Oracle’s Larry Ellison made his $365 billion fortune by breaking every rule of wealth management

[ad_1] A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Larry Ellison built the world’s second-largest fortune by holding on to his Oracle shares over nearly five decades of ups and downs. At … Read more

Looking to buy an industrial AI play? Here are levels to watch for Eaton and GE Vernova

[ad_1] The AI data center theme is alive and well, putting the wind at the back of Club names Eaton and GE Vernova . The strength of the data center was one of Jim Cramer’s takeaways from a recent trip to Kentucky to visit a Corning factory alongside the glassmaker CEO’s and Apple boss Tim … Read more

Week in review: How we navigated the strong market ahead of the big Fed meeting

[ad_1] It was a stellar week for stocks as Wall Street speculated on the Federal Reserve’s upcoming and highly anticipated interest rate decision and what comes next. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq each hit multiple record highs since Monday. A mixed bag of economic data, along with a blowout earnings report from Oracle … Read more

Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead

[ad_1] Apple shareholders and investors betting on a Federal Reserve rate cut have received good news lately. The week ahead offers tests to both camps. Fresh off Friday’s soft jobs report, the other side of the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability will take center stage in the coming days. But first, … Read more

Bill Gates meets Willy Wonka: How Epic’s 82-year-old billionaire CEO, Judy Faulkner, built her software factory

[ad_1] Judy Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic Systems Corp., during the Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York, Dec. 5, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Do not go public. Do not acquire or be acquired. Software must work. These are the first three of the 10 commandments splashed across bathrooms … Read more

Why a great company’s beat and raise was sold, and what I plan to do with the stock

[ad_1] When is a beat and raise not a beat and raise? That’s a question that has frustrated us this earnings season. Case in point: How about Honeywell ‘s beat and raise last week? Here’s a conglomerate splitting into three different companies, which also has a quantum computing business that’s probably more advanced than any … Read more

How Huawei ascended from telecoms to become China’s ‘jack of all trades’ AI leader

[ad_1] The Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Despite being beaten down by years of U.S. trade restrictions, China’s telecom giant Huawei has quietly emerged as one of the country’s fiercest competitors across the entire AI landscape.   Not only does the Shenzhen-based firm appear to represent Beijing’s … Read more

As media reckons with strategic shifts, a new crop of leaders is coming into play

[ad_1] Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels walks to a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Legacy media is in a time of tumult. And it’s bringing a new crop of decision-makers to the fore. In an … Read more

These are America’s 10 strongest state economies best prepared for a recession

[ad_1] With the U.S. economy solid but still facing elevated risk of recession — or, as President Trump described it in May, in a “transition period” — states are pitching themselves as the most stable place for companies to locate no matter what happens to the economy. “Multiple international headquarters, hundreds of billions of committed … Read more

The markets are telling you not to worry with steep drop in volatility. Should you listen?

[ad_1] As midsummer sets in and the trauma of the springtime sell-off fades, the markets are whispering, “Don’t worry.” With every orderly ratchet higher to a record high in the benchmark indexes, affirmed by a breakout in bitcoin as gold sleeps, a steep retreat in market volatility and a collapse in corporate-credit spreads, the investment … Read more