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The U.S. government’s red ink for fiscal 2019 swelled past the $1 trillion mark in August, the first time that level has been eclipsed in seven years, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The total shortfall rose to nearly $1.07 trillion, thanks to a difference between revenue and expenses of more than $214.1 billion in August.

T. Boone Pickens, BP Capital Management Scott Mlyn | CNBC Magnates and friends of prominent wildcatter T. Boone Pickens remembered him fondly in comments to CNBC following his passing. Pickens died Wednesday of natural causes at age 91. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC’s Becky Quick on Thursday that “they grow big personalities in Texas,

Traders and financial professionals work at the opening bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 6, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Value is seeing the light of day finally. A huge rotation out of momentum stocks is underway as investors pile on bets on economically sensitive, cheap stocks

Goldman Sachs and Bank of America have been added to the growing list of underwriters, sources familiar said, for what will likely be the biggest initial public offering of all time, Saudi Aramco. There will be six global coordinators of the IPO, sources said. The listing is expected to value the world’s most profitable oil

The labor market and the broader economy are both better than they look on the surface, and in fact have been mostly defying the continual patter of recession expectations. By multiple measures, the U.S. is staying ahead of the global slowdown, the trade war with China and the bond market’s implication that the decade-long recovery

A selection of Netflix original content sits displayed in the Netflix app on an Apple iPad tablet device in this arranged photograph in London. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Netflix is putting out strong performance data but investors don’t seem to care, according to Credit Suisse. Despite positive numbers coming from app downloads

An activist investor with a penchant for bold calls about companies losing value spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday about his latest position, which bets that household products company Church & Dwight will lose half its value. Spruce Point Capital founder Ben Axler published a report last week expressing “significant concerns” about Church &

Pedestrians walk outside an E*Trade Financial office in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Bernstein downgraded Hewlett-Packard to ‘market perform’ from ‘outperform’ Bernstein said the computer and printer maker would face greater structural headwinds from a shift to digital communications. “With supplies

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Without the temporary hiring of Census workers, the disappointing August jobs report would have been even worse. The federal government hired 25,000 temporary workers in preparation

White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said recent conversations with China “went very well.” “The phone call the night before last with Secretary Mnuchin and Lighthizer and Vice Premier Liu He went very well. That’s important,” Kudlow said Friday on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street. “The phone lines have been open during this period and

Source: Waste Connections Christopher Warner and Ozo Jaculewicz helped build one of the top-performing funds of 2019 with an unconventional bet: Waste Connections. Waste Connections, a waste management company based in Canada, has the largest weight in the Wells Fargo Asset Management Discovery fund (WFDAX), which is managed by Warner and Jaculewicz. Their bet on

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should admit he was wrong to increase interest rates so aggressively last year, as the U.S.-China trade dispute was escalating, economic growth was starting to cool and the stock market was tanking. Powell should acknowledge the mistake and change course, Cramer said. “Why can’t

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. is weighing down companies’ investment decisions. “I think it is the case that uncertainty around trade policy is causing some companies to hold back now on investment,” Powell said in Switzerland. ”We’ve been hearing quite a bit about uncertainty. So

Bank of America financial center manager, center, shows a customer how to use the ATM with Teller Assist station in Cherry Creek. Andy Cross | Denver Post | Getty Images Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) lowered its rating on Bank of America shares to market perform from outperform, saying the bank is facing earnings pressure

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of a cryptocurrency sits on display in front of a Facebook logo. Chesnot | Getty Images When it comes to the development and regulation of cryptocurrencies, many in Washington have been producing more heat than light. By all accounts, the crypto industry and its dozens of digital asset

President Donald Trump answers questions in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 20, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Citi no longer sees a conclusion to the trade war with China before the next U.S. presidential election, the investment bank said in a research report on Wednesday. “[The] base case for the

Traders work under monitors displaying 3M Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a world of falling and even negative interest rates, investors are searching high and low for yield. Companies with a high and stable dividends are a

If President Donald Trump wants to keep his strong stock market gains, he may want to stay off Twitter. Days when Trump tweets a lot are associated with negative stock market returns, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said Tuesday in a report. The brokerage’s chief equity strategist, Savita Subramanian, wrote in a note that “since

Now is the time to buy risk assets, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategist told CNBC on Tuesday. “When investors are this bearish, historically, it’s been a great time to buy risky assets like stocks and commodities,” BofAML global investment strategist Jared Woodard said on “Closing Bell. “ Woodard stressed he was looking at

Employees work on the production line of solar panel at Risen Energy Co., Ltd on February 21, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. Zhejiang Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images President Trump rattled Wall Street when he demanded U.S. firms move production out of China. But many have already taken steps to

JJFarquitectos | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The world of competitive video games is coming out of “stealth mode” in the United States, analysts at Needham say, and the firm believes investors should pay attention to how its growing popularity will drive future profits. Known commonly as esports, the category is essentially defined as people

Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street suffered from whiplash throughout August as trade headlines and recession angst sent stocks on a wild ride during the last full month of summer. The S&P 500 posted 11 moves of more than 1% in 22 trading sessions for August. Those moves included three declines of

Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) applaud during the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Guggenheim upgraded Lyft

Holiday shoppers at a Target store in Culver City, California. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Despite retailers banking on acceleration in the fourth-quarter from holiday sales, Wells Fargo said fundamental trends have deteriorated. “While the majority of companies appear optimistic on their ability to drive solid growth in [the fourth quarter of 2019],

A video sign displays the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, in Times Square after the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York, U.S., September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Roku’s streaming business is growing faster than Netflix was at a similar stage in the company’s life, according to

Aaron M. Sprecher | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cash is still not the answer, despite looming economic uncertainty, according to UBS. “We believe that investors can keep their investment strategies on track for the long term even in the current uncertain times without retreating to cash,” UBS global chief investment strategist Mark Haefele said in

A JetBlue plane Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Deutsche Bank named JetBlue as a ‘catalyst call’ short-term investment idea Deutsche said investors should buy the airline’s stock and that it had a “good” balance sheet and “solid” market position among other

Basketball legend-turned-business mogul Shaquille O’Neal told CNBC on Wednesday about the worst investment he ever made. O’Neal mentioned an unnamed paper company that allegedly promised him fraudulent deals. A guy who owned this paper company said he had all these deals in all the schools and with the government. … Turned out to be a

A customer stands at a counter inside a Verizon Wireless retail store in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Wedbush added Zynga to the ‘best ideas’ list Wedbush is bullish on Zynga‘s upcoming slate of new releases. “We think that key titles

A pack of Marlboro brand cigarettes is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tobacco giants Philip Morris and Altria confirmed on Tuesday they were in merger talks, making one or multiple traders millions of dollars, according to trader and CNBC contributor Jon Najarian. Najarian highlighted unusual activity