A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 23, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks around the world are set to kick off or continue interest rate cuts this fall, bringing an end to an era of historically high borrowing costs. In September, the U.S. Federal Reserve is all but…
Pat Gelsinger, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., holds a wafer as he speaks at the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said on Thursday that it’s been a “difficult few weeks” since the chipmaker’s disastrous earnings report and the company is working hard…
Crypto investors are having a mild existential crisis as demand for the young asset class dries up in the midst of a bull market. In the past month, search interest in crypto has been muted, network activity has been subdued and futures funding rates briefly went negative. Ether ETFs, which began trading a little over a month ago, have…
A man counts 100 renminbi notes with the Chinese flag in the background. Sheldon Cooper | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images China’s new bank loans fell to a 15-year low in July in what some analysts see as a sign of continued weakness in the economy. But others said investors “should not panic” as seasonality and regulations…
Stock market information displayed at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Wealthy investors and…
WASHINGTON — The White House announced a massive, multinational prisoner swap Thursday between the United States, Russia and other nations. As part of the historic deal, the Russian government released high-profile Americans held in captivity there, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who had been in a Russian prison for more than a year. Also included in the…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 24, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Treasury yields fell Thursday as investors digested comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who suggested a September rate cut was on the table, along with a jump in U.S. jobless claims. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield traded at…