Investment strategy
Affirm announces JPMorgan Chase merchants can soon offer installment loans at checkout
Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and Affirm David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Fintech lender Affirm said Tuesday that it’s reached an agreement with JPMorgan Chase to offer its buy now, pay later loan services to merchants on the bank’s payments network. U.S. merchants who use JPMorgan to handle payments can soon add […]
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How the rich use insurance to invest in private credit without steep tax bills
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Private credit has exploded in popularity among investors, with the market soaring from $1 trillion in 2020 to $1.5 trillion at […]
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Morgan Stanley’s near-term rally call: CIO Mike Wilson sees beaten-up Mag 7 stocks as winners
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the […]
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Berkshire Hathaway employee wins $1 million in Warren Buffett’s March Madness bracket challenge
Cooper Flagg #2 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against the Baylor Bears during the second round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at Lenovo Center on March 23, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grant Halverson | NCAA Photos | Getty Images For the first time in nearly 10 years, a […]
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Wells Fargo’s strong rebound rally continues. How we’re playing the move higher
Wells Fargo shares rose again Monday amid fresh Wall Street research and a broader market gain. It is tempting to take profits on the Club stock, which has mounted a 10% rally since its lowest close of 2025 on March 10. However, Jim Cramer advised investors to hold on for a little longer. The analysts’ […]
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How investors can ready their portfolios for a recession: ‘You’re looking for balance,’ expert says
Key Points Economic forecasters have raised the odds of a U.S. recession amid an escalating trade war. Investors shouldn’t act emotionally if trying to prepare their portfolios for a downturn. Fundamentals like asset allocation and diversification are generally the most important considerations, advisors said. Source
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Oppenheimer’s best stock picks heading into April
Oppenheimer’s research group has a fresh list of top stock ideas that it expects to outperform over the coming year based on each company’s fundamentals and “in the context of current market conditions.” It’s getting harder for investors to find upward momentum as stocks pull back amid trade and tariff tensions, recession fears and a […]
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Investors would have been better off buying Berkshire Hathaway shares than Mag 7 to start 2024
The Magnificent 7 tech magacaps fueled the AI-powered bull market, but lately Warren Buffett’s old-economy conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is coming out on top. The CNBC Magnificent 7 Index, consisting of Apple , Alphabet , Nvidia , Microsoft , Tesla , Meta and Amazon , is up 43.4% since the beginning of 2024. Berkshire has handily […]
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It’s time to buy when markets reach ‘peak uncertainty.’ Are we there yet?
Every investor knows, or should, that the moment of maximum uncertainty is a time to buy. The only trick, then, is discerning when we’ve reached peak uncertainty. The stifling lack of clarity about the breadth or severity of the Trump administration’s promised “reciprocal” tariffs due on April 2 is the obvious eye of this uncertainty […]
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‘Some more banana skins in front of us’: Why investors may want to increase exposure to bonds
ETF Edge ‘Some more banana skins in front of us’: Why investors may want to increase exposure to bonds Published Sat, Mar 22 202511:00 AM EDT Yaritza Diaz WATCH LIVE Source
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