Long-time market bull Art Hogan is on pullback alert. With the busiest period of earnings season kicking off this week, the National Securities chief market strategist warns conditions are ripe for a significant move lower. “Stocks are relatively priced for perfection, and you tend to have a bit of an overreaction to bad news or

Sean Connery, as James Bond. Bettmann | Getty Images There is now significant and potentially irreversible inequality in the world of media. If you’re looking for an equalizing force, don’t bet on it happening in 2020. Two major shifts in the past year have made scale — the concept of being as big as possible

Workers assemble washing machines at the Whirlpool Corp. manufacturing facility in Clyde, Ohio, U.S. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the most important things to know about Monday before you hit the door. 1. Whirlpool to report earnings Whirlpool is on deck to release its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Monday.

Traders work on the floor during the Slack Technologies Inc. direct listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S. June 20, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Markets can be overheated without nearing a meltdown. Stocks can be pricey without being on a precipice. It helps to recognize these nuances as Wall

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 10, 2020 in New York City. Kena Betancur | Getty Images Active portfolio managers could get some help in the battle against passive investing if a new kind of financial instrument gains traction with investors: the “nontransparent ETF.” A nontransparent ETF

Traders work after the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 5, 2019 in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / Getty Images With stocks coming off their first losing week of the year, investors will be looking for the Federal Reserve to soothe markets by reaffirming its position that

U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher on Friday morning. At around 2 a.m. ET, Dow futures were up 35 points, indicating a positive open of about 46 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also just above the flatline. Global equities have been subdued recently by fears of the China coronavirus spreading, with the

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: American Express (AXP) – American Express reported quarterly earnings of $2.03 per share, 2 cents a share above estimates. Revenue was slightly above consensus. The financial services giant said revenue growth during 2019 was driven by higher card fee income as well as increased spending by

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon got a 1.6% raise to $31.5 million for his work in 2019 after his bank posted record earnings and shares

Bill Miller Scott Mlyn | CNBC Investor Bill Miller came back with a bang in 2019, riding the stock market’s relentless rally to record highs. He also thinks there may be more gains in 2020. Miller’s firm, Miller Value Partners, posted a return of 119.5% last year net of fees, he told investors in a

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Comcast (CMCSA) – The NBCUniversal and CNBC parent reported quarterly earnings of 79 cents per share, 3 cents a share above estimates. Revenue came in above forecasts as well. The company said its cable division saw record quarterly net additions for customer relationships. Comcast also announced

India’s troubled shadow banking sector is not out of the woods yet, but it may be in a “much better position” than before, said the chairman of the country’s largest public lender. Rajnish Kumar, chairman of the State Bank of India, acknowledged that India’s non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) — often referred to as shadow lenders

Seth Klarman, chief executive officer of The Baupost Group LLC, listens during an interview in New York, June 8, 2018. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire hedge fund manager Seth Klarman is warning this rally that has taken stocks to record highs could soon end. Klarman, who runs Baupost Group in Boston, wrote

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected warnings that the U.S.-China trade war could create a “digital Berlin Wall” on Wednesday, speaking at a CNBC panel during the World Economic in Davos, Switzerland. Asked about the risk — first flagged last year by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, also speaking on the panel —

A man wearing a protective mask takes pictures on the promenade of the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai on January 21, 2020. Hector Retamal | AFP | Getty Images If China‘s new coronavirus turns into a prolonged outbreak, the country’s travel and leisure industry will likely be among the hardest hit. News of

David Marcus, CEO of Facebook’s Calibra, testifies to the House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Examining Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency and Its Impact on Consumers, Investors, and the American Financial System” on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2019. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Telecommunications operator Vodafone has left Facebook‘s Libra Association, the group confirmed on Tuesday.

Paul Tudor Jones Leanne Miller | CNBC Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones said the stock market today is reminiscent of the one in early 1999.  “We are just again in this craziest monetary and fiscal mix in history. It’s so explosive. It defies imagination,” Jones CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It

Top Wall Street economist Michael Gapen believes the market’s record rally has stamina. The Barclays head of U.S. economics research cites a calm economic backdrop as a major driver. “We’re kind of sitting at a trend-like outlook where growth is around 2% this year,” he told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday. “It’s a very benign

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (L), Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft (C) and Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google. Getty Images The stock market travels on the currents of supply and demand. That’s uncontroversial. Yet as the indexes have sped to new highs, plenty of observers have argued that a relative shortage of stocks combined with

Traders signal offers in the Ten-Year Treasury Note Options pit at the Chicago Board of Trade. Scott Olson | Getty Images Wall Street firms just posted the biggest surge to bond-trading revenue in years, helping several banks break records for annual profit — but don’t expect the party to last. Morgan Stanley said earlier Thursday