Our top 2 performing stocks in one of Wall Street’s most volatile weeks ever

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Wall Street's wild week: Stocks rallied Friday as investors tracked the latest developments in the U.S.-China trade war. The White...

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We’re sticking with BlackRock after it delivered solid earnings

BlackRock's first-quarter earnings on Friday reaffirmed our investment in the stock, despite a choppy operating environment out of the asset management giant's control. Revenue in the first quarter rose 11.6% year over year to $5.28 billion, missing the $5.34 billion estimate, according to LSEG. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS)...

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Consumer sentiment tumbles in April as inflation fears spike, University of Michigan survey shows

People shop in Bayonne, New Jersey on April 8, 2025. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty ImagesConsumer sentiment grew even worse than expected in April as the expected inflation level hit its highest since 1981, a closely watched University of Michigan survey showed Friday.The survey's mid-month reading on consumer sentiment...

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Fed’s Kashkari says rising bond yields, falling dollar show investors are moving on from the U.S.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Friday that recent market trends show investors are moving away from the U.S. as the safest place to invest while President Donald Trump's trade war escalates.With Treasury yields rising and the U.S. dollar sagging against its global counterparts in recent days, the...

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Wells Fargo WFC earnings Q1 2025

A Wells Fargo Bank branch is seen in New York City on March 17, 2020.Jeenah Moon | ReutersWells Fargo on Friday reported an increase in quarterly earnings on the back of stable income from investment banking and wealth management.Here's what the bank reported for the first quarter compared with...

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Wholesale inflation March 2024:

Wholesale prices unexpectedly fell in March, setting up a favorable inflation backdrop as President Donald Trump began intensifying tariffs against U.S. trading partners, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.The producer price index, considered a leading indicator for pipeline inflation pressures, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.4% for the month,...

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Regulated finance needs to build trust with Gen Z

Misinformation and lack of trust in traditional institutions runs rampant in our society.The regulated financial sector is no different, particularly among young people. Roughly 38% of Gen Zers get financial information from YouTube, and 33% from TikTok, according to a recent Schwab survey.As a former regulator and author of...

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