Month: November 2025
China’s factory activity slows down in October, missing expectations, private survey shows
Robots manufacture auto parts at a factory in Ningde, China, on Oct. 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in October missed market expectations, dragged down by a sharper drop in new export orders, as trade tensions with the U.S. intensified during the month, according to a private survey released […]
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CNBC Daily Open: AI trade frenzy seems driven by a ‘virtuous’ cycle
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, attends a press conference after the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. Kim Soo-hyeon | Reuters Traders who shorted the S&P 500 — essentially, betting that it would go down — last month were in for a rude surprise. The broad-based index […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed ahead of PMI data from China
An employee works on the production line of power batteries and box chassis for new energy vehicles at a workshop on July 11, 2025 in Huaibei, Anhui Province of China. Li Xin | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Monday, after Wall Street saw all three U.S. major indexes climb Friday […]
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Stock futures are little changed to start November trading: Live updates
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 17, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed on Sunday night, as a new month of trading begins. S&P 500 futures ticked higher by 0.1% along with Nasdaq-100 futures. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 16 points, or less […]
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Why the ‘Mag 7 is too much of the market, get out’ is money-losing, false narrative
Investing is not just a game of giant Jenga. But the pessimistic hedge funds, or the ones who must have shorts on to justify their high fees, as well as their media acolytes who sound so painfully bearish even if they are just trying to sound like informed skeptics, sure make it seem that way […]
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Trump says Xi assured him China won’t take action on Taiwan while he’s in the White House
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances […]
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Voters express frustration with Trump’s handling of economy, NBC News poll shows
Jasondoiy | E+ | Getty Images A recent NBC News poll showed growing frustration among Americans regarding President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy less than a year after entering office. In a poll of 1,000 voters taken between Oct. 25-28, 63% said Trump had fallen short of expectations regarding the economy. Separately, 65% said […]
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Michigan lawyer says a Halloween terror plot that FBI Director Kash Patel described never existed
Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force stand in the front yard as they search a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on October 31, 2025. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI Director Kash Patel’s allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to […]
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OPEC+ pauses oil output hikes beyond December amid glut fears
The OPEC logo on the building of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Thomas Coex | Afp | Getty Images OPEC+ on Sunday agreed a small oil output increase for December and a pause in increases in the first quarter of next year as the producers’ group moderates plans to regain market share due […]
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Treasury Secretary Bessent says SNAP food benefits could restart by Wednesday
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks as he and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 15, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning. […]
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