Nicole Goodkind

Senior Markets Reporter, CNN Business

​​Nicole Goodkind is senior markets reporter at CNN Business where she covers global financial markets, with a focus on global macro trends, stocks, and the economy at large.
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Nicole Goodkind
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Historically, stocks have often risen on Election Day. This marks the sixth-straight Election Day gain for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
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Stock futures, bitcoin and dollar rise as Trump poised to win
Nov 6, 2024
US stock futures rose early on Wednesday and bitcoin jumped as Donald Trump looked set to win the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, shrinking Kamala Harris’ possible paths to victory.
For investors, the best strategy may be to keep calm, trade on — and leave the politics at the polling place.
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Stocks move higher as Americans head to the polls on Election Day
Nov 5, 2024
US stocks moved higher Tuesday as Americans cast their vote in a tight presidential race.
Construction workers build a structure along Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
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Live Updates Messy October jobs report muddied by strikes and storms ahead of Election Day
Nov 1, 2024
The October jobs report is the last significant piece of economic data before the US presidential election.
Left to right, clockwise: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Welcome to the ‘show me the money’ quarter
Oct 26, 2024
Silicon Valley’s biggest names are about to reveal if their massive artificial intelligence investments are paying off or just burning cash. And the timing couldn’t be spookier.
At least three major hurdles stand in the way of the current market rally continuing.
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The last time markets were this good was 20 years ago. Can we keep it up?
Oct 25, 2024
Wall Street’s winning streak may be coming to an end. After a rally that matched records set during both the fall of the Berlin Wall and the bull run of 2004, markets are wavering, with the Dow notching its fourth-straight day of losses on Thursday.
It’s the third down day for Wall Street, led by a decline in tech stocks ahead of that sector’s earnings season.
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Dow sinks sharply as Wall Street gears up for possibility of a Trump victory
Oct 23, 2024
US stocks took a dive Wednesday as mounting concerns over big tech earnings, rising Treasury yields and political uncertainty drove down all three major indexes.
Actor Idris Elba wants to revolutionize the film industry in Africa.
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Idris Elba is building an entertainment industry in Africa
Oct 21, 2024
Idris Elba has conquered Hollywood with iconic roles in “The Wire” and “Luther.” Now, the London-born actor is shifting his focus to a new stage — one that’s 10,000 miles away. Elba, whose parents hail from Sierra Leone and Ghana, is on a mission to transform the entertainment industry in Africa.
The S&P 500 has gained about 66% over the past two years.
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Wall Street’s been on a two-year tear. Can the party last?
Oct 15, 2024
Wall Street traders are popping champagne and toasting to an important milestone: the two-year anniversary of a period of outsized gains known as a bull market.
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, warned of geopolitical problems on Friday as his bank beat earnings expectations
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Jamie Dimon warns of ‘treacherous’ geopolitical conditions that are ‘getting worse’
Oct 11, 2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kicked off third-quarter earnings season Friday with a stern warning about geopolitical threats that could hurt the global economy. “Recent events show that conditions are treacherous and getting worse,” he wrote in a press release.
European stocks saw an uptick and trading in the US was higher following Biden’s announcement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Global markets close higher amid upheaval in US presidential race
Jul 22, 2024
Global markets made solid gains after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential election Sunday and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
Stocks oscillated at a violent velocity this week, reaching new highs before swinging back down again.
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Election chaos and Friday’s tech outage are taking the market on a wild ride
Jul 19, 2024
Stocks are soaring this year, but that could soon change as election chaos takes the market on a rollercoaster ride.
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 9.
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The Fed is stressed out about the presidential election
Jul 10, 2024
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent investors mixed messages on Tuesday during his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress.
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What a Trump presidency could mean for the dollar and the stock market
Jul 9, 2024
The almighty dollar is back.
New data shows weakening in the US economy. Investors don't seem to mind.
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Wall Street thinks the US economy is getting back to normal. The election could change that
Jul 8, 2024
New data shows weakening in the US economy – Friday’s jobs report showed that unemployment ticked up to 4.1% in June. Credit card delinquencies and debt are also on the rise.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 30, 2023 in New York City. The Dow rose over 500 points partly on expectations from an upcoming jobs report, Apple corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Live Updates US job growth slowed in June, latest employment data shows
Jul 5, 2024
Live coverage of the June jobs report has now ended. The US economy added 206,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 4.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 16: A view of Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, United States on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A global tax war is looming. It could hit Big Tech hard
Jul 3, 2024
A stalemate in Washington could destroy a landmark tax deal, painstakingly hammered out between 140 countries.

About

​​Nicole Goodkind is senior markets reporter at CNN Business where she covers global financial markets, with a focus on global macro trends, stocks, and the economy at large.

Goodkind was previously a writer at Fortune Magazine covering government, politics, and business. Prior to Fortune, she was the senior politics reporter at Newsweek and a reporter for Yahoo Finance, where she wrote on a broad range of economic topics with a focus on fiscal and monetary policy.

She is a graduate of Cornell University where she studied industrial and labor relations.