The Fed goes big — jumpstarting lowering mortgage rates, boosting housing plays

The Fed goes big — jumpstarting lowering mortgage rates, boosting housing plays

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday afternoon cut the fed funds overnight bank lending rate by 50 basis points to the range between 4.75% and 5%. … Read more

Interest payments on the national debt top $1 trillion as deficit swells

Interest payments on the national debt top  trillion as deficit swells

A view shows a bronze seal beside a door at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.S. government for the first time has spent more than $1 trillion this year on interest payments for its $35.3 trillion national debt, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. With the … Read more

Rotation trade pushed this consumer stock to new highs, so we’re booking some profits

Rotation trade pushed this consumer stock to new highs, so we’re booking some profits

We’re selling 25 shares of Procter & Gamble at roughly $176 each. Following Monday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trist will own 325 shares of P & G, decreasing its weighting to 1.75% from 1.9%. Consumer goods powerhouse Procter & Gamble has been a solid performer lately, rallying to new all-time highs in a weak tape … Read more

Treasury yields fall after weak jobs report

Treasury yields fall after weak jobs report

Treasury yields fell Friday after August’s nonfarm payrolls report showed an easing labor market, fueling concerns of an economic slowdown. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was 1 basis point lower at 3.723%. The 2-year Treasury yield dropped 9 basis points to 3.665%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point is equivalent … Read more

Cramer debates buying AMD on weakness but needs to see oversold market

Cramer debates buying AMD on weakness but needs to see oversold market

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 Tuesday’s key moments. Wall Street started the troublesome trading month of September with sharp declines. The S & P 500 , which closed its strong August on the upswing Friday, was down nearly … 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

Oil soars as Middle-East tensions spike

Oil soars as Middle-East tensions spike

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 09, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | 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

CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

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

CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia’s ‘drop-the-mic moment’

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

Stocks slide ahead of Powell’s speech

Stocks slide ahead of Powell’s speech

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images 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 … Read more