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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The latest GDP report showed that US economic growth slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, a much weaker pace than expected.
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Markets fall as investors worry about low economic growth and stubborn inflation rates
Apr 25, 2024
US stocks closed lower Thursday after the latest GDP report showed that US economic growth slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter of the year, a much weaker pace than expected.
Pro-Palestian protesters gather on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 23, 2024. Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities on April 22, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested.
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Calls grow for Columbia University president to step down as protests spread nationwide
Apr 25, 2024
National political leaders ratcheted up the pressure for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down on Wednesday as pro-Palestinian protests continued at the school’s New York campus and spread to colleges across the country.
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) speaks to the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Jamie Dimon fears for the future of the free world and US debt
Apr 24, 2024
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is worried about the future of the free world and the risk of more global chaos.
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 10, 2024 in New York City.
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Can markets make a comeback? That depends on tech earnings
Apr 23, 2024
Markets have had a rough go of things this month, but don’t count them out just yet. Monday’s bounceback, buoyed by a strong start to earnings season, could mark a sea change for investors.
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March. 21, 2024.
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Investors are fearful. They shouldn’t be
Apr 22, 2024
Call it an April slump. But an expert on economic doomsaying believes markets are overly pessimistic.
Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, took the place of Digital World's place on the Nasdaq stock exchange in March.
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Trump Media stock ends session 15% higher after two very bad days
Apr 17, 2024
Investors in Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock are finally, after two days of turmoil, seeing an uptick in their shares.
Students at Highlands High School, work on a practice test at the ACT Boot Camp in Newport, Ky.
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Private equity finds its next bet: college admissions
Apr 17, 2024
College entrance exams, and the companies that run them, have had a volatile few years in the United States as universities around the country try to figure out what’s the best way to evaluate prospective student.
Tim Wren, chief commercial officer for BSI Group, right, presents Kristalina Georgieva, chief executive officer of the World Bank Group, second right, with ISO 20121 certification for sustainable event management at an event during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 15, 2024. The IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington are expected to draw thousands of delegates, observers and journalists from the fund's 190 member countries. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Geopolitical strife is roiling Wall Street. Here’s what investors are watching
Apr 16, 2024
Worries about an escalation of tensions in the Middle East rattled investors on Monday, with the Dow swinging 600 points over the course of the day to close about 250 points lower. That’s after the blue chip index dropped nearly 500 points on Friday.
1040 US Individual Income Tax Return Form
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Three ways investors can minimize their tax payments
Apr 15, 2024
It’s tax day in the United States and time to start thinking about how to make savings next year.
Hope Murray sits with some furry friends in San Diego, California.
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More people are working well past retirement age. It’s not easy
Apr 14, 2024
Hope Murray retired in 2013 after a 50-year career that ranged from game show producer, to Hollywood party planner to casino executive.
JPMorgan beat earnings expectations this Friday, unofficially kicking off the first quarter earnings season.
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Jamie Dimon says chance of a bad economy is ‘higher than other people think’
Apr 12, 2024
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, kicked off earnings season Friday with a beat, but also a warning about geopolitical threats that could hurt the global economy.
An exterior view of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City on August 21, 2023. European and US stocks rebounded on Monday but Asian markets ended mixed after a Chinese rate cut failed to reassure investors worried about the outlook for the world's number two economy. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Stocks end the day higher even as blowout jobs report pushes some Fed officials to consider another rate hike
Apr 10, 2024
The March jobs report showed the US economy added 303,000 positions and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%. That far surpassed expectations for 205,000 jobs to be added, underscoring the ongoing resilience of the US labor market.
Investors worry the hotter-than-expected inflation report will push back the Fed’s timeline for the rate cuts it has been hinting would come this year.
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Dow closes 422 points lower after a surprisingly bad inflation report
Apr 10, 2024
US stocks fell sharply Wednesday after inflation data for March came in higher than expected.
The site of JPMorgan Chase's new 1,388-foot headquarters stands under construction at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown East on May 18, 2023 in New York City. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, the 70-story skyscraper will consist of 2.5 million square feet of office space for an estimated 15,000 employees. When complete, the building will become the tallest structure in New York City powered entirely by hydroelectric energy and featuring state-of-the-art air filtering. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has asked all managing directors to return to the office five days a week and others at least three days a week.
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Banks say they’re meeting climate pledges. A new report says they’re ineffective
Apr 10, 2024
The biggest banks in the world have all pledged to go green.
JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023.
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The stock market is shrinking and Jamie Dimon is worried
Apr 9, 2024
The number of publicly traded companies in the US is shrinking. Jamie Dimon, one of the world’s most influential business leaders, is worried.
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, March 21, 2024.
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Why 2024 will be a year of fits and starts for dealmaking on Wall Street
Apr 8, 2024
Dealmaking is big business on Wall Street.

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.