China has, in its own way, signaled it wants to support specific kinds of consumer purchases. Authorities on Thursday announced the equivalent of 300 billion yuan ($41.5 billion) in special bonds would go towards trade-ins and equipment upgrades — a significant expansion of an existing program. “Compared to previous policies on equipment upgrade and consumer…
“The Big Short” traders Danny Moses, Vincent Daniel and Porter Collins are focused on one of their top long bets: gold. “I just don’t think Americans have enough gold in their portfolio,” Collins said on CNBC’s ” Fast Money ” in an exclusive interview this week . The three investors are known for their successful…
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is postponing the highly scrutinized listing of Pershing Square’s U.S. closed-end fund, according to a notice on the New York Stock Exchange’s website. The initial public offering of Pershing Square USA Ltd, with the ticker PSUS, has…
For Frank Cappelleri, technical analysis — reading charts to identify patterns in stocks and other assets — is not an art or a science. “It’s both.” That’s because, “I can look at an indicator and use a different way that someone else does,” Cappelleri, the founder and president of CappThesis, told CNBC’s Senior Markets Correspondent…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. CrowdStrike — Shares of CrowdStrike were up nearly 2% after CEO George Kurtz said that more than 97% of Window sensors were back online after last week’s global IT outage. However, the stock is on pace for a 17% week-to-date decline. Semiconductor stocks — Nvidia ,…
It’s a historic week for the cryptocurrency markets with spot ether exchange-traded funds making their debut. Franklin Templeton is one of the nine spot ether ETF applicants which got approval Tuesday from the Securities and Exchange commission. The firm is behind the Franklin Ethereum ETF (EZET) — now down about 10% since its inception as…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Deckers Outdoor — The footwear company’s stock jumped 8% after Deckers reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $4.52 per share on revenue of $825 million, exceeding analysts’ expectations for earnings of $3.48 per share on revenue of $808 million. Dexcom — Shares of the medical device company…
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2024. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway dumped more Bank of America shares this week, making it six straight trading days that Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has reduced its stake in the bank. The Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company sold another 18.9 million shares via…
Hedge fund manager Dan Niles sees this week’s tech sell-off as confirmation that the trade is in significant trouble. Niles sees the market’s response to Google parent Alphabet ‘s quarterly results as evidence investors are getting impatient. Shares tumbled 5% on Wednesday. “The way the market reacted to Google tells me that people are finally…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Ford Motor — Ford shares tumbled 11% after the company’s second-quarter earnings came in much lower than Wall Street expected due to longtime warranty issues. The automaker posted adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents, significantly less than analysts’ forecast of 68 cents, per LSEG. Automotive revenue…
