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Folarin Balogun of the United States shoots during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match between USA and Belgium in Seattle, Washington, July 6, 2026. Mb Media | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images As the FIFA World Cup captures massive global audiences, media companies are preparing to pay billions for the rights

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 29, 2026. NYSE The Nasdaq-100 is up about 18% in 2026, but traders on prediction market platform Kalshi don’t think the index will move much higher in the second half of 2026.  Speculators place about 50-50 odds that the tech-heavy index will close 2026 above

A motherboard from one of Rivian’s all-electric vehicles. Michael Wayland / CNBC Rivian Automotive stock plunged more than 10% during early trading on Tuesday after the electric vehicle maker announced a public offering of 75 million shares of its Class A common stock. The capital raise occurred during extended hours trading after Rivian shares rose

Michael Saylor, co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Ian Maule | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bitcoin turned positive Monday after President Donald Trump voiced his support for cryptocurrency. Earlier in the session, bitcoin dove toward $60,000 after Strategy,

Toyota Tacoma trucks on the sales lot at City Toyota on Feb. 28, 2024, in Daly City, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Toyota Motor on Monday announced that it is investing $3.6 billion to move production of the Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a plant in Mexico to its San Antonio, Texas, manufacturing campus.

Kevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaking at the ECB Forum in Sintra, Portugal on July 1st, 2026. CNBC Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said that inflation is a “choice.” The same could also be true of how inflation is measured. While the central bank has its own favorite metric courtesy of the

The New York Stock Exchange on April 14, 2025. View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images A version of this article first 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. Nearly 1 million people became millionaires

Red meat is displayed at a grocery store in Brooklyn on May 12, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images With oil and gas prices falling in the wake of the detente between the U.S. and Iran, prediction market traders now think inflation has peaked.  Speculators on prediction market platform Kalshi think

Paul Rabil, at the CNBC Boardroom Game Plan: The Ownership Game Panel, July 25, 2023. Jesse Grant | CNBC The Premier Lacrosse League wants to begin selling its teams to individual owners or groups by 2028 “or soon thereafter,” league co-founder Paul Rabil told CNBC. In the next decade, Rabil said, he wants the league

Zeroth W1, produced by Lexiang Technology, has obtained the Wall-E IP authorization for the Disney animated film “RoboCop” and will be unveiled at AWE 2026 in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is ramping up its move into humanoid robots. Ant has led

Central Park Tower, left, and One57, center, along Billionaire’s Row in New York, May 1, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first 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.

In this photo illustration, Apps for online prediction market sites are shown on an electronic device on Feb. 25, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The 2026 FIFA World Cup was forecast to be the biggest gambling event in history. For prediction market platforms, that’s led to soaring trading volumes in June. 

An airport lounge — without the security screening or boarding pass. Credit card companies American Express and Chase are increasingly waging their luxury lounge wars outside the airport. From an air-conditioned retreat in the middle of the desert at Coachella to an exclusive athlete meet-and-greet at the Paris Olympics, these companies are investing big in

Rendering of the Museum of American Finance’s new home on Commonwealth Pier in the Boston Seaport. Courtesy: Museum of American Finance Nearly a decade after leaving its former home, the Museum of American Finance is welcoming the public to its new headquarters – and just in time for the country’s 250th anniversary. The 5,400-square-foot museum

Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley speaks during a launch event for the 2025 Ford Expedition in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 30, 2025. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor regularly promotes itself as a cornerstone of American manufacturing, business and truck leadership with its best-selling F-Series pickups, but it also has led the U.S.

CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin is interviewed Chairman of the Milken Institute Michael Milken (not pictured) during the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 7, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters Ken Griffin’s Citadel posted positive returns across its various hedge fund strategies in the first half of 2026, led by

In this photo illustration, a Jersey Mike’s cup is displayed outside of Jersey Mike’s restaurant on April 21, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s filed for an initial public offering on Thursday, reporting that its same-store sales cumulatively climbed 50% from 2020 through 2025. Jersey Mike’s plans

SpaceX may put other mega-cap IPOs on the fast track. According to Kathmere Capital Management’s chief investment officer, it could emerge as the ultimate blueprint for Silicon Valley — especially when it comes to the expected Anthropic and OpenAI public debuts. “It would not surprise me at all to see a similar dynamic play out