UK PM Sunak seeks ‘constructive’ talks with unions amid new anti-strike laws

LONDON, Jan. 6: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media as he visits Harris Academy in Battersea. Henry Nicholls – WPA Pool/Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pre...

How health insurance may have made health care more expensive

Widespread medical debt is a uniquely American problem. Roughly 40% of U.S. adults have at least $250 in medical debt, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation. “The history o...

Airline perks and elite status will be harder to earn this year

The new Delta SkyClub at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Terminals 2 and 3 where the reimagined state-of-the-art facilities will soon welcome millions of guests each year. Media News Group | ...

I’m very concerned about Veru

Veru Inc: “I’m very concerned about it.” HealthEquity Inc: “Expensive stock, another one of these stocks not making much money. I think we’re going to have to take a majo...

New Year Brings Strong NFT Sales, Up 26% in First Week of 2023 With Top 5 Blockchains Seeing Double-Digit Increases – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

The first week of 2023 saw an upswing in non-fungible token (NFT) sales as seven-day volume increased 26.01% compared to the previous week, totaling approximately $208.99 million in NFT sales. Additio...

The Dow takes ‘important first step’ toward a new bull market

Don’t dis the Dow Jones Industrial Average just because it’s made up of only 30 stocks, because if the stock market bounces back from last year’s selloff, it’ll be the Dow that leads it. With the Dow ...

MakerDAO set to implement parameter changes; a look at lending markets

MakerDAO has a new proposal to implement some parameter changes. The protocol has displaced Lido to regain its position as the leading DeFi protocol. In a new proposal, the Open Market Committee of th...

Barron’s Trader Stock Picks Had a Better Year Than the Market. What Worked—and What Didn’t.

It was a good year for the Trader column—and we’re not going to let a little thing like a small decline get in the way of our saying it. In any other year, we might have called our picks lackluster or...

Semiconductor Stocks Are Struggling. A Bottom Could Be Nearer.

This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. The Chips Are Really Down UBS House View—Daily U.S. UBSJan. ...

Coinbase Has Been on a Wild Ride This Week Thanks to a ‘Short Squeeze’

Coinbase Global and other beaten-down cryptocurrency stocks ripped higher on Wednesday, only to fall sharply on Thursday. Analysis of the wild ride suggests that “short squeeze” dynamics in a volatile...

China Is Open Again. 13 Ways to Tap Into Its Recovery Right Now.

Chinese stocks look poised to keep bouncing into the Year of the Rabbit. As authorities peel back some of the last Covid restrictions this weekend and policy makers prioritize reviving the world’s sec...

The Stock Market Had a Great Start to 2023. Earnings Season Could Be a Problem.

Text size This coming Friday marks the start of fourth-quarter earnings season, with Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase helping to kick off the festivities. Ting Shen/Bloomberg Investors got their Goldilock...

Here are potential impacts of China’s reopening on markets, Goldman Sachs says

China, the world’s second-largest economy behind the U.S., is set to reopen in just a few days and one major Wall Street firm has boiled down the likely impact on financial markets. In a note released...

Brazil’s New President Sends Stocks Tumbling. Bonds Could Be a Buy.

Investors brimmed with optimism when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected Brazil’s president on Oct. 30, returning to power after two prior terms in 2003 to 2011. It didn’t last. The iShares MSCI Bra...

3 reasons why the December NFP report matters for markets

The Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report released yesterday in the United States was the highlight of the trading week. As it turned out, the US economy added more jobs in December than the market expected,...

Bitcoin futures activity fell off cliff in December

Bitcoin futures trading plummeted as 2022 came to a close.  Bitcoin futures volumes were just $386.6 billion in December, according to The Block’s data. Volumes were down 39% month-on-mont...

The House Speaker Tussle Is Just a Warm-Up for the Main Event: The Debt Ceiling Battle

The battle over the speaker of the House of Representatives is something not seen for a century or more. But the more relevant precedent for investors might be 2011, when the drawn-out struggle to rai...

Bitcoin, crypto prices inch higher as Silvergate woes worsen

Crypto prices rose over the past week as equities fell on a plethora of negative news. Bitcoin was changing hands for $16,910 at 7:30 a.m. EST, according to data via TradingView. The leading cry...

Capitalix: Bridging the gap between traders and the capital markets

The foreign exchange (also referred to as forex) markets are the most dynamic in the world as trillions of dollars are moving around it constantly, 24 hours a day. Most investors who partake in forex ...

Natural Gas Prices Are Coming Down. What to Expect for Energy Stocks.

The good news is that energy prices are coming down for households. The bad news is that energy stocks are feeling the pain. The best-performing sector in the stock market last year is finding itself ...

Salesforce Customers Not Swayed by Slack, Analysts Say

When Salesforce Inc. bought the messaging application Slack for $27.7 billion almost two years ago, it said the marriage would “transform the way everyone works in the all-digital, work-from-anywhere ...

Financial markets ignore elephant in the room: December’s 223,000 job gains

Stocks and bonds rallied in response to Friday’s jobs data showing modest wage growth for December, while investors looked past a stronger than expected 223,000 rise in nonfarm payrolls. Friday’s pric...

The Case for Holding—Not Selling—GE’s Healthcare Stock

A healthcare giant has been born: General Electric completed the spinoff of its healthcare business, GE HealthCare Technologies on Wednesday, with the shares trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker GEH...

Tesla’s Battered Stock Looks Like a Buy Again

Times are tough for Tesla . Demand is slowing. Costs are rising. Elon Musk is distracted and a distraction. It’s time to buy the stock. Yes, Tesla (ticker: TSLA) is a mess right now, and signs point t...

U.S. Judge Issues Detention Order for Mango Markets Attacker

A U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico has issued a detention order for Mango Markets attacker Avraham Eisenberg.  In a court filing, Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin deemed it necessar...

ARK’s Cathie Wood Isn’t Backing Down. She Explains Exactly Why.

The core ARK Innovation ETF run by Wood fell 67% last year. But she remains staunchly bullish on the likes of Tesla, Zoom, and Roku. Updated Jan. 6, 2023 1:45 pm ET / Original Jan. 6, 2023 1:42 pm ET ...

Applications of Artificial Intelligence Across Various Industries

Getty Images Key takeaways Potential applications of artificial intelligence continue to expand as more people adopt the technology AI usage is particularly prominent in finance, digital spaces (like ...

World Wrestling, Bed Bath, Costco

Shoppers line up outside a Costco to buy supplies after the Hawaii Department of Health on Wednesday advised residents they should stock up on a 14-day supply of food, water and other necessities for ...

Biden proposes tougher limits on deadly soot pollution

Seen from the window of an Amtrak train, smoke billows up from power plants alongside the tracks in Northern Virginia. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis Historical | Getty Images The U.S. Environmental Pro...

Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Friday stocks rise Constellation

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. Stay wary of tech Wait to b...

Crypto exchange Huobi to lay off 20% of workforce

The Huobi crypto exchange logo displayed on a smartphone. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto via Getty Images Digital currency exchange Huobi on Friday reportedly said it plans to reduce its global headcount...

Bitcoin, ether steady, as crypto stocks continue downtrend with Silvergate shedding 10%

Bitcoin and ether traded steady on Friday, while altcoins dipped and memecoins surrendered gains. Losses for crypto-related stocks continued as Silvergate plunged 10%.   Bitcoin was trading arou...