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Mark Mobius says the bear market still has a ways to go, keep cash on the sidelines
Mark Mobius, founding partner of Mobius Capital Partners, says stocks have more room to fall in this bear market, so investors should stay in cash for now. “We’ve got a ways to go,” Mobius told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. “It may be time to start nibbling at certain individual stocks that look good, but […]
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Crypto firm Ripple will explore IPO after SEC lawsuit ends, CEO says
DAVOS, Switzerland — Ripple will explore the possibility of an initial public offering once its lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended, CEO Brad Garlinghouse told CNBC. The company uses XRP, the world’s sixth-largest cryptocurrency, to facilitate cross-border payments. Effectively, fiat is converted to XRP which lowers the cost and increases the […]
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How this millennial turned $700 into a multimillion-dollar fishery start-up
When she was young, Utari Octavianty often felt like the underdog because of where she came from. Her hometown is Kampung Bahru, a remote fishing village in North Sumatra, Indonesia, where many don’t have access to education. There was even a common saying: “If you come from a fishing village, you cannot win.” That’s why […]
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Strategists pick their top stocks to beat rising prices and slowing growth — including some they say are ‘extremely cheap’
The global economy is beset with rising inflation and slowing growth. Here, CNBC Pro sifts through recent research notes to identify strategists’ top stocks in this tricky environment. The U.S. Federal Reserve hiked rates in March for the first time in more than three years, and announced a further 50-basis-point hike earlier this month . […]
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U.S. bars Russia from paying bondholders through American banks, increasing default risk
The Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great Cathedral in Moscow. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration will ban Russia’s government from paying bondholders through American banks starting Wednesday morning, the Treasury Department said. The move increases the odds that Russia will default on its outstanding debt. It is the latest sanction […]
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Jeep maker Stellantis to build $2.5 billion EV battery plant in Indiana
Stellantis logo displayed on a phone screen is seen with some of the company brands logos displayed in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 7, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Automaker Stellantis plans to invest more than $2.5 billion in partnership with Samsung SDI to build […]
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U.S. Navy climate plan calls to curb emissions, electrify vehicle fleet
U.S. Navy sailors operate onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Adriatic Sea, off Split, Croatia February 14, 2022. Milan Sabic | Reuters The U.S. Navy on Tuesday unveiled a climate action plan focused on installing cyber-secure microgrids, boosting its supply of lithium batteries and slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas […]
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Tech rout is just a ‘shake-out’: Top CEOs predict what’s next for markets
Monitors display stock market information at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Top CEOs and investors have struck an optimistic tone on the recent sell-off global technology stocks, telling CNBC it’s unlikely to metastasize into a broader market crisis. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 […]
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‘Economy is security’: Biden’s Quad trip shows that in Asia, trade and security are one thing
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo on May 24. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images TOKYO — Security deals are important, but in Asia, money talks. Australia, India, Japan and the United […]
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Belgium becomes first country to introduce mandatory monkeypox quarantine as global cases rise
In this 1971 Center For Disease Control handout photo, monkeypox-like lesions are shown on the arm and leg of a female child in Bondua, Liberia. CDC | Getty Images Belgium has become the first country to introduce a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease — typically endemic to Africa — […]
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