Mortgage rates surge to highest since September
In an aerial view, two-story single family homes line the streets of neighborhood on Jan. 13, 2026 in…
Price pressure in the pipeline
The ECB has announced it will be hiking rates in July and September to counter record inflation. Daniel…
Oil may keep rising despite the biggest release of emergency stockpiles
The oil market sent a clear signal this week that a massive release of stockpiled crude by the…
Musk says xAI must be ‘rebuilt’ amid co-founder exodus, SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in…
Why the CPU is taking center stage
Nvidia showed CNBC its latest Vera CPU at its Santa Clara, California, headquarters on Feb. 13, 2026. Marc…
How Iran oil shock differs from 1970s stagflation
Key Points Fears of higher prices and slower economic growth have unsettled markets over the past week following…
Trump can’t ‘drill, baby, drill’ his way out of this Iran oil crisis
President Donald Trump promised to “drill, baby, drill” on the presidential campaign trail. It’s not going to bail…
A closer look at Nvidia’s $20 billion bet on tech for a new AI chip
On the day before Christmas, when few stocks were stirring, a pricey and pivotal transaction jolted the AI…
Fourth-quarter GDP revised down to just 0.7% growth; January core inflation was 3.1%
Economic growth was much slower than expected in the final three months of 2025 while core inflation rose…
We’re buying more of this leading AI stock on this year’s undeserved pullback
Shortly after the opening bell, we will be buying 45 shares of Alphabet at roughly $307. Following Friday’s…
The Tech Download: The sector’s Iran problem
Uncertainty continues to reign over global supply chains and Middle East-based projects as the Iran war nears the…
Iran war heightens affordability issues ahead of March Fed meeting
Amid a war in Iran, inflation pressures, a weakening job market and an uncertain outlook for tariff policy, Federal…