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The S & P 500 rose 8.3% in the second quarter to extended its 2023 advance to 15.9%. Here's a closer look at the Club's best and worst performers in the first half of 2023, starting with the four winningest stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude ended the second quarter under $71 per barrel, about $10 below where it started the year. Humana (HUM) dropped 12.7% in the first half of 2023, rounding out the bottom-four Club stocks between January and June. The common denominator among the worst-performing Club stocks is a bit less obvious than with the winners.

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☆ Harvard researchers share 7 charts that show the struggles of buying and renting a home in America today, and their recommendations for solving them
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies released their State of The Nation's Housing report. Harvard Joint Center for Housing StudiesOn top of that, mortgage rates have surged from around 3.3% in early 2022 to just under 7% today. Harvard Joint Center for Housing StudiesBlame that in part on falling building rates. Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies"The construction slowdown in 2022 raised concerns about the nation's large and ongoing housing shortfall. To boost homeownership rates among minority groups, the researchers also proposed lowering credit score minimums for mortgages and taking into consideration other indicators of creditworthiness that aren't reflected in a credit score.

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☆ Inside the Wild World of Celebrity Keynote Speakers: Drugs, Alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

"I never saw myself as a speaker, let alone a motivational speaker," Leonard tells me while his assistant irons his jeans. 'When I ramble," Hunter told me, "hit me in the leg!" Every plane had been grounded, including the one stuck on the tarmac with an increasingly inebriated Hunter Thompson trapped inside. But by far the most all-consuming task was booking gigs for Hunter Thompson. Just before a debate with G. Gordon Liddy at Brown University, Hunter demanded that Betsy Berg, whom I now worked alongside at GTN, score him some crystal meth.

HONG KONG, March 23 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tencent (0700.HK) is sounding more like its normal self again. The combination of regulatory respite, a post-lockdown consumption bounce plus cost cuts have put the company in a sweet spot for 2023. Revenue in the three months to December inched up 0.5% from a year earlier, to $21 billion, reversing year-on-year declines from the previous two quarters. With 2022 firmly behind it, Tencent can put a spring back in its step. Shares of Tencent rose 4.7% to HK$364.00 during early morning trading on March 23.

☆ Etsy Can Afford to Upgrade Its Look
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Jinjoo Lee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Etsy has proved that it can hold on to its eye-popping pandemic-era gains. Etsy ’s simple growth story is getting a bit more complicated. The company said on Wednesday that its gross merchandise sales, the value of transactions through its platforms, declined 4% in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier. That was much milder than the 8.4% drop analysts polled by Visible Alpha were expecting. Even more encouragingly, the number of active buyers actually rose slightly—a surprising turn compared with a decline analysts expected to see.

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Incoming Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher gets seasick, according to his former boss at food group Heinz, but that never stopped him joining executive sailing trips and sticking them out. Heinz Company from 2006 to 2013 and was impressed by his leadership skills and business acumen," Peltz said. "Why hire a food exec if you are planning to sell the food business?" "Selling the food business will always be on the cards, but I doubt that it is top priority in the short term." "He's been given a very tough assignment but I have every confidence that if anyone could get Unilever moving in right direction, it's Hein," Johnson said.

☆ Decline in German services sector eases, raising hopes for milder recession -PMI
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Wolfgang RattayBERLIN, Jan 4 (Reuters) - High inflation and economic uncertainty extended a downturn in the German services sector in December, though a slower pace of decline in activity adds to hopes of a milder-than-expected recession, a survey showed on Wednesday. S&P Global's final services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 49.2 from 46.1 in November. That marks the highest reading since July, when the current downturn began, and was slightly above a flash estimate of 49.0. The German composite PMI index, which comprises both the services and manufacturing sectors, rose to 49.0 in December from 46.3 in November, slightly above a flash reading of 48.9. December marked the sixth month in a row that the reading was below the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction.

☆ The Investing Club's top 5 things to watch in the market Thursday: Stocks, oil, Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Club's 5 things to watch Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 1. 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. 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.

☆ Dow jumps 526 points as earnings beat from Nike and upbeat sentiment data show resilience of the consumer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

US stocks surged on Wednesday after data showed a resilient consumer heading into 2023. Consumer confidence rose to its highest level since April, according to data from the Conference Board. Nike soared 13% after it said footwear and apparel sales rose 25% and 4% in the quarter, respectively. Earnings results from Nike also showed that consumers remain relatively resilient to higher interest rates and elevated inflation. Nike rallied 14% in Wednesday trades after the company said footwear and apparel sales rose 25% and 4% in the quarter, respectively.

☆ Couples are proposing to each other by writing 'marry me' on Ukrainian artillery shells to be fired at Russians
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A US supporter of Ukraine proposed to his girlfriend with a message on a Ukrainian artillery shell. They used a Ukrainian service that offers customized notes on munitions in exchange for a donation. "When we first started dating, I made an offhand comment one night," 38-year-old Emily Knight told Insider. A few months later that's more or less what her partner David did, using a then-burgeoning Ukrainian service known as SignMyRocket that the couple had been browsing. Her mother, who was ready to foot the bill for a white wedding, has been told to send the equivalent cash to Ukraine, Emily said.

☆ Hearing aids may lower your risk for cognitive decline and dementia, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Hearing aids might be an important tool in the effort to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, according to a new study. The new study published Monday in JAMA Neurology offers evidence that managing hearing loss may potentially help reduce or delay cognitive decline, Loh said. The use of hearing aids was associated with a 19% reduction in long-term cognitive decline, the study found. “Get screened for hearing loss, and if you do have hearing loss, speak with your audiologist or physician ENT to ensure appropriate and optimal correction to help stave off the potential dementia risk and cognitive decline,” Holland said. But in the meantime, people with hearing loss should talk with their doctor about whether it is appropriate to use hearing aids, Tan said.

☆ How Do You Pronounce Qatar? Probably Incorrectly.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

WORLD CUP 2022 The 2022 World Cup is being hosted in Qatar, which, as everyone knows, is pronounced . Sepp Blatter, the former FIFA president, announcing in 2010 that “Ka-TAR” would host the 2022 World Cup. Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of Qatar’s World Cup organization QatarThis has not helped alleviate the general confusion among visitors. “I know it’s probably not the correct way — KUH-ter is for those who probably know what they’re talking about a little bit more — but I’m going with Ka-TAR.”Walker Zimmerman of the United States national team knows he doesn’t say Qatar correctly. Martin Tyler, the legendary Sky Sports broadcaster who is working his 12th World Cup this year, said he would do the same.

☆ The week in review, the week ahead — Nov. 18, 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It certainly gave the market some pause in the back half of the week. Looking ahead, we remind members that markets will be closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will close early at 1:00 p.m. Also Thursday, initial jobless claims for the week ending Nov. 12 came in at 222,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the prior week and below expectations of 228,000. Below are some other earnings reports and economic numbers to watch 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.

☆ Nvidia's quarter fails to excite but offers enough hope that October's bottom can hold
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

That said, encouragingly, the team expects Gaming inventory levels to approach normal levels as we enter calendar year 2023. Fourth quarter guidance was underwhelming, but it was encouraging to hear management say they expect to see sequential growth in Data Center, Gaming, and Automotive. Segment Q3 sales Data Center revenue grew 31% to $3.83 billion, a tad short versus the $3.84 billion consensus. Gaming revenue fell 51% to $1.57 billion, but it was better than expectations of $1.33 billion. Capital Allocation In its fiscal third quarter, Nvidia returned a total of $3.75 billion to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.

☆ Grab's steady steering offers a smoother ride
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Caroline ChiaHONG KONG, Sept 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A rising tide once lifted all of Southeast Asia's technology giants. With a global recession looming and markets in turmoil, their fortunes are starting to diverge. It's a sharp contrast to its $24 billion Singaporean rival Sea (SE.N), which is retrenching globally to achieve financial "self-sufficiency". With shares down over 60% this year, Grab's confident and careful hand at the wheel gives shareholders something to cheer. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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