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(This is CNBC Pro's live coverage of Wednesday's analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. A closely watched electric vehicle maker and a cloud software company were among the talked stocks by analysts on Tuesday. "We move to Sell given the increased lack of visibility around an inflection in the aforementioned trends," said analyst Kash Rangan. – Samantha Subin 6:19 a.m.: Wall Street reacts to Reddit's first earnings print as a public company Reddit's first earnings report since hitting the public markets in March is garnering some mixed responses from Wall Street analysts. "Its limited production and commercial history leaves much to be seen," he wrote "Rivian must prove it can acquire the customer base, while maintaining low advertising costs."

Persons: there's, Baird, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Rangan, – Samantha Subin, Mark Shmulik, Reddit, Doug Anmuth, Bank of America's Justin Post, Citi's Ronald Josey, Samantha Subin, Mark Delaney, Rivian, Dan Levy, RIVN, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, Datadog Baird, Amit Agarwal, Will Power, DDOG, Power, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, ZoomInfo Technologies, Wall Street, Google, Bank of America's, Barclays, Datadog, Cisco Locations: Rivian, Datadog

☆ Disney reports earnings before the bell Tuesday. Here's what Wall Street is watching
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Walt Disney puts its top-tier media dominance to the test when it reports results before the bell Tuesday. Wells Fargo's Steven Cahall upped his price target to $141 a share, suggesting upside of 24%. StreetAccount estimates call for 229.35 million subscribers across the business unit and nearly 155 million Disney+ subscribers. At its last earnings call in February, Disney said it expects between 5.5 million to 6 million added subscribers in the second quarter. He forecasts an additional 4 million subscribers each year.

Persons: Walt Disney, Nelson Peltz, Jessica Reif Ehrlich, David Karnovsky, Wells Fargo's Steven Cahall, Deutsche Bank's Bryan Kraft, Disney, Vijay Jayant, America's Ehrlich Organizations: Trian Partners, LSEG, Walt Disney, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Disney, Deutsche, DTC, Netflix, Bank Locations: F1Q

☆ Warren Buffett compares AI to nuclear weapons in stark warning
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

At his annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, the 93 year-old co-founder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway issued a stark warning about the potential dangers of the technology. “We let a genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons,” he said Saturday. JPMorgan Chase, the world’s largest bank by market capitalization, is also exploring the potential of generative AI within its own ecosystem, Dimon said. Dozens of AI industry leaders, academics and even some celebrities have signed a statement warning of an “extinction” risk from AI. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the statement said.

Persons: New York CNN — Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, ”, Greg Abel, Buffett, “, Abel, isn’t, Buffett Buffett, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Sonnenfeld, Doug McMillion, James Quincy, Sam Altman, Geoffrey Hinton Organizations: New, New York CNN, Berkshire, International Monetary Fund, Industries, Nvidia, Microsoft, scamming, JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase, Software, Yale, Summit, CNN, Walmart, Xerox, Google Locations: New York, Omaha , Nebraska, Omaha, scamming

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Apple, Expedia, Block, Live Nation and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Apple — The tech giant jumped more than 6% after announcing it would repurchase $110 billion in shares . That topped analysts' estimates for earnings of $1.50 per share on revenue of $90.01 billion, per LSEG. Block — The payment services provider added 1% after posting first-quarter results that beat analysts' expectations. Live Nation Entertainment — Shares jumped 9% on the back of better-than-expected first-quarter revenue. However, the company beat analysts' expectations for the first quarter.

Persons: LSEG, Piper Sandler, FactSet, Eli Lilly, Cloudflare, Jefferies, —, Alex Harring, Lisa Kailai Han, Michelle Fox, Pia Singh Organizations: Apple, Management, Wall Street, BMO Capital Markets, Expedia, Holdings, bullish Bank of America, Novo Nordisk, Arista Networks, Arista Locations: Thursday's, billings

☆ Once-hot AI play Super Micro is getting crushed, but most analysts are staying bullish
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Super Micro Computer shares are selling off at the moment, but major Wall Street firms are hopeful about the company's long-term prospects. Super Micro, one of the vendors that builds Nvidia-based servers, released quarterly results on Tuesday after market close. Super Micro also bumped up its fiscal 2024 revenue guidance above its previously estimated range and what analysts are expecting. But a revenue miss dragged shares of Super Micro 16% lower on Wednesday. On the other hand, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo maintained their neutral-equivalent ratings for shares of Super Micro.

Persons: LSEG, Samik, Chatterjee, Ruplu Bhattacharya, George Wang, Wang, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Wells, SMCI, Michael Ng, Ng Organizations: Micro Computer, Nvidia, Super, JPMorgan, Barclays, Bank of America, DELL Locations: CY25, East, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Malaysia

☆ Wednesday's analyst calls: Amazon draws praise, 3M finds some support, Starbucks cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan analyst Vivek Juneja upgraded the regional bank stock to an overweight rating from neutral, simultaneously lifting his price target to $39.50 from $37.50. — Lisa Kailai Han 6:27 a.m.: Deutsche Bank downgrades Starbucks after disappointing quarterly earnings Starbucks could feel some near-term pressure, according to Deutsche Bank. Analyst C. Stephen Tusa also raised his price target to $111 from $110, implying that shares of 3M could rally 15% from here. 3M stock has added nearly 6% so far in 2024, but the stock is still trading at an attractive valuation given the company's characteristics, Tusa said. Amongst the group, JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth has the highest price target of $240, which implies that Amazon stock could rally another 37% from here.

Persons: Vivek Juneja, Juneja, — Lisa Kailai Han, Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Lauren Silberman, Silberman, Lisa Kailai Han, Stephen Tusa, Tusa, 3M's, Morgan Stanley, Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, — Lisa Kailai Han — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC, JPMorgan, Starbucks, Deutsche Bank, Fifth, Bancorp, Logitech, 3M, Barclays, Bank of America, Amazon, Services, Wall Street, — Locations: China

☆ Wall Street stands by Meta even as costs rise and the stock sells off, cites AI leadership
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Wall Street analysts are standing by Meta Platforms despite Thursday's sell-off. The analyst cut his price target to $480 from $535 a share, noting that building and creating new products is no easy — or quick — feat. The adjusted price target reflects nearly 3% downside from Wednesday's close. Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak retained his overweight rating and $550 price target, saying the firm remains "buyers through Meta's investments." Meta isn't alone in this feat, with Nowak expecting competitors to undertake similar steps as more AI opportunities arise.

Persons: Doug Anmuth, Benjamin Black, Black, Citi's Ronald Josey, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Morgan Stanley, Brian Nowak, Meta isn't, Nowak, Bank of America's Justin Post, Ross Sandler, Mark, Zuckerberg, Sandler Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America's, Barclays

☆ Meet 7 recruiters who can help you land a tech job at Wall Street firms like JPMorgan and Blackstone
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Landing a tech job on Wall Street has never been simple, but it's even less so today. But widespread layoffs in the tech sector have created a "glut of supply" of "mediocre talent," recruiters told Business Insider. That's not stopping Wall Street firms from tapping external recruiters to find technologists. Given the private nature of their work, recruiters usually keep their client list and searches close to the vest. For that reason, the specific clients most of these recruiters work with are not named.

Persons: we've, Ben Hodzic, Selby Jennings, Wall

☆ JPMorgan Chase is caught in U.S-Russia sanctions war after overseas court orders $440 million seized from bank
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian court sided with state-run lender VTB Bank in its efforts to recoup $439.5 million from JPMorgan Chase that the American lender froze in U.S. accounts after the Ukraine invasion. The court ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan's Russian accounts and "movable and immovable property," including the bank's stake in a Russian subsidiary, according to a court order published Wednesday. It also boosted an ongoing American effort to convince European allies to release Russian state assets to assist Ukraine. JPMorgan said Russian courts have enabled similar efforts by Russian lenders against American or European banks at least a half dozen other times. JPMorgan said it faced "certain and irreparable harm" from VTB's efforts.

Persons: Jamie, JPMorgan Chase, VTB, Jamie Dimon, Biden, Joe Biden, JPMorgan Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, U.S . Senate Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Wall, Capitol, Washington , D.C, VTB Bank, JPMorgan, of Locations: Washington ,, Ukraine, Russian, St, Petersburg, U.S, Russia, Southern, of New York

☆ Tesla earnings are coming up. Here's what traders are looking for in the report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Tesla is due to report earnings after the bell Tuesday, with Wall Street looking for any sign of a reprieve from this year's struggles. Here's the company's setup heading into the report, what analysts expect and which product updates analysts and investors are going to focus on. Big earnings drop expected For the first quarter, analysts polled by LSEG expect Tesla to report earnings of 51 cents per share, which represents a 39.8% year-over-year decline in earnings. Wells Fargo's Colin Langan maintained his underweight rating and cut his price target to $120 a share, citing poor fundamentals. Deutsche Bank's Emmanuel Rosner downgraded the stock to hold from buy and slashed his price target to $123 a share.

Persons: Tesla, Tom Narayan, Itay Michaeli, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Deutsche Bank's Emmanuel Rosner, Rosner, Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas, Jonas, Elon Musk, Musk, America's John Murphy, Murphy, Deutsche Bank's Rosner, Levy Organizations: Management, RBC, LSEG, Citi, Deutsche, EV, Reuters, America's, Barclays, Tesla

☆ Netflix earnings are about to hit the Street. Here’s what traders need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Wall Street anticipates a largely rosy setup for the stock, with many forecasting that the company beats, or reports in line with expectations. The anticipation contributed to some Wall Street firms lifting their price targets heading into the print. Under the paid sharing plan , Netflix account owners can buy an extra member slot and invite people outside their household to use the service. "After 1Q24, Netflix begins to lap the paid sharing benefits - most significantly in 2H24," wrote Morgan Stanley's Swinburne. Reason for caution Despite Netflix's strong run this year and the benefits reaped through paid sharing, some Wall Street analysts see reasons for caution.

Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Swinburne, Doug Anmuth, Morgan Stanley's Swinburne, Piper Sandler, Wall, Anmuth, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Bryan Kraft, Kannan Venkateshwar, Deutsche Bank's Kraft, Piper Sandler's Matt Farrell, MoffettNathanson's Michael Nathanson, Street's, Farrell, Citi's Jason Bazinet Organizations: Netflix, LSEG, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Street, Kraft, Deutsche, WWE, NBA, Netflix's WWE Locations: 2H24

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman posted earnings of $11.58 per share on revenue of $14.21 billion for the period, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had called for earnings of $8.56 per share on revenue of $12.92 billion. Analyst Erik Woodring forecast only 3% annual revenue growth through fiscal 2027, which is below consensus. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of the social media platform at equal weight, saying shares are already trading at fair value. Deutsche Bank called Reddit a buy, while Raymond James said the social media stock is a strong buy. Trump Media & Technology Group — Shares of Trump Media plunged more than 15% after the company filed to issue up to 21.5 million shares.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Wall, Goldman, LSEG, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Salesforce, Raymond James, Coupang, Resideo, Charles Schwab —, Schwab, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox Organizations: Logitech —, Dow, Street Journal, Informatica, Reddit, Wall, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Medical Properties, Trump Media & Technology, Trump Media, Citi, Resideo Technologies Locations: Stifel, Utah, South Korea

☆ Major firms like Goldman and JPMorgan cool on Reddit stock post-IPO
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A slate of major Wall Street firms has begun coverage of Reddit – and some of them see the stock's gains moderating from here. He rated the company neutral and gave it a price target of $47, anticipating 11% upside from Friday. Sheridan's 12-month price target of $40 was one of the lowest on Wall Street and implies that shares could slide 5% from here. Morgan Stanley had a slightly more optimistic price target of $45, corresponding to a roughly 6.5% gain. Citi analyst Ronald Josey's price target of $53 — which forecasts 25% upside — is among one of the highest on the Street.

Persons: Reddit, Doug Anmuth, JPMorgan's Anmuth, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Eric Sheridan, Brian Nowak, Ronald, Josey, Benjamin Black Organizations: Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank

☆ Insider Today: Landlords' secret weapon
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That chase, and Simpson's subsequent murder trial, changed media forever. A year later, 150 million would watch the jury declare a shocking not guilty verdict. Also read:AdvertisementEmrah_Oztas/ Getty Image, eGreg Bajor/Getty Image, Aleksey Balatskiy/Getty Image, Cici Morosanu/500px/Getty Image, Busà Photography/Getty Image, Abanti Chowdhury/BILandlords' secret weaponBig-time apartment owners have a secret weapon: RealPage, a company that sells software to property managers to help them set rents and juice their profits. Some Spotify staff told BI the company is spending too much on lavish events, especially as it looks to cut even more costs. This week's quote:Advertisement"As a personality hire, you can get away with not being as competent and doing half of your job."

Persons: —, ChatGPT, O.J, Simpson, Bundy, Sheriff Roland Jex, Christopher Darden, VINCE BUCCI, Nicole Brown Simpson, Ron Goldman, Ford Bronco, Robert Kardashian, Goldman, Michael Socolow, Rupert Murdoch, Rebecca Zisser, eGreg Bajor, Aleksey Balatskiy, Cici, Abanti Chowdhury, Jia Feng, Sam Smith, Charli XCX, Daniel Bennett Organizations: Service, Business, Aris, Getty, University of Southern, NFL, Ford, CNN, Fox, RealPage, Spotify Locations: America, ANGELES , CA, Rockingham, Los Angeles , CA, AFP, University of Southern California, London

☆ 'Buffett really was not a great stock picker': Financial researcher Larry Swedroe on how investors can emulate the billionaire investor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Meredith Mutter | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Larry Swedroe, who is considered one of the market's most esteemed researchers, thinks Warren Buffett's investment style doesn't work well anymore. "Warren Buffett was generally considered the greatest stock picker of all time. And, what we have learned in the academic research is Warren Buffett really was not a great stock picker at all," Swedroe told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week. "What Warren Buffett's 'secret sauce' was, he figured out 50, 60 years before all the academics what these factors were that allowed you to earn excess returns." In his latest book, Swedroe likens the stock market to sports betting and active managers to bookies.

Persons: Larry Swedroe, Warren, Warren Buffett, Swedroe, CNBC's, Warren Buffett's, Cliff Asness, Buffett, Buffett's, who's Organizations: Wall Street, Alpha, CNBC, Buckingham Wealth Partners Locations: AQR, Bridgeway, BlackRock

☆ Jamie Dimon warns that inflation, wars and Fed policy pose major threats ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned Friday that multiple challenges, primarily inflation and war, threaten an otherwise positive economic backdrop. "Many economic indicators continue to be favorable," the head of the the largest U.S. bank by assets said in announcing first-quarter earnings results. An "unsettling" global landscape including "terrible wars and violence" is one such factor introducing uncertainty both into JPMorgan's business and the broader economy, Dimon said. However, the bank warned net interest income for this year could be slightly below what Wall Street is expecting and shares were off nearly 2% in premarket trading.

Persons: Jamie, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, Dimon Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, U.S . Senate Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Wall, Capitol, JPMorgan Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S

☆ Private equity firms are 'clamoring' to hire AI executives with some offering pay packages of up to $2 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

PE firms are eager to hire leaders with AI and machine-learning experience. She is now engaged in more than 10 more assignments for similar hires among middle-market and large PE firms. PE firms have more recently started to embrace cloud and AI technology and see it as a business differentiator. Unlike other Wall Street firms that invest billions in their own tech stacks, PE firms are upgrading their portfolio companies' technology. It's not just at the leadership level where PE firms are looking for this kind of talent.

Persons: Deepali Vyas, Vyas, It's, Thomas H Organizations: Service, Business, Blackstone, JPMorgan, Artificial Intelligence Management, Lee Partners Locations: Boston, Swedish

☆ Wells Fargo kicks off our bank earnings Friday. Rate cuts and dealmaking will be in focus this season
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Club holding Wells Fargo will post quarterly results on Friday, followed by our other financial holding, Morgan Stanley, on Tuesday. In theory, higher borrowing costs mean Wells Fargo can generate more money from those interest-earning assets, but it's not that simple. It's hard to say with the fluid inflation and rate expectations whether Wells Fargo might change its NII outlook when it reports on Friday. Wells Fargo also has a key long-term growth prospect in the potential removal of its $1.9 trillion Fed-imposed asset cap. A woman walks past Wells Fargo bank in New York City, U.S., March 17, 2020.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, We're, Jim Cramer, Wells, Wells Fargo's, Mike Santomassimo, Santomassimo, Jim said, Jim, Wells Fargo, Charlie Scharf, Charlie's, He's, Morgan, there's, Jefferies, Reddit's, James Gorman, Ted Pick, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Club, Silicon Valley Bank, UBS, Investment, JPMorgan, Jefferies, Discover, Wall Street, Amer Sports, Astera Labs, Reddit's, New York Stock Exchange, Street Journal, CNBC Locations: Wells, Silicon, Wells Fargo, Capital, Wilson, Morgan, New York City, U.S

☆ AI fever is triggering a new hunt for tech talent on Wall Street. 5 recruiters outline in-demand tech roles that can pay from $250,000 to $2 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewWall Street firms are switching into hiring gear. Banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms are back on the hunt for tech talent, several recruiters told Business Insider. Across the Street, finance firms are witnessing the AI transformation being led by tech giants like OpenAI and Nvidia. Hodzic added that, on average, the technology business at Selby Jennings is registering 25% more job orders a week compared to this time last year.

Persons: —, Giancarlo Hirsch, Deepali Vyas, she's, Vyas, Ben Hodzic, Selby Jennings, Hodzic, Glocomms, Hirsch, whittle, Banks, Andy Legg, Dennis Baden, Baden, Korn Ferry's Vyas Organizations: Service, Finance, Business, Blackstone, JPMorgan, Vyas, Nvidia, They're, Wall, Riviera Partners, Google, Banks Locations: Selby

☆ Jamie Dimon says in shareholder letter AI could be as consequential to the economy as electricity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

JPMorgan, the world’s largest bank by market capitalization, is exploring the potential of generative AI within its own ecosystem, said Dimon. “Over time,” wrote Dimon, “we anticipate that our use of AI has the potential to augment virtually every job, as well as impact our workforce composition. First Republic purchaseJPMorgan acquired most of First Republic’s assets last May after the San Francisco-based regional bank was seized by the government. Dimon wrote those odds are far too optimistic. “Small changes in interest rates today may have less impact on inflation in the future than many people believe,” he said.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, ”, Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, ” Dimon, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, JPMorgan Chase, International Monetary Fund, Industries, Nvidia, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Software, San, First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Markets, Traders, Federal Reserve Locations: New York, Republic, San Francisco, Silicon

☆ Why 2024 will be a year of fits and starts for dealmaking on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Dealmaking is big business on Wall Street. That made Goldman responsible for nearly a third of the total global M&A advisory market last year. But there are fits and starts to today’s market. What do the fits and starts mean? I go back to fits and starts with good underlying trends that momentum builds, but it’s not going to be a straight line.

Persons: New York CNN —, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Stephan Feldgoise, we’re, we’ve, it’s, Jamie Dimon, ”, Dimon, JPMorgan Chase Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, New York CNN, Retail, JPMorgan Chase, International Monetary Fund, Industries, Nvidia, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Software, New Locations: New York, Oregon, Michigan, Arizona , Delaware, Florida , Iowa , Massachusetts, Wyoming

☆ Jamie Dimon says AI may be as impactful on humanity as printing press, electricity and computers
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023. Jamie Dimon, the veteran CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase , said he was convinced that artificial intelligence will have a profound impact on society. In his annual letter to shareholders released Monday, Dimon chose AI as the first topic in his update of issues facing the biggest U.S. bank by assets — ahead of geopolitical risks, recent acquisitions and regulatory matters. But his focus on AI, first mentioned in Dimon's annual letter in 2017, stood out. Enthusiasm for AI has fueled the meteoric rise of chipmaker Nvidia and helped propel tech names to new heights.

Persons: Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Dimon, OpenAI's ChatGPT Organizations: JPMorgan, Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs Committee, Wall Street Firms, Nvidia

☆ The big challenge for Wall Street CEOs this spring: keeping both of their jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA trio of top Wall Street bosses is facing investor agitation this spring over their jobs. The attempts to add more independent oversight to the firms' boards of directors is a public rebuke to those CEOs. Last week, top proxy firms Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services recommended Goldman and BofA separate their CEO-chair jobs. AdvertisementA cyclical history of splitting CEO and chairman rolesThese proposals cycle in and out of fashion, and Wall Street has seen plenty of similar ballot questions, from shareholders large and small. Large companies — like the trio of Wall Street firms now — were targeted much more often for shareholder proposals to split the jobs than the small companies.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Larry Fink, Brian Moynihan, Glass Lewis, Goldman, BofA, Moynihan Organizations: Service, Goldman, BlackRock, Bank of America, Business, Institutional, Exxon, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, Wall Street

☆ See the pitch deck the ex-CEO of Symphony used to raise $13 million for Hive, a cloud startup taking on tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Like many other enterprise companies, Symphony was locked into its cloud providers as its tech stack became increasingly entwined with and dependent on the cloud companies' tools and software. Some of that computing power and storage comes from the major cloud providers themselves, by way of consumer devices, but they can also come from a company's own private cloud, Gurle said. On Wall Street, tech execs constantly look for new ways to keep cloud costs in check. This is reaching new heights thanks to the AI craze, with the construction of data centers wreaking havoc on rural communities. Here's the pitch deck Hive used to raise $13 million.

Persons: David Gurle, Gurle Organizations: Service, Symphony, Wall Street, Amazon Web Services, Google, Business, Oracle Labs, University of California, Hive, SC Ventures, Chartered, French Locations: University of California Berkeley, America

☆ Wall Street is worried about Tesla's Q1 deliveries as analysts slash estimates
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wall Street is worried about Tesla's Q1 deliveries. Wedbush Securities analysts have called it "a nightmare quarter for Tesla." AdvertisementWall Street is getting nervous about Tesla's Q1 deliveries. Analysts' consensus puts the number of deliveries at 477,000 for Q1, according to UBS, which itself has cut its estimate to 432,000. Wedbush analysts called the company's Q1 deliveries "a nightmare quarter for Tesla."

Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank's Emmanuel Rosner, Tesla, Daniel Ives, Elon Musk Organizations: Wedbush Securities, Tesla, Service, Deutsche Bank, EV maker's, UBS, Bloomberg, Deutsche, Wall, CNBC, Business Locations: Berlin, China

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