Hedge against political cycles is better investment than AI: Van Eck

Hedge against political cycles is better investment than AI: Van Eck

A major exchange-traded fund and mutual fund manager finds the winning gold trade isn’t talked about as much as the artificial intelligence trade — but maybe it should be. VanEck CEO Jan van Eck thinks the best investment this year is “the hedge against political cycles.” To him, that means investing in gold.  “It is quietly … Read more

Elon Musk hopes supercomputers will boost Tesla and xAI

Elon Musk hopes supercomputers will boost Tesla and xAI

Elon Musk is on a mission to build new supercomputers. As the CEO of Tesla and his new artificial intelligence startup xAI, the tech titan has big plans for how artificial intelligence can help to supercharge his businesses. In January, he wrote on X that Tesla should be viewed as an AI/robotics company rather than … Read more

Intel wild week leaves Wall Street uncertain about chipmaker’s future

Intel wild week leaves Wall Street uncertain about chipmaker’s future

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger speaks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20, 2024.  Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images It was quite a week for Intel. The chipmaker, which has lost over half its value this year and last month had its worst day on the market in 50 years … Read more

Markets have finally processed the good news

Markets have finally processed the good news

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | 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 matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Tesla, Nvidia lead tech stocks to one of best day of 2024 on rate cut

Tesla, Nvidia lead tech stocks to one of best day of 2024 on rate cut

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang presents the Nvidia Blackwell platform at an event ahead of the COMPUTEX Forum, in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Investors poured into tech stocks at one of the fastest clips of the year a day after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for the … Read more

China looks for domestic Nvidia rival — but that’s proving challenging

China looks for domestic Nvidia rival — but that’s proving challenging

The flags of China and the USA are being displayed on a smartphone, with an NVIDIA chip visible in the background.  Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese companies are ramping up efforts to produce a viable alternative to Nvidia’s chips that power artificial intelligence as Beijing continues its efforts to wean itself off American … Read more

Microsoft, BlackRock form GAIIP to invest in AI data centers, energy

Microsoft, BlackRock form GAIIP to invest in AI data centers, energy

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the company’s Build developer conference in Seattle on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together up to $100 billion to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power … Read more

Chinese companies aiming to compete with Nvidia on AI chips

Chinese companies aiming to compete with Nvidia on AI chips

Illustration of the China and U.S. flag on a central processing unit. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images U.S. sanctions over the years on China’s semiconductor industry has forced Beijing to ramp up efforts to boost its domestic chip sector. The boom of artificial intelligence and foundational models has only spurred on China’s goal of … Read more

Tech might not be the biggest beneficiary of rate cut

Tech might not be the biggest beneficiary of rate cut

The sun rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on September 14, 2024, in Jersey City, New Jersey.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | 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 … Read more

Intel turns foundry business into subsidiary, weighs outside funding

Intel turns foundry business into subsidiary, weighs outside funding

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger holds a sample of a wafer during his keynote speech at the Computex conference in Taipei on June 4, 2024. I-hwa Cheng | AFP | Getty Images Intel shares jumped 8% in extended trading on Monday after the company said it plans to turn its foundry business into an independent unit … Read more