Chinese tourists pick cheaper destinations, fueling local spending

Chinese tourists pick cheaper destinations, fueling local spending

A night in China’s Guizhou province at the Cliff Hotel, pictured here, starts around $83, according to Trip.com, which says the hotel was built in 2023 with 34 rooms. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese travelers are increasingly opting for cheaper domestic destinations over foreign tourist spots. Only 14% of high-income households … Read more

GameStop shares rise 25% in early trade after completing stock sale

GameStop shares rise 25% in early trade after completing stock sale

A trader works as a screen displays the trading information for GameStop on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters GameStop shares rose 25% in premarket trading on Tuesday after the company on Friday announced that it had made around $933 million from a stock sale. … Read more

Weight loss drug ETF bets big on Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk

Weight loss drug ETF bets big on Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk

A top exchange-traded fund provider is betting on the long-term popularity of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Roundhill Investments’ GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF (OZEM), which began trading last week, pairs leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk with players developing new treatments for weight loss and diabetes. CEO Dave Mazza said his firm is capitalizing on … Read more

Alibaba’s global arm signs David Beckham as international e-commerce brand ambassador

Alibaba’s global arm signs David Beckham as international e-commerce brand ambassador

Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress is a UEFA Euro 2024 sponsor and has signed David Beckham as its global brand ambassador. AliExpress BEIJING — Soccer star David Beckham will promote Alibaba‘s international e-commerce platform, AliExpress, in its biggest global brand ambassador partnership to date, the business unit announced Monday. The deal comes against the backdrop … Read more

Here’s what adding Nvidia would mean for the 128-year-old Dow Industrials

Here’s what adding Nvidia would mean for the 128-year-old Dow Industrials

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Nvidia last week announced a 10-for-1 stock split which will bring its share price from over $1,000 to a more affordable level for retail investors and company insiders alike. Nvidia joins a number of companies that have recently announced sizable stock splits, including Walmart earlier this year and … Read more

Wall Street ponders what happens to booming private credit market when you-know-what hits the fan

Wall Street ponders what happens to booming private credit market when you-know-what hits the fan

Michael Arougheti, Ares Management Corporation Co-Founder, CEO & President Adam Jeffery | CNBC The explosion of private credit has been met with a whole host of concerns, but among the louder ones more recently is that the industry has not experienced a downturn at scale. And therefore, what does that mean for borrowers when there’s … Read more

Jim Cramer warns against trading Nvidia after blowout quarter

Jim Cramer warns against trading Nvidia after blowout quarter

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said he thinks it’s unwise to trade Nvidia, saying investors should keep the AI darling. “Until the AI revolution runs on something else — and despite what you hear, nobody else comes close to these chips — you should just own it, do not trade it,” he said. “Just don’t … Read more

We maintain our buy on Ford shares after a bullish Street initiation

We maintain our buy on Ford shares after a bullish Street initiation

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 Thursday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday. The Nasdaq hit a record high after Club holding Nvidia’s spectacular quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. The leading AI chipmaker once again crushed analysts’ … Read more

These are the 3 big risks to the stock market, economist says

These are the 3 big risks to the stock market, economist says

Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The U.S. stock market has been swooning. But there are risks that threaten to put a lid on the euphoria. The three “primary” risks are Federal Reserve policy, a surprise recession and lower-than-expected results on companies’ earnings, David Rosenberg, founder and president of economic consulting firm Rosenberg Research & … Read more

China’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ gets new ETF

China’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ gets new ETF

Roundhill Investments wants to mimic the success of its Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) in China. The firm’s CEO Dave Mazza plans to launch the Lucky Eight ETF, which aims to be China’s answer to the success of Wall Street’s big tech stocks. “There’s a lot of question marks about the Chinese economy and the potential … Read more