Joe Biden used to joke about being “the poorest man in Congress.” It would be impossible for him to claim poverty now. The years since Biden left the vice presidency in 2017 have fattened his wallet. He and his wife Jill made more than $15 million combined in 2017 and 2018. [CNBC is looking at
Even if the Federal Reserve cuts rates later this month, Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue warns the market is vulnerable to a correction. The firm’s senior investment strategist believes Wall Street is overestimating the Federal Reserve’s influence to support the record highs. “The market is putting a lot of stake in the ability of the Fed
A tourist guide holds an umbrella featuring a panda pattern in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China. Guang Niu | Getty Images China released second-quarter figures on Monday showing that its economy slowed to 6.2% — the weakest rate in at least 27 years, as the country’s trade war with the U.S. took its
For many older Americans, retirement means freedom to explore beyond your backyard. Before you take off, however, check whether your health insurance travel with you. Assuming you’re on Medicare — most adults age 65 or older are — coverage away from home depends partly on where you travel to, along with whether you’re on basic
Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. Mike Fuentes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Watch out for the comeback kids. While market records were broken and many stocks surged in the first half of the year, not all of them did. Wall Street analysts were telling clients there were plenty of values to be found
The Walt Disney Company CEO, Robert Iger arrives for the World premiere of Marvel Studios’ ‘Avengers: Endgame’ at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019 in Los Angeles. VALERIE MACON | AFP | Getty Images Disney is set to renew its multiyear carriage agreement with Charter, the second-largest U.S. pay TV provider, at
As more video-streaming services flood the market, professional sports leagues are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious situations, because they’re not included in the packages. At this week’s Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, some of the top sports executives gathered to discuss the future of sports. We spoke to the commissioners of
Hinterhaus Productions | The Image Bank | Getty Images If your employer is giving you ownership shares as part of your pay, you could be accumulating wealth — or you could be ramping up risk. Equity compensation is a way for companies to reward employees who meet certain performance goals and incentivize them to stay.
An employee rings up a customer’s merchandise at The Container Store in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images There’s a group of stocks that tend to rise or fall dramatically following their earnings report. Bespoke Investment Group analyzed the most volatile names on earnings, looking at companies that have been publicly traded for at
An earnings season that delivers will play an integral role in whether the market can maintain all-time highs, according to Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez. The chief market strategist believes Wall Street is completely discounting second earnings expectations right now, and that leaves little room for disappointments when the season kicks off this Monday. “Earnings
Istvan Kadar Photography | Moment | Getty Images Nearly 40,000 Con Edison customers were left without power Saturday after massive outages hit New York City. The utility company said it was responding to “extensive outages” on the westside of Manhattan and would share more information as it becomes available. The power outage was apparently caused
For identity thieves, kids are the perfect mark. While adults make prime targets for their account balances, a child’s information, particularly their Social Security number, has even more value to scammers because it is a “clean slate” for opening new lines of credit before someone catches on, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. More
A man cleans a PW1000G geared turbofan engine developed by MTU Aero Engines AG and Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., at the Singapore Airshow held at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 27,000 for the first time ever
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Johnson & Johnson — Shares of the pharmaceutical and consumer goods company fell 4% after Bloomberg News reported that the U.S. Justice Department is launching a criminal investigation into whether or not the company lied to the public about potential cancer risks in its talcum baby
SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Delta Air Lines shares rose Thursday after the Atlanta-based carrier raised its profit forecast for the year amid strong travel demand. The Atlanta-based carrier expects to earn $6.75 to $7.25 per share this year, up from a previous estimate of $6 to $7 a share. Shares rose up more than
Leila Janah, a social impact entrepreneur, was diagnosed with cancer at 36 Leila Janah Leila Janah, 36, thought she was doing everything right. She started two tech companies with a strong sense of social mission, and she balanced that by exercising every day, eating well and seeing the doctor for regular check-ups. The last thing
Washington D.C. Danita Delimont | Getty Images About 1.3 million Americans could have their retirement funds at risk if Congress can’t come up with the money to pay the benefits people were promised. That is because a number of multiemployer pension plans are on the brink of running out of money. This week, Congress took
The stock market has been hitting all kinds of records this week, and Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Friday that he does not see that stopping anytime soon. “I think fair market value does give us another 5% or 6% this year” on the S&P 500 with the Federal Reserve signalling interest
Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photograph of Jeffrey Epstein as he announces the financier’s charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Wealthy financier and accused child sex
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Citigroup kicks off earnings season on Monday. Traders enter with a singular focus on company guidance. Bears believe second-half guidance will be cautious and lower than expected
Nick Gregory, a 26-year-old manager, vapes on a JUUL at Botany Bay in Lexington, Ky. Charles Bertram | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to impose a 10-month deadline for the submission of e-cigarette applications, turning the screws on companies like Juul Labs
Getty Images People starting out their careers in expensive cities are used to sharing apartments. Now, they’re sharing rooms. Carina Zhao lives in a four-bedroom apartment in San Francisco’s Mission District – with five other people. Zhao, 23 and an analyst at Castlight Health, shares a room with her former college roommate. Another pair of
James Gorman, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Citi upgraded Morgan Stanley to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ Citi said that Morgan Stanley‘s upcoming earnings may be “difficult,” but it likes the firm’s “limited rate exposure.” “While 2Q19 is expected
A rare pair of Nike “Moon Shoes” could fetch as much as $160,000 in an auction held by Sotheby’s. The New York auction house is allowing collectors to bid on an array of rare sneakers in a digital lot, dubbed “Stadium Goods: The Ultimate Sneaker Collection Online.” The “Moon Shoe” is estimated to reach a
The “Fast Money ” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Delta Air Lines. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Alphabet. Karen Finerman was a buyer of JPMorgan. Dan Nathan was a buyer of UnitedHealth. Guy Adami was a buyer of Square. Disclosure Trader disclosure: Pete is long
A sales consultant with Illumina displays a flow cell at a symposium in La Jolla, California. Sam Hodgson | Reuters Shares of Illumina dropped more than 16% in extended trading after the genetics company slashed its full-year guidance and previewed disappointing second-quarter revenue. Illumina said it expects to report a second quarter revenue of approximately
A Starbucks barista fulfills an order in a South Philadelphia store. Mark Makela | Reuters Starbucks will stop selling newspapers at its cafes Sept. 1. In addition to removing newspaper stands that carry copies of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, the company plans to remove shelving fixtures that display whole
JPMorgan Chase is trying to make it harder for its credit card customers to sue the bank in court by requiring them to go into private arbitration to settle disputes. The opportunity for JPMorgan Chase credit cardholders to opt out of binding arbitration expires in a month. The bank notified customers in May that their
The US flag flies over shipping cranes and containers in Long Beach, California on March 4, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images This upcoming earnings season is shaping up to be a weak one. Because of uncertainty around trade wars and global growth, a bulk of U.S. companies are lowering the bar for
President Donald Trump‘s public pressure on Jerome Powell to lower interest rates may have made the Federal Reserve chairman reluctant to do so, a former Fed official told CNBC on Thursday. “It may have held up his being willing to cut rates. It may have been counterproductive. So I don’t think he did it because
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