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3 themes that drove Wall Street’s wild week and the new U.S.-Iran conflict wildcard
Stocks swung wildly last week as investors wrestled with the impact of artificial intelligence on various sectors and the overall economy. This coming week is a wildcard after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “major combat operations” in Iran started overnight, with American and Israeli strikes on military and […]
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Berkshire CEO Greg Abel vows to keep Buffett’s culture of disciplined investing in first annual letter
In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Greg Abel speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s Greg Abel used his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive to reassure investors that the conglomerate’s culture of financial conservatism and disciplined investing established […]
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Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings fell nearly 30% in Warren Buffett’s final quarter as CEO
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel walkthrough the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway reported a big decline in its operating earnings for the fourth quarter, due in large part to weakness in the conglomerate’s insurance business. Earnings from operations totaled $10.2 billion […]
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Jack Dorsey made the loudest case yet that AI is already replacing jobs
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Block Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images The tech industry has spent the last couple years debating whether artificial intelligence will actually eliminate jobs at scale or simply be used as an excuse […]
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How Amazon’s massive stake in OpenAI could boost its AI and cloud businesses
Amazon on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with OpenAI that includes an investment of up to $50 billion, the latest sign of deepening ties between the tech giant and the maker of ChatGPT. As part of the deal, OpenAI will use more Amazon Web Services infrastructure, including a commitment to deploy 2 gigawatts of the […]
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WBD and Paramount may have an easier time winning regulatory approval than Netflix
The Paramount logo is displayed above an entrance to Paramount Studios on Feb. 23, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A day after Paramount Skydance emerged as the winner to take over fellow media giant Warner Bros. Discovery, questions are mounting about the companies’ regulatory path forward. The WBD board said […]
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Nvidia’s stock wrapping up tough week as Wall Street focuses more on competition than growth
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a dinner event with the company’s Taiwanese suppliers in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Lam Yik Fei | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia reported blowout earnings on Wednesday and issued a better-than-expected forecast showing accelerating growth. CEO Jensen Huang proclaimed that “compute demand is skyrocketing.” Investor concerns […]
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Here’s an update on our 4th Industrial Revolution stocks and the rest of the portfolio
On Friday, the CNBC Investing Club held its February Monthly Meeting, where Jim Cramer and Director of Portfolio Analysis ran through each stock in the portfolio. Jim put a special focus on the Club stocks within the artificial intelligence trade. He’s dubbed them the “Fourth Industrial Revolution stocks,” borrowing the term from Nvidia CEO Jensen […]
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Dell shares climb 19% on earnings beat as company navigates rising memory costs
Dell shares soared 19% on Friday after the company beat fourth-quarter estimates and issued strong guidance, as a historic memory shortage puts pressure on prices in the sector. Dell reported adjusted earnings of $3.89 per share, exceeding the $3.53 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. The company reported $33.38 billion in revenue for […]
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Apple appears to be sitting out the AI arms race. Will the strategy work?
Unlike many of its Big Tech counterparts, Apple has refrained from spending massive amounts of money on artificial intelligence. Although that strategy has shareholders sweating, analysts in general aren’t worried. In fiscal 2025, Apple allocated $12.72 billion on capital expenditures likely tied to AI. That’s far less than what Alphabet , Meta , Microsoft and […]
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