(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Wall Street veteran Karen Firestone knows all too well that stock picking isn’t as easy as it used to be, but her decades of experience is serving her well. Firestone runs a

November’s surprisingly strong jobs report makes it less likely the Fed will move to cut interest rates, and it could even sound more hawkish when it meets next week. A so-called ‘hawkish’ Fed is one that is more likely to move to tighten policy than make it looser by cutting interest rates or taking other

China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. AFP Contributor | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration’s Dec. 15 deadline for new tariffs on China looms large, and while most strategists expect them to be

The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Tim Seymour was a buyer of American Airlines. Karen Finerman was a buyer of Ulta. Dan Nathan was a seller of the Energy ETF. Guy Adami was a buyer of Blackstone.  Disclosure Trader disclosure: Guy Adami is long CELG, EXAS, GDX, INTC. Guy Adami’s

Pedestrians pass in front of an Ulta Beauty store in New York. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Ulta spiked more than 9% during extended trading after the beauty retailer posted mixed third-quarter earnings and matched same store-sales estimates. The company earned $2.25

Chime CEO Chris Britt Source: Chime A war is brewing in digital banking, and one leading player just loaded up on ammunition. Chime, the largest of a new breed of branchless U.S. banks, raised $500 million in a series E round it closed recently valuing the company at $5.8 billion, according to people with knowledge

Cargo ships sit docked at the Port of Savannah in Georgia Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. trade deficit fell in October to its lowest level in more than a year as exports and imports both slid for the month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The deficit tumbled 7.6% to $47.2 billion

Robinhood grew its user based tenfold in about three years by bringing in younger generations to the finance world, co-CEO of the mobile stock trading app, Vladimir Tenev, told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday. The start-up earlier that day announced that it has registered more than 10 million accounts to its platform, up from 1 million

Signage of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) is seen during a news conference by the state oil company at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. Hamad Mohammed | Reuters Here are the most important things to know about Thursday before you hit the door. 1. Labor market softening? Job

Investor Peter Boockvar expects President Donald Trump won’t spoil Wall Street’s Christmas by launching tariffs. But it may only be a temporary reprieve. “I do not believe that they will follow through with the December tariffs,” Bleakley Advisory Group’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Tuesday. “If we do not have a [China

Larry Page, co-founder and chief executive officer at Google Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Google’s parent-company Alphabet edged nearly 1% higher after the company announced that Larry Page will step down as CEO and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Trump’s comment that he had no deadline on a China deal has predictably thrown markets into a tizzy, as the self-imposed deadline of Dec. 15 for additional tariffs is now less than two weeks away. The market is now

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lands’ End (LE) – The apparel retailer reported third-quarter earnings of 11 cents per share, 2 cents a share above estimates. Revenue came in below forecasts, but comparable-store sales posted an unexpected increase. Lands’ End also gave a better-than-expected current-quarter earnings outlook. AK Steel (AKS) –

Rob Bernshteyn, CEO, Coupa Software Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Shares of Coupa Software slipped more than 2% during extended trading after the cloud services company reported third-quarter earnings. Coupa posted earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $101.8 million in the third quarter. The

Stocks could have a hard time charging ahead until the Trump administration clarifies whether it will impose new tariffs on China on Dec. 15. The market has had a countdown clock set to that date, but now it is even more in focus as progress appears to have slowed in talks with China. In addition,

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Walt Disney (DIS) – Disney’s “Frozen 2” set a Thanksgiving holiday weekend record by taking in $123.7 million in North American ticket sales. That broke the previous record set in 2013 by “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Wynn Resorts (WYNN) – Shares

T-Mobile US CEO John Legere testifies before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, February 13, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters For about the last two decades, the cable industry has been fueled by three revenue streams: cable television, landline phones and high-speed broadband. Recently, though, cable’s prized triple play has

The Charging Bull near Wall Street is pictured in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Stocks have had a bang-up year so far, and they’re heading straight into the month that is often the best of all. The S&P 500 is up more than  25% for the year so far. Thanksgiving week was technically very

Big tech platforms have consumer data histories to inform advertising strategies, but lack of personalization in ads is still a big problem for the e-commerce industry. VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Here are the most important things to know about Monday before you hit the door. 1. U.S. manufacturing rebounds? Manufacturing, the

Black Friday shoppers wait to purchase goods at a Best Buy store on November 29, 2019 in Emeryville, United States. Black Friday is traditionally the biggest shopping event of the year, and marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Philip Pacheco | Getty Images News | Getty Images Black Friday brick-and-mortar retail sales fell