Fintech firm Mercury hits $5.2 billion valuation after funding round, up 49% in 14 months
Immad Akhund, CEO and co-founder of the startup Mercury.Courtesy: Mercury TechnologiesMercury, a fintech firm that provides banking services to startups,...
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Fed to hike? When traders see a rate increase coming
The Federal Reserve logo is seen on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building in Washington, Sept. 16, 2025.Kevin Dietsch |...
AI stocks helped the bull power through multiple threats. But now is this market too out of balance?
The dominance of the AI theme over stock-market performance, corporate profitability, economic growth and investor attention has grown so extreme...
Blackstone to invest $5 billion in AI infrastructure venture with Google, powered by TPU chips
The Google Cloud logo is displayed on a high-definition digital monolith at the entrance of the Google pavilion during the...
Here are the 3 big things we're watching in the stock market for the week ahead
Here we go again: Nvidia earnings week is upon us. The world's most valuable company and the leading maker of...
One of the market's hottest stock themes is buying everything AI can't replace
As investors worry about all of the companies that AI will wipe out, they are rotating into the ones that...
AI-related layoffs a boost for stocks? Not necessarily
Artificial intelligence has ushered in a bull run in stocks that has taken the broader market to new heights. Companies...
Stocks like Nvidia have accelerating 'momentum,' Goldman Sachs says
Analysts at Goldman Sachs revealed a host of stocks that have more room to run. The firm said companies like...
Bill Ackman built Microsoft stake in first quarter during sell-off, betting on AI and cloud growth
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Inc., attends his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE),...
Jim Cramer fears SpaceX's IPO could be 'destructive' for the rest of market
CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday he is growing increasingly concerned about signs of speculative excess in the IPO market.The "Mad...
David Tepper’s Appaloosa nearly doubles Amazon stake, adds Sandisk in the first quarter
David Tepper's Appaloosa Management ramped up several technology and artificial intelligence-related bets in the first quarter, according to a regulatory...
Sundheim's D1 Capital bought several tech stocks last quarter — with one big exception
Daniel Sundheim's D1 Capital bought into a plethora of well-known technology stocks in the first quarter, but Meta didn't get...
AI chip bubble rivals French stocks in 1700s, surpasses Nasdaq during dot-com frenzy by one measure
The artificial intelligence rally has already reached historic proportions and is now passing some famous — or rather, infamous —...
Berkshire Hathaway returns to airlines with $2.6 billion stake in Delta Air Lines
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024.CNBCBerkshire Hathaway...
'Biggest bottleneck in the AI buildup' fuels DRAM ETF to record
The Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) just hit $9.8 billion in assets under management in 43 days— the fastest pace ever...
NFL wants certain trading contracts banned from prediction markets like 'first play of game,' injuries
The National Football League outlined to the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission its views on how sports-related prediction markets should...
Bond market believes Fed behind the curve on inflation as Warsh takes over
A trader works, as a screen broadcasts a news conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed...
UFC's Dana White urges Trump to reverse gambling tax law. His letter moved the prediction market
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UFC CEO and President Dana White during UFC...
Some short sellers are seeing opportunity in this tech mania. How they're spotting fake AI stocks
Panida Wijitpanya | Istock | Getty ImagesShort sellers are increasingly hunting for cracks beneath the stock market's artificial-intelligence frenzy, betting...
Americans still feel pessimistic about the economy. When will it get better?
American consumers have been pessimistic for so long that now economists are wondering when — or even if — households...
