Recently, President Trump called for a year-long credit card interest rate cap of 10% starting on Jan. 20, 2026. While this deadline has passed, he reiterated this request and urged Congress to act during his Jan. 21 speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. One concern is that a 10% cap on credit…
While the S & P 500 put up a banner year in 2025, U.S. investors with too much of a domestic focus likely missed out on gangbuster returns – and the prospect of attractive income – abroad. The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) climbed nearly 29% in 2025, compared to roughly 16% in…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email On this week’s episode of CNBC Crypto World, crypto prices struggle as President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland hits U.S. markets. Plus, the topic of crypto takes center stage at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. And Bitget CEO…
A specialist trader works at his post on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, Jan. 21, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures rose Wednesday night after easing geopolitical fears sparked a broad-based market rally. Traders also looked ahead to a key inflation reading due in the morning. Futures tied to the Dow…
President Donald Trump’s tariff threats once again rattled the stock market this week, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said that may be exactly when investors should strike. “There are huge stock market ramifications to almost everything things president does, and I think he knows it,” Cramer said Wednesday night on “Mad Money.” But Cramer said there’s…
Vehicles bound for shipment parked in front of the Dream Angel vehicles carrier ship at the Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Fred Mery | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s exports growth in the final month of 2025 missed analysts’ estimates, rising 5.1% year on year, as shipments to the U.S….
“Magnificent Seven” titan Microsoft is among the stocks that might soon trigger an ominous technical indicator that’s often interpreted by investors as a sign of potential future weakness. Known as a ” death cross ,” the pattern occurs when a stock’s short-term moving average — commonly calculated over 50 days — falls below its longer-term…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is nearing the end of a search to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and hinted he has his candidate in mind. In a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the president said a search that began in September and once included as many as…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated his push to restrict large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing that Wall Street firms have crowded out would-be homebuyers. “You have these big companies, these big corporations, buying up thousands of homes and renting them or doing whatever they do with them,” Trump told CNBC’s Joe Kernen…
In the war on affordability, President Donald Trump has claimed victory over inflation. Trump said during a speech Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, that he had “defeated” inflation and reined in consumer prices over the past year. In an address to world leaders and others at the World Economic Forum, Trump said that the U.S. has “virtually…
