The stock market has been volatile due to rising Treasury yields and high oil prices amid tensions in the Middle East. Amid this uncertainty, dividend stocks can help investors secure consistent portfolio income. Top Wall Street analysts can inform investors on their search for attractive dividend stocks that have the ability to generate solid cash […]
The Stibnite Gold Project from Perpetua Resources is a proposed open-pit gold and antimony mine in a remote area of the Payette National Forest in Valley County, Idaho, as seen aboard an EcoFlight. Sarah A. Miller | Idaho Statesman | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Mining company Perpetua Resources has secured a $2.9 billion […]
(This is CNBC’s “Power Insider” newsletter, your inside look at the investments, people and companies powering the global energy industry. Click here to subscribe.) POWER POINT What I’m hearing from energy insiders Oil prices are off their highs this week and media reports are citing Trump’s comments that Iran negotiations are in their “final stages.” But that’s […]
It’s been a while since Nvidia earnings shocked the world, or even just traders. Options pricing has overestimated the size of Nvidia’s post-report swing six of the past seven quarters, and 14 of the past 20, according to Cboe LiveVol data. Implied volatility going into earnings averages 6.7%, compared to the average actual response of […]
Crypto companies spent years monetizing volatility, but now, they’re trying to survive without it. First-quarter earnings underscored that crypto’s era of easy moonshots and hype-driven returns is fading. As lower bitcoin and ether prices drained speculative demand – and investors pulled back from risk assets broadly amid macro uncertainty – trading activity across exchanges cooled […]
There are stocks and then there is Nvidia. Follow Nvidia earnings live updates: Stock, revenue and AI outlook in focus The chip giant is almost an asset class in itself, and that makes Wednesday night’s earnings a market event. But as investors gear up for the big print, something curious is happening in the options […]
Pedestrians walk outside Salesforce Tower on Feb. 25, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty Images Could the software’s long national nightmare be over? As semiconductor shares dragged down the Nasdaq-100 for a second day, quietly, software stocks appear to have found their groove. Shares of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) […]
Despite elevated aluminum production costs and shipment timing issues, Alcoa (AA) is strongly capitalizing on structurally higher prices. LME aluminum has recently surged to four-year highs, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and a tightening global supply balance. This favorable macro pricing environment creates a compelling opportunity for a buy-write (covered call) strategy […]
There’s a popular saying in the options pits: Sell a tiny, buy a Lamborghini. It refers of course to the practice of selling dollar cheap out of the money options and collecting the premium for a high probability bet. As those tinies grow, you make a small fortune over time. Of course, there’s a flip […]
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hinted in March that Berkshire Hathaway had made a small addition to its portfolio. A new regulatory filing may have just revealed what he was referring to. When asked in March whether Berkshire was still putting money to work, Buffett said the conglomerate had made “one tiny purchase” but was still […]