Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 26, 2022. Source: NYSE Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures fell Wednesday night, as traders pored through the latest batch of corporate earnings, which included disappointing numbers from tech giant Meta Platforms. Futures tied to the Nasdaq 100 dropped 1.8%, and S&P 500 futures slid 0.7%. Dow
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(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Lux Capital invests in emerging science and technology companies, making long-term bets on contrarians in the space. Over two decades, the firm has grown to manage $4 billion in assets. Josh Wolfe is the futurist fund manager leading the charge at Lux Capital. He has an acute
A bitcoin sculpture made from scrap metal is installed outside the BitCluster cryptocurrency mining farm in Norilsk, Russia, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency start-ups are having a solid start to the year, bagging hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh cash even as investors grow wary about
Investors should proceed with caution, according to BofA Securities’ Savita Subramanian. Even though February kicked off on a strong note, she warned on CNBC’s “Fast Money” a messy sideways market is ahead. “It’s going to be a year where we are shocked by the volatility,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity and quantitative research said
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AT&T (T) – AT&T announced plans to spin off its stake in the WarnerMedia/Discovery Communications (DISCA) combination to its shareholders when that merger is completed later this year. Shareholders will receive 0.24 shares of Warner Brothers Discovery for each AT&T share they now
Scott Mlyn | CNBC LONDON — UBS on Tuesday reported a fall in quarterly profit, but beat analyst expectations and set ambitious new profitability targets as part of a strategic update. The Swiss bank posted net profit attributable to shareholders of $1.35 billion for the fourth quarter. This was down from $1.64 billion a year
Stock futures declined in overnight trading Monday after Wall Street wrapped up a tumultuous month with steep losses as investors grappled with the Federal Reserve’s policy shift. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 80 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures both traded 0.3% lower. While stocks pulled off a tech-driven rally
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 5, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange FTX saw its valuation swell to $32 billion in a new funding round announced Monday, highlighting continued appetite for the sector even as investors grow wary
Freeman H. Shen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of WM Motor, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 2 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou on November 28, 2018 in Nansha, Guangzhou, China. Dave Zhong/Getty Images for CNBC International BEIJING — Covid-related restrictions have increased production costs for Chinese electric car start-up
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell Jan. 25, 2022. TIMOTHY A. CLARY | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures fell slightly in overnight trading on Sunday as investors braced for the final trading day in what could be the worst month for the S&P 500 since
People wear protective masks as they stand outside of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) in the Financial Street on April 17, 2020 in Beijing, Emmanuel Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s forthcoming rules on overseas IPOs will apply to Chinese companies that want to list in Hong Kong, the
In this article .IXIC A conceptual image showing stock exchange numbers and flames. Sean Gladwell | Moment | Getty Images After a blockbuster year for venture capital deals, some investors worry the boom times may not last much longer. Tech start-ups raised a record $621 billion in venture funding globally in 2021, according to CB