Jobs report April 2026

Jobs report April 2026

Job creation was better than expected in April, as the plodding U.S. labor market continued to defy expectations for a more aggressive slowdown this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 115,000 for the month, down from the 185,000 created in an unusually strong March, but better…

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Analysts call this lagging stock a buy — plus, what’s behind Nvidia’s decline

Analysts call this lagging stock a buy — plus, what’s behind Nvidia’s decline

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were down Tuesday as Big Tech was pressured following CoreWeave’s quarterly results Monday evening. The AI infrastructure provider disappointed investors after lowering…

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Wall Street analysts are confident about these 3 dividend-paying stocks

Wall Street analysts are confident about these 3 dividend-paying stocks

A Chevron gas station in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Heading into 2026, investor focus could shift from fixed-income instruments to attractive dividend stocks, given a lower interest rate backdrop. Picking the right names from a vast universe of dividend-paying companies is a challenging…

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Todd Combs, investment lieutenant to Buffett and Geico CEO, is leaving for JPMorgan

Berkshire Hathaway’s Todd Combs, investment lieutenant to Buffett and Geico CEO, is leaving for JPMorgan

Todd Combs, portfolio manager and investment officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., arrives for the morning session of the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Friday, July 12, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg / Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced a number of structural changes before the…

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