Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed in final week of 2025

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed in final week of 2025

19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors kicked off the final trading week of the year. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 … Read more

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 hits fresh record: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 hits fresh record: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were little changed Sunday night after the S&P 500 scaled to fresh record levels, with traders set to wrap up a strong 2025. S&P 500 futures were up marginally, along with those tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Nasdaq-100 futures … Read more

Forget Gen Z and Millennials — the over-50s ‘Silver Spenders’ are powering investment opportunities, including these stocks

Forget Gen Z and Millennials — the over-50s ‘Silver Spenders’ are powering investment opportunities, including these stocks

The growing wealth and enhanced spending power of the over-50s is poised to accelerate a range of investment opportunities across multiple sectors in the U.K., according to investors. Market pros say this age group — dubbed the “Grey Pound” or “Silver Spenders” — is gaining greater control over its assets. With greater wealth and more … Read more

Morgan Stanley says these are top stock picks in 2026, including Nvidia

Morgan Stanley says these are top stock picks in 2026, including Nvidia

Morgan Stanley named several stocks that are best positioned going in to 2026. The Wall Street investment bank said companies such as Nvidia are its top ideas for next year. Other overweight-rated names screened by CNBC Pro include: Western Digital, Spotify and Palo Alto Networks. Spotify Spotify is firing on all cylinders, Morgan Stanley said. … Read more

Are dividends better for investors than stock buybacks? It all depends

Are dividends better for investors than stock buybacks? It all depends

Here’s our Club Mailbag email investingclubmailbag@cnbc.com — so you send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts. We can’t offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. This week’s question: Hi Jim, could you please do … Read more

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

China eases IPO rules for firms developing reusable rockets

Zhuque-3 rocket by China’s private rocket firm LandSpace, takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, December 3, 2025, in this screengrab taken from handout drone footage provided by LandSpace. Landspace | Via Reuters Chinese companies developing reusable commercial ⁠rockets will have access to a fast lane for initial public offerings on the tech-heavy … Read more

Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

Virginia offshore wind developer sues over Trump administration order halting projects

Over 30 miles off Virginia Beach are Dominion Energy’s first two turbines, which will be part of their eventual wind farm. They are seen Sept. 27, 2021. Stephen M. Katz | Virginian Pilot | Getty Images The developers of a Virginia offshore wind project are asking a federal judge to block a Trump administration order … Read more

Winter storm puts airlines to the test. Here’s what travelers need to know

Winter storm puts airlines to the test. Here’s what travelers need to know

A traveler near a departures board at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines are letting flyers change their trips ahead of a major winter storm that will put carriers to the test during one of the busiest … Read more

Stock futures are little changed, Wall Street heads for winning week: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed, Wall Street heads for winning week: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 11, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images U.S. stock futures were little changed Friday as traders came back from the Christmas holiday, with the major averages on pace for weekly gains. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down … Read more

Asia markets trade higher amid holiday-thinned trade; gold and silver hit fresh highs

Asia markets trade higher amid holiday-thinned trade; gold and silver hit fresh highs

TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and … Read more