Family offices become prime targets for cyber hacks and ransomware

Family offices become prime targets for cyber hacks and ransomware

A computer with a “system hacked” alert due to a cyber attack on a computer network. Teera Konakan | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to … Read more

Wall Street: Speedier Wall Street trades putting global finance on edge

Wall Street: Speedier Wall Street trades putting global finance on edge

New York: When US markets reopen next Tuesday after the long weekend, everything will likely seem normal. It’s only after the close and in the following days that any cracks are expected to appear. A spike in the number of failed trades, operational glitches and additional costs are among industry fears as the trading process … Read more

Crypto fraud and poor regulation may jeopardize ether ETF approval

Crypto fraud and poor regulation may jeopardize ether ETF approval

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to make a key decision on approving ether exchange-traded funds next week. But it will likely fail due to a lack of an over-arching regulatory framework for all cryptocurrencies, according to Ric Edelman, head of the Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals. “I think that there’s going … Read more

Wall Street: Wall Street Week Ahead: Stock market’s record-setting rebound may have further to go

Wall Street: Wall Street Week Ahead: Stock market’s record-setting rebound may have further to go

A rebound that has taken the U.S. stock market to record highs this week may have further to run, if history is any guide. Fresh signs of a cooling economy calmed inflation worries in May, helping all three major U.S. stock indexes rise to records this week. The benchmark S&P 500, which fell over 4% … Read more

Walmart bubble due to high-income grocery spending, warns Bill Simon

Walmart bubble due to high-income grocery spending, warns Bill Simon

Higher-income consumers may be creating a frothy situation at Walmart. Even though affluent shoppers helped drive the retailer’s latest beat on quarterly results, former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon warns they’ll be hard to keep. “The Walmart experience is better than it used to be, but it’s still not a premium experience. Walmart is built … Read more

Chubb is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway secret stock pick

Chubb is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway secret stock pick

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024.  CNBC Warren Buffett finally revealed his secret stock pick in a new regulatory filing, and it’s insurer Chubb. His conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has bought nearly 26 million shares of Zurich-based Chubb for a stake worth $6.7 billion. The … Read more

GameStop, AMC extend gains but broader meme stock rally fizzles

GameStop, AMC extend gains but broader meme stock rally fizzles

A GameStop store operates in a strip mall in Chicago on March 16, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images GameStop and AMC logged further gains in premarket trading as the broader meme stock frenzy fizzled early on its third day, with Blackberry shares flat and Koss edging lower. Brick-and-mortar video game retailer GameStop was up … Read more

AMC completes $250 million stock sale during meme rally, shares jump 30%

AMC completes 0 million stock sale during meme rally, shares jump 30%

Victor J. Blue | Getty Images News | Getty Images AMC Entertainment raised about $250 million of new equity capital, completing the sale Monday during the revived meme stock craze triggered by the return of “Roaring Kitty.” The movie theater operator sold 72.5 million shares in an at-the-market equity offering that it launched on March … Read more

GME jumps as trader ‘Roaring Kitty’ who drove meme craze posts again

GME jumps as trader ‘Roaring Kitty’ who drove meme craze posts again

A man passes by a GameStop location on 6th Avenue in New York, March 23, 2021. View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images GameStop shares rallied more than 80% on Monday after “Roaring Kitty,” the man who inspired the epic short squeeze of 2021, posted online for the first time in roughly three years. The post, … Read more

Inflation ETF may be in a sweet spot even if Fed cuts rates

Inflation ETF may be in a sweet spot even if Fed cuts rates

It’s an exchange-traded fund designed to profit from higher rates. But even if the Federal Reserve starts to cut this year, Horizon Kinetics’ James Davolos thinks his firm’s Inflation Beneficiaries ETF (INFL) is in a sweet spot.  “We’re actually going into the mature phase of inflation,” the firm’s portfolio manager Davolos told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” … Read more