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☆ Citi sees chip stocks hitting 'new lows.' Here are its top picks to ride out the storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Although chip stocks have broadly rebounded this year , Citi warns that they could be about to hit new lows as companies trim guidance. Given this "defensive stance," the analyst said Analog Devices remains its top pick in this environment, describing it as the "most defensive name." Citi also named a few semiconductor stocks to consider once the dark times are over. Analog Devices, Micron, ON Semi and GlobalFoundries are all buy-rated by the bank. The bank gives Analog Devices, ON Semi, and GlobalFoundries each around 22% upside potential.

☆ Factbox: Want billions to make US chips? Here is how to get them
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] CMOS chips, are shown at the manufacturing facility of VAS, an electronics manufacturer in San Diego, California April 14, 2009. Chip giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) moved ahead with the ground breaking of a $20 billion chip factory in Ohio after the chips bill passed. The CHIPS Program Office will give "strong preference" to projects that are largely funded with private capital. The department also said that the workers hired to build plants or chips should be able to join unions. The CHIPS Program Office will require any company given more than $150 million to return money if it makes more than they projected.

☆ Wall Street's most overbought stocks include General Motors and a pharma stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

There's a Wall Street momentum indicator that can help investors filter out the most overbought, and oversold, stocks. A stock is considered overbought if its 14-day RSI goes above 70. CNBC Pro screened for the 10 most overbought stocks in the S & P 500. Catalent was one of the most overbought stocks in the S & P 500. GWW YTD mountain GWW in 2023 General Motors made our list of overbought stocks as well, with a 14-day RSI of 76.25.

☆ Factbox: Chipmakers' plans for factories in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Under the European Chips Act, the European Commission earmarked early last year a total of 15 billion euros ($16 billion) for public and private semiconductor projects by 2030. Below are some of the chipmakers' plans for factories in Europe, in alphabetical order:Infineon (IFXGn.DE):The maker of chips used in cars and data won approval to begin work on a 5 billion euro semiconductor plant in the German city of Dresden, it said on Feb. 16. Intel (INTC.O):In March 2022, Intel picked the German city of Magdeburg as the site for its new mega chip manufacturing complex, a key part of its $88 billion investment drive across Europe. STMicroelectronics (STM.BN):The Franco-Italian company said in October it plans to build a 730 million euro silicon carbide wafer plant in Italy. It also announced plans in July to build a semiconductor factory in France in partnership with GlobalFoundries (GFS.O).

☆ Auto companies need to get ahead of the curve, says Tom Caulfield
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAuto companies need to get ahead of the curve, says Tom CaulfieldTom Caulfield, GlobalFoundries CEO joins 'TechCheck' to discuss the future of the company and the company's Q4 earnings.

☆ Key inflation data in the week ahead will offer clues to future Fed rate moves and the market's path
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Looking forward The January consumer price index (CPI) , which calculates the average change over time in prices that shoppers pay for goods and services, is slated for Tuesday. Economists and investors will use the number to gauge the odds of a soft landing or hard landing for the economy. The producer price index (PPI) for January, which calculates the change in selling prices received by producers of goods and services, is out on 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.

☆ Premarket stocks: Share buybacks could beat last year's record $1.2 trillion
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Companies have announced about $175 billion worth of planned stock buybacks so far this year. This year will likely be the first with at least $1 trillion in completed S&P 500 company buybacks, said Howard Silverblatt at S&P Dow Jones Indices. ▸ GM (GM) just inked an exclusive deal for the hottest product in automaking: Semiconductors. The strong dollar is hurting multinationalsThe rip-roaring dollar cut deeply into the earnings of multinational companies selling their wares overseas last quarter. “We got hit with that.”McDonald’s (MCD) and 3M (MMM) also said in earnings reports that they were worried that the strong dollar would affect future sales.

☆ GM, GlobalFoundries Sign Chip Supply Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Denny Jacob | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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GM told Reuters that it is working to streamline how many unique kinds of chips are in its cars. But it is securing capacity for its suppliers to have the chips made because the overall number of chips is expected to rise. By the end of 2023, almost 18 million vehicles will have been removed from production plans since the chip shortage began, according to Auto Forecast Solutions. The auto chip shortage dramatically changed the way carmakers deal with their chip suppliers, with whom they previously rarely had direct contact. Several auto companies have now created teams and divisions to better secure chip supply and think about the design of digital platforms for cars going forward.

☆ General Motors signs deal with GlobalFoundries for exclusive U.S. semiconductor production
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The global chip shortage will continue, and consumers will have to pay for it, an analyst from the International Data Corporation said. General Motors has signed a long-term agreement with GlobalFoundries to establish exclusive production capacity of U.S.-produced semiconductor chips, the companies announced Thursday. The exclusive production of chips for GM will be an expansion of the New York-based company's operations, according to GlobalFoundries CEO Thomas Caulfield. Semiconductor chips are extremely important components of new vehicles for areas like infotainment systems and more basic parts such as power steering and brakes. The origin of the chip shortage dates to early 2020 when Covid caused rolling shutdowns of vehicle assembly plants.

☆ GM signs exclusive deal for US computer chip production
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Semiconductors are a major component of electronic parts such as the computer modules that are required to make automobiles. It’s an unusual agreement in that GM is contracting directly with a firm that will supply manufacturing services to companies that, in turn, provide parts to GM. Under this agreement, the various electronic component manufacturers that make parts for GM will use GlobalFoundries to make semiconductors for them. Last summer, the federal government passed legislation to boost computer chip manufacturing in the United States so companies could import fewer computer components from China. The agreement is also part of an overall plan by GM (GM) to reduce the number of different chips needed to build GM (GM) vehicles.

☆ Another way to play the early 2023 market comeback: Volatile stocks that trade at a discount
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

For investors seeking ways to play this year's stock market comeback, looking at cheap, volatile names might lead to big gains. These stocks are all members of the iShares Russell Value ETF (IWD), and have a 3-year beta greater than 1.5. Alaska Air Group was identified as a high beta value stock, according to the screen. The carrier has a 3-year beta of 1.7, and 87% of analysts covering it rate it a buy. The semiconductor company has a 3-year beta of 2.1, and is recommended by 82% of analysts covering it.

☆ Chip stocks rally on optimistic AMD earnings and Fed's signal that inflation is easing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Semiconductor stocks rose on Wednesday on the back of AMD's strong earnings report and following the Federal Reserve's decision to increase the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point. Although the Fed said it expects ongoing rate increases, it also said that inflation has eased somewhat, causing a rally in riskier stocks such as chipmakers. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF , which tracks a basket of chip stocks, was up 4.7% on Wednesday. On Tuesday, AMD reported December quarter earnings that beat expectations. Still, AMD's report had a much rosier outlook on the overall semiconductor market than Intel's earnings report in January, which suggested collapsing demand for its products.

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Disney, Target, AMD, Tesla, Coinbase, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by it's overweight rating on Apple shares heading into earnings on Feb. 2. Bernstein reiterates Apple as market perform Bernstein said it's "ambivalent" about Apple shares heading into earnings next month. Bernstein downgrades Advanced Micro to market perform from outperform Bernstein said it's concerned about a deteriorating PC market. Morgan Stanley upgrades Marathon Oil to overweight from neutral Morgan Stanley said Marathon Oil has "peer-leading FCF and shareholder returns." Morgan Stanley reiterates Ford as overweight Morgan Stanley said it sees opportunity for Ford to "to exercise its self-help muscle."

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: TG Therapeutics, Micron Technology, ChargePoint and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A ChargePoint station at the New Carrollton Branch Library in New Carrollton, Md. TG Therapeutics — Shares jumped more than 9% after the biotech company announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis in adults. Micron Technology — Shares of the chipmaker dropped 2% after the stock got downgraded to hold from buy by Argus Research. ChargePoint — The maker of EV charging technology saw shares rise more than 4% after Q-GRG VII (CP) Investment Partners bought more than 1.4 million shares, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The move came as the company announced plans to raise cash by selling up to $125 million of senior convertible bonds.

☆ Will 2023 be a better year for the chip sector? Wall Street pros weigh in and share their top picks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Zavier Ong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It's been a tough year for the once-booming semiconductor sector. But several Wall Street pros are urging investors to take a longer-term view on the sector, given the importance of the semiconductor chip in several key secular trends. The bank said the next leg of growth for the sector will be led by government spending on renewable energy and carbon neutrality. The bank named Analog Devices , Marvell Technology , Globalfoundries and Microchip Technology among its top stock picks in the chip sector. TSMC in the headlines One chip stock that has consistently been on investors' radars is semiconductor powerhouse Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

☆ Cramer's lightning round: Teladoc Health is not a good situation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Loading chart...PagSeguro Digital Ltd : "We have to remember it's from Brazil, so therefore it's politically unstable. Loading chart...ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd : "These dividends are variable and can go down, and I don't want you to touch it." Loading chart...Teladoc Health Inc : "I've used the product, I like it very much, but it is not a good situation." Loading chart...ProPetro Holding Corp : "We like the oils that pay big yields because they have variable dividends, and I'm going to suggest that you buy Pioneer ." Loading chart...Kirby Corp : "It's a great idea, but you can buy that stock more cheaply if you just wait."

☆ One of the market's biggest ETFs is changing its holdings. Here's what's new
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The index behind one of the biggest ETFs on the market is getting a shakeup next week, creating a shift in the portfolios of many investors. The index is the backbone of the Invesco QQQ Trust , one of the biggest ETFs on the market with more than $150 billion in assets under management. Investors who own the QQQ will see their own portfolios indirectly change as the massive fund rotates its holdings. Discovery are also not perfect fits within the tech sector. The Invesco QQQ Trust, which was launched in 1999, has an expense ratio of 0.20%.

Starting with the Trump administration, the United States has been tightening the noose around China's high-tech ambitions. But why worry about older chip technology? “28 nanometer” refers to a chip technology commercially used since 2011. But it is a giant in older technology, including chips that regulate power flows in electronics. The importance of older chip technology hit the industry in the face in 2021 as a shortage of those chips prevented manufacturing of millions of cars and consumer electronics.

☆ How AMD became a chip giant and leapfrogged Intel after years of playing catch-up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Katie Tarasov | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

After AMD and Intel parted ways, AMD reverse engineered Intel’s chips to make its own products that were compatible with Intel’s groundbreaking x86 software. Intel sued AMD, but a settlement in 1995 gave AMD the right to continue designing x86 chips, making personal computer pricing more competitive for end consumers. For those, AMD turned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which now makes all of AMD’s most advanced chips. AMD’s data center customers include Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft Azure. And so now it suddenly makes sense to do more customized solutions.”Former Xilinx CEO Victor Peng and AMD CEO Lisa Su on stage in Munich, Germany, at the AMD

☆ Top Wall Street analysts like these stocks amid the macro uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The stock market is closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving Day, and it's set to close at 1 p.m. on Friday. Here are five stocks chosen by Wall Street's top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. VMwareSoftware company VMware (VMW) is awaiting antitrust approval before it is acquired by Broadcom (AVGO). White ranks at the 657th position among a roster of more than 8,000 analysts on TipRanks. 956 among more than 8,000 analysts followed on TipRanks, Petusky has a success rate of 50% with his ratings.

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Tesla, Amazon, Coinbase, AMD, Boeing & more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bank of America reiterates Tesla as equal weight Bank of America cut its price target on Tesla to $275 per share from $325 and said it sees sales volume headwinds. Read more about this call here Citi downgrades Bank of America to neutral from buy Citi said the risk/reward outlook for Bank of America is skewed to the downside. Baird upgrades Advanced Micro Devices to outperform from neutral Baird said demand for the semiconductor company's products remains strong. " JPMorgan downgrades Teva to underweight from neutral JPMorgan said that it's concerned about slowing growth. " Bank of America removes Amazon from the US1 list Bank of America removed Amazon from the firm's top picks list.

☆ Smartphone chip firm MediaTek CEO sees 'incremental' move away from Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Jane Lanhee Lee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Tensions between China and the United States are pushing some manufacturer companies to talk about moving some of their supply chain away from Taiwan as well, although it’s “incremental,” the head of Taiwan’s most important smartphone chip design firm told Reuters over the weekend. Some of the "very large (equipment manufacturers) will require their chip suppliers to have multiple sources, like from Taiwan and from U.S., or from Germany or from Europe," said MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) Chief Executive Rick Tsai. "I think in those cases, we will have to find multiple sources for the same chip if the business warrants that." While MediaTek's most advanced smartphone chips are made at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) in Taiwan, Tsai said some older smartphone chips are made by GlobalFoundries Inc (GFS.O), which has factories in places like the U.S. and Singapore, and pointed to an announcement earlier this year to make its chips at Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) fabrication facilities. Tsai said the "Intel 16" chip manufacturing technology that MediaTek has committed to use fits well for producing MediaTek chips for smart TVs and Wi-Fi.

☆ Entrepreneur Caught in the Middle of U.S.-China Chip War
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Peter Landers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Semiconductor whiz Gerald Yin left the U.S. and spent 18 years in China building what he said would be a worldwide powerhouse in chip-making equipment. Now the American citizen’s lifework has been thrown into uncertainty as U.S. restrictions undermine the global industry integration he celebrated. Mr. Yin’s company, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., or AMEC, had been making big strides and was gunning for industry leaders based in the U.S. and Japan when Washington stepped in. Decades younger than its rivals, the Chinese maker of etching equipment and other tools for the semiconductor industry has said it picked up customers including Robert Bosch GmbH and U.S. chip maker GlobalFoundries Inc. Its equipment is used on dozens of production lines in Europe and Asia.

☆ What Cramer is watching Tuesday — possible GOP gains, Nvidia bounces, Kohl's CEO out
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Lyft (LYFT) downgraded to in line from outperform (hold from buy) at Evercore, one of many negative Wall Street notes. Price target cuts: Credit Suisse to $122 per share from $137 and Baird to $120 from $140. Raymond James cuts price target on Palantir (PLTR) to $15 per share from $20 but has strong buy. Meanwhile, multiple price cuts on Celanese. Mizuho cut price target on cloud data provider Snowflake (SNOW) to $185 per share from $225 but keeps buy rating.

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