Diverse portfolio can help you when stocks like Nvidia fall

Diverse portfolio can help you when stocks like Nvidia fall

As Nvidia shares tumbled after the company reported earnings, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday reminded investors that it’s important to own stocks in a variety of sectors, even ones that may not presently see huge gains. Owning a diverse group of stocks helps investors stay in the market when one stock or sector takes a … Read more

China’s electric car race is becoming all about semiconductors

China’s electric car race is becoming all about semiconductors

Shaoqing Ren, vice president, autonomous driving development, at Nio speaks about the electric company’s 5nm chip at its tech day in Shanghai on July 27, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese electric car companies that are already engaged in an intense price war are turning up the heat on another front: Chip-powered tech … Read more

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to speak after rare U.S. security adviser trip to China

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to speak after rare U.S. security adviser trip to China

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) shakes hands with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at Yanqi Lake in Beijing on August 27, 2024.  Ng Han Guan | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to speak over the phone in “coming weeks,” the White … Read more

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hits $1 trillion market value, first U.S. company outside of tech to do so

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway hits  trillion market value, first U.S. company outside of tech to do so

Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday, the first nontechnology company in the U.S. to score the coveted milestone. Shares of the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate have rallied more than 28% … Read more

Trump Media stock falls below $20 per share for first time

Trump Media stock falls below  per share for first time

Aytac Unal/ | Anadolu | Getty Images The months long Trump Media stock slide continued Wednesday, as shares of the company majority-owned by former President Donald Trump fell below $20 for the first time since the Truth Social maker went public in March of this year. As of 12:45 p.m. ET, the stock price of … Read more

Why the McDonald’s value meal is making a comeback

Why the McDonald’s value meal is making a comeback

With fast-food customers revolting over higher prices, chains like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s are bringing back the value meal. Nearly 80% of Americans said they feel fast food has become a luxury and are eating out less, according to a LendingTree survey. To try to lure them back, fast-food chains have been touting their … Read more

U.S. researchers visit Korean tungsten mine amid critical minerals race with China

U.S. researchers visit Korean tungsten mine amid critical minerals race with China

Workers in July 2019 expand a mine in Germany intended to increase supplies of tungsten and fluorspar.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. government researchers recently visited a South Korean mine to assess progress towards boosting supply of a critical metal called tungsten from areas outside China, the mine operator … Read more

Stock Markets: Everyone’s waiting for Nvidia

Stock Markets: Everyone’s waiting for Nvidia

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading in New York on August 23, 2024. Angela Weiss | 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 need to know, … Read more

Chinese EV maker Xpeng shares pop 6% after its mass-market car launch

Chinese EV maker Xpeng shares pop 6% after its mass-market car launch

He Xiaopeng, founder of Chinese EV company Xpeng, said on Aug. 27 that the startup’s next ten years will focus on integrating artificial intelligence. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting as low as $16,812, far … Read more

On the eve of Nvidia earnings, Cramer explains the megacap’s value

On the eve of Nvidia earnings, Cramer explains the megacap’s value

On the day before artificial intelligence powerhouse Nvidia is scheduled to report earnings, CNBC’s Jim Cramer reminded investors why he thinks the stock has intrinsic value, saying one can’t assess it based on the results of one quarter. “When you think of all these wonders from Nvidia’s technology, you don’t sit there and worry about … Read more