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☆ Stock futures are little changed as investors await fresh Fed guidance: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, August 8, 2022. Stock futures were little changed on Sunday, as Wall Street awaits guidance on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve this week. Futures tied to the S&P 500 ticked up 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures hovered near the flatline, while Nasdaq-100 futures added 0.2%. According to the CME FedWatch Tool, Fed funds futures are currently pricing in a 99% likelihood that the Fed will leave benchmark interest rates unchanged this week.

Persons: Quincy Krosby Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Stock, Federal Reserve, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Dow, Fed, Fed telegraphs, Financial, chipmaker Micron Technology, FedEx Locations: New York

☆ The 2 biggest events for Wall Street next week couldn’t be more different
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Investors will listen for the central bank's latest perspective on interest rates following the hotter-than-expected CPI and PPI reports this week. As members know, the market is looking for any signs of further disinflation in the housing market as shelter cost inflation remains the Fed's biggest concern. No club names report earnings next week, but we can't wait to see what Nvidia has to show us at its GTC AI developer conference . Other key reports include KB Home on Wednesday, which will provide a real-time look at the state the housing market, unlike the backward-looking housing reports. 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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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Adobe, Ulta, Micron Technology, Rivian Automotive and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Adobe — Shares slipped 15% after the software company issued weak revenue guidance for its current quarter. Revenue guidance came out in the range between $110.5 million and $112.5 million, also below the $113.4 million expectation from analysts. Smartsheet — The business software provider retreated by 3.2% after posting revenue guidance that was worse than analysts expected. Ulta Beauty — Shares edged lower by 5.3% after the beauty products retailer posted disappointing full-year earnings guidance. Steel Dynamics — Shares of the Indiana-based steelmaker rose more than 2% after strong earnings guidance for the first quarter.

Persons: Geron, Piper Sandler, Jabil, PagerDuty, Smartsheet, Ulta, Stocks, cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, MicroStrategy, Cardlytics, —, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Lisa Kailai Han, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: Geron, U.S, Food, Drug Administration, Micron Technology, Citi, Micron, Adobe, FactSet, Marathon, Steel, Steel Dynamics, Wall Street Locations: Indiana

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: Rivian, Micron, Adobe, Ulta and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Rivian Automotive — The EV stock added nearly 4% following an upgrade by Piper Sandler to overweight . Adobe — Shares fell 11% a day after the software company issued weak revenue guidance for its current quarter. Ulta Beauty — Shares tumbled 6.5% a day after the beauty retailer issued full-year earnings guidance that came in on the low end of the consensus forecast. Revenue guidance is in the range of $110.5 million and $112.5 million also below the $113.4 million analyst expectation. Revenue guidance also fell short.

Persons: Piper Sandler, Alexander Potter, Ulta, bitcoin, amortization, Zumiez, —, Sarah Min Organizations: Micron Technology, Citi, Micron, Adobe Locations: cryptocurrencies, FactSet

☆ All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve's interest rate outlook next week, Nvidia conference on deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

How the Federal Reserve plans to proceed with interest rates will be in focus next week after some recent signs of hotter inflation muddied the outlook. In December, policymakers had penciled in at least three quarter percentage point rate cuts in 2024. On Friday, stocks were headed for a losing week even after the S & P 500, for example, notched a fresh closing record just this week. The chipmaker will be under increased scrutiny next week as CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage for the company's annual AI conference. TD Wealth's Vaidya anticipates four rate cuts coming in the third and fourth quarters, though he said that outlook will remain data dependent.

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☆ Jim Cramer shares his thoughts on 3 stocks including McDonald's after tech outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Jim Cramer's daily rapid fire looks at stocks in the news outside the CNBC Investing Club portfolio. McDonald's : The fast-food chain had to temporarily suspend operations at stores in some countries, including Japan, after suffering a technology outage. "This will have no impact whatsoever, except for to buy the stock because McDonald's, in the end, is king," Jim Cramer said. Snowflake : Shares added 0.4% after Guggenheim Securities upgraded the cloud data company to a hold-equivalent rating from sell. In late February, Snowflake stock tumbled 18% in a single session after veteran CEO Frank Slootman announced his retirement alongside a weaker-than-expected first-quarter outlook.

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UBS trimmed its price target on Tesla to $165 from $225, implying shares will hover around current levels for the foreseeable future. Nvidia shares have rallied more than 83% this year, building on 2024's nearly 239% gain as investors continue to bet on artificial intelligence. The firm holds an overweight rating on the stock, with its $820 price target implying about 11% downside from Wednesday's close. — Samantha Subin 5:38 a.m.: UBS trims Tesla price target, cites downside risks to deliveries UBS cut its price target on Tesla to $165 from $225 a share, citing slower electric vehicle demand in the U.S. and Europe, coupled with competition concerns in China. He also raised his price target to $68 from $55, which implies upside of 18% from Tuesday's close.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, GE HealthCare, Coinbase and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Crypto stocks — Stocks whose performance is tied to the price of bitcoin rose as the cryptocurrency pushed to another record for the third day in a row. Dollar Tree posted adjusted earnings of $2.55 per share on $8.64 billion of revenue for the fourth quarter. Analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv, had penciled in $2.65 per share on $8.67 billion in revenue. GE HealthCare — Shares dropped 3% after the medtech company announced a secondary offering of 13 million shares. Analysts had expected earnings of 2 cents per share on revenue of $1.62 billion, per LSEG.

Persons: Coinbase, MicroStrategy, CleanSpark, Baird, Goldman Sachs, Wells, Raymond James, —, Alex Harring, Brian Evans, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Pia Singh, Michelle Fox Organizations: Marathon, Iris Energy, Texas, Nvidia, Devices, Micron Technology —, Micron, AMD, LSEG, GE, —, GE HealthCare Technologies, General Electric, Royal, Petco, Wellness Locations: Kentucky, Royal Caribbean

☆ Find your brand's 'love language' to secure diverse talent, says a chief people officer
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I think a lot of times, companies start by immediately bringing in diverse talent. To be able to fill all these future roles — even with AI — you're going to have to tap into diverse talent. I can't just show up at Georgia Tech and expect all the diverse talent to want to come to my organization. A false narrative is the talent just isn't there, or you're too small to attract the talent. Whatever the love language is for your company, grasp that and utilize that to push DEI forward.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Victoria's Secret, Novo Nordisk, Intel, Shake Shack and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Victoria's Secret said it anticipates a larger-than-expected decline in revenues for the first quarter and full year. Novo Nordisk — Shares rallied nearly 8.9% to record high level after the company reported positive Phase I trial results for its new experimental weight loss drug amycretin. The company reported adjusted earnings of 61 cents per share on $1.68 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter. Analysts had estimated earnings of 50 cents per share on $1.67 billion in revenue, according to LSEG. Burlington Stores — The stock rose 7.5% after Burlington posted a fourth-quarter beat on adjusted earnings per share and revenue.

Persons: Victoria's, amycretin, TD Cowen, Shake Shack's, Kroger, LSEG, Iberdrola, Avangrid's, Mizuho, —, Samantha Subin Organizations: Novo Nordisk —, American Eagle Outfitters, Burlington Stores, Burlington, New York Community Bancorp, Liberty Strategic, VanEck Semiconductor, Nvidia, Micron Technology, Stifel, Intel, Bloomberg Locations: Spanish

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Novo Nordisk, New York Community Bancorp, Victoria's Secret, Nvidia and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia — Semiconductor companies rose broadly as a group, with the VanEck Semiconductor ETF gaining 1.5% in the premarket. Intel shares rose 1.7%. Kroger — Shares rose 6% after the supermarket chain reported fourth-quarter better-than-expected earnings. Analysts expected a profit of 50 cents per share on revenue of $1.67 billion, according to LSEG. Victoria's Secret expects $6 billion full-year revenue, less than the $6.2 billion expected from analysts polled by FactSet.

Persons: Eli Lilly, Mizuho, LSEG, Tesla, NYCB, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound, Pia Singh Organizations: Nordisk —, Nvidia — Semiconductor, VanEck Semiconductor, Nvidia, Micron Technology, Stifel, Broadcom, Intel, Kroger, Eagle Outfitters, Citi, York Community Bancorp, FactSet, York Community Locations: Danish, American

☆ This move could help protect your portfolio from volatility as stocks trade near their highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

There's a party happening in stocks in 2024, and though investors may be reluctant, it could be time to think of taking a few chips off the table. My portfolio has recovered [from 2022],'" said Marguerita Cheng, certified financial planner and CEO of Blue Ocean Global Wealth in Gaithersburg, Maryland. "I tell people we're not selling everything, but we need to give the portfolio the TLC it deserves – this is the fine-tuning of your portfolio," she added. Be tax aware: Investors may be wary of selling highly appreciated holdings within their taxable accounts, which can incur levies on capital gains. Cheng of Blue Ocean has been turning toward dividend payers, as well as small and midcap stocks.

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☆ This Goldman portfolio of lean and mean stocks has trounced the market the last 2 decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Semiconductor giant Nvidia has an asset intensity ratio of just 0.5, according to Goldman. NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia shares over the last year Another chipmaker in the basket is Broadcom . Match Group has a 0.3 asset intensity ratio. The company has an asset intensity ratio of 0.4. All but two of the 19 analysts who cover Live Nation rate it a strong buy or buy, per LSEG.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Jenny Ma, Ma, LSEG, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Semiconductor, Nvidia, Broadcom, chipmakers Micron Technology, Intel, Telecommunication, Verizon, Mobile

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Spirit AeroSystems, Zscaler, Dell, Advanced Micro Devices and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hewlett Packard Enterprise -- The technology stock rose almost 2% after fiscal first quarter earnings of 3 cents per share topped analysts' expectations, according to LSEG. Daimler Truck -- Shares of the commercial vehicle manufacturer soared more than 18% after reporting a record-high, full-year profit, and authorized a 2 billion euro ($2.16 billion) share buyback. Dell Technologies - Shares soared more than 25% after the laptop maker posted fourth-quarter results that beat analysts' estimates amid strong demand for its artificial intelligence servers. Advanced Micro Devices , Marvell Technology , Micron Technology -- AMD added 4% in midday trading as investors continue to signal excitement over stocks tied to implementing artificial intelligence. Shares of Micron Technology and Marvell Technology soared more 5% and 7%, respectively.

Persons: AeroSystems, Hewlett Packard, Root, Billings, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Michelle Fox, Samantha Subin Organizations: Boeing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Daimler, . New York Community Bancorp, Jefferies, Dell Technologies, Dell, Devices, Marvell Technology, Micron Technology, Facebook, Nasdaq Locations: .

Berenberg increased its price target on Eli Lilly on the back of expected strong sales of its weight loss drug, Zepbound. The firm kept its $21 price target, saying shares are "ready to inflect" with hardware cost deflation and investment tax credit boosting growth. Danely's $820 price target on the buy-rated blockbuster chipmaker suggests 3.6% potential upside for shares since Monday's close. — Pia Singh 5:38 a.m.: Berenberg hikes Eli Lilly price target Eli Lilly has been on a tear this year, and Berenberg expects even more gains from here. Analyst Kerry Holford reiterated his buy rating on the stock and raised his price target to $850 from $680.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Berkshire Hathaway, R1 RCM, Freshpet, Amer Sports and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Earlier in the session, the conglomerate's stock reached all-time highs, following strong operating earnings in its fourth quarter. Pilgrim's Pride — Shares climbed 6.2% after the meat processing company beat Wall Street's expectations for the fourth quarter. Amer Sports — The athletic retailer climbed 3% on the back of a slew of bullish calls from Wall Street analysts. Fresh Del Monte Produce — Shares fell 2% after the agriculture company reported quarterly results that fell short of expectations. Revenue of $1.01 billion was lower than the consensus estimate of $1.03 billion.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway —, Morgan Stanley, Pilgrim's, FactSet, Wilson, Arc'teryx, — CNBC's Brian Evans, Michelle Fox, Lisa Kailai Han, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound, Pia Singh Organizations: Berkshire, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Amer, Wall Street, Micron Technology, —, HSBC, Alcoa —, Alcoa, Fluence Energy, Susquehanna Financial, Produce, FactSet, PPG, PPG Industries Locations: FactSet ., U.S, Canada

☆ Want a Nvidia alternative? These 6 chip suppliers look set to gain big from the AI boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A number of stocks that supply Nvidia look set to gain from the AI boom, as the U.S. chip giant published another bumper quarter of earnings. Nvidia, which makes chips that are used to train artificial intelligence models, said sales had risen 265% year-on-year to more than $22 billion in its latest quarter . TSMC also makes chips for companies such as Apple and AMD . Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix make "high bandwidth memory" chips used in the latest AI chips. Japanese firm Advantest makes equipment and materials used to test AI chips during manufacturing.

Persons: TSMC, Morgan Stanley, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC, Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Apple, AMD, SK Hynix, GPU, Street, BESI, BE Semiconductor Industries, TSMC, Intel, Samsung Locations: U.S, NVDA, Dutch

☆ Booming semiconductor companies just earned one more market leadership honor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chip stocks have been on a stock market tear for the last year, outpacing FAANG and other tech sector leaders in a rapid rise boosted by market enthusiasm for advanced AI chips. That success has now migrated over to another corporate performance measure. Semiconductor companies overtook FAANG stocks in Just Capital's annual ranking of public companies on issues of importance to the American public, with Intel , Advanced Micro Devices , and Micron Technology all finishing within the top 10. Semiconductor firms ranked highly on this year's JUST 100 list, Whittaker said, not only due to the number of jobs that they created relative to other industries, "but the adoption and expansion of policies that support workers and communities." AMD also disclosed its minimum yearly salary for the first time as well as providing more information around career development and benefits, leading to a higher worker score.

Persons: outpacing FAANG, Martin Whittaker, Paul Tudor Jones, Whittaker, Russell Organizations: Semiconductor, Intel, Devices, Micron Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Lam Research, Materials, Cirrus, Just, " Semiconductor, AMD, Capital

☆ India is the new Asia growth story. Here’s why investors are bullish on the outlook
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

As China's property market and deflation woes continue to rattle investors, India's growth outlook appears all the more impressive. Last year's annual report attributed strong revenue growth partially to expansion in the Middle East, India, and Asia, Krishna wrote. "More than revenue, India is an important area for sourcing talent" as well, Krishna wrote. Growth potential For investors looking to gain exposure to the domestic stock market, Indian equities themselves aren't especially cheap though. "You're paying for the growth potential in India, certainly.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Chetan Ahya, Ahya, Bernstein, —, Narendra Modi, Bill Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Quincy Krosby, Venu Krishna, Aecom, Krishna, Tim Long, Long, Simon Coles, Krosby, Jeffrey Gundlach, Gundlach, CNBC's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Investment, Logan Capital Management, Modi, Infrastructure Pipeline, Aecom, Barclays, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, India —, Semiconductor, Micron Technology, Qualcomm, Logan Capital Locations: India, China, Asia, Philadelphia, South Carolina . U.S, Dallas, East, Asia Pacific, Japan, Coles , U.S, U.S, IShares

☆ Hewlett Packard Enterprise tops the 2024 JUST 100 list with market-leading worker benefits
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Antonio Neri, CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, at the NYSE, Oct. 19, 2023 Source: NYSETechnology stocks have taken back the No. 1 spot in the JUST 100, an annual ranking of large public companies on issues of key importance to the American public, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise topping last year's No. Career advancement opportunities, worker training and development, benefits and retention are other issues which helped push HPE and other companies higher in the 2024 JUST 100 rankings. All of these issues, Whittaker said, "cluster all around the questions of 'How good am I as an employer?'" Whittaker said that's also the case with the key worker issues that are the most heavily weighted in the rankings.

Persons: Antonio Neri, HPE, Martin Whittaker, Paul Tudor Jones, It's, it's, Whittaker, Kristin Major, we've, Russell, Major, that's Organizations: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NYSE, NYSE Technology, of America, Capital, Just, Just Capital, Apple, Microsoft, Citigroup, Elevance, Devices, Micron Technology

☆ ‘Substantial upside’: Morgan Stanley portfolio manager loves this memory stock — and it's among analysts' top picks for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Amala Balakrishner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

One investor, however, has set his sights on another company offering a "value angle" on both semiconductors and artificial intelligence. Micron makes dynamic random access memory chips and NAND flash memory chips. DRAM, or dynamic random access memory, is a type of semiconductor memory needed for data processing. Micron is the third-largest player in the memory sector, coming after just South Korea's SK Hynix and Samsung , he added. Wolfe Research said Micron will likely benefit from a strong recovery in 2025 in both the DRAM and NAND space.

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☆ This chip stock turnaround story should beat the market from here, according to the charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

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Persons: Katie Stockton Organizations: Micron Technology, Inc, MU, Fairlead, CNBC Pro, Securities

☆ This could be the next big investing trend in AI. How UBS says to play it
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Edge AI, or AI at the edge, refers to the utilization of AI in edge computing, and its growth should have an immense effect on the technology world over the next few years. Given this outlook, Abrams named some of the top companies across technology sectors situated to benefit from AI at the edge. UBS projects more upside ahead, viewing both stocks among the top semiconductors as best situated to benefit from Edge AI. Memory chipmakers also look poised to benefit from Edge AI as devices on the edge require more computing power. But the company has been on the uptrend as demand rebounds, AI server demand booms and commercial customers begin deploying AI PCs later this year and into 2025.

Persons: Randy Abrams, Abrams, chipmakers, bode, Alibaba Organizations: UBS, Devices, Nvidia, AMD, Edge, Micron Technology, Micron, Dell, Microsoft, Arista Networks Locations: chipmakers

☆ Semiconductor stocks surged in 2023. Why investors may want to brace for volatility in the new year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Prepare for volatility in the semiconductor industry after an exuberant 2023 that saw prices surge and left many companies with lofty valuations. "Higher valuations in my experience lead to higher investor expectations and those higher investor expectations typically lead to higher volatility," said Michael Brenner of FBB Capital Partners . Computer chip stocks surged in 2023, largely due to enthusiasm surrounding the use of artificial intelligence and the need for advanced semiconductors. Bracing for volatility Semiconductor companies have a lot to prove in 2024 after wowing investors last year. KeyBanc Capital Markets' John Vinh said in a recent note to clients that auto industry semiconductor demand in the new year will benefit Analog Devices , NXP Semiconductors and On Semiconductor .

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☆ Tech stocks dominated 2023 investing. Here's where the sector finds growth in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-31 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

After 2023's blowout run, it's hard to recall the once gloomy investing setup for technology stocks last December. As the calendar year turns, don't expect technology stocks to match 2023's blowout gains, but the year's performance is no fluke. AI stocks may dominate tech-focused investing, but don't sleep on the other emerging themes. GOOGL YTD mountain Alphabet shares in 2023 Both companies have rolled out new initiatives in the months since. Arm Holdings made headlines this year as one of the first major companies to go public , reviving the IPO market after a roughly two-year drought.

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