Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2025. NYSE Investors are feeling as gloomy as consumers. The University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers, which was released March 14, showed consumer sentiment plunging to its lowest since 2022. Wall Street is in a similarly dour mood, according to the March edition of…
Spencer Platt | Getty Images Individual investors, whose assets are more tied to the stock market than ever, have abandoned their tried-and-true dip-buying mentality as the S&P 500 recently fell into a painful, 10% correction. Retail outflows from U.S. equities rose to about $4 billion over the past two weeks as tariff chaos and mounting…
DETROIT – General Motors is raising its quarterly dividend and initiating a new $6 billion share repurchase program as the company attempts to reward investors amid slowing industry sales and profits. GM announced Wednesday it is increasing its quarterly dividend by 25% to 15 cents per share — matching that of crosstown rival Ford Motor….
The Alibaba office building is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Alibaba shares surged in Hong Kong Friday following stellar quarterly results, boosted by growth in the company’s cloud Intelligence and e-commerce segments. The Chinese tech giant’s shares soared as much as as 11%,…
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. Spencer Platt | 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 matter where they are. Like what you see? You…
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading: Broadcom — Shares of the semiconductor maker jumped nearly 17% after the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings exceeded expectations. CEO Hock Tan said Broadcom is developing custom artificial intelligence chips with three large cloud customers. The company also said its AI revenue for the year more than…
The New York Stock Exchange on November 21, 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 need to know, no matter where they are. Like…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 23, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Futures linked to the S&P 500 traded near the flatline Wednesday night after the index notched a three-day run of losses. S&P 500 futures added 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose…
The Tokyo Tower, left, and commercial and residential buildings in Minato district of Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower on Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, with concerns over Middle East tensions keeping…
The Federal Reserve surprised markets earlier this month when it cut interest rates by 50 basis points , signaling a shift toward preserving economic growth. The move prompted Wall Street giants Barclays and Citi to adopt a more optimistic stance on global cyclical stocks. Cyclical stocks are generally sensitive to interest rates and economic growth,…