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VCG | Getty Images An oil tanker sits beside transfer pipes at a terminal as it prepares to unload its cargo of fuel on July 4, 2018 in Zhoushan, China.  Oil may not have been on China’s official tariff list, but the country appears to have not imported any U.S. …

Stan Honda | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase headquarters, New York. J.P. Morgan has the best equity research department on Wall Street, according to Institutional Investor. The bank won first place for the third year in a row with 46 out of its 60 sector investment teams recognized in …

FilmMagic | HBO | Getty Images Elon Musk speaks on stage during the Westworld Featured Session during SXSW at Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2018 in Austin, Texas. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla shares rose 1 percent in after-hours trading after investment firm Macquarie …

Britta Pedersen | picture alliance | Getty Images Vacuum robots from iRobot on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January, 2015.  IRobot will suffer from the latest escalation in the trade conflict between the U.S. and China, according to Piper Jaffray. The firm lowered its …

When interest rates are rising, sectors like financials and energy tend to beat the rest of the stock market, historical analysis shows. CNBC used analytics tool Kensho to determine the best-performing sectors in the S&P 500 when the 10-year Treasury note yield increased 25 basis points or more over a …

Thomas Peter-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China’s President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Trump is on a 10-day trip to Asia.  Companies’ appetite for mergers and acquisitions has fallen to a four-year low, …

Carl D. Walsh | Getty Images A waiter carries a tray of food to patrons at the Bayside American Cafe in Portland, Oregon. Regan said specifically she likes momentum plays, including Darden Restaurants, McDonald’s and Shake Shack. However, she also likes recovery stories, such as Chipotle and Potbelly, and thinks …

Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Soybean meal in a dockyard in Nantong in east China’s Jiangsu province Monday, Aug. 06, 2018. Amid an ongoing tariff battle with its global partners, the U.S. saw its trade deficit continue to widen as soybean exports plunged by $1 billion in …

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man walks along Wall Street as a taxi turns a corner near the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Monday, June 11, 2018. The professional and business services industry led job gains for the month of September, besting laggards like …

Getty Images Snapchat co-founders Bobby Murphy (l) and Evan Spiegel (c) ring the opening bell on March 2, 2017, as NYSE President Thomas Farley looks on. Snap shares rallied sharply Friday morning after it was revealed that chief executive Evan Spiegel said in a memorandum sent to employees he wants …