Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a small decline in second-quarter operating earnings as Warren Buffett’s conglomerate warns of negative impacts from steep U.S. tariffs. Berkshire’s operating profit — those from the company’s wholly owned businesses including insurance…
The near-term outlook suddenly looks precarious for a stock market that’s near all-time highs, even after Friday’s big sell-off. Next week, investors will continue to act on what they learned this week. On the one hand, the artificial intelligence story that’s powered the stock market rally the last several months remains intact, with Microsoft this…
Wall Street analysts scrambled to keep up with GE Vernova this week, dramatically hiking their stock price targets after the power company’s shares blew past expectations on a strong second quarter. Its shares rallied more than 14% on Wednesday to close at an all-time high, after raising its full-year guidance as robust power demand blunts…
President Donald Trump discussing a U.S.-Japan trade agreement with a Japanese delegation and top White House aides in the Oval Office, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Source: @Scavino47 via X | The White House President Donald Trump‘s art of the deal seemed to play out in real time on Tuesday. Trump announced what he called a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s a new day, and meme traders have found more stocks to put on the pedestal. Reddit-obsessed retail traders targeted wearable camera firm GoPro and doughnut…
Opendoor Technologies, a penny stock last week, attracted sudden interest among Reddit-obsessed retail traders, who pushed up the stock price by threefold in days. The online real estate startup saw shares popping more than 14% Tuesday before turning negative, after a red-hot run powered by retail traders chasing meme stocks. It had surged more than…
Warren Buffett and the media by the BNSF Railway display at the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder’s Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 6, 2017. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Warren Buffett on Tuesday knocked down reports that Berkshire Hathaway-owned railroad BNSF was working with Goldman Sachs on a takeover of a rival. The 94-year-old billionaire investor…
It all comes back to tech, once again. Magnificent Seven earnings kick off in the week ahead, with Alphabet and Tesla the first of the megacaps to report this earnings season at a time when the artificial intelligence trade — along with strong quarterly results and economic data — is once again carrying the market…
Private market investments could make an appearance in your 401(k) retirement plan soon, and a handful of asset managers are poised for a tailwind, according to Deutsche Bank. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported , citing people familiar with the matter, that the Trump administration is working on an executive order that would…
Dominika Zarzycka | Nurphoto | Getty Images Coinbase unveiled Wednesday an “everything app” designed to bring more people into the crypto economy. The “Base App,” which replaces Coinbase Wallet, will combine wallet, trading and payment functions as well as social media, messaging and support for mini apps – all running on the company’s homegrown public…