The Standard and Poor's 500, or simply the S&P 500, is a stock market index tracking the performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices. As of December 31, 2020, more than $5.4 trillion was invested in assets tied to the performance of the index.
CNBC is an American basic cable business news channel that is a division of NBCUniversal News Group, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, with both wholly owned and operated by Comcast. Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, the network primarily carries business day coverage of U.S. and international financial markets. Following the end of the business day and on non-trading days, CNBC primarily carries financial and business-themed documentaries and reality shows.
CNBC Europe is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith-designed 10 Fleet Place building with organisations including Dow Jones & Company. Along with CNBC Asia, the channel is operated by the Singapore-headquartered CNBC subsidiary company CNBC International, which is in turn wholly owned by NBCUniversal.
CNBC Asia is a pay television business channel. A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, it is the Asian service of CNBC. Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney.
James Joseph Cramer is an American television personality and author. He is the host of Mad Money on CNBC and an anchor on Squawk on the Street. Cramer was a hedge fund manager, founder, and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz. Cramer is an author of several books including Confessions of a Street Addict (2002), Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World (2005), Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich (2006), and Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully (2013). He is the co-founder of TheStreet.com, where he was a contributor from 1996 to 2021. Cramer was a host on Kudlow & Cramer from 2002 to 2005.
Europe This Week is a business news show aired on CNBC Europe and on CNBC World in the US, co-presented by Guy Johnson and Louisa Bojesen, from 6pm to 6:30pm CET on Fridays.
Asia Market Wrap is a business news programme aired on CNBC Asia between 1600-1800 (Hong Kong/Singapore time, until December 2005. The show also aired on CNBC US on 5:30 to 6AM ET until 2000, then it was moved to CNBC World. Anchored by Christine Tan, Asia Market Wrap examined the day's headlines and numbers, with in-depth analysis of the day's financial news, interviewing key money managers, market experts and corporate chiefs.
Worldwide Exchange is a television business news program on CNBC channels around the world. It used to be broadcast live from studios on three continents until May 11, 2012. The programme is anchored by Brian Sullivan and is produced at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prior to January 4, 2016, it was produced by CNBC Europe in London.
Fast Money is an American financial stock trading talk show that began airing on the CNBC cable/satellite TV channel on June 21, 2006. Beginning October 10, 2007, it was broadcast every weeknight at 5pm ET, one hour after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, until mid-2011 when it was moved to just four nights per week, Monday through Thursday, to make room for special option and currency trading shows on Friday evenings. On March 22, 2013, it returned to the Friday night slot as a half-hour show, followed by the Options Action half-hour show. The show originates from the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City.
CNBC Africa is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007. Founded by Rakesh Wahi and Zafar Siddiqi, the network is produced under license from CNBC International and is owned by Africa Business News. It is headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Market Wrap is a show on CNBC that aired between 4pm and 6pm ET, and was replaced by Closing Bell on Feb 4, 2002. The series was premiered in 1989 as Market Wrap-Up was Anchored by Bill Griffeth and others. In 1996 when Cavuto leaving from CNBC for Fox News Channel and Sister Network financial Unit.
Asia Market Week is a weekly business news programme on CNBC Asia, airing on Fridays at 18:00 Hong Kong / Singapore / Taiwan time with daylight saving time. It also airs on CNBC World and CNBC Europe at various times during the week.
Markets Now, also known as Fox Business News, is a daily business programming block that is aired weekdays from 11am-3pm Eastern Time on the Fox Business Network.
Australia This Week was a television business news program that aired on Friday and across the weekend on CNBC Asia. When daylight saving time is in effect in Australia, the program was first shown live across the network's pan-Asian feed at 5pm Sydney time. At other times, the program was relayed live in Australia only, and rebroadcast 30 minutes later on the channel's pan-Asian feed. It was produced from CNBC Asia's Australia studio in Sydney, and anchored by Oriel Morrison.
On March 12, 2009, television personality Jim Cramer appeared as a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The host of CNBC's Mad Money, Cramer appeared in response to host Jon Stewart's highly publicized week-long criticism of CNBC. The exchange began with a scathing piece on CNBC's miscalculations regarding the financial crisis of 2007–2008 in response to CNBC commentator Rick Santelli, who had recently said on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade that homeowners facing foreclosure were "losers". Santelli had been set to appear on the show, but CNBC canceled Santelli's appearance. Stewart, along with Daily Show executives, claimed the CNBC montage was not retaliatory and that they planned to show it before the cancellation was announced.
CNBC TV18 is an Indian pay television business and financial news channel owned by NBCUniversal and TV18.
The history of cryptocurrency has been marked by several speculative bubbles: one in 2011, another in 2013, yet another in 2017, and still another in 2021.
On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 7 April 2020.
Economic turmoil associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging and severe impacts upon financial markets, including stock, bond, and commodity markets. Major events included a described Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, which after failing to reach an OPEC+ agreement resulted in a collapse of crude oil prices and a stock market crash in March 2020. The effects upon markets are part of the COVID-19 recession and are among the many economic impacts of the pandemic.
