May 4, 2024
Investors

Wall Street week ahead: Investors’ major focus on Fed rate decision, big tech earnings

The major focus of the stock market investors on Wall Street in the week ahead will be on the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting scheduled for January 30-31 and chairman Jerome Powell’s subsequent press conference. The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged, but investors and traders will look for

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Investors

Wall Street week ahead: Investors eye economic growth indicators, key earnings

On Wall Street in the week ahead, stock market investors’ major focus will be on the economic growth indicators such as pace of inflation, manufacturing PMI and the economy. In addition, investors will also be watching key earnings that include Tesla, Netflix, American Airlines, Abbott Laboratories, and IBM. On January 24, data for January on

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Investors

Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors to track quarterly earnings, crude oil movement

On Wall Street in the week ahead, investors will eye quarterly earnings reports and the energy market as the Middle East tensions could spark a further rise in oil prices. Last week, oil prices climbed after US and British airstrikes in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen added to the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Investors

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Crypto

Coinbase, Robinhood shares rise as bitcoin ETF approval adds credibility to cryptocurrency industry

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 06: In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a screen on June 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. The Securities And Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for allegedly violating securities laws by acting as an exchange, a broker and a clearing agency

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Funds

Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel posts double-digit returns in 2023, but lags the S&P 500

Ken Griffin, Citadel at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha, Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s various hedge fund strategies all posted double-digit returns for 2023, but they failed to beat the broader market. Citadel’s multistrategy Wellington fund gained 15.3% last year, according to a person familiar with the returns. The flagship fund had

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Investors

Big Short’s Steve Eisman worries investors are too bullish in 2024

“Long term, I’m still very bullish. But near term I just worry that everybody is coming into the year feeling too good,” the Neuberger Berman senior portfolio manager told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Tuesday. On the year’s first day of trading, the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.6% percent, the S&P 500 fell 0.6%, and the Dow

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