The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is testing the U.S. central bank’s independence again and reinforcing the view among global investors that they need to diversify away from U.S. assets. “That’s what seems to be transpiring this morning,” Julien Lafargue, chief market strategist at Barclays Private Bank, told CNBC’s “Europe Early Edition”…
A tower crane stands above residential buildings in an urban district in the afternoon light, on January 9, 2026, in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s push into high-tech industries isn’t large enough to offset the country’s property slump, leaving the economy more exposed to trade tensions,…
Consumer spending trends are starting to emerge within the experiences economy as the year gets underway, and stock analysts are picking out the names they expect to be winners. While the consumer staples sector likely doesn’t have much room to run this year, there are more opportunities in discretionary and services spending — such as…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lawmakers this week plan to revisit efforts to pass a market structure bill that will determine the crypto industry’s future in the U.S. — reviving legislative efforts that stagnated last year. On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture…
BlackRock came into 2026 with a clear investment plan built around three pillars: artificial intelligence, income, and diversification. Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s head of equity exchange-traded funds, laid out ways in which ETFs fit into the shifting market bets from the world’s largest asset manager, which oversees more than $13 trillion from investors. Investors should remain…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday the White House could deploy alternative measures if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping levies. “There was a big call last night with all the principals to talk about if the Supreme Court were to rule against this…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Vistra , Oklo — The nuclear power companies jumped 15% and 18%, respectively, after striking deals to power Meta’s AI ambitions . Intel — Shares popped nearly 3% after President Donald Trump posted a flattering message about Intel on social media following his meeting with the…
It could be the year Main Street’s appetite for cryptocurrency exposure meaningfully grows. Although it’s been two years since the first spot bitcoin ETFs began trading on U.S. exchanges, BlackRock’s Jay Jacobs thinks they’re a fairly new concept. “It’s still so early,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity ETFs told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week….
Real Estate Projects in Yantai, Shandong, China on January 5, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese policymakers may be finally warming to the idea of tackling the country’s worsening real estate slump, raising expectations that stronger support measures could be coming later this year. The Communist Party’s official journal Qiushi, which means “seeking truth,” kicked…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. General Motors — Shares of the Detroit automaker dropped 2% in extended trading after General Motors said in a regulatory filing that it will record $7.1 billion in special charges for the fourth quarter of 2025 tied to its pullback in electric vehicles and restructuring efforts…
