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Micron Technology emerged as one of the most overbought stocks this week as the stock market rallied to new record highs. Stocks ended the week higher, boosted by gains in the technology sector and optimism over a ceasefire extension in the Middle East, and all three major market averages scored new intraday and closing records on Friday. Investors showed special love for several individual stocks this week, pushing them far into overbought territory. CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to identify such stocks, based on their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI. Stocks with a 14-day RSI above 70…
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Shoppers enter and exit a Dior luxury boutique in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 16, 2025.Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTravelers to Europe may be leaving money on the table when they buy goods there. I learned this during a recent trip to Italy. My girlfriend, who bought a pair of shoes in Venice, was able to claim a refund on the value-added tax she paid on the purchase. She ultimately got back 17 euros (US$20) on a total purchase of 155 euros (US$181). Refunds of value-added tax, known as VAT, can be worth a “chunk of money” for U.S. travelers to…
More Americans are saving for retirement through individual retirement accounts than ever before. New data from Fidelity shows IRA contributions surged 29% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, while the number of account holders actively contributing reached a record high — up 28% from the same period last year.The gains were largely driven by strong interest in Roth IRAs, which accounted for 67% of all contributions. Meanwhile, conversions to Roth accounts climbed 41% year over year.This growing interest in Roth IRAs certainly makes sense. Since contributions are made with after-tax dollars, investments in a Roth IRA can…
A view of the National Mall during at sunset in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 04, 2025.Mehmet Eser | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering canceling a planned series of concerts on Washington’s National Mall commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary after a string of artists withdrew from the event, and replacing them with a speech and political-style rally instead.The concerts were planned as part of the larger Great American State Fair, a 16-day event running from June 25 to July 10, 2026. Organizers said the fair, organized by the Freedom 250 group, would stretch…
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsU.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross confirmation hearing, May 14, 2014, Senate Judiciary Committee – C-SpanC-SpanThe Department of Justice on Friday asked Georgia federal judge Eleanor Ross to recuse herself from a pending case involving election records, citing media reports identifying Ross as the same judge who was disciplined for attending a victory party for a district attorney’s campaign.The DOJ said that if Ross is that judge, “it creates the appearance of bias,” because the victory party would have been in May 2024 for Fulton County DA Fani Willis, who prosecuted President Donald Trump for an…
The team also found that the immortality of severed tissues is, to the best of our knowledge, unique to P. fabricii. The researchers conducted comparative experiments on explanted tissues from related sea cucumber species, and none showed equivalent tissue survival. Zombie cucumbers Back in 1951, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore took a sample of a malignant cervical tumor from Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year-old mother of five. When they cultured these cells later, they noticed that they doubled every 24 hours in a seemingly never-ending cycle. The HeLa cells, named after the patient, were the first instance of cell…
Cars line up outside a food pantry in North Carolina, April 3, 2026.Lindsey Nicholson | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesConsumers are facing price pressures as the costs of groceries and gas rise. The pace of inflation is expected to increase in the coming months, according to the Survey of Professional Forecasters, a quarterly macroeconomic survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.Meanwhile, there has been a “remarkable increase in food insecurity,” the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a recent blog post, as people cope with higher costs and the loss of federal aid.A new…
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. 1. Stocks edged higher Thursday after reports that the U.S. and Iran agreed to extend their ceasefire for 60 days and begin negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. That’s become the big macro story of the day, Jim Cramer said. Earlier in the morning, the personal consumption expenditures price index — the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge — rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in April, slightly below economists’ expectations for a 0.5% increase. On an annual…
Retail investors are rushing into the space investing trade ahead of the SpaceX IPO, and one ETF has cashed in on the excitement.Tema ETFs’ Space Innovators ETF, which launched on March 30 and trades under the ticker symbol NASA, crossed $1 billion in assets in just 37 trading days, and by the end of this past trading week, had reached over $2.6 billion in assets. That rapid rise is due in part to retail investors hunting for exposure to SpaceX before it goes public.While SpaceX has taken an unusual approach to its offering, setting up access for retail investors through…