S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise led by tech, Dow struggles as Street wraps up wild week: Live updates

S&P 500 and Nasdaq rise led by tech, Dow struggles as Street wraps up wild week: Live updates

Starbucks could see positive catalyst next week, says Deutsche Bank It’s a big week next week for Starbucks, which is set to report earnings on Wednesday and host an investor day on Thursday. Deutsche Bank anticipates the possibility of some downside risk to the coffee chain’s full-year 2026 guidance, but thinks long-term targets could surprise … Read more

Rieder odds rising for Fed chair after Trump calls BlackRock executive ‘very impressive’

Rieder odds rising for Fed chair after Trump calls BlackRock executive ‘very impressive’

Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s senior managing director, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC BlackRock fixed income chief Rick Rieder’s star is rising as a potential Federal Reserve chair following flattering remarks Wednesday from President Donald Trump. In a CNBC interview, Trump called Rieder “very … Read more

Top five takeaways from Trump’s interview with CNBC

Top five takeaways from Trump’s interview with CNBC

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he leaves the congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday gave an interview to CNBC’s Joe Kernen on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. … Read more

Supreme Court case on Trump bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook set for oral arguments

Supreme Court case on Trump bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook set for oral arguments

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Ting Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images | Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case over whether President Donald Trump has the power to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook … Read more

Jerome Powell could stay at the Fed even after being removed as chair. Here’s what that means

Jerome Powell could stay at the Fed even after being removed as chair. Here’s what that means

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Dec. 10, 2025. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images The saga over President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the Federal Reserve has another twist to it, revolving over whether … Read more

Bessent says Trump’s pick for the next Fed chair could happen next week

Bessent says Trump’s pick for the next Fed chair could happen next week

After months of speculation and political intrigue, President Donald Trump is close to nominating the next chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. The president has whittled down the field to four candidates to succeed current Chair Jerome Powell and a decision is forthcoming, Bessent told CNBC during an interview at … Read more

Fed chief Powell to attend Supreme Court arguments on Trump bid to fire Lisa Cook

Fed chief Powell to attend Supreme Court arguments on Trump bid to fire Lisa Cook

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution’s George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in a case challenging the … Read more

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for ‘debanking’ him

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase for ‘debanking’ him

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorganChase, speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S. December 6, 2025. Jonathan Alcorn | Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to sue JPMorgan Chase over allegedly “debanking” him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. … Read more

Trump tells Hassett he wants to keep him where he is; Warsh Fed chair odds jump

Trump tells Hassett he wants to keep him where he is; Warsh Fed chair odds jump

President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d prefer to keep National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett in his position as top economic advisor, a statement that could change the dynamic in the race to see who will replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. During an appearance in the White House, Trump said, “I see … Read more

Big earnings reports and worries around the interest rate outlook could sway markets next week

Big earnings reports and worries around the interest rate outlook could sway markets next week

Company earnings and what happens with the interest rate outlook will unlock what’s next for a broadening stock market. Stocks are headed for a down week following an uneven start to the fourth-quarter earnings season. Of the big banks that kick off the reporting period, the retail banking players — JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, … Read more