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Active managers keep lagging the market: Why it’s so tough to beat the indexes
S & P Dow Jones Indices is out with its annual survey of the performance of active fund managers, and once again the performance is dismal. Sixty-five percent of large-cap fund managers underperformed their benchmark (the S & P 500) in 2024. The long-term performance is even worse: 84% underperformed after 10 years. The SPIVA […]
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An entire trading ecosystem built around Nvidia alone is poised for a test again
Nvidia reports earnings after the market closes Wednesday. With the possible exception of Tesla , no other stock generates the kind of short-term trading interest Nvidia does. There’s an entire trading ecosystem built around Nvidia now. It is, for example, one of the most actively traded single-stock options in the market. Aside from significant options activity, […]
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Wednesday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted its fourth consecutive losing day, and what’s on […]
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Resilient stock market finally succumbs to pressure from economic worries and Trump policy flux
A new movie due out next month called “Novocaine” is about a guy unable to feel pain. This is a kind of superpower, right up to the point where it becomes a keen danger, leaving him insensitive to damaging injury. The stock market, similarly, was for weeks calm and unflinching against potential sources of hurt, […]
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Warren Buffett’s eagerly anticipated annual letter lands Saturday. Here’s what to expect
Warren Buffett is about to address shareholders and countless admirers following a series of market-moving events — a fresh trade war, devastating wildfires as well as a shocking stock-selling spree at his own Berkshire Hathaway . The 94-year-old “Oracle of Omaha’s” must-read annual letter will be released Saturday at 8 a.m. ET along with Berkshire’s […]
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Jeremy Siegel is cautious on the Mag 7: ‘We have these two markets’
Wharton School Professor Jeremy Siegel is uncertain whether the “Magnificent Seven” companies can continue to enjoy the run they’ve had, and expects the other sectors could start to outperform. “We have these two markets. We have the Mag Seven, which is ex- Tesla is selling for 30, 35, and then we have the other 493 […]
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Paul Tudor Jones says markets are on shakier ground than Trump’s first term, leaving no room for error
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones believes the financial markets are far less stable entering President Donald Trump’s second term than they were back in 2017. “There’s so many moving parts, and there’s so many things that are cross currents. The one thing that I would say is this is a completely, totally different […]
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Big investors strike a cautious tone on markets for 2025 with Trump policies, inflation posing risks
The backdrop should be reassuring for many investors: A lively bull market, pro-business policies promised by the Trump administration and a Federal Reserve close to pulling off a soft landing. However, Wall Street’s biggest names aren’t sounding so bullish for the year ahead. Convening at an alternative investments conference in Miami this week, hedge-fund titans and […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: United Parcel Service, Microsoft, Caterpillar and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. United Parcel Service — Shares fell more than 14% in premarket trading after the delivery giant said it reached a deal with Amazon , its largest customer, “to lower its volume by more than 50% by the second half of 2026.” UPS also said it’s launching […]
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Tom Lee says this is the worst market overreaction since 2020 pandemic outbreak
Fears around the future of the artificial intelligence trade pushed Nvidia shares down by nearly 17% on Monday and weighed on the stock market – but investors seem to be overreacting, according to Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek spurred a sell-off on Monday. The company last month […]
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