Tech layoffs jump in January as Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft reach high

L-R: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, and Sundar Picahi, CEO of Google. Reuters | Getty Images The S&P 500 is trading at a record and the Nasdaq is at its highest in two years. Alphabet shares reached a new pinnacle on Thursday, as did Meta and Microsoft, which ran past … Read more

Top Citi strategist says healthier economic growth is coming

Jim Dyson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The global economy does not need a “collapse” in order to bring inflation back to target and return to sustainable growth, according to Steven Wieting, chief investment strategist and chief economist at Citi Global Wealth. Major economies have proven surprisingly resilient to sharp interest rate increases … Read more

Stock Markets: Good data, bad news?

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on January 17, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings 4Q 2023

Goldman Sachs on Tuesday posted fourth-quarter results that topped analysts’ expectations on better-than-expected asset and wealth management revenue. Here’s what the company reported versus what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, expected: Earnings: $5.48 per share; it wasn’t immediately clear if that was comparable to the $3.51 estimate of analysts surveyed … Read more

Earnings don’t start until the Big Banks report

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, June 27, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, … Read more

Citigroup cutting 10% of workforce in CEO Fraser’s overhaul

Jane Fraser, Citi, at WEF, Davos, Jan. 17, 2023. Adam Galica | CNBC Citigroup said it was cutting 10% of its workforce in a bid to help boost the embattled bank’s results and stock price. About 20,000 employees will be let go over the “medium term,” New York-based Citigroup said Friday in a slideshow tied … Read more

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) earnings Q4 2023

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase said Friday that fourth quarter profit declined after paying a $2.9 billion … Read more

Stock Markets: That sticky inflation

Consumers shop for groceries at a retail chain store in Rosemead, California, on December 12, 2023.  Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

The long-awaited bitcoin stamp of approval

Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are placed on a PC motherboard in this illustration taken June 16, 2023.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what … Read more

Stock Markets: Bitcoin’s badge of honor

A Bitcoin logo on a screen in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like … Read more