An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max-9 aircraft grounded at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said early on Friday it had restored operations following a technology outage that grounded flights across all airports and led to the cancellation of more…
If you’re looking to save some cash, you have a small window of opportunity to lock in a guaranteed, inflation-beating return before savings rates fall further. Why’s that? The Federal Reserve is meeting next week to decide if there will be another rate cut and it’s pretty much a given. After weakening jobs data, the…
Fund managers are taking a cautious stance as the fourth quarter gets underway, opting to go underweight in risk assets in favor of defensive plays with lower volatility. AI, private credit, sticky inflation — and the Fed’s ability to deal with it amid interference from U.S. President Donald Trump — are top of mind for…
Private credit investors say active portfolio management, tighter lending standards and greater risk discipline are now paramount as the sector navigates rising default rates. After J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned last week of “cockroaches” lurking in private markets, fears of contagion and a potential repeat of the 2008 subprime lending crisis have driven central…
Industrial conglomerate Dover reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits Thursday and gave skeptical investors plenty to like, sending the stock up more than 6%. Revenue rose 4.7% year over year to $2.08 billion, missing the consensus of $2.11 billion, according to estimates compiled by LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) in the three months ended Sept. 30…
China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao spoke alongside other senior officials at a press conference on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — The U.S. and China can still find ways to work together, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told reporters Friday, ahead of an expected meeting between…
Investors looking to earn income and keep pace with inflation should turn to dividend-growth stocks, according to investor Kevin Simpson. Dividend stocks in general should get a boost from the Federal Reserve ‘s rate-cutting cycle, he said. As yields come down in bonds, dividend payers begin to look relatively more attractive to income investors. The…
(These are the market notes on today’s action by Mike Santoli, CNBC’s Senior Markets Commentator. See today’s video update from Mike above.) The market continues to bait and trap aggressive bears, with the two-day purge of speculative and high-momentum stocks either pausing or finished, allowing upbeat earnings and a tireless dip-buying bid to carry the…
Bullish investors usually triumph in the end, CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested. He explained why he thinks it makes sense to stay in the market, reviewing recent events that worry many on Wall Street. “If you’re going to think of the market as a tug of war between the bulls and the bears, would you at…
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 airplane approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing with high rises in downtown San Diego in the background on August 15, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alaska Air lowered its 2025 profit forecast on Thursday as higher fuel costs and…
