(PRO Views are exclusive to PRO subscribers, giving them insight on the news of the day direct from a real investing pro.) The stock market and retail investors are celebrating an end to inflation worries prematurely on Tuesday, and the big money is not playing along, according to Larry McDonald of “The Bear Traps Report,”…
High stock valuations demand a more nimble approach for investors, according to Matrix Asset Advisors president and chief investment officer David Katz. Asked how he steers between sticking with an expensive market on the one hand, or switching to a value-oriented approach with the other, Katz told CNBC Pro on Monday, “You have to do…
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Aug. 12 1. The July consumer price index rose 2.7% on an annual basis, below the 2.8% expected. When stripping out volatile food and energy prices, core CPI rose 3.1%, slightly above the Dow Jones consensus of 3%. The market liked the numbers, with stock futures rising after…
Wall Street Today: The US benchmark indices like the Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 opened flat on Monday, 11 August 2025, as US market investors shifted their focus to the Trump tariffs’ deadline on China. The US and China are expected to come to a trade deal before the 12 August 2025…
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The heaviest of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs — a full 145% on imports of Chinese goods — was, once again, delayed for another 90 days. The move should be a…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on April 9, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed on Monday, as investors prepare for a fresh inflation report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20 points, or 0.05%….
Chinese and Hong Kong stocks open flat Chinese and Hong Kong stocks were little changed Tuesday, as investors assessed the latest developments in U.S.-China trade relations. As of 9:45 a.m. local time (9:45 p.m. ET Monday), the Hang Seng Index moved down 0.1%, while mainland’s CSI 300 was flat. — Amala Balakrishner SoftBank Group shares surge 8% Shares…
A question looms over Wall Street as it digests the stock market highs in the dog days of summer 2025: Is this another version of the dotcom bubble? Apollo’s Torsten Slok has already calculated that the top 10 S&P 500 companies today are more overvalued than in the late ’90s tech boom. Now the investment…
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | AP Peter Thiel-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bullish raised the size of its initial public offering. Bullish is aiming to raise $990 million, offering 30 million shares priced between $32 and $33 apiece, and targeting a valuation of $4.8 billion, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The…
S&P 500 futures were flat this morning as global markets rested at or near their all-time highs. Investors are optimistic the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut rates in September, in part because of President Trump’s appointment of Stephen Miran to the Fed. If the inflation report tomorrow shows a 0.3% gain or less, a rate…