Week in review: Stocks swing wildly, Disney disappoints, and we make 6 trades

Week in review: Stocks swing wildly, Disney disappoints, and we make 6 trades

It was a volatile week for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high before pulling back. Wall Street pulled money away from Big Tech and into more defensive sectors, such as health care and financials. The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown and expectations for interest rate cuts … Read more

Warren Buffett Watch: Berkshire Hathaway’s surprising new tech stake

Warren Buffett Watch: Berkshire Hathaway’s surprising new tech stake

As Warren Buffett gets closer to stepping down as CEO at the end of next month, he told shareholders he will be “going quiet,” but only “sort of.” More on his Thanksgiving letter, which looks like it could become a substantial annual tradition, below. First: A surprising stake There was a notable surprise in Berkshire … Read more

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

The government shutdown is over. The air traffic controller shortage is not

Planes line up on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on November 10, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. has been scrambling to hire more air traffic controllers for years. The longest-ever federal government shutdown might have made that even harder. “We need more of them … Read more

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals new position in Alphabet

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals new position in Alphabet

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new position in Alphabet, making the Google parent the conglomerate’s 10th largest equity holding at the end of September, according to a regulatory filing. Berkshire disclosed a $4.3 billion stake in … Read more

Bitcoin falls below $95,000 amid tech sell-off, bounces off lows on Friday

Bitcoin falls below ,000 amid tech sell-off, bounces off lows on Friday

Representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency in this illustration taken Sept. 10, 2025. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Bitcoin dipped below $95,000 on Friday, pushing the world’s oldest cryptocurrency further into the red and continuing its four-day decline amid a broader artificial intelligence-linked stock pullback. The digital asset hit $94,491.22 early Friday, marking its lowest level since May … Read more

Stock futures drop as tech shares get hit hard again: Live updates

Stock futures drop as tech shares get hit hard again: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures fell on Friday after Wall Street witnessed its worst day in more than a month. Futures tied to the … Read more

China’s economic slowdown deepens in October as housing slump worsens and investments shrink more than expected

China’s economic slowdown deepens in October as housing slump worsens and investments shrink more than expected

CHENGDU, CHINA – OCTOBER 18: People walk past the Louis Vuitton store at Taikoo Li, a high-end shopping area that combines traditional Sichuan-style architecture with modern luxury retail, on October 18, 2025, in Chengdu, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s slowdown worsened in October, dragged by soft consumer demand and … Read more

Markets no longer view the December rate cut as a sure bet, with Fed officials casting doubts

Markets no longer view the December rate cut as a sure bet, with Fed officials casting doubts

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Oct. 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell wasn’t kidding a couple weeks ago when he said a December rate cut wasn’t in … Read more

Chinese tech giant Tencent’s quarterly revenue rises 15%, fueled by AI

Chinese tech giant Tencent’s quarterly revenue rises 15%, fueled by AI

Tencent on Thursday posted 15% year-on-year revenue growth, with AI boosting the Chinese tech giant’s performance in advertising targeting and gaming. Here’s how Tencent performed in the third quarter of 2025, per earnings released on Thursday:  Revenue: 192.9 billion Chinese yuan ($27.12 billion), surpassing the 189.2 billion Chinese yuan expected analysts, according to data compiled by … Read more