Economy

S&P 500 coasts to a third year of superior returns. Three key questions for Wall Street entering 2026

While the swing factors are inherently unpredictable, there seem a few broad questions hovering over the market as 2025 slips into the past.

Bank of America says Nvidia and these stocks are its top picks for 2026

Bank of America named its favorite stocks to buy in 2026

Abel takes over for Buffett in less than two weeks. Wall Street has some advice for new Berkshire CEO

With Warren Buffett's planned departure as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO less than two weeks away, some on Wall Street have advice for incoming CEO Greg Abel.

How Build-A-Bear went from a penny stock to a retail winner

Build-A-Bear Workshop's business plummeted during the pandemic, but under CEO Sharon Price John, the company has undergone a significant turnaround.

Inflation and the Intergenerational Housing Rivalry

Under a free market, including sound money, the prices of real estate and housing would be determined by supply and demand.

Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years

The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October

Donald Trump promised a new ‘golden age’ for the US economy. Where is it?

Most Americans have yet to see this boom – but they’ve certainly heard a lot about it from the president

I stayed in a $40 capsule hotel as return to office mandates drive workers back to the city

RTO mandates has workers who don't live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city without resorting to hostels.

Cramer's Lighting Round: Sell EchoStar

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed.

Paychex CEO gives a read on the labor market for small businesses

In a Friday interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Paychex CEO John Gibson was fairly positive about the labor market for smaller businesses.

Shoppers are focusing on quality, not deals, in the final days before Christmas

Consumers are also increasingly leaning on in-store pickup to get last-minute gifts.

The Fed’s “Sick Design”: How Post-2008 Policy Supercharged the Cantillon Effect

Despite recent years of high inflation, most economists still don’t appreciate the sinister and destructive effect inflation has on the economy, even in small amounts.