An AI bull run has driven stocks to new highs in America this year. But the country’s major indexes have been outperformed by U.K. stocks in 2025 so far. Political and economic uncertainty hasn’t stopped London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index from gaining more than 21.1% so far this year, ahead of the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to climb Monday as investors look toward benchmark lending rate decisions coming out of China later in the…
Thomas Fuller | Lightrocket | Getty Images A group of private-equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has clinched a deal to acquire investment and accounting software maker Clearwater Analytics for about $8.4 billion, including debt, the parties said in a joint statement on Sunday. Permira and Warburg Pincus have agreed to take Clearwater…
Patrick T. Fallon | Getty The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.6 billion, making it one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history, Powerball officials said Sunday. No ticket matched all six winning numbers on Saturday — white balls 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and red Powerball 20. That sets up the…
Fstop123 | E+ | Getty Images For homebuyers, getting one preapproval for a mortgage that has palatable terms may seem good enough. More than two-thirds — 69% — of homebuyers submit only one mortgage application, according to a new report from Zillow. However, you shouldn’t stop there, experts say. With the average interest rate on…
Nandi Owolo’s first foray into junk journaling came by accident. One day in June 2024, Owolo fell while walking her dog. “I started junk journaling because I broke my foot on my birthday, of all days,” she tells CNBC Make It. She was homebound on doctor’s orders for two months of recovery. Then, by way…
Investors enter this Christmas-shortened trading week focused on two things. Will Santa Claus come to Wall Street? And, how do holiday shoppers feel about the economy? Last week was the final full trading week of 2025, and it was a volatile one. The AI trade went up and down, and the market was swayed by…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s The Moment series, where highly successful people reveal the critical moment that changed the trajectory of their lives and careers, discussing what drove them to make the leap into the unknown. Dhruv Amin and Marcus Lowe left Google and built a startup that was “profitable from Day 1,” operating…
Volatility is nothing new for crypto investors, and 2025 has been a wild ride, with bitcoin climbing above $125,000 in October before experiencing several sharp drops — peak to trough, a decline of over $40,000 from its record high. “Crypto is a volatile asset class, and in some sense, there is no avoiding that volatility,”…
Beth Hammack, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, center, speaks with attendees at the Columbus Metropolitan Club in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Brian Kaiser | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said she saw no need to change U.S….
