Trump Media looks to snap sell-off amid post-lockup trading frenzy

Trump Media looks to snap sell-off amid post-lockup trading frenzy

Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Trump Media shares turned higher Tuesday as the company behind Truth Social looked to pull up from a downward spiral that coincided with company insiders, including majority owner Donald Trump, getting clearance to start selling their stock. DJT shares climbed as much as 7% in heavy trading shortly … Read more

Nvidia shares pop as CEO may be done selling shares after hitting preset plan limit

Nvidia shares pop as CEO may be done selling shares after hitting preset plan limit

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks onstage with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during Salesforce’s Dreamforce on September 17, 2024 in San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is done selling the chipmaker’s stock for the time being, cashing in more than $700 million under a prearranged plan. … Read more

Fed Governor Bowman explains dissent on rate vote, says she’s worried about inflation

Fed Governor Bowman explains dissent on rate vote, says she’s worried about inflation

US Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman attends a “Fed Listens” event at the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2019.  Eric Baradat | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said Tuesday she thought her colleagues should have taken a more measured approach to last week’s half percentage point interest … Read more

5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday

5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday

Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Inching higher U.S. stocks climbed again Monday as investors digest the Federal Reserve’s major rate cut last week. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite all rose only modestly, as the 30-stock Dow notched another record … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Vaguely reassuring Fedspeak

CNBC Daily Open: Vaguely reassuring Fedspeak

A television station broadcasts Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, … Read more

Fed’s jumbo rate cut puts the U.S. on track for soft landing

Fed’s jumbo rate cut puts the U.S. on track for soft landing

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2024. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s move to lower interest rates by 50 basis points puts the U.S. economy on track for a soft landing, according to Goldman Sachs‘ chief financial officer. His comments … Read more

China to probe Calvin Klein parent over Xinjiang ‘disruptions’

China to probe Calvin Klein parent over Xinjiang ‘disruptions’

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it was launching a probe into Calvin Klein-parent PVH Group over alleged business disruptions around its Xinjiang supply chain. … Read more

Microsoft’s first-mover advantage in AI is fading. Why we’re OK with that

Microsoft’s first-mover advantage in AI is fading. Why we’re OK with that

Microsoft is no longer the only game in town in generative AI. That’s OK because competition is healthy. Amazon , Meta Platforms and Apple are eating away at Microsoft’s once-sizable lead in the heated artificial intelligence arms race, according to D.A. Davidson research analysts. As a result, the analysts cut their rating on the Redmond, … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Fedspeak reassures markets

CNBC Daily Open: Fedspeak reassures markets

Neel Kashkari, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 7, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed … Read more

China will cut reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points, PBOC chief says

China will cut reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points, PBOC chief says

Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, delivers a speech during the 2024 Lujiazui Forum on June 19, 2024 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China will cut the amount of cash banks need to have on hand, known as the reserve requirement ratio, or RRR, … Read more