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Source: Waste Connections Christopher Warner and Ozo Jaculewicz helped build one of the top-performing funds of 2019 with an unconventional bet: Waste Connections. Waste Connections, a waste management company based in Canada, has the largest weight in the Wells Fargo Asset Management Discovery fund (WFDAX), which is managed by Warner and Jaculewicz. Their bet on

A technician holds an agar plate containing bacteria cell culture at a Bugworks Research India Ltd. laboratory in Bengaluru, India, on Thursday, May 31, 2018. The rapid spread of resistant bacteria has made India the epicenter of a war to prevent a post-antibiotic world, where people would once again die in their thousands of commonplace

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. is weighing down companies’ investment decisions. “I think it is the case that uncertainty around trade policy is causing some companies to hold back now on investment,” Powell said in Switzerland. ”We’ve been hearing quite a bit about uncertainty. So

Shutterstock The interest rate on the 10-year Treasury is trending higher every month that goes by. The price of oil is trending higher every month as well. This has been the case for a while now and I’m surprised that, so far, the stock market mostly continues on as if little of that mattered. I’m

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell should admit he was wrong to increase interest rates so aggressively last year, as the U.S.-China trade dispute was escalating, economic growth was starting to cool and the stock market was tanking. Powell should acknowledge the mistake and change course, Cramer said. “Why can’t

Photo: Sergei SavostyanovTASS via Getty Images. This article looks at two terrific growth and income shares whose share prices could detonate in the days ahead. Bellway There’s no doubt that earnings growth for homebuilders like Bellway are set to slow considerably as the excessive house growth of recent decades grinds to a halt. But in my

In this photo illustration, a visual representation of a cryptocurrency sits on display in front of a Facebook logo. Chesnot | Getty Images When it comes to the development and regulation of cryptocurrencies, many in Washington have been producing more heat than light. By all accounts, the crypto industry and its dozens of digital asset

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Is this thing on? Many traders were likely asking that question during a relatively quiet summer day on Wall Street yesterday. Such light trading should come as no surprise, though. For many, the release of the July payroll number on that first Friday in August is the only thing standing between them

Constellation Brands product line. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Beer and wine producer Constellation Brands is seeing an uptick in the millennial generation’s consumption of alcohol and, according to a company executive, that’s in part thanks to one specific reason. “When you said the millennials are drinking more, I’m like: That’s because they have kids,” Barclays

Traders work under monitors displaying 3M Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images In a world of falling and even negative interest rates, investors are searching high and low for yield. Companies with a high and stable dividends are a

President Donald Trump answers questions in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, August 20, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Citi no longer sees a conclusion to the trade war with China before the next U.S. presidential election, the investment bank said in a research report on Wednesday. “[The] base case for the

Now is the time to buy risk assets, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategist told CNBC on Tuesday. “When investors are this bearish, historically, it’s been a great time to buy risky assets like stocks and commodities,” BofAML global investment strategist Jared Woodard said on “Closing Bell. “ Woodard stressed he was looking at

Martin Chavez, Goldman Sachs  Amanda Gordon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Marty Chavez, a veteran Goldman Sachs executive who helped transform the firm’s technology division, is leaving the bank. Chavez, who was co-head of the bank’s trading division, will retire at the end of 2019, according to a memo sent to employees Tuesday. The move

Employees work on the production line of solar panel at Risen Energy Co., Ltd on February 21, 2019 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province of China. Zhejiang Daily | Visual China Group | Getty Images President Trump rattled Wall Street when he demanded U.S. firms move production out of China. But many have already taken steps to

JJFarquitectos | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The world of competitive video games is coming out of “stealth mode” in the United States, analysts at Needham say, and the firm believes investors should pay attention to how its growing popularity will drive future profits. Known commonly as esports, the category is essentially defined as people

Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street suffered from whiplash throughout August as trade headlines and recession angst sent stocks on a wild ride during the last full month of summer. The S&P 500 posted 11 moves of more than 1% in 22 trading sessions for August. Those moves included three declines of