Day: June 15, 2024
This ETF strategy may help investors skirt market concentration risk
Investors worried about concentration risk in the market may want to consider value-oriented investments. Avantis Investors chief investment strategist Phil McInnis suggests taking a more diversified approach than simply looking at index funds such as the S&P 500. He thinks his firm’s exchange-traded fund strategy can provide better returns in the long run, emphasizing companies […]
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A nutritionist shares 2 unusual tips to get the most benefit from immunity-boosting foods
Experts say you should aim to bolster your immune system no matter the season, and diet is a major way you can do just that. Gut health can contribute to the state of your immune system, Kim Shapira, a dietitian and nutrition therapist, tells CNBC Make It. Shapira recommends these “quick ways to repair your […]
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The 4 key things we’re watching in the stock market this holiday-shortened week
The Nasdaq Composite inched higher Friday to claim its fifth straight record close, as new data this past week showed a continued cooling of inflation and Treasury yields retreated. For the week: The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 3.2%, while the S & P 500 rose 1.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. Economic updates […]
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The unloved stock market rally: Why so many investors find it hard to embrace this run to records
What to make of a record-setting market rally that elicits more mistrust than fear of missing out? The S & P 500 has made an all-time high on nearly thirty days this year, four of them this past week. U.S equity wealth has never been greater, and the index path has even been pretty smooth: […]
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Why tariffs on Chinese EVs may not work
The Chinese auto sector is increasingly making global automakers and politicians hot under the collar. In the early 1980s, the Chinese auto industry barely existed. Today the country has the capacity to make about 40 million vehicles annually — enough to supply half the world. Only about 25 million cars sold in the country in […]
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These five stocks are primed for upside, including this alternative to Nvidia, Morgan Stanley says
Morgan Stanley analysts named a slate of stocks this week they think are too attractive to ignore. The firm called out a list of overweight-rated companies that have solid prospects for upside. CNBC Pro combed through Morgan Stanley research to find stocks that are primed for growth this summer. They include Apple, Toast, Broadcom, Arista […]
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Cocoa prices are soaring. Candy makers will need to get creative
Dried cocoa beans at the Somos Cacao farm and production facility in Ragonvalia, Norte de Santader department, Colombia, on Friday, March 22, 2024. Ferley Ospina | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s pricing pressure taking hold of a specific corner of global agriculture — and it’s bittersweet. Prices of cocoa have more than tripled over the […]
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G7 confronts China on commerce, pope talks about AI
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni receives Pope Francis as he arrives at the G7 Leaders Summit on day two of the 50th G7 summit at Borgo Egnazia on June 14, 2024 in Fasano, Italy. Vatican Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Pope Francis made an historic appearance at the Group of Seven summit on […]
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC strikes coalition deal
President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa (C) gestures after he was announced president after members of parliament voted during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on June 14, 2024. Wikus De Wet | Afp | Getty Images The African National Congress and its largest rival, the […]
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