Fed Chair Powell staying on Fed board or going?
It’s one of the most important questions surrounding the Federal Reserve in 2026, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell has been pointedly mum. “I’m focused on my remaining time as chair,” Powell said at the December press conference. “I haven’t got anything new on that to tell you.” The question: whether Continue Reading
Meet the 2026 stock market. It’s the same AI-reliant market of 2025
Trader Peter Tuchman wears “2026” glasses as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on Dec. 31, 2025. Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty Images The new year is starting off looking a lot like the old one. The first trading Continue Reading
Berkshire has the best odds of lasting a century
Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway is better positioned than any company to endure for the next century as he handed over the CEO reins to his successor Greg Abel, whom he strongly endorsed. “It has a better chance I think of being here 100 years from now than any company Continue Reading
A 5 million percent return
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC The investing world’s north star is beginning to dim. Warren Buffett has handed over the CEO reins to Greg Abel after a six-decade run that turned Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: NKE, CORT, TSM
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Nike — Shares of the sneaker giant rose around 4% after board members Tim Cook and Robert Holmes Swan, as well as Nike CEO Elliott Hill, increased their stakes, Verity data shows. The action comes as Nike wraps up a tough Continue Reading
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: INTC, H, TSM
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Intel — The technology stock rose 1%. Earlier this week, Nvidia completed its $5 billion equity investment in Intel. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — Shares ticked up 1% after Reuters reported that Nvidia asked the semiconductor firm to boost its H200 production Continue Reading
Who runs Berkshire’s $300 billion equity portfolio?
As Berkshire Hathaway marks Warren Buffett ‘s official retirement Wednesday, attention is shifting to a less settled part of the succession plan: the fate of its $300 billion equity portfolio. For decades, Berkshire’s stock holdings have reflected Buffett’s long-term investing judgment and his willingness to deploy capital aggressively during market Continue Reading
The big question facing Europe’s banks in 2026 following strong year
Key Points Europe’s banking sector has flourished in 2025, with lenders notching their strongest annual showing since 1997. Now, after a strong third-quarter earnings season, banks must decide how and where to put their “significant” excess capital to work in 2026. Strategists see the sector as a strong diversification play Continue Reading
China to restrict silver exports, echoing rare earths playbook
Silver bars are stacked in the safe deposit boxes room of the Pro Aurum gold house in Munich, Germany, January 10, 2025. Angelika Warmuth | Reuters BEIJING — China is set to tighten controls on silver exports from Thursday, expanding restrictions on the once-ordinary metal critical to the U.S. industry Continue Reading
Fed minutes December 2025
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Tuesday released minutes from its highly divisive meeting earlier this month, which concluded with a vote to lower interest rates again that appeared to be an even closer call than the final vote indicated. Officials expressed a variety of opinions during the Dec. 9-10 Continue Reading