📈 Today's Financial Insights1h ago

Handpicked from the most relevant financial sources to keep you informed and ahead of the curve.

1.📰CNBC

Affirm stock surges 20% as CEO Levchin notes continued consumer strength

Going into the print, the big question was whether losing Walmart to rival Klarna would drag on results.

3 min read1h ago
2.📰CNBC

Trump housing director Pulte lodges new criminal referral for Fed Governor Lisa Cook

President Donald Trump is seeking to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook from the board of the central bank.

5 min read1h ago
3.📰CNBC

Alibaba shares jump 6% in premarket trading as AI drives cloud unit acceleration

Alibaba posted a a revenue miss in the June quarter even as it showed an acceleration at its cloud computing unit.

4 min read1h ago
4.📰Fortune
positive

Former Trump officials: Strong intellectual property protections are crucial to America’s national security

China now leads in 57 of 64 key technology fields and analysts warn that if war broke out today, America's technological disadvantage could be catastrophic.

5 min read1h ago
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5.📰CNBC

End of de minimis shipping could be biggest Trump tariff of all for many U.S. businesses

Trump's removal of duty-free shipping for low-value packages from overseas will hit small and medium-sized businesses with steep trade war costs.

7 min read1h ago
6.📰CNBC

India's economy grows at faster-than-expected 7.8% in the June quarter

The gross domestic product print for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2026 came in higher than the 6.7% growth forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

2 min read2h ago
7.📰Fortune
positive

The first battle in the war on Fed independence takes shape today in Lisa Cook’s emergency hearing

Trump’s bid to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook faces a legal showdown as she sues to block her removal, escalating the fight over Fed independence.

7 min read3h ago
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8.📰CNBC

Tesla FSD turns off more U.S. consumers than it attracts, survey finds

Despite Elon Musk's exhaustive promotion of Tesla's FSD technology, U.S. consumers don't seem to want it.

5 min read3h ago
9.📰CNBC

The Trump family crypto empire looks to Asia: Eric Trump talks Bitcoin in Hong Kong

Eric Trump appeared as a speaker at a crypto conference in Hong Kong, marking the first of a series of Asian crypto events that will feature the Trump family.

4 min read3h ago
10.📰CNBC

Buy now, return later: Wealthy shoppers rack up more refunds, report finds

Higher-income households have higher rates of retail refunds compared with lower-income shoppers, a report found. Here's why.

5 min read3h ago
11.📰Fortune
negative

Trump’s war on the Fed created a ‘twist steepener’ in the bond market and it’s hurting the dollar

The dynamic is dragging the dollar lower, in reaction to President Trump's interference in the Fed, weak growth, and inflation risk, according to analysts at Convera.

4 min read4h ago
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12.📰CNBC

Denmark slashes 2025 growth forecast amid Novo Nordisk slowdown

Denmark on Friday cut its annual growth forecast to 1.4% from 3%.

3 min read5h ago
13.📰Fortune
positive

What makes people say ‘no’ to a $100 million job offer? The AI talent war reveals lessons for hanging on to top performers 

Vibrant corporate cultures, meaningful missions, and strong teams help companies keep their best employees from defecting. (But better pay helps, too.)

10 min read5h ago
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14.📰Fortune
negative

Trump’s EV tax credit cuts are fueling a U.S. battery surplus that could lead to factory cancellations, ‘a poison pill for U.S. manufacturing hopes’

“If you believe—as many people do—that batteries are a key technology as the world moves towards more electrification, that's not a good scenario,” one expert said.

6 min read5h ago
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15.📰Fortune
neutral

$16 billion Twilio CEO has been waking up for work at 4:30 a.m. since college—he says it’s why he was CFO of a multi-billion-dollar brand by 31

EXCLUSIVE: Running a $16 billion company looks like 4:30 a.m. starts, working on Sundays and running laps around the house to blow off steam—and Twilio’s CEO says all his peers have similarly strict r...

6 min read5h ago
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16.📰Fortune

As CEOs predict AI will rival humans in 5 years, Shark Tank’s Daniel Lubetzky tells Gen Z to get off TikTok and study Greek philosophers to get ahead

The billionaire warns Gen Z doomscrolling on TikTok is setting them up for failure; instead, he suggests picking up the writings of Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle.

5 min read5h ago
17.📰Fortune

China warns against ‘disorderly competition’ in booming AI race

The country’s top economic planner said the government will encourage provinces to develop AI in a coordinated and complementary way.

3 min read6h ago
18.📰CNBC
negative

Wife of jailed South Korean ex-president indicted for corruption bribery and stock manipulation

These charges come as President Lee Jae Myung reportedly approved legislation back in June for investigations into Yoon's martial law bid

3 min read8h ago
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19.📰CNBC

Elephant-dragon tango: Modi's visit to China signals improving ties — will the bonhomie last?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China after seven years, as relations had soured over border clashes in 2020.

6 min read9h ago
20.📰CNBC
negative

Investing in Space: Made in Russia

Roscosmos is sticking to a December timeline for the test launch of its all-Russian Soyuz-5 medium-class rocket — a reincarnation of the Ukraine-built Zenit-2.

7 min read9h ago
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21.📰CNBC
positive

Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed, breaking ranks with Wall Street

Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose at a slower pace in August, easing from July's 2.9% increase.

2 min read11h ago
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22.📰CNBC

Jim Cramer says faith in growth stocks like Nvidia pays off

CNBC's Jim Cramer said investors should trust that they can make money in the market with growth stocks like Nvidia (NVDA).

2 min read16h ago
23.📰Fortune
positive

New home inventory is at its highest level since just before the housing market collapse that led to the Great Recession, but that doesn’t mean it’s the same market

Since roughly 2022, ResiClub co-founder Lance Lambert told Fortune, "the national power dynamic has slowly been shifting from sellers to buyers."

3 min read17h ago
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24.📰Fortune
positive

The S&P 500 officially notches a new record over 6,500—but investors shouldn’t get too giddy

History has shown that when stock valuations rise this far into the stratosphere, they eventually come back to earth.

3 min read17h ago
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25.📰CNBC
negative

Gap stock falls as retailer misses sales expectations, warns tariffs will impact profits

Gap posted mixed fiscal second quarter results, beating on earnings per share but missing on revenue after Athleta saw sales decline 11%.

6 min read17h ago
contraction
medium volatility
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