Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains after AMD’s third-quarter earnings beat lifted artificial intelligence stocks. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.45%, while the Topix index climbed 1.11%. Japanese artificial intelligence-related companies rose: Advantest, which supplies testing equipment to Nvidia, was up 3.73%,…
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 Wednesday’s key moments. 1. The stock market rebounded Wednesday after a lackluster Tuesday session, which was pressured by AI-stock valuation concerns. Speculative stocks have unfortunately had young investors in a chokehold as of…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Nov. 5 1. Democrats had a big election night in the country’s three most contested races. Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race. In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill won the gubernatorial race. In Virginia, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won to become the commonwealth’s first-ever…
A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 3, 2025. NYSE This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Shock value Stocks sold off yesterday amid investor concerns about the valuations of…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 30, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. November…
Investing is not just a game of giant Jenga. But the pessimistic hedge funds, or the ones who must have shorts on to justify their high fees, as well as their media acolytes who sound so painfully bearish even if they are just trying to sound like informed skeptics, sure make it seem that way…
Another busy week of earnings lies ahead. About 130 S & P 500 companies are set to report this week, including Palantir Technologies , AMD and fast food giant McDonald’s . Those results come after the busiest week of the season, in which more than 150 names just posted quarterly figures. So far, profits have…
Tareq Amin, CEO of Saudi Arabian AI startup Humain, has expressed confidence that the US will approve the sale of advanced chips to the country. This prediction follows his company’s detailed assurances to American officials. One of the key guarantees provided by Humain is that the company will not purchase equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies…
There’s a problem with the stock market’s latest moves to record levels: most stocks aren’t participating. BTIG chief market technician Jonathan Krinsky highlighted Monday that, while the S & P 500 hit all-time highs on Friday and Monday, overall breadth was lackluster. Put another way, the number of New York Stock Exchange-listed companies that closed…
My top 10 things to watch Monday, Oct. 27 1. Wall Street was in rally mode this morning on the potential for a U.S.-China trade truce. A higher open would extend last week’s S & P 500 surge and record high Friday . In the week ahead, tons of earnings , including much of the…