It was a record year, so now what? A look back at the year that was, with CNBC’s Scott Wapner and the Fast Money traders, Steve Grasso, Steve Chiavarone, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

Why is the dollar going to fall? Julian Emanuel, head U.S. equities and derivatives strategist at BTIG, said he doesn’t think the weaker dollar is necessarily due to negative developments in the U.S. He’s wanted a weaker dollar and he certainly wants it coming into the election, because a weaker dollar causes exports to be stronger, not to mention S&P 500 earnings,” Emanuel said. “With a weaker dollar, the theory goes, the consumers of energy have more purchasing power, whether it’s U.S. exports

Ford said on Monday reservations are full for the first edition of its electric sport utility vehicle, Mustang Mach-E. 2 U.S. automaker unveiled the electric Mustang crossover on Nov. 17, and began taking reservations with a refundable deposit of $500. Ford did not provide details on how many reservations it took, but has said global production in the first 12 months after its launch is limited to 50,000 vehicles. The Mach-E’s design was inspired by the classic 1960s Mustang sports car, and is m

Historic year closesThe S&P 500 has a chance to notch one more milestone as it caps off a strong 2019. Home price data releasedSeveral new pieces of economic data will give investors a read on U.S. consumers as we move into 2020. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index is scheduled to be released before the market opens. Homebuilder confidence hit its highest level since 1999 earlier this month, and U.S. home starts rose faster than expected in November. Home price data from the Federal

The need to adjust the federally mandated base pay is moot thanks to the strength and present dynamics of the U.S. economy, staffing expert Tom Gimbel told CNBC on Monday. “The days of a national minimum wage are really over,” Gimbel, founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, said on “The Exchange.” Almost two dozen states boosted their minimum wage laws in 2019, and more wage increases are planned in the new year. “While [the pay boost] is done by the government, they’re doing it as a result of the o

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 183.12 points, or 0.64%, to close at 28,462.14. The S&P 500 dropped 0.58% to 3,221.29. Tech was the worst-performing sector among the 11 S&P 500 groupings. Some of the biggest winners of the year, including Microsoft, Visa, Nike, and Procter & Gamble, were all in the red on Monday as investors took profits. Microsoft and Visa were among the top three gainers in the Dow this year, rallying 55% and 42%, respectively.

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, called Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro late last year in an attempt to oust him from the presidency, The Washington Post reported, citing people familiar with the endeavor. In September 2018, Giuliani and former Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, called Maduro as part of a back-channel effort to broker a negotiated exit for the embattled Venezuelan leader, according to the Post. Several months later a conference call was held with several par

Tensions between Tehran and Washington have soared following Trump’s withdrawal from the landmark Iran nuclear deal brokered by the Obama administration. The landmark 2015 nuclear agreement lifted sanctions on Iran that crippled its economy and cut its oil exports roughly in half. In exchange for sanctions relief, Iran accepted limits on its nuclear program and allowed international inspectors into its facilities. The U.S. in June slapped new sanctions on Iranian military leaders blamed for shoo

Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., leaves his lawyer’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 23, 2019. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCarlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ousted chairman who was awaiting trial on criminal charges in Japan, flew into Lebanon on Monday evening, France’s Les Echos newspaper reported. The Financial Times also reported that Ghosn was in Lebanon, according to a source close to his family and “a professional associate.” Ghosn landed at Beirut’s Rafic al-Hari

The Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers have all fired their head coaches as of Monday afternoon. Browns fire head coach Freddie KitchensThe Browns announced Sunday that head coach Freddie Kitchens has been “relieved of his duties” as head coach. The Haslams said they are “excited about the core players” and hope to hire a head coach that “will put this group of players in the best position to succeed.” Giants let go of head coach Pat ShurmurNew York Gian

Pokémon Go’s January events will include the addition of Shadow Moltres to the game, as well as the return of Legendary Pokémon Heatran. The January Research Breakthrough reward will be Lapras with the moves Ice Shard or Ice Beam. Both Ice Shard and Ice Beam are legacy moves from 2018, and this is the first time they’ve been available since then. Switch out either of these moves for Ice Shard or Ice Beam to satisfy your rare Pokémon collection needs. Special Pokémon wearing party hats will also

Renowned industrial designer and futurist artist Syd Mead has died at age 86 due to complications from lymphoma cancer, Polygon can confirm. Mead is best known as a concept artist on science fiction films like Blade Runner. After working in the motor vehicle industry for some time, Mead worked as a production illustrator on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, on which he famously designed V’ger. In his decades long career, Mead worked on films like Aliens, Mission: Impossible 3, and Blade Runner 2049

As 2019 comes to a close, for many doing a review of their finances, the decade will likely be defined by student debt. Today, some 44 million Americans collectively hold nearly $1.6 trillion in student debt. According to the Federal Reserve, over half of young adults who went to college in 2018 took on debt. Here’s how much Americans’ outstanding student debt has grown over the past 10 years, according to the Federal Reserve:Click to expand. You can look more closely at how much the U.S. studen

As many people make New Year’s resolutions related to their health or finances, Daymond John, an investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” suggests that you focus on something equally important in 2020: work-life balance. Work-life balance is a topic that John is passionate about, but he’s been candid about his issues with it in the past. “Work/life balance is the toughest thing that we will always be challenged with,” John wrote on LinkedIn. Regardless of your job, John wrote that “you are not alone” if

After making history in October as one of the first women to conduct an all-female spacewalk, NASA astronaut Christina Koch is breaking another glass ceiling. On Dec. 28, Koch broke the record for having the longest single spaceflight by a woman, with 289 days in space. McClain, whose space mission ended over the summer, returned back to Earth, and Koch was joined in space by astronaut Jessica Meir in September. Koch, whose space mission won’t end until February 2020, is scheduled to be in space

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, said he ended up with six figures in student debt after college, in a series of tweets about his education and backstory. “He didn’t own an emerald mine & I worked my way through college, ending up ~$100k in student debt. I couldn’t even afford a 2nd PC at Zip2, so programmed at night & website only worked during day. Musk’s father, Errol, an engineer, married Maye when she was 22, and Musk was born shortly after. Today, Elon Musk is worth $26.5 billion, accor

That haul would show a 25% bump from the $10 million his campaign raised the previous quarter, a campaign spokesman told CNBC on Monday. His most recent flood of campaign cash comes as one of the leading candidates, Elizabeth Warren, sounded the alarm about a slowdown in donations. Lee, a Yang campaign spokesman, told CNBC that the $12.5 million-plus haul “will enable us to keep pace with the establishment campaigns that are likely to outraise us.” The campaign’s goal for the end of the year was

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House. President Donald Trump is facing backlash for retweeting over the weekend a post that revealed the name of the supposed whistleblower whose report triggered the Ukraine investigation that eventually led to Trump’s impeachment. The White House did not immediately return a request for comment from CNBC. At the time, the White House had held up nearly $400 million in military aid and was dangling an official Whit

The strong sales of Apple’s AirPods and Apple Watches will come as a “surprise” to investors when the company reports its fiscal first-quarter earnings in early 2020, Citi analyst Jim Suva told CNBC on Monday. And it is why Apple’s stock will continue to move higher next year toward his $300 price target, he said. “It’s actually due to strong demand where the company can’t keep up.” The demand for AirPods Pro is closely followed by interest in the Apple Watch Series 3, Suva said. First released

Within five years of closures, opioid overdose deaths in the areas with plant closures were 85% higher than in counties without closures, according to the researchers. They added that the counties originally all had similar baseline opioid overdose numbers. “These findings highlight the potential importance of eroding economic opportunity as a factor in the U.S. opioid overdose crisis,” the authors wrote in the research note. Nearly 400,000 people died from an opioid overdose from 1999 to 2017,