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In this article ON SNAP RIOT SPOT LYFT Reuters Investors kicked off 2022 in a swirl of uncertainty, including the Federal Reserve’s move to tighten monetary policy, rising inflation and tension between Russia and Ukraine. Indeed, these factors so unsettled the market, the major indexes ended the prior week firmly in negative territory. Finding long-term

In this article VIVO VioletaStoimenova | E+ | Getty Images Company: Meridian Bioscience Inc. (VIVO) Business: Meridian Bioscience is a life science company that develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells diagnostic test kits primarily for gastrointestinal and respiratory infectious diseases, as well as elevated blood lead levels worldwide. The company has two business segments. The Life

Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images CAMERON COUNTY, Texas — Standing under the towering profile of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, CEO Elon Musk on Thursday gave his pitch for

Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler kicked off an ambitious regulatory agenda this year – and his agency is pushing forward

A batch of Starlink satellites deploy in orbit after a launch on Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to lose nearly an entire launch’s worth of Starlink satellites after a storm created by the sun struck the Earth’s atmosphere. The company launched 49 Starlink satellites with a Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 3.

Bob Cortright of DriveWealth Source: DriveWealth DriveWealth, the SoftBank-backed start-up that helps fintech firms like Revolut offer stocks, is getting into cryptocurrency trading, CNBC has learned. The New Jersey based start-up, valued at $2.85 billion in a recent fundraising, is acquiring a crypto firm founded by Harvard-trained quants and launching two subsidiaries to handle and

In this article SQ MARA RBLX BA AMD A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company’s plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. Terray Sylvester | Reuters February started on a dramatic note as Big Tech companies, including Meta Platforms and Amazon, issued quarterly earnings and swayed the major

In this article MRCY Julian Elliott Photography | Stone | Getty Images Company: Mercury Systems Inc. (MRCY) Business: Mercury Systems is a technology company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of components, products, modules, and subsystems for aerospace and defense industries in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company’s products and solutions

In this article LATGU FOUN A trader is comforted by a coworker as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 1, 2018 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The oversaturated SPAC market is continuing to get

A contractor for First Solar works on construction of a solar project in Imperial County, California. Sam Hodgson | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Biden Administration said Friday that it will extend Section 201 tariffs on imported solar cells and panels for another four years, but with several changes to existing provisions. The tariff rate

Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds crushed the market in January as a spike in volatility and a steep sell-off in growth stocks created an ideal environment for fast-money traders. Citadel’s multistrategy flagship fund Wellington gained 4.71% last month, according to a person familiar with

CEO Rafal Modrzewski inspects some of the company’s satellite hardware. ICEYE Finnish satellite imagery venture ICEYE brought in new funds, the company announced on Thursday, as it looks to add to its spacecraft fleet in orbit and build out its growing natural catastrophe detection product line. ICEYE closed an $136 million round of venture capital

In this article MSTR BTC.CM= Tighter government crypto regulations would actually be a positive catalyst for bitcoin, MicroStrategy co-founder and CEO Michael Saylor told CNBC on Wednesday. “Additional regulatory clarity from the [Biden] administration is going to benefit bitcoin and accelerate institutional adoption of that asset,” Saylor said on “Squawk on the Street,” stressing as

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that now is the time to ditch stocks of unprofitable companies. “This is your chance to free yourself of those companies … that don’t have any revenues, don’t have any earnings, all 50 times sales,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” referring to stocks that sell at high price-to-sales

In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0008 stands on the launchpad ahead of the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA. Astra | John Kraus Rocket builder Astra is preparing to launch from Florida for the first time as early as this weekend, with the company expecting to soon receive its Federal Aviation Administration license for

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that investors should not bet against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his approach to fighting inflation. “I just think that everyone has decided that inflation is going to last years and without multiple [interest rate] increases, Jay is going to be very wrong,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box.” “I

JohnnyGreig | E+ | Getty Images Embracing diversity is good for business. More diverse companies, both at board level and throughout the workforce, can outperform on financial metrics such as return on equity and higher earnings per share. They can also generate higher returns compared to their indices, according to GS Sustain 2020. Moreover, embracing

An artist’s rendition of an ION spacecraft deploying satellites in orbit. D-Orbit Italian space transportation and services company D-Orbit announced Thursday plans to go public via a SPAC, in a deal that values the venture at $1.4 billion. The merger with special purpose acquisition company Breeze Holdings is expected to close in the second or

(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) On this day last year, investors watched in amazement as GameStop shares surged to a record high of $347.51. The stock had skyrocketed amid a trading frenzy brought on by retail investors swapping stock tips — and related memes — on social media.  Professional investors also got

In this article SHOP-CA FB UBER HUBS NOW People wear protective masks in front of Uber Technologies Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The latest bout of market volatility has been nothing short of stomach-churning for short-term investors. Indeed, a sell-off

NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images One hedge fund got the GameStop trade just about perfectly right last year — buying it under $10 and selling when the meme stock peaked. The sell signal it used? An Elon Musk tweet. That’s how 2021’s top-performing hedge fund Senvest Management was able to notch $700 million in

In this article HOOD Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev attend Robinhood Markets IPO Listing Day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Cindy Ord | Getty Images Robinhood clawed back its major losses on Friday as investors looked past disappointing guidance from the company and rallied around progress on new product developments. Shares of

The stock market needs to get worse before it can get better, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. “I’m looking for a day where people to say ‘I give up,'” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” heading into another wild trading day, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 now in correction territory. “We have to

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday cautioned investors against rushing to empty or beef up their portfolios based on movements outside of normal U.S. trading hours. “Don’t pay attention to what the futures [are] doing. Pay attention to what you like,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” before stocks opened higher Thursday. “We have a lot of

A Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III SV05 satellite on a mission for the U.S. Space Force on June 17, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX broke its own annual orbital launch record last year, and it’s looking to pick up the blistering pace further in 2022 to an average rate of one per week.

Former Goldman Sachs CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein said that his view of cryptocurrencies has evolved after digital assets attracted trillions of dollars in value and a rapidly growing ecosystem. On Monday, Blankfein was asked by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin for his view on the nascent asset class, who noted that the former banker has

Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC It’s been a bloody few weeks for once high-flying tech stocks and CNBC’s Jim Cramer believes there is still a bit more carnage to go for some parts of the market. “Tomorrow you got to do some selling…if you own stocks that are selling at a multiple to sales…those

Investors looking to buy in the current stormy stock market should consider prominent U.S. firms that make money, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. “There’s a lot of stocks that I like. I like the classic, great American companies. I think that they’re terrific,” Cramer said, citing names including Raytheon and Johnson & Johnson, whose stock

Buyers should cool off on cryptocurrency concerns and make some long-term investments instead, SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC on Tuesday. Some people think bitcoin is “rat poison,” as billionaire investor Warren Buffett once described it; others think it’s the worst thing to ever happen to civilization, Scaramucci said in a “Squawk Box” interview. “Everyone

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Should you be worried?  On Monday at one point, the S&P 500 was down 10% from its recent highs.  However, investors who are panicking should bear in mind long-term trends.  What’s