It’s hard to predict a stock-market top, but two red flags have this analyst eyeing the eject button

A faltering economy and fizzling AI trade could spark a pullback for stocks
Elon Musk fortune now comes mostly from private companies

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Via Reuters A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor […]
Kodak launches vintage-style toy camera with strong sales

Kodak Charmera Keychain Digital Camera Source: Kodak Eastman Kodak‘s latest product launch — a line of 1980s-inspired digital toy cameras called the “Kodak Charmera” — seems to have struck a nostalgic chord with consumers. The palm-sized point-and-shoot cameras, released Tuesday in collaboration with camera company Reto, are already sold out on Kodak’s website and are […]
Low-cost index funds are best for investors, right? Not so fast.

New ETF aims to beat the S&P 500 just by avoiding its obvious blunders
Paramount Skydance is preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, sources say

Paramount Skydance is working with an investment bank as it prepares an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. Warner Bros. Discovery had yet to receive an offer as of Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic dealings. A […]
Super Micro’s stock is getting an Nvidia bump. Here’s the latest update.

Super Micro has maintained that its record of fast deployments of new Nvidia technologies is an advantage to customers.
Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery bid would combine big content houses

Paramount+ signage in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Ellison looks to be buying up a media empire. The CEO and chairman of the newly minted Paramount Skydance has tapped an investment bank to help prepare a takeout offer for Warner Bros. […]
It’s full-speed ahead for stocks going into next week’s Fed meeting

But remember the old saying: “Buy the rumor, sell the news.”
CPI report health care inflation rises

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images Health-care inflation is fueling higher coverage costs, setting the stage for what could be the largest increase in health-care spending by large employers in 15 years. Medical care costs in August rose 4.2% on an annualized basis, according to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index, compared […]
Solomon, Dimon, Pick weigh in on the state of the economy

Some of America’s top financial services executives are starting to issue warnings about the economy. Saying they’re seeing signs of “softening” or “weakening,” a slew of CEOs have been weighing in ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve decision and with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revising job numbers lower this week. In a Wednesday […]



