For years, an unsettling pattern has cast a cloud over Wall Street. Companies with spinoff plans often see their stocks lag in the runup to the completed deals. In investment circles, the phenomenon is known as spin purgatory. And, the CNBC Investing Club’s 29-stock portfolio has not been immune to this. Take Club stock DuPont , it has had an overall lackluster performance since the specialty chemicals giant unveiled plans nearly one year ago to split into three separately-traded companies — electronics and water, with the new DuPont keeping the health care and mobility portfolios. While DuPont initially rose following…
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National Security Advisor Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. This week marks the first 100 days of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesNational security advisor Mike Waltz is expected to leave his post in the Trump administration on the heels of controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app group that was used to discuss U.S. military plans in March.Deputy national security advisor Alex Wong is also expected to leave his job,…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during an event celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025.Stephen Brashear | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said Thursday that it has increased the recommended retail prices of its Xbox video game consoles and some controllers globally due to “market conditions.”The announcement, which also affects some new first-party games, means consumers will be paying more for consoles this holiday season as they reckon with higher costs from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports. “We understand that these changes are challenging, and they were made with careful consideration…
South Korea’s Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok attends a joint press conference on South Korea’s post impeachment situation in Seoul on December 18, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s top court cast doubt on Thursday on frontrunner Lee Jae-myung’s eligibility to run for the presidency, while the resignations of the prime minister and finance minister shook the interim government in place since December’s martial law.Education Minister Lee Ju-ho took over as acting president, the third since the martial law decree, ahead of the June 3 snap…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Today we are highlighting Spotify (SPOT) , the Netflix of music because it is dominant, defensive and growing. Spotify has been on our list for 26 weeks. There are 20 stocks in the communication sector that trade on the New York Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of $10 billion or greater. Spotify has the best return year-to-date out of all 20, up more than 34%. It’s also the second-best performer the past year, up 108%, following Reddit…
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025.Gerry Miller | CNBCMicrosoft shares popped 9% Thursday after the software giant issued strong guidance, and robust cloud growth drove a top-and-bottom line beat in the third quarter.Shares are on pace for their best day since March 2020.Azure revenues topped estimates, growing 33% year over year. Microsoft attributed 16 points of that growth to artificial intelligence. Analysts polled by StreetAccount and CNBC had anticipated 30.3%.”Clearly, the macro environment remains a wild card, but with Azure back in ‘beat/raise’ mode,…
First Lady Melania Trump laughs as she watches US President Donald Trump cut with a saber into a cake representation of the new Air Force One design during the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesThe U.S. is working with L3Harris Technologies to modify a used Qatari government jumbo jet in what could become a new presidential plane, according to a person familiar with the matter.The work comes after President Donald Trump earlier this year expressed frustration about delays in modification work from…
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) listens as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House during an event on “Investing in America” on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesNvidia blasted Anthropic Thursday in a rare public clash over artificial intelligence policy with U.S. chip export restrictions set to take effect.”American firms should focus on innovation and rise to the challenge, rather than tell tall tales that large, heavy, and sensitive electronics are somehow smuggled in ‘baby bumps’ or ‘alongside live lobsters,’ ” a spokesperson for Nvidia said. Anthropic, the AI startup…
Transgender women will be barred from playing for women’s soccer teams in England from June 1, the Football Association, the sport’s governing body in the country, said on Thursday.In a statement, the Football Association, known as the F.A., said that it had changed its policy as a result of a Supreme Court ruling last month, which said that Britain’s equality laws were based on “biological sex” and that trans women did not fall within the legal definition of women.The F.A. is the latest body to update its policies as a result of the judgment, which all public and private bodies…
Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesGold returns are shining — but investors holding gold exchange-traded funds may get hit with an unexpectedly high tax bill on their profits.The Internal Revenue Service considers gold and other precious metals to be “collectibles,” similar to other physical property like art, antiques, stamps, coins, wine, cars and rare comic books.That’s also true of ETFs that are physically backed by precious metals, according to tax experts.Here’s why that matters: Collectibles generally carry a 28% top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains. (That rate applies to profits on assets held for longer than one year.)By comparison,…
