we look forward, our business performance remains sensitive to interest rates and the health of the U.S. economy, but we are confident … Read more
Delta Air Lines closed out the year by doubling its quarterly profit as travel demand, particularly for international trips, helped drive record revenue in 2023. CEO Ed Bastian said continued strong travel demand could boost earnings this year. Still, the company’s full-year profit outlook was below a previous forecast, and the stock fell 5% in … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer bemoaned Thursday’s hotter-than-expected inflation figures for December, saying the data was a blow to bulls hoping for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. He said the market needs a solid start to earnings season on Friday to improve the averages. “The bulls didn’t get the cool inflation number they wanted. Consider … Read more
This picture taken on September 22, 2023 shows a Rokid employee demonstrating an augmented reality helmet at the company’s office at the 2022 Asian Games host city Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. From autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice cream trucks, machines rule the world, at least at China’s Asian Games. … Read more
Containers sit at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai, China, Aug. 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China’s annual exports fell for the first time in seven years in 2023, even as shipments in December beat expectations, customs data showed Friday. Exports rose by 2.3% year on year in U.S. dollar terms last month, … Read more
In an interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Becton Dickinson CEO Tom Polen described how new technology from the medical device manufacturer can save hospitals money as they feel the sting of inflated operating costs. Polen said inflation impacts hospitals more than many other industries, especially when it comes to labor costs, which are a large … Read more
