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This year's annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders kicked off with a video tribute to Berkshire vice chairman and Warren Buffett right-hand man Charlie Munger, who passed away last year at age 99. Buying great companies, rather than great valuesWhen citing Munger's most important lessons, multiple shareholders on the floor recalled a key early disagreement between Munger and Buffett. "I learned that it's better to buy good businesses at fair prices than pretty bad businesses at really great prices," said Jerone Gillespie of Maryland. "I think that's the same thing that Warren Buffett said was one of the most important lessons that he learned from him." But now that you control Berkshire, add to it wonderful businesses purchased at fair prices and give up buying fair businesses at wonderful prices," Buffett recalls Munger telling him in 1965.
Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Munger, they're, I'm, Luis Lozano, Dean Miller, , We're, Buffett, Jerone Gillespie, Gillespie, Benjamin Graham, Warren, Ben Graham, cryptocurrency Organizations: Berkshire, CHI Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Munger, Cancun , Mexico, Monticello , Minnesota, Jerone Gillespie of Maryland, Berkshire
Companies that are spending big internally to grow their businesses should start outperforming if the economy remains on strong footing, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street bank is advising clients consider buying companies with a high level of capital expenditure and research and development expenses. Those companies have outperformed those returning cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends this year by 2 percentage points, Goldman said. In this environment, investors typically reward companies investing for growth when economic growth is accelerating, if history is any guide, Goldman said. The firm found a slew of stocks in the S & P 500 with the highest percentage of capex and R & D per market cap.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, David Kostin Organizations: Norwegian Cruise Line, United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Meta, Intel, HP, Western Digital Locations: Norwegian, United
That's not to say predictions of a commercial real estate rebound are a sure bet. Here are four signs that support Gray's prediction that the commercial real estate market may be bottoming. (New York Community Bank had previously purchased $2.7 billion in Signature's loans and deposits, but not the real estate loans.) According to David Seifert, partner at private equity real estate firm Velocis, there are some sweet deals to be had in secondary sales of private-equity funds tied to real estate. The road aheadWhere Gray sees signs of bottoming, others think commercial real estate has much further to fall.
Persons: Warren Buffett, Buffett, Paul Getty, Getty, Steve Mnuchin —, Blackstone, Mnuchin, Donald Trump's, George Soros, John Paulson, It's, Jonathan Gray, Jim Garman, That's, Barry Sternlicht, Gray, Tracy Chen, Chen, BGO, secondaries There's, Ares, Brian King, King, David Seifert, Seifert, Velocis, Goldman Sachs, Dan McNamara, McNamara, Scott Rechler, wallop, Janet Yellen, Rechler, there's Organizations: Business, Goldman, Reuters, Starwood, Brandywine Global, Federal Reserve, . Bank, New York Community Bank, FDIC, Signature Bank, Community Bank, Fund Management, Community Preservation, New, Commercial Observer, Blackstone, Homes, Digital Realty, Polpo, RXR Locations: Blackstone, , New York, New York, BREIT, Real, Velocis
The firm downgraded the cosmetics stock to hold from buy but maintained $530 per share price target. The firm maintained a neutral rating alongside a $13 per share price target, implying nearly 10% upside ahead. The firm is standing by an underperform rating on Robinhood stock with a $12 per share price target. HSBC downgraded the software stock to hold but maintained its $22 per share price target. First Solar shares have lagged in 2024, losing 11.6% amid concern that Federal Reserve rate cuts may not arrive until later than anticipated.
Persons: Ulta, Anthony Chukumba, Chukumba, Brian Evans, Christopher Danely, — Brian Evans, Robinhood's, Robinhood, LSEG, JPMorgan's Kenneth Worthington, Goldman Sachs, Will Nance, America's Craig Siegenthaler, Wells, Biogen, Mohit Bansal, Stephen Bersey, Christopher Dendrinos, Dendrinos, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, U.S, Wednesday, RBC, HSBC, Palantir, Citi, Revenue, Bank, America's, Technologies, RBC Capital Markets, Enphase Energy, Shoals Technologies Locations: 2024e, Tuesday's, U.S
Here are Monday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs reiterates Nvidia as buy Goldman raised its price target on the stock to $800 per share from $625. "So, since our price target is > $135, we must necessarily believe that Tesla's OTHER businesses will emerge to drive upside. JPMorgan downgrades Mattel to neutral from overweight JPMorgan said in its downgrade of Mattel that the Barbie boost was short-lived for the toy company. JPMorgan reiterates Amazon as overweight JPMorgan said it's standing by top idea Amazon. " JPMorgan reiterates PayPal as overweight JPMorgan said it's standing by PayPal heading into earnings later this week.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, it's, Piper Sandler, Tesla, Piper, Riley downgrades, Redburn, TD Cowen, Smith Douglas, it's bullish, JPMorgan downgrades, Barbie, Evercore, , Moffett, Guggenheim, Davidson downgrades Clorox, cyberattack Organizations: Nvidia, Bank of America, Apple, Apple's, Vision, Tesla Energy, Cedar Fair, SIX, Citi, JPMorgan downgrades, JPMorgan, Broadband, Companies, Smith, Smith Douglas Homes, JPMorgan downgrades Mattel, Mattel, Guggenheim, Inc, DA, PayPal Locations: United States
[1/2] Paul Hudson, chief executive officer of Sanofi, speaks during the annual results news conference at the company's headquarters in Paris, France, February 4, 2022. The market's shock reaction, compounded by a lack of details of the spending push, overshadowed Sanofi's plan to list its consumer unit, in line with an industry trend. David Song, a portfolio manager and investment partner at Tema ETF, said: "The narrative of Sanofi has been a margin expansion, earnings-driven story for a lot of investors." "Shouldn't investors give credit to managements who care about long-term shareholder value creation?," said Song. ($1 = 0.9206 euros)Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Josephine Mason and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Paul Hudson, Sanofi, Benoit Tessier, Hudson, Dan Lyons, Janus Henderson, Markus Manns, David Song, Fabian Wenner, Julius Baer, Union's Manns, Janus Henderson's Lyons, Johnson, Song, Ludwig Burger, Josephine Mason, Emelia Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Janus Henderson Investors, Germany's Union Investment, Tema, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, British, Hudson, Denver, Swiss, Tema
Mentions of inflation were down to 55% of companies in the third quarter, down from a peak of 83% in 2022. Taken together, the "recession" and "inflation" mentions points to moderating, but still persistent unease among companies. "Stocks have shrugged off recession fears, but they remain elevated at many companies. But they also note that the still-elevated mentions of inflation and recession don't necessarily bode poorly for stock performance. Big Wall Street firms are mixed in their outlook for the economy next year.
Persons: , disinflation, DataTrek, DataTrek cofounders Nicholas Colas, Jessica Rabe, Colas, Rabe, bode, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Service, Research, Wall Street, Wall, Bloomberg, JPMorgan Locations: America
Here's how Morgan Stanley thinks the stock market will move in 2024, the economic warning signs investors should watch for, and which stocks are best positioned to outperform next year. A stronger stock market in 2024You'd think with the myriad problems stocks are facing right now that the market is in for a difficult year ahead. Wilson believes that earnings growth will accelerate as the year progresses. Morgan StanleyBeyond strong earnings growth for individual companies, Wilson expects that increased spending in a variety of industries will provide fiscal support across the market. Guided by the themes above, Wilson polled Morgan Stanley analysts for their top stock picks heading into 2024.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Michael Wilson, Morgan Stanley Wilson, Wilson, Jerome Powell Organizations: Business, Reserve, Walmart, Target, Fed, White House Locations: headwinds, bailouts
Jefferies initiated Colgate-Palmolive with a buy rating, citing a stabilization in market share loss. The firm initiated coverage of DevOps stock on Monday with a buy rating and a $56 per share price target. "In short, we think GTLB is well positioned to gain share with its platform offering in a rapidly growing ~$40B DevSecOps target market," analyst Gray Powell said. The firm initiated coverage of the consumer giant with a buy rating and a $87 per share price target in a Sunday note. Analyst Kaumil Gajrawala said the company's market share losses from the height of the pandemic have stabilized, allowing Colgate-Palmolive to enter a period of steady growth.
Persons: Jefferies, Edward Jones, Oracle Edward Jones, Oracle's, Logan Purk, Purk, Brian Evans, Gray Powell, — Brian Evans, Bernstein, TripAdvisor, Richard Clarke, Asiya Merchant, Kaumil Gajrawala, Gajrawala Organizations: CNBC, Colgate, Palmolive, Citi, HP Inc, Oracle, Google, Amazon Web Services, Jefferies, ~$
You think and think and think, and you still can't believe that things changed so radically in such a short period of time. So, let's pull apart Apple, Amazon, Meta and Alphabet to try to understand how unimportant what actually happened at these companies might be. Instead, Apple stock has climbed roughly 5% since it reported quarterly results on Nov. 2. Meta stock fell to $288 a share, down from $314, in a couple of sessions just because of that line in its earnings report. But like Apple and Amazon, Meta stock stabilized and has risen more than 14% since late October.
Persons: , Lina Khan's, let's, Khan, Apple, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Alexi Rosenfeld Organizations: Apple, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, NFL, Amazon, Web Services, Google, YouTube, Amazon Web Services, Meta, Microsoft, Federal, Treasury, Procter & Gamble, CNBC, Getty Locations: wearables, Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, China, Israel, Gaza, GOOGL, New York City
Japan has become a gold mine for value investors
  + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Edward Chancellor | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
Having experienced a multi-decade decline after 1990, Japanese stocks have escaped the doldrums. Reuters GraphicsAnother shadow that has long lingered over corporate Japan is management teams which tended to neglect shareholders and prioritise the interests of other stakeholders. METI is also redefining the aim of Japanese companies, says Stephen Codrington, founder of the independent research firm Codrington Japan. Japan, whose regime was formerly unfriendly to equity investors, is moving in the opposite direction, says Drew Edwards, head of GMO Usonian Japan. Japan, as Codrington says, has become a gold mine for value investors.
Persons: Jeremy Siegel, “ Stocks, It's, Alex Kinmont, James Montier, METI, Stephen Codrington, Codrington, Toby Rodes, Edward McQuarrie, McQuarrie, Drew Edwards, there’s, Warren Buffett, Peter Thal Larsen, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Investors, Credit Suisse Global Investment, Nikkei, U.S ., Local, Credit Suisse, Ministry, Economy, Trade, Industry, Electronics, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Investment, Toyota, Investment Fund, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Kaname, Takisawa Machine Tool, managements, Toyota Industries, Santa Clara University, U.S, Thomson Locations: Japan, U.S, Europe, Codrington Japan, United States
There are several opportunities over the next month for investors to cash in on a long-standing trend by buying options, according to Goldman Sachs. "We find that call buying around analyst days has been a systematically profitable option buying strategy. The reason the strategy works is that there appears to be an upward bias to share price movement after analyst days that is not priced in to the options market, Goldman said. "Company managements take the opportunity of analyst days to review recent performance, layout strategic priorities, provide/update forward guidance, reveal long-term targets etc. Despite the significance of analyst days, we also observe that the options market tends to underprice volatility around analyst days," the note said.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Sesha Phani, Goldman, Ingersoll Rand, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Defense, L3Harris Technologies Locations: Roblox
Have a concentrated portfolioHaving a concentrated portfolio means investing in a relatively small number of stocks as opposed to a larger number for the sake of diversity. Buy quality stocksSucceeding with a concentrated portfolio relies on one thing: buying quality stocks. A quality stock is a company that's able to consistently post profits and returns on capital. Apple and Alphabet would be considered consensus quality stocks, and Munger is well known for his fondness of shares of Coca-Cola, another stock traditionally classified as quality. Buy stocks with good management teamsOne element of a company that makes it "quality" is its management team.
Persons: Charlie Munger, Bill Ackman, Michael Baron —, We've, Baron, Ackman, Ron Baron, Warren Buffett, Munger, he's, they've, They've Organizations: CNBC's, Alpha, Pershing Square Holdings, Universal Music, Morningstar, Partners Fund, Nasdaq, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Coca Locations: Munger, Ackman, Berkshire
But shares of the life sciences and medical diagnostics company remain under pressure after management was forced to lower expectations for one of its key businesses. We used Tuesday's sell-off in Danaher shares to add to our position . Driving this forecast is an expectation for biotechnology sales drop in the mid-20% range, life sciences sales to decline by mid-single digit percentage points, and for diagnostics to be down about 20%. Assuming no additional headwinds in the fourth quarter, management reiterated their full year outlook for the bioprocessing base business to be down 10% on a full-year basis. The life sciences unit was hampered by pressure in the instruments business.
Persons: hasn't, Rainer M, Blair, Sartorius, Danaher, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Virginia Sherwood Organizations: Revenue, Guidance Management, Management, CNBC, NYSE Locations: Bioprocessing, Danaher, China, Veralto
A Blue Origin spokesperson said Sierra will remain a partner on Orbital Reef but declined to say in what capacity. Last week, Bezos told Blue Origin employees that longtime Amazon executive Dave Limp would replace Blue Origin's current CEO by year's end. In 2021, Blue Origin announced its partnership to build what it envisions as a "business park in space" with Sierra Space, a spinoff from defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. Blue Origin secured $3.4 billion from NASA this year for that lander as part of the agency's Artemis program. Blue Origin said at the time it planned to privately invest "well north" of that amount.
Persons: Shepard, Jeff Bezos's, Ivan Pierre Aguirre, Jeff Bezos, Sierra, Brent Sherwood, Sherwood, Bezos, Dave Limp, Glenn, Joey Roulette, Ben Klayman, David Gregorio, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Sierra Space, NASA, Space, CNBC, Blue Origin, Amazon, year's, Sierra Nevada Corp, Origin, Industry, Sierra, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Van Horn , Texas, U.S
The stock market on Monday entered what historically is its worst seasonal stretch of days of the year, according to Bank of America. So far, the S & P 500 is true to form, down about 0.6% this week. There is also a slew of worker stoppages affecting the economy, along with higher oil prices and a looming government shutdown troubling investors. The S & P 500 was already in the red for the first part of September and Suttmeier noted that doesn't make this stretch a buying opportunity. For example, the market benchmark around 4,425 today is still well above its 200-week moving average of 3,914, so it's still in a "secularly bullish" trend, according to Suttmeier.
Persons: Stephen Suttmeier, Goldman Sachs, Suttmeier, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America
Goldman Sachs expects the stock market is about to get even bumpier from here — and recommends ways for investors to capitalize on the turbulence. "We expect volatility to increase over next few weeks," John Marshall, head of derivatives research at the firm, wrote Monday. While the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, a popular measure of volatility, is down about 35% in 2023, the Wall Street firm expects that a deteriorating macroeconomic backdrop and seasonal volatility will drive it up. The CBOE Volatility Index was last hovering around 14. "Buy CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Oct monthly expiry $15 calls to hedge potential rise in volatility," the firm's Arun Prakash wrote in a Thursday note.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, John Marshall, Marshall, Arun Prakash, Prakash, CNBC's Michael Bloom
Citi thinks Goldman Sachs ' long-term company goals may be more difficult to reach than investors think. Citi downgraded shares of the investment bank to neutral from buy in a Tuesday note. He cautioned, however, that investor returns will likely be closer to the lower end of Goldman managements forecasts. Goldman shares are up 4.5% this year. GS YTD mountain Goldman Sachs stock has climbed more than 4% since January.
Persons: Goldman Sachs, Keith Horowitz, Goldman, Horowitz, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Citi, Goldman Locations: GBM
FILE PHOTO: The BlackRock logo is pictured outside their headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 25, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo(Reuters) - The world’s top asset manager BlackRock said it will offer proxy voting choices to U.S. retail investors of its biggest exchange-traded fund, expanding a strategy that could blunt criticism of how the firm considers environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Investors will not be able to specify votes in specific company elections. While many clients will rely on the votes BlackRock will continue to cast, “consistent with our fiduciary duty as an investment manager, others want the choice to participate in proxy voting more directly,” said Joud Abdel Majeid, Global Head of BlackRock Investment Stewardship, in a statement. Rivals including State Street and Vanguard have their own programs to devolve proxy voting rights.
Persons: Carlo Allegri, BlackRock, Glass, , Joud Abdel Majeid Organizations: REUTERS, BlackRock, New, Services, Glass Lewis, managements, Investment, Rivals, State, Vanguard, Republican Locations: BlackRock, Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, New York, Republican U.S
Wells Fargo (WFC) and Morgan Stanley (MS), our two financial holdings, will report quarterly numbers Friday and a week from Tuesday, respectively. All 23 institutions tested, including Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley, passed the exercise that simulates a hypothetical severe global recession. Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley announced increases in their capital returns to shareholders after clearing that regulatory hurdle. WFC YTD mountain Wells Fargo YTD performance Wells Fargo has a unique story among the major U.S. banks because of its multiyear restructuring plan. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley YTD performance When Morgan Stanley reports, net assets in its wealth management (WM) business will be a key metric.
Persons: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Christopher Whalen, Whalen, Banks, Wells, ROTCE, there's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Federal, Silicon Valley Bank, Street, Street Journal, CNBC, Barclays, Investment, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Reuters Locations: U.S, Silicon, SVB, Wells, Wells Fargo
Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line hit 52-week highs Wednesday, while Royal Caribbean did so Tuesday. RCL YTD mountain Royal Caribbean year to date For Farley, Royal Caribbean stands out because it has about 64% of its cruises in the Caribbean, a strong market. Investors now may be waiting to see if there will be more price target increases from analysts after the latest run up. Royal Caribbean has 3% downside to the average analyst price target of $92.77 as of Tuesday's close, per FactSet. Carnival has 21% downside to its average price target of $12.11, and Norwegian has 15% downside to its $16.60 average price target.
Persons: It's, Jason Liberty, Patrick Scholes, Robin Farley, Matthew Boss, Bank of America's Andrew Didora, Josh, Didora, Farley, Truist's Scholes, James Hardiman, Greg Badishkanian, Scholes, Managements, Boss, CNBC's Michael Bloom, Josh Weinstein Organizations: shutdowns, Wall Street, Cruise Line, Royal, CNBC, Royal Caribbean, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, CCL, Bank of America's, UBS, Argus Research, Citi, Wolfe Research, JPMorgan, Investors Locations: Royal Caribbean, U.S, Miami, Tuesday's, Caribbean, Norwegian
The move comes at a time when pilots in North America are pushing for better pay and working conditions during their talks with company managements over new employment contracts. Delta Air Lines' (DAL.N) landmark pilots contract, which offers $7 billion in higher pay and benefits in March has put pressure on rival carriers to hand out similar deals ahead of a busy summer travel season. United's CEO Scott Kirby told Bloomberg News that the company has been negotiating weekly to reach a formal agreement with the union. United did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reporting by Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar and Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Scott Kirby, Priyamvada, Shilpi Majumdar, Shailesh Organizations: United Airlines Holdings Inc, Bloomberg, Delta Air Lines, Bloomberg News, Thomson Locations: U.S, North America, Bengaluru
United Air expects new pilot offer to add over $8 bln in costs
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Delta Air Lines' (DAL.N) landmark pilots contract in March, which offers $7 billion in higher pay and benefits, has put pressure on rival carriers to hand out similar deals ahead of a busy summer travel season. Earlier this month, the company's pilots union voted to authorize a strike vote - a bargaining tactic unions have been using in contract negotiations. However, Kirby did not reveal details included in the proposal, other than to say United would top the recent deals agreed to by its two biggest rivals. "We have disagreed with the company on the costing of items and they, in our opinion, have inflated many. Meanwhile, shares of United Airlines rose 3.5% in afternoon trade, benefiting from broader market gains.
Persons: Scott Kirby, Kirby, Priyamvada C, Nathan Gomes, Allison Lampert, Shilpi Majumdar, Shailesh Kuber, Pooja Desai Organizations: United Airlines Holdings Inc, Delta Air Lines, Bloomberg, Air Line Pilots Association, Reuters, United Airlines, Thomson Locations: North America, Chicago
Warren Buffett – he invests just like us!
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jeffrey Goldfarb | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - “Do as I say, not as I do” sounds like the kind of pithy thing Warren Buffett might say to his adoring throngs. The conglomerate was an investor for a dozen years, until Buffett got spooked by Freddie Mac’s overly rosy earnings growth projections. The $1.3 billion stake it finished accumulating in 1994 was worth $25 billion last month. A $13 billion stake in IBM (IBM.N) came and went, as did $8 billion of JPMorgan (JPM.N) and almost $3 billion of biopharmaceutical company AbbVie (ABBV.N). Warren Buffett, Berkshire’s chairman and CEO, said that geopolitical tensions contributed to the decision to sell most of the $4.1 billion TSMC stake just a few months after buying it, the Nikkei reported on April 11.
Persons: Warren Buffett, can’t, There’s, Buffett, Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac’s, Coke, Benjamin Moore, TSMC, , Wells, ” Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, John Foley, Sharon Lam Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway, Home Loan Mortgage, U.S ., Berkshire, BNSF, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Buffett, ” Morningstar, Treasury, New York Stock Exchange, American Express, IBM, JPMorgan, Activision, Occidental Petroleum, Paramount Global, Oracle, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Nikkei, Thomson Locations: Berkshire, U.S, TSMC . Berkshire, Japan, Taiwan, Omaha, China
MUMBAI, May 29 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India has come across instances of some banks trying to conceal the real status of their stressed assets while governance gaps have also been noticed at certain lenders, its governor said on Monday. Das also said that despite the guidelines on corporate governance, it was a matter of concern that the RBI has come across gaps in governance at certain banks, which have the potential to cause some volatility in the sector. "While these gaps have been mitigated, it is necessary that boards and the managements do not allow such gaps to creep in," he said. A robust governance structure is the most important requirement to ensure the stability of a bank and sustainable financial performance, Das added. "RBI has engaged with certain banks on the need to make suitable adjustments in their business strategies where it was observed that over-aggressive growth in certain business segments were creating avoidable vulnerabilities," Das said.
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