Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Fortinet — Shares jumped more than 7% after TD Cowen upgraded the cybersecurity stock to buy from hold, saying rising memory prices won’t hurt the company as much as some suspect. The firm’s $100 price target suggests 29% upside ahead. Bausch Health — The pharmaceutical stock…
Intel’s earnings report beat on both the top and bottom lines, yet softer guidance sparked profit takers to sell the recovering chipmaker, pushing it down to $46, a more than 15% decline. The acute sell-off came after the former premier chipmaker rallied about 150% since January of 2025. I want to use options to establish…
Stock pickers have long sought to beat the market, and most continue to fail, with the rate of underperformance of U.S. large-cap mutual funds, after fees, against the S&P 500 between 80%-90% of all funds over a decade. But there are ways to think about generating what is known as alpha — outperformance of a…
By some measures, Generation Z is the hardest hit by the affordability crisis. Even though young adults are more likely to have a college degree and work full time compared with their parents at this age, that combo also comes larger student loan balances, which have proved to be a significant obstacle for those starting out. At…
President Donald Trump’s push for mineral rights in Greenland may be the latest play in longstanding U.S. efforts to block China from accessing rare earths on the world’s largest island. Trump has disclosed few details about the Greenland framework deal that he announced after meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday. But he…
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Market data firms have been pitching artificial intelligence as the key to locating elusive ultra-high-net-worth clients. But…
People line up outside the Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images Social Security, the federal social insurance program that millions of Americans rely on for income, faces a shortfall in funding it counts on from its trust funds. But that doesn’t mean the program is going bankrupt or will be entirely unable…
Wepro | Moment | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies. Sign up to receive future editions, straight…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Intel — Shares fell 13% after Intel reported mixed results for the fourth quarter, in addition to issuing softer guidance than expected for the current three-month period. The company posted 15 cents per share on an adjusted basis, topping analysts’ consensus estimate of 8 center per share,…
The sudden collapse last fall of a string of American companies backed by private credit has thrust a fast-growing and opaque corner of Wall Street lending into the spotlight. Private credit, also known as direct lending, is a catch-all term for lending done by nonbank institutions. The practice has been around for decades but surged…
