Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees visit the Activision Blizzard Inc. display at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Activision Blizzard shares moved down 1 percent in after-hours trading on Monday after the company said that it has informed its chief financial officer, Spencer Neumann, that

Moreover, there’s not a single strategist of the major Wall Street firms who thinks the market will finish 2019 lower than it started. And even the Fed issues could fade from view. Current futures pricing anticipates zero rate hikes, and the central bank historically has been loathe to surprise the market, even though Fed officials

Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Contestants in the men’s race chase a Double Gloucester Cheese down the steep gradient of Cooper’s Hill during the annual tradition of cheese-rolling in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England. This volatile market year was full of historical milestones and the end of the year will be no different

Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States. Buy the S&P 500 at the close every day and sell it at the next open. Sounds wacky? You could have outperformed the market by 20 percent. According to Bespoke Investment Group, if one had

Advanced Micro Devices ripped higher by more than 85 percent until mid-September, peaking at $34.14 a share. AMD was riding high on gains in the computer chip market until the company gave a weaker-than-expected outlook for the fourth quarter of this year. TripAdvisor and Red Hat were the only two 2018 winners to also buck

During the November rout, FAANG stocks lost a combined $1 trillion in value, with Facebook, Apple and Amazon taking the bulk of the hit. The free fall led some, like Bleakley Advisory Group’s Peter Boockvar, to declare the FAANG trade “dead.” “Each of these stocks, going forward, are going to trade on their own footing

Saving more for retirement is a common New Year’s resolution. This year, the pledge comes in at the number five resolution in Principal Financial Group’s annual survey of 1,008 American consumers wishes for next year, with 21 percent of respondents stating a desire to sock away more for their golden years. “The new year is

However, the next prizewinner might not easily shield their identity. Only a handful of states allow you to claim lottery wins anonymously. In some states, you might be able to collect your windfall via a trust or other legal entity to keep your name out of the public eye. In others, it’s unavoidable. While the

Bess Adler | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ken Frazier, chairman and chief executive officer of Merck & Co., speaks during an Economic Club of New York event in New York, U.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. 2018 may have been the worst year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average in a decade, but Merck managed

Looking back on a tumultuous year where the majority of asset classes were deep in the red, cocoa futures turned out to be one sweet spot. In fact, a look at the top year-to-date performers among major futures markets reveals that cocoa has returned a whopping 28 percent this year. (The only trade that did

The tie-in isn’t too surprising for some resolutions. Exercising more, for example, easily goes hand in hand with outlays for gym memberships, classes and fitness gear. But Quicken also found that spending is common among people making financial resolutions such as paying down debt or saving money. Among those making financial resolutions, 51 percent said

Jack Bogle, founder of index fund giant Vanguard Group, is warning investors to prepare for 2019 by decreasing exposure to stocks and increasing investment in defensive strategies, such as fixed income securities like bonds. “Trees don’t grow to the sky, and I see clouds on the horizon. I don’t know if and when they’ll arrive.

The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Mike Khouw recommends a call spread in Disney. Carter Worth recommends the Russell 2000 small-cap ETF. Brian Kelly recommends shorting the U.S. Dollar. Trader disclosure: Brian Kelly is long AMD, CBOE, CME, GCAP, GS, HIVE, IBM, MCB, MSFT, MU, NVDA, OSTK,

Semiconductor stocks outperformed the broader market last week with the SMH, which tracks the sector’s biggest names, posting a more than 4 percent gain. But that only tells half the story. The ETF is currently down more than 18 percent since early October, and is on pace to post its worst quarter in a decade

Earnings 2019: Up, flat, or down? What happens to markets in 2019? It depends on your outlook on earnings. Fourth-quarter earnings have much less weight than usual, since everyone is concerned that the estimates for 2019 (currently 8 percent earnings growth) are too high and will be coming down. Seventeen companies have reported earnings for

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Amazon.com – Amazon is planning a significant expansion of its Whole Foods grocery stores, according to The Wall Street Journal. The paper said Amazon is scouting new locations in more suburbs, and in areas where Whole Foods is already growing in popularity. Deutsche Bank – Deutsche

Activity inChina’s manufacturing sector contracted for the first time in more than two years in the month of December amid a domestic economic slowdown and Beijing’s ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was 49.4 — lower than the 49.9 analysts

Investor Peter Boockvar believes the stock market’s wild swings are evidence of a bear market. Boockvar recently told CNBC that the recent monster rallies do not signal the bulls are back. He noted bull market moves are more methodical. “We are in a bear market, and a bear market is not just going to end

In recent years, Mediterranean and Asia Pacific flavors have become more mainstream, with diners indulging in the Hawaiian dish poke and falafel rice bowls at restaurants like Cava. However, in 2019 you’ll likely see more of a North African and Middle Eastern influence. Harissa, a Tunisian hot chili pepper paste, is already enticing diners in

When Kevin Zraly first started studying wines almost 50 years ago, it wasn’t the most popular alcoholic beverage in the U.S. “People looked at me like I was nuts studying wines,” Zraly said. “All my friends were drinking beer.” At 21, Zraly hitchhiked to California to get exposure to the wines there. And after graduating

While many New Yorkers are dreading the day Amazon moves into its new “headquarters” in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens and crowds the subway with 25,000 new workers, there’s one group of people welcoming the company with open arms: Executives at other tech firms. It may seem counter-intuitive that smaller tech companies are

As the streaming video wars heat up, technology companies like Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Amazon are willing to spend billions of dollars on movies and shows that they hope will attract big audiences. On the other side of the market, smaller niche services are testing out a more cost-sensitive model. Dust, from independent studio Gunpowder

Historic swings in stocks this month have shaken many a bull’s faith in the market. Not entirely so for Raymond James’ chief investment strategist Jeffrey Saut, who sees years left in this bull market. But that prediction comes with a caveat. “Longer term secular bull markets tend to last 15, 16, 17 years — the

The hottest gift of the season could also be the least used. For the 12th year running, gift cards remain the most popular items on wish lists, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual holiday report. Gift cards topped all other potential presents, including jewelry, clothing, books, movies, music, electronics and sporting goods. The NRF

News1-Dong-A Ilbo  | Getty Images News | Getty Images In this handout image provided by the News1-Dong-A Ilbo, North Korean officials watch the demolition of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site on May 24, 2018 in Punggye-ri, North Korea.  U.S. banks and regulators continue to struggle tracking and curbing money moved through international banks and companies

With the Federal Reserve embarked on a path to gradually hike interest rates, the bank now thinks the central bank will pump its brakes on raising borrowing costs — and could even reverse course in 2020. Central bank officials have approved four rate hikes this year and have indicated two more are coming in 2019.

Sears is expected to close another round of stores early next year, as the bankrupt department store chain now tries to stay afloat via a $4.4 billion bid from its chairman, Eddie Lampert. Sears told its employees earlier this week that 80 Sears and Kmart locations across the U.S. will shut by March, with liquidation

Here’s one good reason to hold off on receiving your holiday bonus this year: It’s a move that can help you save on taxes. Wall Street workers — that is, employees in the securities industry in New York City — received an average bonus of $184,220 in 2017, according to a report from the New

Mark Brake | Getty Images Elon Musk speaks at the International Astronautical Congress on September 29, 2017 in Adelaide, Australia. Musk detailed the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved in order to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. Tesla and CEO Elon Musk agreed in September to appoint

The market will probably rally, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the bottom is in, top technical analyst Ralph Acampora told CNBC on Friday. In fact, right now he sees a bear market for stocks. The market began its wild week with a massive sell-off on Monday that saw the S&P 500 enter bear market territory.