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☆ OpenAI gives a shoutout to Nvidia — plus, a new industrial stock joins our watchlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.

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☆ Disney and ex-CFO trade barbs in board fight. Plus, what we expect from 2 portfolio earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jay Rasulo, Nelson Peltz, Rasulo, Peltz, Ike Perlmutter, Peltz's Trian, Perlmutter, Clawing, Estee Lauder, Foot Locker, Health —, Jeff Marks, Jim, Jim Cramer's Organizations: CNBC, Federal, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Dow, Energy, Linde, Disney, Saturday's Club, Marvel Entertainment, Peltz's Trian Partners, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Health, Virgin Galactic, TJX Companies, Marshalls, Club, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Gaza, Maxx

☆ Why we like health-care stocks in 2024 despite their spotty record in presidential election years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The S & P 500 Health Care Sector index has outperformed the broader S & P 500 in just three of the past eight presidential election years dating back to 1992, according to FactSet data. So far in 2024, health care has been the best-performing sector in the S & P 500, climbing roughly 2%. .GSPHC .SPX YTD mountain Health care sector vs. S & P 500 YTD It's way too early for any grand predictions with Election Day 2024 about 10 months away. Nevertheless, we see attractive fundamentals in the year ahead for a host of health-care stocks, giving us the confidence to own Lilly, GE Healthcare and Danaher despite what history says about the group in presidential election years. After a strong 2022 for health care in a terrible overall market, investors last year placed a lower emphasis on the defensive characteristics of health care.

Persons: —, that's, Eli Lilly, Lilly, Jim Cramer, Jim, Sen, Bernie Sanders of, Joe Biden, Sanders, would've, Damien Conover, Conover, Biden, Eli Lilly's, Morningstar, Amgen, Morningstar's Conover, Lilly's donanemab, Humana, Bausch, Jim Cramer's, Frederick Florin Organizations: Health, GE Healthcare, Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Novartis, Walgreens Boots Alliance, JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, Democratic, Morningstar, CNBC, Horizon Therapeutics, Novo Nordisk, Federal Reserve, General Electric, Medicare, Humana, UnitedHealth Group, Investors, AFP, Getty Locations: San Francisco, U.S, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Canadian, Fegersheim, France

☆ This is the wildest coup in Silicon Valley history
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Michael Cogley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The wildest coup in Silicon Valley's history just took place over the last 48 hours. OpenAI booted CEO Sam Altman, nearly hired him back, then went with 2 other CEOs. Sam Altman has now been scooped up as an employee by Microsoft, OpenAI's biggest investor. Sam Altman had met with world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London earlier in the month. But Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has not let a good crisis go to waste.

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☆ Bitcoin just broke above a key resistance level. Here's what chart analysts say happens next
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

At last, bitcoin has broken out of a tight trading range, potentially heralding greater highs from here. Investors should expect higher lows and higher highs in the bitcoin price over the next few months, chart analysts say. Wald said he's eyeing the 200-day moving average of $28,000 as a potential new support level while bitcoin runs into key retracement levels of its 2021-22 decline. Many chart analysts considered the previous support level to be about $25,000. For Julius de Kempenaer, senior technical analyst at StockCharts.com, bitcoin's former resistance level of roughly $31,000 could now become support, with the next resistance level ranging as high as $47,000 to $48,000.

Persons: bitcoin, Bitcoin, Ari Wald, Oppenheimer, it's, " Wald, he's, Jonathan Krinsky, Julius de Kempenaer, de Kempenaer, Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC

☆ Nelson Peltz's renewed push for change at Disney is a positive for shareholders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Peltz's Trian Fund Management increased its stake in Disney to more than 30 million shares, worth about $2.5 billion, CNBC reported Monday . The firm is also planning to push for multiple board seats at Disney, including a spot for Peltz. Disney's stock performance has been "lousy" Jim Cramer said Monday, falling 15% since Iger's return back to the helm in November 2022. DIS 1Y mountain Disney's 1-year stock performance. We are expecting a lackluster fiscal fourth quarter from Disney as Iger continues to iron out the multiple wrinkles he's facing.

Persons: Nelson Peltz, Bob Iger, Peltz's, That's, Peltz, Iger, Jim Cramer, Jim, Disney, Bob Chapek, we've, Patience, he's, haven't, Jim Cramer's, Marco Bello Organizations: Club, Disney, Peltz's Trian, Management, CNBC, Fox, Industry, ESPN, Trian Partners, Trian Fund Management, Future Investment Initiative, Summit, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Miami , Florida

☆ Airbnb says it's using AI to weed out guests who throw house parties
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Airbnb's CEO said it's using AI to identify which guests are likely to throw house parties. It's also using AI to verify if listing pictures submitted by hosts match up with satellite images. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementAirbnb's CEO revealed the company is using AI to identify which guests are likely to throw house parties before they secure a booking, Bloomberg reported Monday . Chesky did not go into particular technical detail of the firm's AI technology, but its use of AI to predict guests' rule-breaking behavior may raise eyebrows.

Persons: It's, —, Brian Chesky, Chesky Organizations: Service, Bloomberg

☆ Jamie Dimon says India optimism is 'completely justified'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

I think the optimism of India is actually completely justified," Dimon told CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan at the conference Monday . LONDON — JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon struck a bullish tone at the India Investor Summit, saying the optimism surrounding the country at the moment is "completely justified." The bank has increased its employee numbers in India from around 6,000 in 2005 to 60,000 today, Dimon added. India became the world's most populous country in April, with a total of 1.4 billion citizens, according to the United Nations. In his interview with CNBC-TV18, Dimon emphasized that it wasn't just a lack of confidence in China that was turning businesses towards India.

Persons: Dimon, Jamie Dimon, Narendra Modi, We're, It's, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Modi Organizations: CNBC, LONDON, JPMorgan Chase, India Investor Summit, Indian, Accenture, McKinsey, Tata, United Nations, P Global, European Union, TV18 Locations: China, India, Japan, Germany, U.S, New Delhi

☆ Salesforce gave former employees stuffed toys wearing boomerang shirts as the company seeks to bring back ex-staff amid a hiring drive
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Salesforce held an alumni event last week with 50 former executives who were gifted with stuffed animals. The company is encouraging former executives to "boomerang" amid a hiring drive. Salesforce recently announced plans to hire 3,000 people despite brutal layoffs earlier this year. Kelman, who left the company in 2011 for leadership stints at the likes of Amazon Web Services and Oracle, said it was "good timing," and rejoined as president and chief marketing officer. Salesforce said it is hiring 3,300 employees across sales, engineering, and its data cloud product teams to help grow its artificial intelligence business last week, per Bloomberg.

Persons: Salesforce, Marc Benioff, Kendall Collins, he's, Collins, Ariel Kelman, Kelman, Miguel Milano, Celonis, Brian Milham, Katie Kutzer, David Winslow, Craig Shull, Steve Fisher, Dean Robison Organizations: Service, CNBC, Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services, Oracle Locations: Wall, Silicon, San Francisco, Salesforce, Madrid

☆ Oracle's post-earnings slide is 'one of the greatest overreactions' Cramer has seen. Here’s his advice on the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The post-earnings sell-off in Oracle (ORCL) is overdone and a clear-cut buying opportunity, Jim Cramer said Tuesday. Still, Oracle delivered robust growth in cloud-computing services, making the stock's slide Tuesday "one of the greatest overreactions I've ever seen," according to Jim. We recognize the challenges facing other parts of Oracle's business, including Cerner and some of its traditional business software offerings. This mix enables us to view Tuesday's stock decline as another entry point, rather than a reason to walk out the door. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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☆ Here are 3 things for stock investors to watch in the market in the week ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

It was a down week for the major stock market benchmarks as rumors of an iPhone ban for government employees in China sparked concerns over increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing. Here's a full rundown of all the important domestic earnings reports and economic data in the week ahead. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade.

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☆ Goldman Sachs cuts recession odds to just 15%, says a September Fed hike is 'off the table'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( John Melloy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

We view Chair Powell's promise at Jackson Hole to 'proceed carefully' as a signal that a September hike is off the table and the hurdle for a November hike is significant." "On net, our confidence that the Fed is done raising rates has grown in the past month," added Hatzius. Goldman also said taking out certain distortions shows underlying inflation may already be close to the Fed's 2% desired target. Goldman doesn't believe the Fed will start cutting rates anytime soon, in part because the firm sees the economy remaining strong. Hatzius said the Fed would begin "very gradual" rate cuts starting in the second quarter of next year.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Jackson, Nonfarm, Hatzius, Goldman, Goldman doesn't, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Fed, Bloomberg Locations: U.S

☆ Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Hover, Oil Prices Fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Stock futures are flitting between small gains and losses, while oil prices are slipping, unwinding gains that followed the OPEC+ meeting. A modest gain in regular trading would be enough to pull the S&P 500 out of its longest bear market since the 1940s. U.S. stock futures ebbed. Prices for bitcoin and other digital tokens had fallen Monday, after the SEC sued Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.2% while the Shanghai Composite index fell 1.2%.

Persons: Dow, Brent, Binance Organizations: Dow industrials, Nasdaq, Organization of, Petroleum, SEC, Nikkei Locations: OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Shanghai

☆ Apple shares inch lower after analyst downgrade. Here's how to play the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Joshua Natoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Market Movers rounded up the best reactions from investors and analysts on Apple . The experts, including Jim Cramer , discussed the tech giant after it unveiled its new mixed-reality Vision Pro headset Monday . Davidson downgraded the stock to neutral from buy that evening, saying the good news from Vision Pro is already priced into the shares and noting there are structural challenges around consumer adoption of the headset. Apple shares closed down 0.2% Tuesday. The stock is currently held in Cramer's Charitable Trust.

Persons: Jim Cramer, D.A, Davidson Organizations: Apple, Vision, Charitable

☆ Activist investor Peltz tells Cramer he's not pursuing Club name Estee Lauder
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jim said he called Peltz, founding partner of hedge fund Trian Fund Management, who denied having any interest in Estee Lauder. The founding Lauder family owns roughly 38% of Estee Lauder common stock and dominates 86% of the voting power . Moreover, we see no need for activism at Estee Lauder. Freda undoubtedly misjudged the pace of the travel retail recovery amid China's gradual economic reopening this year. An Estee Lauder pop-up store is seen inside daimaru Department Store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian street in Shanghai, China, August 6, 2021.

☆ Disney lays off more employees. Here’s why the pros say it’s still a good long-term stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Christina Falso | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Market Movers rounded up the best reactions from investors and analysts on Disney 's cost-cuting measures and the impact on its stock. The experts discussed the entertainment giant after the company began its second round of layoffs on Monday . Earlier this year, Disney said it plans to let go of 7,000 workers in all. Despite the announcement, Wells Fargo named Disney a top pick in media . The streaming giant is currently held in Jim Cramer 's Charitable Trust portfolio.

☆ Jim Cramer says these 7 currently undervalued 'franchise names' are stocks worth buying
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"Franchise names, doing well, undervalued in the portfolio," Jim said during the Club's Morning Meeting on Thursday. TJX 1Y mountain TJX Companies' 12-month stock performance. CAT 1Y mountain Caterpillar's 12-month stock performance. SBUX 1Y mountain Starbucks' 12-month stock performance. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Goldman Sachs says buy oil-stock pullbacks, highlighting a Club name to purchase
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Goldman Sachs said in a research note Thursday the recent energy sector pullback should be viewed as a reason to buy since that strategy has worked well since late 2020. West Texas Intermediate crude and energy stocks have been under intense pressure in recent weeks on the back of heightened recession fears. Based on that criteria, Goldman has Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) on its "Americas Conviction List" with a buy rating. Recognizing the ups-and-downs of owning energy stocks, we still believe they should be part of any diversified portfolio. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel takes a 5% stake in Western Alliance Bancorp amid banking turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin's hedge fund Citadel has taken a 5.3% stake in Western Alliance Bancorp amid turbulence in the banking sector after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, according to a regulatory filing released Monday . The hedge fund owns thousands of individual stocks and often trades in and out of positions quickly. WAL 5D mountain Western Alliance Bancorp The bank stock rallied more than 40% Tuesday following a 47% sell-off on Monday. On Monday, Western Alliance said it saw only "moderate" outflows , and its cash reserves exceed $25 billion. The hedge fund soared a whopping 38% in 2022, marking the firm's best year ever.

☆ As hawkish Fed pricing goes away, bullish dollar calls fade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Brettell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The moves come as investors rush for safe havens and adjust for a less aggressive Fed in the wake of the bank failures. “The market is basically saying that the Fed is done here,” said Mazen Issa, senior FX strategist at TD Securities in New York. Some banks, including Goldman Sachs and NatWest Markets, have also said they no longer expect the Fed to raise rates this month. Traders are also pricing for the Fed to cut rates this year, with the fed funds rate expected to fall to 3.80% in December, from 4.57% now. “From a dollar perspective, that’s very important because the resetting of Fed expectations ever higher was a big part of the dollar rally we had seen before these moves,” he added.

☆ The negative market turnaround is all about one thing: Rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Investors looking for something to blame the recent stock market swoon need only to look at the bond market. Given this recent trading action, market technicians are looking at rates as the key catalyst for stocks going forward. US10Y YTD mountain 10-year in 2023 This back and forth raises questions on who should investors listen to: the stock market, or bonds. The stock market has been viewed by market participants as expecting the Fed to successfully cool inflation while avoiding a recession, a scenario referred to as a "soft landing." "The upward pressure on the terminal rate had an adverse effect on the stock market.

☆ JPMorgan's trading desk says the S&P 500 could be in for a wild ride after Tuesday's consumer price index report
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

ET, the consumer price index gauges inflation by tracking price changes within a broad basket of items. If that consensus estimate is correct, JPMorgan's sales and trading desk expects the S & P 500 to add between 1.5% and 2% in Tuesday's session before seeing the rally fade. (The JPMorgan sales and trading desk is a different entity than its research team.) The JPMorgan trading desk has made bold predictions in the past and at one point last year word of their expectations spread on Wall Street and moved the market. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each gained more than 1%.

☆ Microsoft may have won the A.I. battle, but Alphabet could win the war, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft won the first round in the battle to become the next big artificial intelligence leader, but analysts think Alphabet 's ability to overtake its competition in the long-run shouldn't be underestimated. "We think Google's big reveal is still to come, which we would expect in weeks and not months." On the heels of its multibillion dollar investment in ChatGPT-creator OpenAI, Microsoft on Tuesday announced new AI versions of its Bing search engine and Edge browser. "We believe GOOGL has the AI tech and scale to maintain/grow its leading user base," wrote Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak. He also expects Google's AI product visibility to improve over the next few months — and easily offset some higher AI search costs.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Chegg, Baidu, Bed Bath & Beyond, Hertz and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company gave first-quarter and full-year revenue guidance that was below analyst expectations, according to Refinitiv. Bed Bath & Beyond — Shares plunged 30% after Bed Bath & Beyond announced a public offering to raise roughly $1 billion. Hertz — Shares gained more than 4% after Hertz reported results that beat earnings per share and revenue expectations, according to FactSet. DuPont de Nemours — Shares declined 2% after DuPont de Nemours posted earnings results from its most recent quarter. Leggett & Platt — Shares fell more than 1% after Leggett & Platt reported disappointing earnings results, according to consensus expectations on FactSet.

☆ China says COVID situation at 'low level' after holiday
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Travel domestically as well as in and out of China during the holiday period rose sharply as millions boarded planes, trains, buses and highways after Beijing abruptly dismantled an almost three-year zero-COVID policy in early December. China's sudden relaxation of COVID restrictions was followed by a wave of infections across its 1.4 billion population. Last week, however, the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention said there was no significant rebound in cases during the holiday, the number of severe COVID cases and deaths had dropped, and no new mutant strains had been identified. The CDC also said last week critically ill COVID cases in China fell 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID patients in hospitals dropped 79% from their peak. Reporting by Ethan Wang and Bernard Orr; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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