When reflecting on his favourite moment of 2024 in December, Jack Draper didn’t pick reaching the U.S. Open semifinal, winning his first and second ATP Tour titles, or beating Carlos Alcaraz.He picked the aftermath of his most disappointing defeat of the year, a loss to qualifier Jesper de Jong at the French Open in May.“When I came home from Paris, I was all over the place thinking: ‘I need to get my s— together, what am I doing? I’m not fulfilling my potential. I’m not the player I want to be,’” he told a small group of reporters in a…
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A view of the logo of BYD during the launch of the BYD eMAX 7, an electric MPV by Chinese car and battery maker BYD, in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2024. Priyanshu Singh | ReutersBYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China.The so-called “super e-platform” will be capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW), enabling cars that use it to travel 400 km (249 miles) on…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — Elon Musk’s EV company saw shares sliding another 3.9%, bringing month-to-date losses to a whopping 23%. The sell-off came after Tesla’s China rival Zeekr said it is rolling out advanced driver assistance-system for free . Meanwhile, RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Tesla amid lowered expectations around pricing for the the company’s self-driving capabilities. Alphabet — Shares of the Google parent slid 2.7%. Google said on Tuesday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion in an all-cash deal. This…
Markets have been rattled by a sharp three-week correction since February 19, with the Nasdaq bearing the brunt of the decline, dropping 14%. While corrections can be painful, they serve an important purpose —resetting valuations, bringing stocks back to more reasonable levels, and laying the foundation for the next bull run. Two weeks ago, I shared a trade set-up on QQQ , the ETF that closely tracks the Nasdaq’s price movement. In that post, I highlighted key signals to watch for the correction’s end. Looking at the same chart now, the MACD crossover I previously pointed out has occurred, signaling…
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1 . Wall Street was sharply lower Tuesday, with the Nasdaq ‘s nearly 2% slide leading the declines. The tech-heavy index as well as the S & P 500 and the Dow were coming off rallies in the prior two sessions. The Mag 7 stocks were all down Tuesday, with Club names Meta Platforms and Alphabet down 4% and 3%, respectively. The stock market is still trying to figure out how President Donald Trump ‘s…
TOKYO — During the early innings of a nighttime exhibition between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yomiuri Giants, Nori Kawana walked through the concourse of the Tokyo Dome in disbelief. As the head of Fanatics’ East Asia operation, Kawana leads MLB’s merchandising in Japan, and the day had already set his company’s sales record in Asia. He was willing to bet no other sports retailer had ever had a better day in the region, either.Seemingly every other fan at the Dome wore national hero Shohei Ohtani’s No. 17 jersey. Some 20 minutes after Kawana stopped to talk to a reporter,…
The German Parliament narrowly approved a plan on Tuesday to loosen government borrowing limits, allowing it to spend heavily on defense and infrastructure to offset America’s pivot away from Europe and try to end years of economic stagnation.In a special session of Parliament on Tuesday, 513 lawmakers voted for the plan, two dozen more than the two-thirds majority required to amend the Constitution.It was not the final vote on the plan, which also faces legal challenges. But it was a crucial hurdle and its passage was celebrated by the centrist lawmakers who hope it will allow Germany to shoulder a…
Texas is continuing to stake a claim as a rival to Wall Street as a key financial hub in the United States, with Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday saying his state has a “stronger brand than New York.””Capital Markets are realizing that the place to be is Texas,” Abbott said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”Abbott’s comments come as Texas continues to emerge as a financial center, complete with its own stock exchange. The Texas Stock Exchange plans to launch in 2026 and recently announced several key hires for its exchange-traded products business.The financial industry’s leading companies are also working to increase…
Wall Street is largely bullish on Nvidia stock ahead of the chipmaker’s flagship GPU Technology Conference on Tuesday, with some analysts saying its valuation is compelling after recent losses. Nvidia’s GTC conference has long been a catalyst for the stock, but some analysts warn skepticism on the broader AI trade could persist, despite more manageable expectations. After back-to-back years of incredible gains, Nvidia shares have cratered nearly 17% over the past month and roughly 14% year to date. The reversal comes amid a broader market pullback that has been fueled by concerns over U.S. tariff plans, AI spending and exuberant…
As a hospice nurse with more than 20 years of experience, I’ve sat with many patients at the end of their lives. But I’ve found that for most people, death isn’t the biggest fear. It’s the regrets. When we don’t acknowledge that death is a natural part of our journey, or we treat it as if it’s optional, we don’t take care of the important things we’re meant to do, learn and be.We put end-of-life plans out of our minds entirely, or we tell ourselves, “I’ll get to it eventually, when I retire” or “when I have enough money” or “when…
