Investors are cautiously optimistic on Europe in 2024. Here’s what to watch

A bull and a bear statue stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt. Ralph Orlowski | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a choppy 2023, economists believe that the European economy is set for a transitional year, as major headwinds — high inflation and rising interest rates — fade into the rearview mirror. Despite the … Read more

A disappointing start to the year

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first trading day of 2024 on January 02, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | 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

Copper appears set to rally more than 75% by 2025, analysts say

A worker tying copper wire rods before loading them onto a truck in Huai’an, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Copper prices are set to soar more than 75% over the next two years amid mining supply disruptions and higher demand for the metal, fueled by the push for … Read more

Bristol Myers Squibb to buy Karuna Therapeutics

Bristol Myers Squibb on Friday announced it agreed to buy biopharmaceutical company Karuna Therapeutics for $14 billion in cash, or $330 per share. Karuna’s stock popped more than 47% on the news Friday morning, hitting around $317 a share. Bristol Myers Squibb shares rose more than 2%. The deal will help expand Bristol Myers’ drug … Read more

Treasury yields fall as recent trend continues

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield retreated on Tuesday, reversing course from the previous day’s trade and continuing a general downward trend over the past week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note was down 4.5 basis points at 3.9089%, having fallen below 4% on Thursday to hit its lowest point since July. Yields move inversely … Read more

Treasury yields inch higher ahead of Fed meeting

U.S. Treasury yields were fractionally higher on Monday, as investors look ahead to this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was just over a single basis point higher at 4.2563%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was just under a point higher at 4.3339%. Yields move … Read more

Ex-Amazon exec explains the performance review system

Violetastoimenova | E+ | Getty Images “Stack ranking,” a controversial system of rating employees and laying off the poorest performers, has its benefits.  That’s according to a former Amazon attorney who worked for the company for almost nine years — and who says the technique has been “helpful” to his own career. Alykhan Sunderji, now … Read more

Oil prices set to rise in 2024 after OPEC+ voluntary cuts

Processing towers stand at the RN-Tuapsinsky refinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., in Tuapse, Russia, on Monday, March 23, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices are expected to rise in the new year after some OPEC+ oil producers voluntarily pledged to cut output. The oil cartel on Thursday released a statement that did … Read more

Strategists give cautious predictions for 2024

A security guard at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images With central banks having hiked interest rates at breakneck speed and those rates likely to stay higher for longer while the lagged effects set in, the macroeconomic outlook … Read more

Apple is trying to unwind its Goldman Sachs credit card partnership

David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs, participates in a panel discussion during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Apple has given Goldman Sachs a proposal to end its credit-card and savings account … Read more