Bitcoin isn’t really a currency (yet)

Bitcoin isn’t really a currency (yet)

People walk past a neon sign advertising a Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto currency exchange in Warsaw, Poland on 19 May, 2024.  Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Here are 3 things we’re watching closely in the stock market this week

Here are 3 things we’re watching closely in the stock market this week

For all the hype this week heading into Nvidia ‘s earnings release and another important update on inflation, the stock action was pretty muted, especially given all the volatility this August: The S & P 500 closed up 0.24%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.92% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 0.94%. Within the … Read more

Weight loss drugs cut Covid-19 deaths, study finds

Weight loss drugs cut Covid-19 deaths, study finds

People taking the key component of blockbuster weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy were less likely to die of Covid-19 or suffer adverse effects from the virus, researchers found in a new study. People who were already being treated with a 2.4 mg dose of the drug semaglutide — the active ingredient in pharma titan … Read more

Abrdn analyst calls for faster rate cuts

Abrdn analyst calls for faster rate cuts

An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ Jonathan Ernst | Reuters While British fund manager abdrn predicts that the U.S. economy will see a soft landing, there is still the risk of a prolonged slowdown in 2025, said Kenneth Akintewe, the company’s head of Asian sovereign … Read more

The peak interest rate era is over. Here’s what investors are watching

The peak interest rate era is over. Here’s what investors are watching

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 23, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks around the world are set to kick off or continue interest rate cuts this fall, bringing an end to an era of historically high borrowing costs. In September, the U.S. Federal … Read more

All cleared for a soft landing?

All cleared for a soft landing?

A customer pushes a shopping cart with bags outside of a Whole Foods Market grocery store on August 26, 2024 in El Segundo, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they … Read more

BYD sales hit a record in August despite broader China EV slowdown

BYD sales hit a record in August despite broader China EV slowdown

BYD launched the BYD Seal in Europe at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany. The electric sedan has a starting price of 44,900 euros ($48,479). Arjun Kharpal | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese electric car giant BYD sold a record number of passenger vehicles in August, with sales of hybrids growing faster than those of … Read more

China PMI, South Korea CPI

China PMI, South Korea CPI

Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on Monday as investors look toward a packed week of economic data and assess China’s business activity figures released over … Read more

China stock market turnaround hinges on stimulus: KraneShares CIO

China stock market turnaround hinges on stimulus: KraneShares CIO

China’s slow post-Covid recovery could be a lasting headwind for its stock market. With the mainland’s two largest indexes — the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite — each negative so far in 2024, KraneShares Chief Investment Officer Brendan Ahern thinks government stimulus is necessary to kick-start the country’s stock market performance. “Investors, particularly in … Read more

197 smallcaps offer double-digit returns as markets continue record-breaking run in August

197 smallcaps offer double-digit returns as markets continue record-breaking run in August

Domestic markets continued their record-breaking run even in the month of August, but the gains were steady with Sensex gaining close to 1%. The rally was also broad-based with the smallcaps outperforming the benchmark as the BSE smallcap index was up around 1.25% during the month. This was reflected in the gains of the broader … Read more