US stock futures edged lower Wednesday night as Wall Street digested a wave of Big Tech earnings alongside the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate move, while waiting for President Trump’s long-awaited summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) fell about or 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures (ES=F) slipped 0.1%. Nasdaq…
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 S & P 500 and Nasdaq reached record intra-day highs again Wednesday, supported by strength in megacap tech. Club holding Nvidia is leading the pack. “The markets are…
Wall Street’s major indices pushed higher on Tuesday, a day after striking record highs on optimism over a reduction in US-China trade tensions. “Record highs yesterday for the major indices weren’t enough,” said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O’Hare. “The market is coming back for more this morning, heartened by recent earnings reports, visions of a rate…
NEW YORK (AP) — Almost everything in your 401(k) should be coming up a winner now. That makes it time for a gut check. Not only is the U.S. stock market setting records, so are foreign stocks. Bond funds, which are supposed to be the boring and safe part of any portfolio, are also doing…
US Stock Market today: The Wall Street benchmark indices like the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 hit their record high levels on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, as the US Federal Reserve begins its two-day policy meeting to determine the rate cuts for the US economy. All eyes are now on the US Federal Reserve’s…
Preliminary trade talks between US and Chinese officials have been described as providing a “very successful” framework for the expected summit meeting of Presidents Trump and Xi in South Korea on Thursday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the weekend talks were “constructive, far-reaching and in-depth”. China’s senior trade negotiator Li Chenggang said the two sides reached…
Stocks jumped for the second straight week and reached record highs Friday as Washington trade and shutdown drama took a back seat to cooler inflation data and stronger earnings. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rose 2% and 2.3%, respectively, for the week. In fact, the S & P 500 on Friday peaked above…
The latest frenzy in Beyond Meat is offering a fresh reminder for investors chasing the latest viral stock — Riding the meme wave is fun, until it isn’t. The food company known for its plant-based burgers and sausages experienced monstrous gains of 128% Monday and 146% Tuesday. On Wednesday, the stock erased a triple-digit intraday…
Stocks and the price of gold fell Wednesday, as momentum on Wall Street reverses. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index sank 0.5%, though it’s still within 1% of its all-time high set this month. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 334 points, or 0.7%, from its record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite…
Lauren Taylor Wolfe, co-founder of activist investment firm Impactive Capital, said the surge in enthusiasm around artificial intelligence has all the markings of a bubble. “We are absolutely in an AI bubble now. It is going to burst,” she said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Tuesday to David Faber. “I don’t know when, I…