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President Donald Trump’s prospective Federal Reserve nominee sees an economy that is booming and thinks the central bank should not be a force standing in its way. Judy Shelton told CNBC that Friday’s strong jobs report is a good example of fiscal policy working, though she has expressed reservations about the Fed’s actions. The June

Traders Gregory Rowe (R) and Peter Tuchman work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell, June 21, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images With the S&P 500 up more than 19% already this year, investors are scrambling to find the next big winners. According

Tesla‘s better-than-expected delivery numbers may buy the electric auto maker time, but they’re not a quick fix for more fundamental issues, Roger McNamee told CNBC on Wednesday. “This quarter doesn’t solve anything, but it’s way better than what people were expecting,” said McNamee, a venture capitalist turned Silicon Valley critic. Tesla shattered Wall Street’s expectations

Utah added nearly 50,000 jobs last year, spurring a housing boom in  the Beehive State. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Housing is providing another in a line of troubling signs pointing to a substantial economic downturn. A Federal Reserve economist, in fact, says the current backdrop is similar to recent slumps, with several

Gas prices over $4.00 a gallon are displayed at a gas station on May 24, 2019 in Mill Valley, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images California’s already-high gas prices jumped up again on July 1, with a new 5.6 cents per gallon gasoline tax hike. The increase brings the average price per gallon in California

Traders work at the Coty booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beauty company Coty is by far the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 so far this year. Shares of the cosmetics distributor are up more than 100% in 2019, while the S&P 500

Will there be a truce, a deal or a further breakdown? All eyes are on this weekend’s G-20 showdown between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. For investors on edge about the trade outcome, here are the make-or-break stocks with the most to win or lose, according to Goldman Sachs. The bank screened

Traders work the floor at the NYSE . Brendan McDermid | Reuters January has long held strong predictive power for the direction of markets over the rest of the year, and 2019 is proving no exception. That’s good news for stocks, which stand to gain significantly ahead if the current trend stays in place, according

Bernard Weil | Toronto Star | Getty Images Planet Fitness’ affordable and inclusive business model is working for the stock and will drive future growth, according to Raymond James. Raymond James initiated coverage on Planet Fitness with an outperform rating and a 12-month price target of $80, betting that the the gym’s unique business structure

Paychex Access payroll card in Brookline, Mass. Pat Greenhouse | The Boston Globe | Getty Images Shares of Paychex dropped on Wednesday after Bank of America downgraded the stock due to its “excessive valuation” and “underwhelming fundamentals.” The bank slashed its rating for the employment services company to underperform from neutral, while keeping its 12-month

A shopper carries an Insignia Roku TV television at a Best Buy Co. store in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images More than 300 companies are talking to government officials in Washington this month about how detrimental the trade war between the U.S. and China has been and will be to

Traders work the floor at the NYSE in New York. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A dovish tilt from the Federal Reserve sent everything from stocks to bonds to gold rallying in unison, but stocks with this one feature are poised to crush the market after a rate cut, according to Goldman Sachs. And that feature

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 30, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Value investing might have lost its value. The classic factor investing strategy of picking stocks with cheap book valuation, embraced by the legendary Warren Buffett, has become increasingly irrelevant thanks to central

A trader works ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 19, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Three weeks ago, we had a few of our worst days relative to the market in many months. How bad is very bad? To put this

John Gress | Corbis | Getty Images Traders in the fed funds futures market made bets in record numbers this week, with the bulk of the money looking for the central bank to cut interest rates aggressively in the months ahead. Trading volume soared to 1,293,459 million contracts Wednesday, the same day the Federal Open

David M. Solomon, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, speaks during the Milken Institute’s 22nd annual Global Conference in Beverly Hills, April 29, 2019 Mike Blake | Reuters One of Wall Street’s most vocal and longest critics of Goldman Sachs has changed his tune and now recommends investors buy the company’s stock, saying its investment

Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Traders are convinced the Federal Reserve will cut rates next month. The fed funds futures market is now pointing to a 100% chance of an easing of monetary policy next month — a 67% chance of

Facebook announced its cryptocurrency, called Libra. Chesnot | Getty Images News | Getty Images The cryptocurrency industry cannot get enough of Libra, touting its ability to gain mainstream adoption which bitcoin strived to do for years. “Libra is potentially one of the most positive external tailwinds in Bitcoin in its 10-year history,” said Spencer Bogart,

A man takes a photo of new Google products on display during the Google I/O conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Not all FAANG stocks will survive and thrive in regulators’ battle to breakup big tech, according to Needham. Given an overall

Picture of a cup of coffee at a Luckin Coffee location. Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images Beijing-based coffee chain Luckin Coffee is catching the eye of Wall Street analysts who are hoping the newly public company’s technology-driven business model will fuel growth in an underpenetrated coffee market in China. Luckin, which is the

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan is paying the price for misjudging President Donald Trump‘s resolve to “bring the Chinese to their knees,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. Trump feels he has to “sacrifice Broadcom on the alter of Huawei” to humble China in trade negotiations, Cramer argued. Last year, Broadcom received about $900 million in revenue

Actor/producer Brad Pitt accepts the PGA Visionary Award during the 26th Annual Producers Guild Of America Awards last January in Los Angeles. Getty Images Hollywood star Brad Pitt, Steve Job’s widow Laurene Powell Jobs and UK-based stock-picker Neil Woodford are all reportedly investing in a little known “cold fusion company,” the Financial Times said on

Semiconductor stocks are going to fall as chipmakers start to cut their earnings forecasts for the second half of the year, AlphaOne Capital Partners’ Dan Niles said on Thursday.  Niles started shorting semiconductor stocks this week and sold out of all is long semiconductor positions, in which he previously owned Qualcomm and Lumentum Holdings, he told CNBC’s

Howard Marks, Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital. David A. Grogan | CNBC Billionaire investor and Oaktree Capital Management Co-Chairman Howard Marks is worried to hear investors say “this time it’s different” or openly wonder if the historic bull market and economic success “can only get better forever.”  In a 12-page letter sent to Oaktree clients on Wednesday,

Mary Meeker presents her annual Internet Trends Report at Code 2018. Asa Mathat | Vox Media The most highly anticipated report of the year for tech investors has arrived. Mary Meeker, a widely followed technology backer and general partner at the venture firm Bond Capital, published her 333-slide “Future of the Internet” report Tuesday ahead

In this May 2, 2019, file photo Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown, center, watches as his company’s stock begins to trade following its IPO at Nasdaq in New York. Mark Lennihan | AP Short-sellers lost $398 million betting against Beyond Meat through Friday, according to research S3 Partners. And those losses got bigger on Monday as the

May’s overall job growth disappointed, but there were pockets of strength with strong hiring in the health care, computer and digital design and food service industries. The Labor Department’s Friday report on the employment situation also showed a decline in retail positions while manufacturing continued to added to a string of lackluster prints. CNBC studied

Since last decade, NASA has turned repeatedly to Colorado companies to produce the technology it needs to not only send astronauts on new lunar missions but also to Mars and into the depths of space. Above, the International Space Station. NASA | Getty Images National Aeronautics and Space Administration is opening the International Space Station

President Donald Trump tours the area around the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Calexico, California, U.S., April 5, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters First, China. Now, Mexico. And Wall Street analysts scrambling to quantify the impact of tariffs on the companies they cover are beginning to feel like its Groundhog day. President Donald Trump opened a

The SEC this week voted to approve a financial investment reform package. Known as “Regulation Best Interest” or “Reg BI,” the package is intended to strengthen protections for investors by requiring financial advisors and in particular broker-dealers to disclose conflicts of interest. Does it provide more protection for investors than previous rules? It depends on