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☆ Jim Cramer praises Boeing's new CEO as a 'hands-on operator' who will be good for the stock
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The stock, however, was up 2% after Boeing announced its new CEO, industry veteran Kelly Ortberg. Jim Cramer said Wednesday that Ortberg is a "real serious guy, hands-on operator." Cramer said the new CEO will send Boeing shares higher: "But it." It will continue to be good, and we're not in it," Cramer said, referring to not owning the stock in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. "Mastercard is doing better than Visa because of ancillary businesses they have in addition to cross-border," Cramer said.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Kelly Ortberg, Jim Cramer, Cramer, Jayshree Ullal, There's, we're Organizations: CNBC, Club, Boeing, Arista Networks, Arista, Mobile, Mastercard, Visa

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: Arista Networks is a 'fantastic stock'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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Persons: John Deere's, John Deere Organizations: Arista Networks, Starwood, Starwood Property

☆ You may now own a piece of Trump Media – and not even know it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —If you’ve got money in the market, you might own a little piece of Trump Media — without even knowing it. Trump Media (DJT), the owner of conservative social media platform Truth Social, announced its addition to the Russell family on Monday. As a result, countless retail investors will now own a piece of Trump Media. These include the $14 billion iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) and the $2.5 billion Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (VTHR). LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump, believes Trump Media is really worth just $40 million.

Persons: you’ve, Russell, Donald Trump, doesn’t, Vanguard Russell, ”, Sam Stovall, Stovall, ” Stovall, Reid Hoffman, ” Hoffman, Aniket Ullal Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump Media, Trump Media & Technology, Vanguard, CFRA Research, Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Trump, “, FTSE Russell’s, P, LinkedIn, CNN, & & Locations: New York

☆ A juggernaut of the stock market's growth has hit a wall — buy these stocks instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

How much do we pay for an enterprise software business that may have hit the wall, suddenly slowing down to sales growth in the high single digits from growth in the double digits? But Salesforce is the most glaring of the enterprise software behemoths, which include ServiceNow , Adobe , Workday , SAP , Intuit , and fallen star MongoDB . Or to put it another way, Salesforce needs its clients to hire more people to increase sales growth. SaaS is another form of enterprise software, is another form of applications software, is another form of kryptonite. Of course, there will be enterprise software companies that defy the slowdown.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Dow Jones, Salesforce, Ullal, Jensen Huang, that's, Thoma, —, Elon Musk's, Wells, It's, Charlie Scharf, Goldman Sachs, Dan Schulman, Bill Ready, Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Marlena Sloss Organizations: Oracle, Dow, Adobe, SAP, Intuit, Mad, Arista Networks, Microsoft, Nvidia, Arm Holdings, Thoma Bravo, Taiwan Semiconductor, Indy, Federal, Paypal, Fed, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Norfolk Southern, Wells Fargo, Wells, Dover, Informatica

☆ These corporate insiders have bought and sold millions of their own stock in May
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Corporate insiders have been actively buying and selling their own stock in May, with one recent weeklong stretch showing higher ups at five different companies spent at least $1 million, according to VerityData. A similar situation happened at Akamai Technologies , where CEO Tom Leighton bought about $2 million worth of stock last Tuesday. Insider sales The dollar figures attached to major insider sales during the same time period were even larger than the buys. Meanwhile, Crowdstrike CFO Burt Podbere sold about $8 million of stock, with chief security officer Shawn Henry also selling shares. The CEOs of Squarespace and T-Mobile each sold more than $6.5 million worth of stock.

Persons: VerityData, Jared Isaacman, Isaacman, Nancy Disman, Tom Leighton, Anthony Williams, John Childs, Childs, Gregory Bailey, Vlad Coric, Jayshree Ullal, Burt Podbere, Shawn Henry, Anthony Casalena's, Jonathan Neman, —, Nick Wells Organizations: Shift4, Akamai Technologies, VerityData, Arista Networks, Mobile Locations: Biohaven

☆ Here's the moment Nvidia became the AI king and what it must do this week to keep the throne
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

No one is laughing about Jayshree's company, either, as her white box solutions are beating Cisco Systems when it comes to the internet plumbing that connect Nvidia chips to the Titans. Last year at this time, Nvidia snuck into the U.S. trillion-dollar market cap club, with that May quarter. What does Nvidia really have to do then for an encore? Now we are getting into what Jensen does to beat expectations. Tall order, but Nvidia is a company that's beaten tall orders routinely we just didn't really know it until last May.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Jensen, Claude, let's, Blackwell, Andy Grove, Intel's, doesn't, — Jensen, Collette Kress, Mills, Eli Lilly, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Josh Edelson Organizations: Nvidia, Titans, Arista Networks, Microsoft, Meta, Cisco Systems, Google, Apple, Devices, Intel, Merck, Keytruda, Vision, AMD, Grove, Union Pacific, Club, GE, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, SAP Center, Afp, Getty Locations: San Jose , California

☆ Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal goes one-on-one with Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal goes one-on-one with Jim CramerArista Networks President, Chair and CEO Jayshree Ullal joins 'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer to talk Q1 results, how it benefits from the AI megatrend, and more.

Persons: Jayshree Ullal, Jim Cramer Organizations: Arista Networks, Jim Cramer Arista Networks

☆ Tech sits out Thursday's rally as the S&P 500 inches closer to its March record
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Thursday's gains put the S & P 500 less than 1% away from its record close on March 28. Tech sits out: The only S & P 500 sector in the red Thursday was technology. A bunch of solar stocks, which fall under the tech bucket, were lower after SolarEdge gave disappointing second-quarter guidance. S & P leaders: The top-performing sectors in the S & P 500 on Thursday were real estate, utilities and energy. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER .

Persons: Jim Cramer, Dow, Stocks, We'll, we'll, SolarEdge, It's, Jayshree, What's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: CNBC, University of Michigan's, Tech, Arm Holdings, Arista Networks, Dow, Utilities, Technologies, Insulet Corp, Akamai Technologies, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: SolarEdge, Salesforce

Cadre Holdings CEO Warren Kanders sold $50.3 million worth of stock. Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti sold $32.7 million worth of stock. Cadence Design Systems CEO Anirudh Devgan sold $14.7 million worth of stock. AppLovin CFO Herald Chen sold about $9.5 million worth of stock. Cleanspark CEO Zachary Bradford sold nearly $9 million worth of stock.

Persons: Michael Dell, Verity Data, Mark Zuckerberg, Chan Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Warren Kanders, Kanders, Jayshree Ullal, Michael Arougheti, Sytse Sijbrandij, Sijbrandij, Anirudh Devgan, Aneel Zaman, Herald Chen, Zachary Bradford Organizations: Dell Technologies, Dell, DELL, Securities and Exchange Commission, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Facebook, Cadre, VerityData, Arista Networks, Ares Management, Cadence Design, Herald Locations: 10b5

☆ This fund looks like a surprise winner of the bitcoin ETF approval
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

And it still remains the case that bitcoin futures are regulated, and spot bitcoin is not," Simeon Hyman, head of the investment strategy group at ProShares, told CNBC. One theory for why the futures ETF has continued to have success is that there are listed options for bitcoin futures products, but not for the spot products, said Aniket Ullal, head of ETF data and analytics at CFRA. The ProShares futures ETF may also be getting helped by increased action in the futures market itself. To be sure, not all bitcoin futures products are going strong. VanEck announced Jan. 17 that it was liquidating its bitcoin futures ETF.

Persons: FactSet, Simeon Hyman, Aniket Ullal, Ullal, Hyman, it's, Tim McCourt, VanEck, Jan, BITO Organizations: CNBC, CME Group Locations: United States, bitcoin

☆ Bitcoin ETFs aren't giving crypto a big boost just yet. Here's where the new funds stand
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The newly launched bitcoin exchange-traded funds are showing early signs of success, but they have so far fallen short of being the massive boost for crypto some bulls predicted. BTC.CM= YTD mountain Bitcoin has retreated since the launch of the bitcoin ETFs. This fall comes after some crypto investors had cited the ETF launches as a catalyst that could propel bitcoin to $100,000 in 2024. That discount likely attracted arbitrage players who used the ETF launch as an opportunity to close out their trade. Yesterday, all Bitcoin ETFs combined traded $2.2Bn, IBIT traded $340Mn.

Persons: Alex Saunders, Benjamin Budish, Aniket Ullal, Ullal, It's, Bernstein, Gautam Chhugani Organizations: U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Fidelity, Citi, Barclays, CFRA Research, IBIT Locations: bitcoin, GBTC

☆ There's now a juiced-up way to get 4 times the return of the S&P 500 — but it comes with many risks
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 17, 2023. And should they, given the many risks that come with such a fast-paced strategy? Bank of Montreal launched the Max SPX 500 4x leveraged ETNs, which will be the highest leveraged exchange traded product in the U.S., according to CFRA. The notes are based on the S&P 500 Total Return Index and will trade under the ticker "XXXX" beginning on Tuesday. Investors have shown a preference for the higher leveraged funds, like the popular Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares (SOXL) ETF .

Persons: Max, iShares —, Aniket Ullal Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Bank of Montreal, Nvidia, SEC, Investors, Daily Semiconductor Locations: New York City, U.S

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand miniature in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ.O) received $35.5 million in net inflows in the week ending on Wednesday, its strongest since June earlier this year, according to Lipper data. "Improved inflation data and the likelihood of rate cuts in the second half of 2024 have maintained market optimism throughout November, contributing to investor interest," said Tejas Dessai, AVP, Research Analyst at Global X. So far this year, the Global X fund has gained 27.7% year-to-date, supported by the 233% rally in shares of its top holding Nvidia (NVDA.O), whose graphics processing units (GPUs) dominate the market for AI. The Global X fund, which has total net assets of $2.2 billion, has seen net inflows of $554.8 million so far this year.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, chipmaker, Aniket Ullal, Bansari Mayur, Shweta Agarwal Organizations: REUTERS, chipmaker Nvidia, Robotics, Intelligence, Federal Reserve, Tejas Dessai, Global, Nvidia, Wall, Thomson Locations: ., Bengaluru

☆ Volatility is something we plan for, says Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal on Meta's CapEx spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailVolatility is something we plan for, says Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal on Meta's CapEx spendingJayshree Ullal, Arista Networks CEO, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk Q3 earnings, the stock performance, what is ahead for the company and more.

Persons: Jayshree Ullal, Ullal Organizations: Arista, Arista Networks

☆ These leveraged short funds are soaring as stocks and bonds sell off. Here's how they work
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The list of top-performing exchange-traded funds since Sept. 19 — the day before the Federal Reserve released new projections that showed fewer rate cuts in 2024 — is dominated by leveraged and leveraged inverse products. The performance and increased interest shows that the inverse funds are doing their jobs, but there are important caveats for investors to know. The universe of inverse and leveraged inverse funds has grown widely, including sector-specific funds and even some single-stock products. Of course, the leveraged inverse funds can suffer massive losses if the market rebounds. Ullal also pointed out that some inverse products are technically exchange traded notes, not ETFs, which can introduce some credit risk in a trade.

Persons: Mohit Bajaj, Direxion's TMV, Bajaj, Aniket Ullal, Ullal Organizations: Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Oil ETF, SCO, Nasdaq, Treasury, Treasury Bond ETF, U.S . Securities, Exchange, Bajaj, CFRA Research

By contrast, both funds received their highest monthly net inflows of 2023 in June, gaining $265.5 million and $29.74 million, respectively, according to Lipper data. But AI stocks have suffered along with broader markets in recent weeks, as Treasury yields hovering around 16-year highs dull investors' risk appetite. Retail investor flows into the sector have also cooled as the initial fervor surrounding AI wanes. September saw the lowest net monthly retail flows of $1.96 billion into AI-linked stocks since April, according to Vanda Research. "It is possible this negative sentiment could reverse again in Q4, particularly if large cap tech stocks like Nvidia held in AI-themed tech ETFs continue to show strong earnings growth," CFRA's Ullal added.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Aniket, Mark Haefele, Bansari Mayur, Ira Iosebashvili, Mark Potter Organizations: REUTERS, Robotics, Intelligence, Global Robotics, Automation, CFRA Research, Vanda Research, Global, Nvidia, UBS Global Wealth Management, Thomson, & $ Locations: Bengaluru

The VanEck Office and Commercial REIT ETF fell 4.8% on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve stiffened its hawkish monetary policy stance, slamming the real estate sector and the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that invest in them. Real estate stocks have struggled this year as the Fed's rapid rate hikes make financing properties more expensive, curbing demand. ETFs tracking broader REITs such as Schwab US REIT and Vanguard Real Estate Index have fallen 4.4% and 5%, respectively, so far this week, while the S&P 500 real estate index (.5SP60) is on track to post weekly losses of 4.7%. "For the discerning investor, the current situation might just be the contrarian opportunity they've been waiting for," said VanEck in its blog about the ETF. Office REITs like Boston Properties (BXP.N) and Kilroy Realty (KRC.N) are down 10% and 15%, respectively, so far this year.

Persons: Schwab, they've, they're, Aniket, Bansari Mayur, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: U.S . Federal Reserve, Real, Investment, Schwab US, Vanguard, Boston, Kilroy Realty, CFRA, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

The dollar index dipped below the 100 level on July 14, marking its lowest level since mid-April 2022. "So there's just a dynamic where the overall access to capital funding improves when there's a weaker dollar in emerging markets, and vice versa. The Swiss bank found that the MSCI Emerging Markets index is trading near a 36% discount to the S & P 500. The three largest are: Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF , iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF . Core MSCI is higher by 9.6% in 2023, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets is up 8.2% and Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets has gained 7.4%.

Persons: Shannon Saccocia, Yung, Yu Ma, there's, Ma, Xingchen Yu, Yu, —, Michael Bloom, Sarah Min Organizations: U.S, UBS, Neuberger Berman, Wealth, Research, Wealth Management, Vanguard FTSE, Markets Locations: outflows, U.S, India, Vietnam, Swiss, America, South, Southeast Asia, Central, Eastern Europe

☆ This new ETF offers 100% downside protection for investors who can be patient
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The quickly expanding world of buffer funds now has an option for investors who want 100% downside protection. The Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF (TJUL) was introduced on Tuesday, the latest in the firm's defined outcome suite of funds. This one is designed to give investors full downside protection over a two-year period, in exchange for capped upside participation of roughly 16.6%. Money market funds have seen huge inflows this year, suggesting many investors are still reluctant to to take on risky investments. The fund is essentially a three-pronged options strategy, using flex options.

Persons: Tim Urbanowicz, Aniket Ullal, Urbanowicz Organizations: Equity, Advisors, Trust, TJUL, Treasury

☆ Here are the most important new changes coming to your iPhone this fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAt its annual developers conference Monday, Apple debuted iOS 17 and the slew of updates it will bring to iPhones everywhere later this year. Live transcription will be coming for phone voicemails, so users don't have to listen to get the message. Group chat hacks and voice note transcriptionIf you're the notorious flake in group chats, iOS 17 has an important feature for you. You can go beyond the normal emoji and now use your own photos to create reactions, including animated stickers from Live Photos. For those who like to overshare on voice messages, iOS 17 is delivering automatic transcriptions.

Persons: Tim Cook, Justin Sullivan, Apple, Craig Federighi, Apple's Organizations: Apple Worldwide, Apple, Apple Watch Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ These financials ETFs are getting slammed, but some new entries next week could help
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Financials ETFs are getting hit hard by fear that the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank will ripple throughout the banking system. According to a March 2 summary of the changes from BMO strategist Brian Belski, the biggest names moving to the financials industry are Visa , Mastercard and PayPal . The changes will filter through to many passive sector funds that track indexes, particularly those that use indexes from MSCI and S & P Dow Jones. While the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled the entire equity market, the payments stocks have held up much better than the financials sector funds. Mastercard, Visa and PayPal all have buy ratings from the majority of Wall Street analysts, according to Refinitiv.

☆ Growth stock vs. value stock? It's all in the eye of the beholder
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Most investors would say it's a growth stock, because it has the traditional characteristics of a growth stock: earnings are growing. But Microsoft is now being classified as partly a growth stock by Standard & Poors, and partly a value stock. S&P growth and value criteria: It's not that simpleThe S&P rebalances its growth and value indexes every year at the end of December. Growth ETFs in 2023 (year to date)Vanguard Growth (VUG) up 11.30%iShares S&P Growth ETF (IVW) up 5.6%iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IVW) up 9.2%However, these are unusually large discrepancies, Ullal said. But 30 years ago, issues like what is a value stock and what is a growth stock were largely determined by specialized stock pickers who set up mutual funds and hedge funds to attract investors.

☆ This growth ETF is leaving one of its top competitors in the dust. Here's how they differ
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) has blown past one of its closest competitor from iShares, the S & P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) . The Vanguard fund has a total return of 7.96% this year, while the iShares fund has returned just 3.15%, according to FactSet. The Vanguard funds track the growth indexes from CRSP, while iShares S & P 500 follows products from S & P Dow Jones. Since IT has done well this year and energy has not, ETFs tracking S & P indices have underperformed growth ETFs tracking other indices," Ullal wrote. Meanwhile, the iShares S & P fund has more than a 4% combined weighting in ExxonMobil and Chevron .

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☆ Emerging markets are a top investing trend for 2023. Here's the best way to take advantage
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The iShares MSCI emerging market Asia exchange traded fund is up 11% and the iShares core MSCI emerging markets ETF is up more than 10% since the year began. For Kotler, it's emerging market bonds, where his firm has an overweight rating as opposed to a neutral rating on equities. One other factor that should help emerging market countries outperform in 2023 is the winding down of the strength of the U.S. dollar. Some top emerging market bond funds include the iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF , the Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF and the VanEck JP Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF. Of course, the downside to large emerging market funds is that they tend to be most heavily weighted to China, as it's the largest emerging market country.

☆ Earnings season is the first big test for single-stock ETFs after a slow start in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The nascent single-stock ETFs have reached a key period to prove their worth after a slow start for the group in the United States. I know we're in the first inning here, but it has not been a very good start for single-stock ETFs," Aniket said. However, the issuers of the funds — AXS, Direxion and GraniteShares, so far — have stressed that trading volume is a key test for these short-term focused funds. But if investors don't follow the daily trading prescribed for the funds, performance can suffer. What comes next Single-stock funds are already well established in Europe.

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