China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world since 2009. Official estimates suggest the country’s total exports amounted to $2.641 trillion in 2019. In 2013, China became the largest trading nation in the world. The United States previously held that position. The title of largest exporter of goods

Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snap Inc. Adam Galica | CNBC With earnings season gathering pace, now is the time to re-evaluate your portfolio. However, in such an unpredictable environment, investors need to be particularly savvy when making critical investing decisions. "Markets are now hoping for (and trading on) a smooth election,

Approximately 2,000 Robinhood accounts were accessed by hackers and looted during the week of October 5, according to Bloomberg. Victims told Bloomberg that their trading accounts were hacked in spite of already having set up account protection. A Robinhood spokesperson tells us, "A limited number of customers appear to have

Integrated circuits on a circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus during the U.S.-China trade war. filonmar | E+ | Getty Images Company: ON Semiconductor Corp (ON) Business: A premier semiconductor company that focuses on power and sensor products. ON Semi's segments include (i) Power Solutions Group, which offers a range

Specialization, along with the complementary concept of the division of labor, occurs when the innate inequalities of human productive output are intensified along different skills. An individual becomes economically specialized when he focuses his productive efforts on an increasingly narrow range of tasks. The most obvious economic impact of specialization

Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday advised investors against selling U.S. equities in response to spiking coronavirus cases across European nations. "If you follow what they're doing and you sell our stocks because of what's happening right now in France, that's going to prove to be something that

The time may come when life insurance policy owners want to rid themselves of the policies they own. Maybe they simply no longer want to pay the premium, or they find themselves in a position where they need to access cash due to a major—and often unexpected—expense. Still, others just

James Gorman David A. Grogan | CNBC Morgan Stanley is set to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday. Here's what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.28 a share, less than 1% higher than a year earlier, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $10.64 billion, 6% higher than a year earlierWealth management: $4.45 billion, according to

Virgin Galactic's First Spaceflight on Dec. 13, 2018 Source: Virgin Galactic Space tourism venture Virgin Galactic on Wednesday said it remains on track to conduct its next test spaceflight in the coming weeks. "We expect our first spaceflight from Spaceport America to occur later this fall and we are pleased to confirm that

Billionaire investor Ron Baron, who says his stake in Tesla has made his firm 10 times its original investment, told CNBC on Wednesday that he expects similar growth from Elon Musk's space company. "SpaceX I think has a chance to be just as large as Tesla," Baron said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Baron's