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☆ Analysts are getting bullish on these Nasdaq stocks heading into earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Another earnings season is just around the corner, and Wall Street views some stocks as better positioned heading into it. With major tech stocks on a tear, the first-quarter earnings season will offer a first look into how these companies are truly faring. Amid this backdrop, CNBC Pro used FactSet data to find the stocks Wall Street is most bullish on heading into the season. Another top contender heading into earnings season is Meta Platforms . Earnings per share estimates for both stocks are up 10% and 13.4%, respectively, within the last three months.

☆ Top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday: Stocks bounce, Ford EVs, Apple
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Marathon Oil (MRO) and Club holding Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) catch upgrades at Citi. Club holding Ford (F) unveiled its new financial reporting structure ahead of Thursday's teach-in event. Club holding Apple (AAPL) increasing its commitment to sports and content? Coty (COTY) added to Piper Sandler's top ideas in beauty after analysts performed a round of checks in stores in Chicago plus recent company updates. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Santander bets on Europe recovery, customers to lift profits and pay-outs
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Jesús Aguado | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Santander has relied in the past on Latin America to cope with tough conditions for lenders in Europe since the financial crisis but banks across Europe are beginning to benefit from higher borrowing costs despite economic uncertainty. The remuneration would be in the form of cash payouts and share buybacks. This would bring Europe, the lender's main contributor to the group's profits, in line with the ROTE target seen for North America. Santander expects its cost of risk, which measures the cost of managing potential losses for the bank, to hover around 100 and 110 basis points in 2025 from an expected 120 bps this year. ($1 = 0.9448 euros)Reporting by Jesús Aguado; additional reporting by Emma Pinedo; editing by Inti Landauro and Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Nvidia stock jumps on Wall Street praise, bolstering the Club case in the chipmaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Fourteen of those 18 analysts rate the stock a buy, or buy equivalent, compared with four who maintain hold ratings. But Goldman Sachs was the only bank to raise its stock rating on Nvidia, to buy from neutral, making its research note on the chipmaker Thursday's most notable. In addition to now recommending clients buy Nvidia stock, Goldman boosted its 12-month price target to $275 a share from $162. Big picture NVDA 1Y mountain Nvidia's stock performance over the past 12 months. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Top 10 things the Club is watching in the stock market Thursday: PPI hot, stocks drop, Cisco pops
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The PPI data comes two days after a slightly hotter-than-expected consumer price index for last month. Cloud communications platform Twilio (TWLO) finally makes the pivot to emphasize profitability and the stock gets rewarded ... up 9% early Thursday. 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.

☆ Top 10 things the Club is watching in the stock market Wednesday: Retail sales up, stocks dip, Airbnb soars
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Retail sales for January came in higher than expected. Remember, retail sales are not adjusted for inflation, which of course remains elevated but growing at a slower rate in recent months. Earnings per share (EPS) of 48 cents versus 25 cents expected. Kraft Heinz (KHC) EPS beats: 85 cents versus 78 cents expected. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday: Stocks stumble, again
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

RL (RL) gets price target increase at $135 per share from $115 at Credit Suisse. Bank of America lowers price target on Mattel (MAT) to $21 per share from $26. 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.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Tuesday: Fedspeak, video games, memesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But puts first-quarter EBITDA guide at $710 million versus $762 million expected. 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.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Wednesday: Fed Day, AMD, Snap signal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Fed Day: The central bank is expected to raise the interest rates by a quarter-point to the range of 4.50% to 4.75%. UBS downgrades Snap (SNAP) to hold from buy with an unchanged price target of $10, and says business is really soft. Club stock Humana (HUM) topped earnings estimates Wednesday morning with revenue in line, great guide. In its quarterly report Wednesday, the exercise equipment said subscription revenue better than hardware sales, noted significant outperformance for connected fitness. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Monday: FANG-obsession over; crazy earnings, Fed, jobs week
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Susquehanna raises price target on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to $88 per share from $80; keeps positive rating on the Club stock. Baird increases price target on Starbucks (SBUX) to $110 per share from $94; keeps hold rating. Deutsche Bank cut price target by $3 per share to $84. HSBC raises price target on oilfield services company Halliburton (HAL) to $57 per share from nearly $44; keeps buy rating. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: Roblox, Discover, Chegg and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Roblox — Roblox shares fell 6.7% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the gaming company to underweight from equal weight and said the upside is limited following the stock's recent outperformance. Philip Morris — Shares of the tobacco company rose more than 1% after Jefferies upgraded the stock to buy from hold and raised its price target. Apple — Shares slid 1.2% after JPMorgan cut its price target on Apple and said the technology company had a tough setup going into earnings from supply headwinds. Boot Barn — UBS raised its price target on the stock ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report. The stock slid 0.6% despite the target increase, however.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Tuesday: Morgan Stanley beat, Goldman Sachs miss, Estee Lauder boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Piper Sandler raises price target on Club stock Cisco Systems (CSCO) to $49 per share from $47; keeps neutral rating. Wells Fargo has an overweight (buy) rating and a $125-per-share price target. Wells Fargo downgrades Pfizer (PFE) to equal weight from overweight (hold from buy), with a $4-per-share price target cut to $50. Bank of America lowers price target on TSLA shares to $130 each from $135. Jefferies is concerned, too; catch-up price target cut to $180 from $350.

☆ BC Partners to acquire account-based marketing firm Madison Logic
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Chibuike Oguh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Private equity firm BC Partners said on Thursday it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Madison Logic, a provider of business-to-business digital marketing services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the matter told Reuters the transaction valued Madison Logic at about $750 million. BC Partners is acquiring Madison Logic from Clarion Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that had acquired the company in 2016. Madison Logic helps businesses track and target enterprise customers with digital marketing to generate sales. Spending on business-to-business digital marketing constitutes a small but growing part of the nearly $300 billion U.S. digital advertising market.

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Wednesday: Santa coming? Nike pops.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Multiple price target increases on Wall Street. JPMorgan acknowledges "relief rally" but cuts its price target. Deutsche Bank lowers price target on Tesla (TSLA) to $270 per share from $355; keeps buy rating. Gordon Haskett downgrades Target (TGT) to hold from buy, with a $132-per-share price target; cites "meaningfully eroded traffic." As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ What Is a Robo Advisor, and Do I Need One?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

That’s where a robo advisor can help. A robo advisor is a digital, automated service that makes investing easy because it picks securities for you. How to start investing with a robo advisorGetting started investing with a robo advisor is designed to be easy. Robo advisor accounts are well-suited for anyone who is comfortable being online but needs a nudge to invest and would rather not do it themselves or doesn’t have the means to hire an individual financial advisor. Betterment and Wealthfront, for example, offer savings accounts, which pay substantially more than traditional bank savings accounts, as well as checking accounts and debit cards.

☆ Expect Chinese stocks to rally hard now that Beijing has set a 'clear path' to reopening, Morgan Stanley says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Morgan Stanley upgraded its outlook for China equities and expects a move toward ending zero-COVID controls to boost stocks. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index could rally 13% from its current level by the end of 2023, strategists said. That could lift the Hong Kong Hang Seng index 13% and lead to MSCI's China Index jumping 14% as a revival in demand leads to companies posting stronger earnings, according to Morgan Stanley. But that doesn't mean investors should pile into Chinese stocks right now — with the impact of the economic reopening likely to lag until the second quarter of next year, according to Morgan Stanley. Official confirmation of that trip would likely further lift the market's view on Chinese equities, strategists said.

☆ Morgan Stanley turns bullish on China stocks, giving them serious upside potential
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Morgan Stanley has turned bullish on China stocks for the first time in nearly two years as the country embarks on a "clear path set towards reopening." It had held its equal weight rating on Chinese stocks since Jan. 2021 and was last overweight on China in March 2020. Morgan Stanley also gave the major Chinese stock indexes large potential upsides. Morgan Stanley recommended investing in offshore Chinese stocks. Stocks set to benefit Morgan Stanley highlighted a list of stocks it said are set to benefit from the easing in China.

☆ Global investors cheer on China reopening hopes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN Business —Global traders are increasingly feeling more bullish on China, as they bet the country will gradually unwind Covid restrictions following widespread protests. Starting Monday, Shanghai residents will no longer require a negative Covid test result to enter outdoor venues including parks and scenic attractions. “Multiple positive developments alongside a clear path set towards reopening warrant an upgrade and index target increases for China,” its analysts said in a research note on Monday. MSCI China, an index tracking major Chinese stocks available to global investors, will hit the 70 level by the end of 2023, according to Morgan Stanley. The offshore yuan, a key gauge of how international investors think about China, strengthened sharply against the US dollar on Monday.

☆ Morgan Stanley upgrades China stocks as global investors cheer on Covid reopening hopes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Thursday: Cooler inflation, Salesforce co-CEO exit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Club holding Salesforce (CRM) saw the departure of co-CEO Bret Taylor, leaving co-founder Marc Benioff as sole CEO, again. Five Below (FIVE) blowout quarter and stock jumps more than 9% in the premarket; in keeping with the discounter retailers. 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.

☆ Products Made With Captured Greenhouse Gas Are Reaching Commercial Scale
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Straws, bottles and packaging made with captured greenhouse-gas are starting to reach commercial scale, offering a way for businesses making and using everyday products to reduce emissions contributing to global warming. Origin Materials Inc. and Newlight Technologies Inc. are trying to meet that demand by bringing factories online that use captured emissions to manufacture materials used to make products including clothes, tires and plastic bottles. Sourcing and transporting raw inputs and captured CO2 are crucial to a product’s so-called carbon-negative credentials, meaning more CO2 is stored than created. The private company sources captured emissions from dairy farms, ethanol plants and landfills, and is expanding into coal mines and exploring direct-air capture. Competitor Origin Materials has a different approach to acquiring captured emissions and plans for its first commercial-scale factory to come online next year.

☆ What Cramer is watching Monday — U.S. stock market should not be down on China Covid protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Club stocks most tied to China Estee Lauder (EL) and Starbucks (SBUX) are down about 1% in the premarket. Oppenheimer cut price target on chipmaker Marvell Technology (MRVL) to $80 per share from $90; sees slower enterprise. Morgan Stanley lowers Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) price target to $140 per share from $150 but keeps overweight (buy) rating. Citi raises price target on value retailer Five Below (FIVE) to $186 per share from $170; keeps buy rating. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ What Cramer is watching Friday — Fed plays good cop, bad cop and off-price retailers shine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Rival Ross Stores (ROST) gets multiple price target increases. Citi raises BJ's Wholesale (BJ) price target to $83 per share from $81 after earnings beat. Multiple price target raises on Club Bullpen name Palo Alto Networks (PANW). Barclays raises Applied Materials (AMAT) price target to $90 per share $80 but keeps neutral rating. Piper Sandler starts DraftKings (DKNG) with an overweight (buy) rating and a $21-per-share price target, which implies about 40% upside from Thursday's close.

☆ Wall Street is skeptical of GM's ambitious EV plans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

DETROIT – Wall Street is skeptical of General Motors' plans to produce profitable electric vehicles years ahead of schedule and substantially bring down battery costs amid supply chain problems and broader economic concerns. GM's average rating is overweight with a 12-month target price of $47.77 per share, according to analysts compiled by FactSet. That would be years ahead of schedule and mean a dramatic decline in the automaker's battery costs amid supply chain problems, cyclical demand concerns and potential shortages in raw materials. It boosted its cash flow guidance to between $10 billion and $11 billion, up from $7 billion and $9 billion. Here are comments from other analysts as well as their ratings and price targets for GM following the investor event.

☆ What Cramer is watching Thursday — rates may go much higher, promising tech, and mixed retail
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Piper also likes Diamondback and Marathon , neutral on Club holding Coterra Energy (CTRA) and APA , formerly known at Apache. Multiple price target increases for Club holding TJX Companies (TJX). Canaccord starts Club holding Estee Lauder (EL) with a hold. Lowe's (LOW) price target raised to $253 per share from $248 at Piper, which liked the quarter. 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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