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Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images The bitcoin narrative could be tested this week as investors monitor tense developments between Ukraine and Russia and weigh the possibility of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates by 50 basis points, or 0.5 percentage point, in March. The largest cryptocurrency by market capital currency has long been

In this article ON SNAP RIOT SPOT LYFT Reuters Investors kicked off 2022 in a swirl of uncertainty, including the Federal Reserve’s move to tighten monetary policy, rising inflation and tension between Russia and Ukraine. Indeed, these factors so unsettled the market, the major indexes ended the prior week firmly in negative territory. Finding long-term

In this article VIVO VioletaStoimenova | E+ | Getty Images Company: Meridian Bioscience Inc. (VIVO) Business: Meridian Bioscience is a life science company that develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells diagnostic test kits primarily for gastrointestinal and respiratory infectious diseases, as well as elevated blood lead levels worldwide. The company has two business segments. The Life

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images CAMERON COUNTY, Texas — Standing under the towering profile of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, CEO Elon Musk on Thursday gave his pitch for

Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during an interview in Singapore, on Nov. 19, 2021. Wei Leng Tay | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned. The funds will

A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to lose nearly an entire launch’s worth of Starlink satellites after a storm created by the sun struck the Earth’s atmosphere. The company launched 49 Starlink satellites with a Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 3.

In this article C Citi CEO Jane Fraser makes brief remarks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and fellow chief executives to discuss the looming federal debt limit in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Frustration has

Bob Cortright of DriveWealth Source: DriveWealth DriveWealth, the SoftBank-backed start-up that helps fintech firms like Revolut offer stocks, is getting into cryptocurrency trading, CNBC has learned. The New Jersey based start-up, valued at $2.85 billion in a recent fundraising, is acquiring a crypto firm founded by Harvard-trained quants and launching two subsidiaries to handle and

In this article SQ MARA RBLX BA AMD A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company’s plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. Terray Sylvester | Reuters February started on a dramatic note as Big Tech companies, including Meta Platforms and Amazon, issued quarterly earnings and swayed the major

In this article MRCY Julian Elliott Photography | Stone | Getty Images Company: Mercury Systems Inc. (MRCY) Business: Mercury Systems is a technology company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of components, products, modules, and subsystems for aerospace and defense industries in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company’s products and solutions

A contractor for First Solar works on construction of a solar project in Imperial County, California. Sam Hodgson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Biden Administration said Friday that it will extend Section 201 tariffs on imported solar cells and panels for another four years, but with several changes to existing provisions. The tariff rate

Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds crushed the market in January as a spike in volatility and a steep sell-off in growth stocks created an ideal environment for fast-money traders. Citadel’s multistrategy flagship fund Wellington gained 4.71% last month, according to a person familiar with

In this article MSTR BTC.CM= Tighter government crypto regulations would actually be a positive catalyst for bitcoin, MicroStrategy co-founder and CEO Michael Saylor told CNBC on Wednesday. “Additional regulatory clarity from the [Biden] administration is going to benefit bitcoin and accelerate institutional adoption of that asset,” Saylor said on “Squawk on the Street,” stressing as

In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0008 stands on the launchpad ahead of the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA. Astra | John Kraus Rocket builder Astra is preparing to launch from Florida for the first time as early as this weekend, with the company expecting to soon receive its Federal Aviation Administration license for

JohnnyGreig | E+ | Getty Images Embracing diversity is good for business. More diverse companies, both at board level and throughout the workforce, can outperform on financial metrics such as return on equity and higher earnings per share. They can also generate higher returns compared to their indices, according to GS Sustain 2020. Moreover, embracing

In this article SHOP-CA FB UBER HUBS NOW People wear protective masks in front of Uber Technologies Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest bout of market volatility has been nothing short of stomach-churning for short-term investors. Indeed, a sell-off

In this article HOOD Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Robinhood clawed back its major losses on Friday as investors looked past disappointing guidance from the company and rallied around progress on new product developments. Shares of

The stock market needs to get worse before it can get better, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “I’m looking for a day where people to say ‘I give up,'” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” heading into another wild trading day, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 now in correction territory. “We have to

A Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III SV05 satellite on a mission for the U.S. Space Force on June 17, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX broke its own annual orbital launch record last year, and it’s looking to pick up the blistering pace further in 2022 to an average rate of one per week.

Investors looking to buy in the current stormy stock market should consider prominent U.S. firms that make money, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. “There’s a lot of stocks that I like. I like the classic, great American companies. I think that they’re terrific,” Cramer said, citing names including Raytheon and Johnson & Johnson, whose stock

Buyers should cool off on cryptocurrency concerns and make some long-term investments instead, SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC on Tuesday. Some people think bitcoin is “rat poison,” as billionaire investor Warren Buffett once described it; others think it’s the worst thing to ever happen to civilization, Scaramucci said in a “Squawk Box” interview. “Everyone

Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC It’s been a bloody few weeks for once high-flying tech stocks and CNBC’s Jim Cramer believes there is still a bit more carnage to go for some parts of the market. “Tomorrow you got to do some selling…if you own stocks that are selling at a multiple to sales…those

In this article VRNT AMZN TSLA VMW WMT VMware at the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021. Source: NYSE Stocks have had a rocky start to 2022, and further turbulence could be ahead for investors. That’s because the current macro environment has been one of the most volatile in recent memory. Inflationary fears, labor shortages and the

In this article DAN Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Company: Dana Inc. (DAN) Business: Dana provides power-conveyance and energy-management solutions for vehicles and machinery in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific. It offers sealing solutions, thermal-management technologies, and digital solutions

In this article MSTR MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of MicroStrategy tumbled 17.8% Friday afternoon after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly rejected the company’s

Spencer Platt | Getty Images IPO investors in a record-breaking issuance rush in 2021 have so far been disappointed by dismal returns, and the outlook for the once-booming market is only getting worse with rising rates and insider selling on the horizon. Last year, the number of U.S. traditional IPOs climbed to the highest levels

Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Wednesday that the regulator is eyeing tighter disclosure deadlines for hedge

In this article GS People walk along Wall Street in the rain on July 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street firms are playing catch up with employee compensation, boosting pay in the second year of a deal-making and trading boom. That’s what Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon conceded

In this article JPM JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon listens as he is introduced at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 23, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $3.01 per share,

In this article ZS MSFT CSCO DKS TTWO Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods. David Orrell | CNBC As the world heads toward another year of the pandemic, investors must adapt to changing macroeconomic forces and trends. Rising inflation, the Federal Reserve’s move to dial back its monetary support, and a workforce that’s been