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Bill Gates just announced a new $1 billion investment in clean energy, called "Breakthrough Energy Ventures." The billionaire philanthropist has teamed up with Jack Ma, Vinod Khosla and Jon Doerr and will invest in energy companies focused on green technologies. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "...

Joseph Trevisani of Worldwide Markets was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Friday and explained why the U.S. dollar is benefiting from a "perfect storm." According to Trevisani, the "perfect storm" consists of: a) the Federal Reserve almost essentially guaranteeing an interest rate...

Billionaire investor Sam Zell was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Wednesday to talk about a shift he has noticed in investor sentiment following the results of the U.S. presidential election. According to Zell, there has been a shift from "extreme pessimism" prior to the election to "...

Technology stocks were the initial victim after Donald Trump won the race to the White House, but the recent decline in notable names could see a reversal. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Saira Malik of TIAA Global Asset Management suggested that many investors sold technology stocks...

President-elect Donald Trump's brief feud with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s CEO Jeff Bezos several months ago is causing some investors to worry. During the campaign trail, Trump suggested that Amazon has a "huge anti-trust problem." Now that the election is over, Amazon's stock has notably...

Did monetary policy help President-elect Donald Trump win the race to the White House? According to billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, the answer is a simple yes. "Of course it did,"Druckenmiller said on Thursday's edition of CNBC's "Squawk Box." "It was just a small part of it. But of...

Gregory Fleming is a senior research scholar in law at Yale Law School and was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment on Thursday to offer his expertise on financial regulation. Fleming pointed out that financial stocks rallied on Wednesday, and part of the gain was attributed to the prospect of a...

Terry Lundren, CEO of Macy's Inc (NYSE: M), was a guest on CNBC Thursday to talk about the company's third quarter results. Macy's earned $0.17 per share in the third quarter, which fell short of the $0.41 per share analysts were expecting. Lundren stated that the company is on...

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller threw his support behind a Donald Trump administration, even though he supported John Kasich throughout the Republican nomination. Druckenmiller, the founder of Duquesne Capital, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday to share his outlook on the U....

Mark Grant, a strategist at Hilltop Securities, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday to offer his take on the presidential election. Now that the election is finally over with, the top question on investors mind is: Now what? 'America's Brexit' According to Grant, the presidential...

One of the most highly debated stocks on Wall Street is Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). Bears continue to argue that Tesla's growth story and margin expansion continues to get delayed or pushed out, which calls into question if the company will ever deliver on its lofty promises. Bulls...

CNBC's Jim Cramer highlighted two Dow components that reported exceptional quarterly results on Tuesday. During Tuesday's segment of "Squawk Box," Cramer singled out E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE: DD)'s "tremendous turn" and Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG)'s "fabulous" growth. Cramer...

Should Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) be worried about AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s mega-merger with Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)? Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box," AT&T's CEO Randall Stephenson said that when the opportunity presents itself, he will tell Disney's CEO Bob Iger that the...