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In this article AXP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images American Express’ affluent cardholders got comfortable spending more freely again late last year, Chief Financial Officer Christophe Le Caillec told CNBC. Spending on AmEx cards jumped 8% year over year in the fourth quarter after slowing from

In this article JPM CSCO NDAQ PINS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Three buzz words this year among politicians and business leaders at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos Switzerland: diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s no surprise DEI is on corporate leaders’ minds since it’s been front and center at the White

In this article EBIT.U-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A major exchange-traded fund provider is trying to take the volatility out of bitcoin investing. Calamos Investments launched the Calamos Bitcoin Structured Alt Protection ETF (CBOJ) on Wednesday. The firm brands it as “the world’s first downside protected bitcoin ETF.” It is built with risk-adverse

In this article BAC JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT US president Donald Trump appears on a giant screen as he adresses Donald Trump global elites via video conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23, 2025.  Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the

In this article BLK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said President Donald Trump’s efforts to unleash capital in the private sector could have unintended consequences that would hurt the stock market. “I’m cautiously optimistic. That being said, I have scenarios where it could be pretty bad,” Fink said on CNBC’s “Squawk

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A record share of U.S. companies in China are accelerating their plans to relocate manufacturing or sourcing, according to a business survey released Thursday. About

In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The crypto market will see a new all-time high in 2025 on the back of positive regulatory movements in the U.S. under newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, the CEO of Binance told CNBC Tuesday. Richard Teng, who took the reins from former Binance boss Changpeng

In this article JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday the looming tariffs that President Donald Trump is expected to slap on U.S. trading partners could be viewed positively. Despite fears that the duties could spark a global trade war and reignite inflation domestically, the head of the

Ray Dalio, Founder & CIO Mentor Bridgewater Associates, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Billionaire investor Ray Dalio thinks reducing the U.S. budget deficit could stabilize the bond market and lower interest rates. The founder of Bridgewater, one of the world’s largest hedge

David Einhorn, President at Greenlight Capital, speaking at the 14th CNBC Delivery Alpha Investor Summit in New York City on Nov. 13th, 2024.  Adam Jeffery | CNBC Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn thinks speculative behavior in the current bull market has ascended to a level beyond common sense. “We have reached the ‘Fartcoin’ stage of the

Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang speaks during COP29 on Nov. 12, 2024. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned there are “no winners” in a trade war, as the world’s second-largest economy faces the possibility of tariffs under the freshly-inaugurated administration of Donald Trump. “Protectionism leads no

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.  Brian Snyder | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump is poised to sign a flurry of executive orders as soon as he’s sworn in, but imposing tariffs on U.S. trading partners

Cho Tak Wong, the chairman of auto glass giant Fuyao Glass, bought the vacant General Motors manufacturing plant in Moraine, Ohio in 2014. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images Chinese investments in the U.S. have dramatically declined since Donald Trump’s first term. This trend is unlikely to reverse as Trump returns

Passengers walk along the platform after disembarking from a train at Chongqing North Railway Station during the first day of the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush on Jan. 14, 2025. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — As promised government support is still to meaningfully kick in, China’s economy hasn’t yet

Ted Pick, CEO Morgan Stanley, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Morgan Stanley is set to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.70 a share, according to LSEG Revenue: $15.03

The Freetrade application on a smartphone and desktop PC. Freetrade LONDON — Freetrade, a British rival to popular stock trading app Robinhood, said Thursday that it’s been acquired by online investing platform IG Group. The deal values Freetrade at £160 million ($195 million) — a 29% discount to its last valuation. The startup said that

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that the central bank could lower interest rates multiple times this year if inflation eases as he is expecting. In a CNBC interview, the policymaker said he expects the first cut could come in the first half of the year, with others to follow so long as economic

In this article JPM GS MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer of Blackstone Inc., from left, Ron O’Hanley, chief executive officer of State Street Corp., Ted Pick, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, and David Solomon, chief

In this article BTC.CB= CBOE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bitcoin should rip higher under President-elect Donald Trump, according to BlackRock’s ETF chief. Samara Cohen, the firm’s ETF and index instruments chief investment officer, thinks cryptocurrency deregulation will “absolutely” propel bitcoin to another historic year. “There will be progress made on… FIT21 [“Financial Innovation

A customer browses eggs on partially empty shelves at a grocery store in Lawndale, California, on Jan. 2, 2025.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Inflation ticked up in December on the back of higher energy and food prices, according to the consumer price index. The CPI, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% in