Anita Hamilton

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Anita Hamilton |George Glover

Oil prices eased but remained elevated on Thursday as investors weighed up the U.S.-China trade deal, rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the start of the summer driving season.

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Anita Hamilton |Brian Swint |Reshma Kapadia

The U.S.-China trade deal is done, pending approval from Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, the U.S. president said on his Truth Social account earlier Wednesday. The post comes after trade talks held over two days in London wrapped up late Tuesday.

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Brian Swint |Anita Hamilton

As trade talks between the world’s two biggest economies neared the end of their second day Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said they’re “going really, really well.” However, when asked if the would end Tuesday, he replied, “I hope they end this evening, but if they need be, we’ll be here tomorrow.”

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | George Glover |Anita Hamilton

Shares in online-trading platform Robinhood Markets and advertising technology company AppLovin were tumbling on Monday after S&P Dow Jones Indices made no changes to the S&P 500 in its quarterly rebalancing.

3 weeks ago | barrons.com | Anita Hamilton |Al Root |Joe Light |Rupert Steiner

Investors could build a basket of stocks that could benefit if government contracts are pulled from Musk's companies. Barron’s has described Rocket Lab—a smaller space launch service provider—as a mini-SpaceX. It is valued at almost $12 billion. SpaceX is valued at about $350 billion. Shares were up 6.8% in Friday trading, putting shares up about 1% over the past five days. AST SpaceMobile is a little like SpaceX’s Starlink.