My top 10 things to watch Friday, Jan. 17 1. President Joe Biden will not force TikTok to shut down its U.S. operations on Sunday, a day before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, NBC News and multiple other media outlets reported, citing sources. Trump has signaled support for keeping TikTok, and its CEO is…
You can’t ban froth. You can’t ban lunacy, especially when it pays off. You can’t tell the insiders or big data analytics specialist Palantir to take profits. You can’t stop the executives at Applovin from bailing up here, and you can’t tell the buyers of that mobile gaming ad software company that it may not…
My top 10 things to watch Monday, Dec. 2 1. Spending on Black Friday was a little stronger than expected, according to Mastercard data. It was up 3.4% overall while e-commerce was up 14.6%. Brick and mortar was up just 0.7%, which jibes with the performance over the last few weeks of Best Buy ,…
Warren Buffett, a celebrated lover of junk food, just bought into a national pizza chain whose shares are trading near their cheapest level of the year. With CEO Buffett at the helm, Berkshire Hathaway bought more than 1.2 million shares of Domino’s Pizza last quarter, a stake worth about $550 million, a recent regulatory filing…
A chip and snack food display at a convenience store in Miami Beach, Florida. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Processed food stocks tumbled on Friday as investors feared a crackdown under President-elect Donald Trump and ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Soda titans PepsiCo and Coca-Cola dropped more than 4% and 1.3%,…
Several software companies could be due for a pullback after the stock market’s roaring rally this week, fueled by president-elect Donald Trump’s election victory as well as robust quarterly earnings reports. Major U.S. indexes are on track for major wins this month, with the S & P 500 up roughly 5% and the 30-stock Dow…
Warren Buffett isn’t hot on stocks right now, and the 94-year-old CEO’s latest moves reflect that. Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday said its cash pile swelled to a record $325.2 billion in the third quarter, up from $276.9 billion at the end of June. For context, that’s more than the market value of Nike , Goldman…
Warren Buffett turned heads as he dumped another big portion of his Apple stake, and here’s where his top holdings stood at the end of the third quarter. Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in its earnings report that approximately 70% of its equity portfolio was concentrated in just five stocks — Apple, Bank of America , Coca-Cola…
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Oct. 29 1. The S & P 500 is headed for a muted open Tuesday after Wall Street on Monday started the busy week of earnings and economic data on a high note. Stocks were supported by U.S. crude oil recording its worst one-day loss in two years….
A specialist trader works inside a post on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 23, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters 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….