Hedge funds are doubling down on commodities bets with some notching big gains

Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field on November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha ne...

Warren Buffett scoops up another $1 billion in Occidental shares, bringing total stake to $7 billion

Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased an additional 18.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum for almost $1 billion on the first three days of...

Berkshire Hathaway closes at a record above $500,000 a share as Buffett’s conglomerate roars back

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP Berkshire Hathaway class A shares achieved a key milestone Wednesday, hitting an all-time closing high of half a million dollars ...

Oil market heads for ‘biggest supply crisis in decades’ with Russia’s exports set to fall, IEA says

Three million barrels per day of Russian oil output is at risk beginning in April as sanctions hit and buyers shun the nation’s exports, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. “Th...

Chinese stocks trading in the U.S. rocket higher after China signals support for the shares

A pedestrian walks past the Alibaba headquarters building in Beijing. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of Chinese companies listed publicly in the U.S. surged Wednesday a...

Oil drops again, now more than 27% below recent high

Oil rigs work on platforms in Gaoyu Lake in Gaoyou in east China’s Jiangsu province Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Barcroft Media | Getty Images Oil registered heavy losses Tuesday, building on Monday&...

JPMorgan rolls back Covid precautions as U.S. cases drop

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, attends a meeting hosted by US President Joe Biden with business leaders about a Covid-19 relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washingt...

U.S. oil tumbles more than 8%, dips below $100 per barrel

Permian Basin rigs in 2020, when U.S. crude oil production dropped by 3 million a day as Wall Street pressure forced cuts. Paul Ratje | Afp | Getty Images U.S. oil tumbled more than 8% on Monday, brea...

Insiders debate how to secure America’s energy future at CERAWeek

Attendees during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. F. Carter Smith | Bloomberg | Getty Images The annual CERAWeek by S&P Global e...

Deutsche Bank reverses course on Russia, says it will unwind business there

A Deutsche Bank AG flag flies outside the company’s office on Wall Street in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deutsche Bank said Friday that it was winding down its operation...

JPMorgan says labor shortage requires unconventional hiring

JPMorgan Chase says that companies can deal with global labor shortages in part by tapping the neurodiverse and people with criminal backgrounds. The New York-based bank has hired thousands of people ...

JPMorgan is winding down its Russia operations amid widening business exodus over Ukraine war

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, the...

Pimco faces potential losses over exposure to more than $1 billion in Russian debt

PIMCO headquarters in Newport Beach, California Scott Mlyn | CNBC Pimco’s billion-dollar exposure to Russian debt came under pressure as the country, which invaded its neighbor Ukraine causing i...

Investing app Acorns taps ‘choppy’ private markets at $1.9 billion valuation after scrapping SPAC

Noah Kerner, CEO of Acorns. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Acorns, the fintech start-up that scrapped plans to go public in January, has raised $300 million from private investors, CNBC has learned. The savings ...

Crude oil jumps on report U.S. to ban Russian oil imports

A man pumps gas into his vehicle at a petrol station in Montebello, California on February 23, 2022, as gas prices hit over $6 dollars per gallon. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices jum...

Closing gender gap could boost global GDP by $2 trillion, Citi says

Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images Women receive a small fraction of venture capital funding and closing the investment gender gap could drive economic growth, according to a new report from Citigroup. Fe...

World is facing a ‘game changer’ as Russia’s war roils energy markets, says OPEC’s Barkindo

OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo speaks during the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi on November 11, 2019. – | AFP | Getty ...

National average for a gallon of gas tops $4, the highest price at the pump since 2008

Fuel prices are displayed at gas stations on March 03, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Increasing demand and dwindling supplies coupled with global supply uncertainty driven by the war in Ukraine have driv...

Average national gasoline price surges to $3.83 a gallon, the highest since 2012

Fuel prices are displayed at gas stations on March 03, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Increasing demand and dwindling supplies coupled with global supply uncertainty driven by the war in Ukraine have driv...

S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indices, stripping country of emerging market status

An employee looks at a stock price index graph showing plunging stock prices on an electronic information screen at the headquarters of the Micex-RTS Moscow Exchange. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Gett...

Bill Gross sees possibility of stagflation, says he wouldn’t be a buyer of stocks here

Billionaire investor Bill Gross listens during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Bill Gross, the one-time so-called bond ...

Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser sees ‘tremendous upside’ in stock after tepid Investor Day response

Jane Fraser, chief executive officer for Latin American at Citigroup Inc., smiles during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. The confe...

For Warren Buffett, Apple is his new Cola-Cola as the investing icon reaps $100 billion in six years

Billionaire Warren Buffett says he drinks five Cokes a day. Bloomberg | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s recent success from his massive Apple bet is spurring comparisons with the legend’s gr...

Russia oil disruption would spur ‘significantly’ higher prices

Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil. Katie Kramer | CNBC U.S. oil surged to the highest level since 2008 on Thursday, and Exxon CEO Darren Woods said prices could be heading much higher. ̶...

Tech private equity investor Orlando Bravo says the mantra of ‘growth at all costs’ is over

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Software has been one of the worst-performing sectors this year amid a rising rate environment and geopolitical tensions overseas.  This c...

Oil rises to the highest since 2008, before paring gains

Oil pipelines, pumping rigs, and electrical transmission lines dot the landscape along California’s “Petroleum Highway” (Highway 33) running along the northwestern side of the San Jo...

Stock futures inch lower as Russia-Ukraine tensions weigh

U.S. stock index futures were modestly lower during overnight trading Wednesday, after the major averages finished the day higher despite escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Futures contra...

Wheat prices trade ‘limit up’ again, hit highest in nearly 14 years

A summer wheat harvest in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Vincent Mundy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wheat futures reached new multiyear highs Wednesday, as war between major exporters R...

Citigroup releases financial targets at first Investor Day under CEO Jane Fraser

Jane Fraser speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty Images Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser is s...

U.S. oil jumps to highest since 2013, tops $109 a barrel as Russia’s war on Ukraine sparks supply fears

Oil pipelines, pumping rigs, and electrical transmission lines dot the landscape along California’s “Petroleum Highway” (Highway 33) running along the northwestern side of the San Jo...

Wheat futures reach highest levels since 2008 as Russia invasion advances

Ears of wheat are seen in a field near the village of Hrebeni in Kyiv region, Ukraine July 17, 2020. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters The price of wheat on Tuesday rose to its highest levels in more than a...

U.S. oil jumps to 7-year high above $101 a barrel as Russian assault prompts supply shortage fears

Oil pumping jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, in an oilfield near Neftekamsk, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Andrewy Rudakov | Bloomberg | Gett...