Inflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economy

Grocery items are offered for sale at a supermarket on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images When Kyle Connolly looks back at 2023, she sees it as a year defined by changes and challenges. The newly single parent reentered the workforce, only to be laid off from her job at … Read more

‘It’s always in people’s minds’

Several Tesla electric vehicles are parked in front of a Tesla service center in the Kearny Mesa region, in San Diego, California, U.S., October 31, 2023.  Abhirup Roy | Reuters Marko Sustic has bet big on Tesla this year. The investor, who also happens to work in the European auto industry, bought Tesla shares nearly … Read more

The bulls are charging in

Snow covers the Charging Bull sculpture in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York, December 17, 2020. Jeenah Moon | 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: Back to square one?

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 15, 2023 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | 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 they need to … Read more

Stock Markets: A Thanksgiving lull

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading in New York City on Sept. 26, 2023. 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

Growing geopolitical conflicts have some investors feeling guilty about buying defense stocks

An F-15E fighter aircraft can carry seven groups of four StormBreaker bombs. Source: Raytheon As the war between Israel and the Hamas militant group ramped up last month, Kenneth Suna took to his investing-focused TikTok account. Suna began a video asking his more than 200,000 followers “if you’re cool with profiting off war,” before adding … Read more

Why Jack Bogle’s strategy of ‘lazy’ investing is making a comeback

Jack Bogle Mark Lennihan | AP Boring investing is making a comeback. With the meme-stock rally in the rearview mirror and interest rates surging, individual investors are rediscovering the philosophy made famous by Vanguard’s founder, Jack Bogle. The father of market indexes preached low-cost, passive investments that compound over years. Fans call themselves “Bogleheads,” and … Read more