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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) is the most commonly used benchmark for determining the state of the overall economy. Many investors also use the S&P 500 as a benchmark for their individual portfolios. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) used to be the main gauge of economic health for the U.S., but

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday condemned the 2021 rush of speculative SPACs for playing a part in the stock market’s recent weakness. On “Squawk Box,” Cramer issued a challenge to any SPAC-enthusiast who might want to face-off with him. “There’s no more ‘Jimmy Chill’ when it comes to SPACs,” he said. “You come on our

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

What Is Bitcoin Mining? Bitcoin mining is the process by which new bitcoins are entered into circulation; it is also the way that new transactions are confirmed by the network and a critical component of the maintenance and development of the blockchain ledger. “Mining” is performed using sophisticated hardware that solves an extremely complex computational

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Should you be worried?  On Monday at one point, the S&P 500 was down 10% from its recent highs.  However, investors who are panicking should bear in mind long-term trends.  What’s

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

When evaluating your portfolio’s performance, what number do you look at? Your brokerage firm might tell you that your retirement portfolio returned 10% last year. But thanks to inflation, the increase in the prices of goods and services that typically occurs month after month, year after year, a 10% return—your nominal rate of return—isn’t really

Former Goldman Sachs CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein said that his view of cryptocurrencies has evolved after digital assets attracted trillions of dollars in value and a rapidly growing ecosystem. On Monday, Blankfein was asked by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin for his view on the nascent asset class, who noted that the former banker has

In this article JPM GS Tourists are lined up for taking photos by the Charging Bull Statue in the financial district of New York City, United States on August 16, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Bonus season has arrived on Wall Street, and the bankers who produced record revenue last year

Price discrimination is a strategy where companies charge different prices to different customers for the same goods or services. Price discrimination is most valuable when separating the customer markets is more profitable than keeping the markets combined. Price discrimination is the practice of targeting different consumers with different prices. This allows companies to offer lower prices

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 NFLX CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday investors should remain calm about the overall stock market despite Netflix‘s worst single-day decline in years, which was wiping out gains back to April 2020. Netflix, at its lows of the day, was down more than 25% to roughly $380 per share, following slowing subscriber growth

The foreign exchange (forex) market is the largest market in the world: Currency is changing hands whenever goods and services are traded between nations. The sheer size of the transactions going on around the globe provides arbitrage opportunities for speculators, because the currency values fluctuate by the minute. Usually, these speculators make many trades for

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

As of late 2021, American students are on the hook for approximately $1.75 trillion in student loans, according to data compiled by the Education Data Initiative. 43.2 million student borrowers owe an average of $39,351, up significantly from past decades. With that much money on the line, it’s reasonable to be curious about who might

A man walks past a Wells Fargo Bank branch on a rainy morning in Washington. Gary Cameron | Reuters U.S. banks closed a record number of retail branches in 2021 as customers increasingly turn to digital banking and the industry consolidates. On net, U.S. banks shuttered 2,927 branches last year, according to S&P Global Market

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

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shares jumped by 2% Thursday morning after a raft of analyst reports forecast a positive outlook for the company’s upcoming earnings report. Bank of America analyst Brad Sills reiterated Microsoft as his top pick and revised estimated revenue targets for the company. Citi analyst Tyler Radke forecast a “modestly positive set-up,” and

The Axiom space station, with the circular SEE-1 module attached, is seen in an artist’s rendition. Axiom Space The producers of Tom Cruise’s planned space movie on Thursday announced plans to attach a studio to the space station in development by Houston-based company Axiom. U.K.-based studio Space Entertainment Enterprise, co-founded by producers Elena and Dmitry