Markets
- Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open ahead of key data from China and Japan - China will release its November retail sales, fixed asset investment and industrial output numbers, while Japan will announce its fourth-quarter Tankan survey.
- Broadcom and Costco's rich valuations leave little room for error as battleground stocks - In his Sunday column for Investing Club subscribers, CNBC's Jim Cramer writes about the issues facing Broadcom and Costco.
- Here are the 2 big things we're watching in the stock market this week - This week is the last full trading week on Wall Street for the year, and it is packed with key economic and earnings reports.
- Top Wall Street analysts are upbeat on these 3 dividend stocks for enhanced returns - TipRanks' ranking service discusses three dividend-paying stocks, including Devon Energy and CVS Health.
- Here are 4 major moments that drove the stock market last week - The S&P 500 ran into a brick wall Friday and finished the week lower, just one day after closing at a record high.
- Goldman Sachs makes big bet on ETFs specializing in downside protection - Goldman Sachs Asset Management is making a big bet on defined outcome exchange-traded funds — which use options to help protect against market losses.
- End of 'The Berkshire Way'? Combs' departure isn't only big change as Buffett transition nears - There were several additional personnel changes in Monday's three-page news release that signal the company is moving toward a more conventional structure.
- Red hot Texas is getting so many data center requests that experts see a bubble - Cheap land and and cheap energy are helping to fuel a boom in proposals to build data centers in Texas.
- Fed's Goolsbee explains vote against rate cut, says central bank should have waited - Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee spoke Friday morning on CNBC.
- Cannabis stocks surge on reports Trump will reclassify marijuana; Tilray jumps 28% - President Donald Trump will significantly ease federal restrictions on marijuana, according to the Washington Post.