Investment strategy
Bitcoin climbs, reaching a new all-time high above $97,000
Bitcoin breached the $95,000 level for the first time Wednesday evening as investors continued pricing in a second Donald Trump presidency. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 3% at $97,646.68, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $97,788.00. Shares of MicroStrategy, a bitcoin proxy, gained 3% […]
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Microsoft, Apple are the most under-owned megacap tech stocks, poised for a rebound, Morgan Stanley says
Microsoft emerged as the most under-owned megacap stock among institutional investors, signaling a rebound could be on the horizon, according to Morgan Stanley. The Wall Street firm looked at new regulatory filings from the 15 largest tech companies in its coverage and then figured out each firm’s average weighting within the top 100 actively managed […]
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Corporate insiders are selling shares at a record pace in the fourth quarter
Corporate insiders are taking advantage of the stock market’s postelection boom to all-time highs, unloading shares at record levels. The ratio of unique sellers-to-buyers among S & P 500 companies is 23.7-to-1 in the fourth quarter — the highest level since digital disclosures of insider trades were first mandated back in 2004, according to data […]
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Jim Cramer wants to buy this falling tech stock — and touts another reason to like Disney
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 Wednesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were in the red Wednesday, led to the downside by the Nasdaq Composite. The tech-heavy index was weighed down by Nvidia slipping 2% ahead of its earnings after […]
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Bitcoin rises to a fresh record above $94,000 as investors watch Trump transition, ETF options
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin advanced past $94,000 on Wednesday for the first time as traders continued to monitor President-elect Donald Trump’s transition back to the White House and weighed early options trading on bitcoin ETFs. The price of the cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 1% at $94,461.75, according to […]
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Bitcoin ETF options begin trading, ushering in a new way for investors to hedge their bitcoin exposure
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Options on BlackRock’s popular iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) began trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday, ushering in a new way to trade and speculate on the price of bitcoin. IBIT traded 73,000 options contracts in the first 60 mins of trading Tuesday, Nasdaq told CNBC, placing the fund in […]
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Global equity returns are disappearing as U.S. stock market rockets higher
The U.S. stock market has been having a party for most of November, but it hasn’t invited the rest of the world to join the fun. As the market turned mixed following early losses Tuesday, the S & P 500 and other major averages have posted solid gains during the month. The large-cap benchmark is […]
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Bitcoin edges higher as tensions mount between Ukraine and Russia
Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images Bitcoin moved higher on Tuesday even as other risk assets sold off amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by less than 1% at $92,003.28, according to Coin Metrics, just below the all-time high of $93,469.08 reached last […]
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Stanley Druckenmiller piled into regional banks and made this health-care stock his biggest bet
Key Points Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller built a sizable position in regional banks and made one health-care name his biggest position last quarter. Druckenmiller bought $115 million worth of shares in the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF in the third quarter, making it the firm’s seventh-biggest holding. Source
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Dental supply stock rallies on theory RFK’s anti-fluoride stance will prompt more dentist visits
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. November 1, 2024. Joel Angel Juarez | Reuters Dental care supplier Henry Schein advanced in Monday trading as investors bet that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human […]
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