Even if the Federal Reserve cuts rates later this month, Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue warns the market is vulnerable to a correction. The firm’s senior investment strategist believes Wall Street is overestimating the Federal Reserve’s influence to support the record highs. “The market is putting a lot of stake in the ability of the Fed
Still from Disney’s remake of “The Lion King” featuring Mufasa, a young Simba and Zazu in the pridelands. Disney While critics in the U.S. debate the cinematic merits of Disney’s remake of “The Lion King,” Chinese audiences are proving that, sometimes, bad reviews won’t deter people from going to the movies. Over the weekend, Disney
Joe Biden used to joke about being “the poorest man in Congress.” It would be impossible for him to claim poverty now. The years since Biden left the vice presidency in 2017 have fattened his wallet. He and his wife Jill made more than $15 million combined in 2017 and 2018. [CNBC is looking at
For many older Americans, retirement means freedom to explore beyond your backyard. Before you take off, however, check whether your health insurance travel with you. Assuming you’re on Medicare — most adults age 65 or older are — coverage away from home depends partly on where you travel to, along with whether you’re on basic
At least 27,000 Con Edison customers were left without power Saturday after massive outages hit New York City. The utility company said it was responding to “extensive outages” on the westside of Manhattan and would share more information as it becomes available. The power outage was apparently caused by a transformer fire at 54th Street
Luxury retailer Barneys New York is making preparations for a bankruptcy filing that could come as soon as this month, people familiar with the matter tell CNBC. Barneys, which is facing a liquidity crunch spurred by a rent hike at its Manhattan flagship, has engaged law firm Kirkland & Ellis and financial advisers a M-III
An earnings season that delivers will play an integral role in whether the market can maintain all-time highs, according to Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez. The chief market strategist believes Wall Street is completely discounting second earnings expectations right now, and that leaves little room for disappointments when the season kicks off this Monday. “Earnings
Paul J. Richards | AFP | Getty Images Despite the year being more than halfway over, the pace of store closures doesn’t appear to be slowing down in the retail industry. More companies piled on the bad news this week. So far, 7,062 store closures have been announced by U.S. retailers this year, according to
For identity thieves, kids are the perfect mark. While adults make prime targets for their account balances, a child’s information, particularly their Social Security number, has even more value to scammers because it is a “clean slate” for opening new lines of credit before someone catches on, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. More
Hinterhaus Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images If your employer is giving you ownership shares as part of your pay, you could be accumulating wealth — or you could be ramping up risk. Equity compensation is a way for companies to reward employees who meet certain performance goals and incentivize them to stay.
The Walt Disney Company CEO, Robert Iger arrives for the World premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019 in Los Angeles. VALERIE MACON | AFP | Getty Images Disney is set to renew its multiyear carriage agreement with Charter, the second-largest U.S. pay TV provider, at
Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photograph of Jeffrey Epstein as he announces the financier’s charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Wealthy financier and accused child sex
Nick Gregory, a 26-year-old manager, vapes on a JUUL at Botany Bay in Lexington, Ky. Charles Bertram | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to impose a 10-month deadline for the submission of e-cigarette applications, turning the screws on companies like Juul Labs
Tropical Storm Barry, which threatens to make landfall as a hurricane Saturday and flood parts of Louisiana, will pose a serious test of New Orleans’ post-Hurricane Katrina flood defenses. New Orleans’ situation is precarious. The Mississippi River is expected to rise to nearly 20 feet, the highest level since 1950; roughly 10 to 15 inches
The stock market has been hitting all kinds of records this week, and Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Friday that he does not see that stopping anytime soon. “I think fair market value does give us another 5% or 6% this year” on the S&P 500 with the Federal Reserve signalling interest
Washington D.C. Danita Delimont | Getty Images About 1.3 million Americans could have their retirement funds at risk if Congress can’t come up with the money to pay the benefits people were promised. That is because a number of multiemployer pension plans are on the brink of running out of money. This week, Congress took
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Johnson & Johnson — Shares of the pharmaceutical and consumer goods company fell more than 5% after Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. Justice Department is launching a criminal investigation into whether or not the company lied to the public about potential cancer risks in its
Elisha Bokman Source: Elisha Bokman Elisha Bokman has been out of school for eight years. Still, her student loan balance is half a million dollars. Today, for her doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine and master’s in acupuncture from Bastyr University, she owes $499,322.69. She and her husband struggled to buy a house because of her
A man cleans a PW1000G geared turbofan engine developed by MTU Aero Engines AG and Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., at the Singapore Airshow held at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 27,000 for the first time ever
All eyes are on Amazon as its annual Prime Day begins in just three days, testing its promise to provide one-day shipping for more than 10 million products on what may be a record-breaking sales event. Last month, the company began rolling out free one-day delivery to Prime members, and those goals will be stress-tested
An employee rings up a customer’s merchandise at The Container Store in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images There’s a group of companies whose stock prices tend to rise or fall dramatically following earnings reports. Bespoke Investment Group analyzed the most volatile names on earnings, looking at companies that have been publicly traded for
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Mike Fuentes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Watch out for the comeback kids. While market records were broken and many stocks surged in the first half of the year, not all of them did. Wall Street analysts were telling clients there were plenty of values to be found
People starting out their careers in expensive cities are used to sharing apartments. Now, they’re sharing rooms. Carina Zhao lives in a four-bedroom apartment in San Francisco’s Mission District – with five other people. Zhao, 23 and an analyst at Castlight Health, shares a room with her former college roommate. Another pair of roommates share
James Gorman, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Citi upgraded Morgan Stanley to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ Citi said that Morgan Stanley‘s upcoming earnings may be “difficult,” but it likes the firm’s “limited rate exposure.” “While 2Q19 is expected
Sunny summer months make it easy to cut loose. Unfortunately, it can also mean cutting loose financially. Most people derail their finances because they don’t have a set budget for holiday weekends, graduation parties, vacations, barbecues and family gatherings, summer camp, activities with the kids and back-to-school shopping. It’s common to use credit more recklessly
The “Fast Money ” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Delta Air Lines. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Alphabet. Karen Finerman was a buyer of JPMorgan. Dan Nathan was a buyer of UnitedHealth. Guy Adami was a buyer of Square. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Pete is long
Longtime market bull Edward Yardeni suggests President Donald Trump is manipulating the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates. In a recent research note, he wrote that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is essentially getting “Trumped.” Yardeni contends the president is creating a contentious situation for the Fed by creating uneasiness around U.S. trade policy. According to
Are you gearing up to browse new cars for the first time in a long while? If so, be ready to open your wallet a lot wider. With the average age of new-car trade-ins — excluding leased autos — at just over six years, a shopper whose last purchase was in 2013 could suffer some
Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket: Illumina — Shares of the biotechnology company dropped 15% after Illumina reported preliminary revenue figures that disappointed investors. The company sees second-quarter sales coming in around $835 million. Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected revenue of $887.9 million. Zoom Video Communications, Slack Technologies — Zoom and Slack
James Gorman, Morgan Stanley Adam Galica | CNBC Citi upgraded Morgan Stanley to buy on Friday and said if the Fed cuts rates as expected, that it will “spur capital markets activity.” The firm also said it expects two rate cuts in 2019 and 2020 and raised its target price on the investment bank to
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