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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Charles Schwab and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Morgan Stanley — Shares of the James Gorman-led bank jumped more than 6% after the firm posted second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analysts' expectations. Bank of America – Bank of America shares rose nearly 4% after the company reported second-quarter financial results. Bank of New York Mellon — Shares rose more than 4% after Bank of New York Mellon reported second-quarter revenue and profit that beat Wall Street's expectations. PNC Financial — Shares gained 2.6% after PNC Financial reported second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's earnings expectations but came in slightly short on revenue. The Swiss pharmaceutical firm reported second-quarter earnings that topped estimates, according to StreetAccount.

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☆ Here are 4 stocks Jim Cramer thought about buying for the Club and the reasons why
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

PANW YTD mountain Palo Alto Networks YTD Palo Alto Networks (PANW) shares fell more than 4% at one point Monday afternoon to a session low of $190.67, and we can't find any reason for the decline. The selling might be nothing more than some short-term profit-taking after Palo Alto rallied over 8% in last week's struggling market. HON YTD mountain Honeywell YTD Here's one more name we thought about buying: Honeywell (HON). As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Arora Nikesh, Palo Alto Networks CEO & Chairman at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 23rd, 2022.

CNBC Pro used FactSet data to scan the stock market to find the biggest winners of the week — and then looked to find out where Wall Street thinks these stocks are headed in coming months. One name that stuck out on the list was once-troubled regional bank PacWest Bancorp , which jumped almost 12% this week as of Friday morning. Wall Street believes shares have 55% upside, according to the consensus 12-month price target set by analysts. PacWest shares had a strong week after regional banking peer Western Alliance Bancorp posted quarterly adjusted earnings, according to FactSet. BJ's Restaurants ' stock rose 9.2% this week after Wedbush Securities upgraded shares to outperform from neutral.

☆ A flurry of news outside the portfolio has implications for 3 of our stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are three noteworthy news developments over the past two days, which contain useful insights about our stocks. For the full year 2023, Novo now expects sales growth in the range of 24% and 30%, compared to prior estimates of 13% to 19%. In addition, operating profit growth is expected to be in the range of 28% and 34%, up from a prior range of 13% to 19%. 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.

☆ Hasbro 'continues to destroy customer goodwill' and the stock could crash 29% as it dilutes the value of Magic: The Gathering, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hasbro stock has 29% downside potential as it continues to dilute the brand value of Magic: The Gathering. That's according to Bank of America, who reiterated its "Underperform" rating on the stock in a Tuesday note. "Within its Wizards segment, Hasbro continues to destroy customer goodwill by trying to over-monetize its brands." According to BofA, Hasbro continues to over-monetize the brands within its Wizards segment, which includes Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. "Within its Wizards segment, Hasbro continues to destroy customer goodwill by trying to over-monetize its brands," Bank of America said.

☆ Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: J&J, Danaher, AMD
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. Buy JNJ while it's down Look to buy Danaher Wait to buy AMD 1. Look to buy Danaher Danaher (DHR) on Tuesday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings but forecasted a lighter-than-expected guidance, sending the stock down nearly 3% in midmorning trading. 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 .

☆ Medical device stocks tend to beat the market, and analysts expect these names to see big gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Bertha Coombs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Medical device makers, like many manufacturers, have faced challenges over the last year from inflationary supply chain costs, staffing shortages and the strong dollar impacting sales overseas. However, since 2007 the device sector ETF has averaged a gain of 14% per year, 6 percentage points better than the broader market index over the same period. More than 60% of analysts rate the shares a buy, with a mean price target implying 34% upside. Nearly 90% of analysts rate the stock a buy, with mean price target of $53, implying more than 30% upside. BTIG analysts Marie Thibault and Ryan Zimmerman think that M & A could be another catalyst for the medical device sector in 2023, with robotic surgery players likely to be of particular interest.

☆ Get ready for a deluge of data next week that will shape the Fed's next moves
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Within the portfolio, we'll get the latest earnings from Danaher (DHR), Halliburton (HAL), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) on Tuesday before the opening bell. While the results will be important as always, we are most interested in the earnings call with analysts and investors. Housing Starts fell 1.4% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.38 million, slightly above the 1.36 million expected. Building permits dropped 1.6% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.33 million, below expectations of 1.37 million. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

We're kicking off the new week by making some sales in 2 of our highest price-to-earnings (PE) multiple technology stocks. Our concerns around high-multiple tech firms stem from the market's challenge of correctly valuing them. Consistent with our angst over high-multiple tech stocks, we're selling some Microsoft and Nvidia . The former trades at around 23-times the next 12 months of earnings, while the latter trades at around 38-times. With expenses growth at tech firms still not aligned with more muted revenue expectations, our trims today hedge us in the event earnings disappoint this season.

☆ Cramer: This market is split in two and only one part is worth owning right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Why didn't those who think Powell is a doofus speak up and say maybe he's gotten it right? Its market cap looks too big, but it might actually be right because of its service revenue. The rest of the market, including stocks like Micron, will trade as it has in any recession. But the bottoming process for high-growth tech is pretty unfathomable because it was never valued right in the first place. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ AMD's big bet to further move beyond chips for PCs has 'gone very well,' CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

This is in addition to AMD's multiyear push around data center, a central reason we like the company's long-term prospects despite our more cautious view on chips stocks at present . Its more recent areas of focus — data center and embedded — are holding up for now while there's weakness in parts of the company's consumer-focused end markets. In the second quarter, data center revenue was $1.5 billion, up 83% compared with 2021. As mentioned, AMD expected data center revenue in its current fourth quarter to exceed the $1.6 billion it generated in the three months ended Sept. 24. Intel's next-gen data center chip, called Sapphire Rapids, has faced delays and is now set to launch next year.

☆ We still believe in AMD's future potential, but near-term results make it difficult to see
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) reported fiscal third-quarter results that missed lowered expectations on after the closing bell Tuesday. Revenue in AMD's third-quarter increased 29% to $5.57 billion, missing estimates of $5.62 billion. Data center revenue remains resilient thanks to strong North American cloud demand, where AMD is strongest, while Embedded segment sales benefited from strong end market demand. While the long-term drivers of growth — cloud computing, gaming, and digitization — appear fully intact, the near-term issues must be resolved. Gaming revenue was $1.6 billion, up 14% year over year and also in line with estimates driven by higher semi-custom product sales.

☆ What Cramer is watching Thursday — Meta meltdown, Honeywell solid, Ford cash strong
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Horrifying free cash flow of less than $1 billion at the Club holding. Raised full-year adjusted free cash flow goal to $9.5 billion to $10 billion, a $3.44 billion increase. 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.

☆ Chip Companies in for a Brisk Fall
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Coming earnings reports from such companies as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing are unlikely to turn around the current negative sentiment for the semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry is well accustomed to downdrafts. The third-quarter earnings season for the chip industry is shaping up to be a harsh one. Chip makers Samsung and Advanced Micro Devices already preannounced disappointing results for the quarter late last week. On top of that all, the U.S. government is cracking down even harder on semiconductor technology sold to Chinese companies, with new rules announced Friday that expand on previous export controls.

☆ Chip Companies in for a Rough Fall
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Top 5 and bottom 5 Club stocks between the S&P 500's old June low and Monday's new one
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

Walmart (WMT) and Chevron (CVX) were in the Trust on June 16, but we exited those stocks Aug. 1 and Sept. 7 , respectively. On the other hand, Starbucks (SBUX) and off-price retailer TJX Companies (TJX) entered the portfolio Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 , respectively. Top performers Leading the way was Wynn Resorts (WYNN) , gaining 22.6% between the old June low and Monday. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was next , falling 19.20% between the old June low and Monday's new one. Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) saw the fifth-largest decline among portfolio stocks, declining 14.94% between the old June low and Monday.

☆ FedEx posts over 5% rise in quarterly revenue
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA FedEx Express delivery vehicle is seen in Long Beach, California, U.S., September 16, 2022. FedEx said it expects cost savings between $2.2 billion and 2.7 billion in fiscal 2023, amid weaking demand due to a weaker-than-expected business environment. The cost savings will come from reducing flight frequencies at FedEx Express, suspending certain operations at FedEx Ground, among other measures, the company said. The company's quarterly net profit fell to $875 million, or $3.33 per share, from $1.11 billion, or $4.09 per share, a year earlier. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ What Cramer is watching Wednesday — Fed day, Putin escalation, oil stock optimism
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Buy Club holding Ford into any Fed weakness. Barclays downgrades Club holding and Dow stock Cisco Systems (CSCO) to equal weight from overweight (hold from buy). Wells Fargo cuts PT to $75 tom $90 but keeps overweight (buy) rating. However, BofA keeps buy rating on Visa. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Here’s why understanding de-risking is key as the Fed readies another rate hike and earnings loom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Put another way, this hike has been de-risked but additional aggressive rate increases in the near term likely have not. The market wants to understand at what terminal rate the Fed will hold. If the Fed goes with a 75-basis-point hike Wednesday, that would bring the target range for the central bank's key fed funds rate to 3%-3.25%. On that note, current estimates for S & P 500 earnings are roughly $222 in 2022 and $240 for 2023. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Nvidia CEO tries to soothe investor angst over gaming as new graphics cards are set to launch
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Fresh off the unveiling of Nvidia 's (NVDA) newest computer graphics card, CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday tried to assuage investor concerns about the video gaming market, which has lately dogged the Club holding's stock. Still, Nvidia has accumulated too many computer graphics cards, Huang acknowledged, and said the semiconductor firm needed to address the issue. While those steps have led to short-term financial pain, the CEO suggested they were appropriate given the newest gaming chips are set to hit the market imminently . These latest computer graphics cards are hitting the market during a financially precarious moment for Nvidia's gaming business. "Of course, that resulted in Q2 and Q3 being a lot lower than we originally anticipated, but the overall gaming market remains solid," he added.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: FedEx, Adobe, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

FedEx received its first five of an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles (eLCVs) from BrightDrop. Snowflake - Shares of the cloud computing company dropped more than 6% as growth stocks led Friday's sell-off. The decline came even as Needham initiated coverage of Snowflake with a buy rating, as the Wall Street firm sees potential new uses for its platform. Adobe – Adobe's stock built on Thursday's declines, sinking just over 3% after a slew of downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Bank of America downgraded the technology stock to neutral as it awaits further clarity on Adobe's Figma acquisition.

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