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☆ The 10 biggest winners in the S&P 500 this year were led by an oil giant Warren Buffett owns. The top stocks saw a combined $357 billion increase in market value.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oil stocks dominated the S&P 500's top 10 winners this year as commodity prices spiked. These are the index's 10 best performing stocks in 2022, which added a combined $357 billion in market value. Buffett also owns a stake in Chevron, which was the 17th best S&P 500 performer in 2022 with a gain of about 50%. Combined, the top 10 performing S&P 500 stocks in 2022 added a total of $357 billion in market value. SchlumbergerThe exterior of a Schlumberger Corporation building is pictured in West Houston ReutersTicker: SLB2022 Return: 76.7%Market Value Gained: $33.5 billion5.

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Last year, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization, the Human Rights Campaign, labeled 2021 the “worst year” for LGBTQ rights in modern U.S. history, citing a record number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the country. “The LGBTQ+ community is really under siege right now,” said Ricardo Martinez, CEO of LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Texas. One bill that was successfully implemented, and gained national headlines for months, was Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, or what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The word “grooming” has long been associated with mischaracterizing LGBTQ people, particularly gay men and transgender women, as child sex abusers. Those losses came after some conservative groups ramped up misleading or inflammatory campaign ads targeting transgender rights.

☆ Premarket stocks: Wall Street's biggest winners and losers in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The S&P 500 is down nearly 20% and with two trading days left in the year, investors’ hopes of a miraculous recovery have been dashed. The energy sector has so far returned more than 60% this year, significantly outperforming every other S&P 500 sector. Occidental Petroleum has been the biggest gainer of the year in the S&P 500, up 122% year-to-date. The energy sector reported the highest year-over-year earnings growth of all 11 sectors, at 137.3%. Elon Musk’s Tesla (TSLA) is also down about 70%, making the auto tech company the third worst performer this year.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Southwest, Apple, AMC and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of AMC Entertainment more than quadrupled today as investors continue their buying spree on heavily shorted stocks. Baird also trimmed its price target on shares to $252 from $316 a share. AMC Entertainment – AMC Entertainment shares dipped about 3% a day after CEO Adam Aron tweeted that he asked the company's board to freeze his 2023 pay and urged other executives to forgo salary bumps. Maxeon — Shares slid 8% after the solar company announced Bill Mulligan would be the new CEO. The firm gave the stock a price target of $29, which presents an upside of 75.4% over where it closed Tuesday.

☆ Around 10 people buried in Austrian avalanche - APA
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 25 (Reuters) - Around 10 people were buried in an avalanche in the Lech/Zuers free skiing area in western Austria on Sunday, the Austrian Press Agency (APA) reported, adding that one person had been rescued. The avalanche occurred at about 3 p.m. (1400 GMT), APA said, adding that several helicopters and search teams deployed soon afterwards. "We are doing everything we can to rescue the winter sports enthusiasts," APA quoted the municipality of Lech as saying. Some 100 people were involved in the search, with rescuers requesting headlamps so that they can continue the search in the dark, APA added. Lech/Zuers markets itself as "one of the best ski areas in the world" and part of the cradle of Alpine skiing.

☆ This week's best-performing stocks include a popular sports apparel name and a drug maker
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stocks struggled this week as recession fears resurfaced, putting a damper on last hopes for a market uptick. CNBC Pro used FactSet data to screen for the stocks with the greatest week-to-date percentage changes as of Friday's open. About 46% of analysts rate the stocks as a buy, with the consensus price target implying upside of more than 7% from Thursday's close. The stock's down about 49% this year, but the consensus price target suggests shares stand to gain more than 41% from Thursday's close. Energy stocks APA Corp and Halliburton also made the list, with shares rising 4% and 6.4%, respectively, this week, as of Friday's open.

More adults in the U.S. expect to be more stressed in 2023 than at this time last year, but they also say they're more willing to take steps to tackle that stress, a survey released Wednesday finds. And about 37% of adults (nearly 2 out of 5) rated their mental health as “fair or poor” this month, up from 31% a year ago. Young adults, low-income adults and parents were most likely to rank their mental health as fair or poor. At the same time, more adults say they plan to take steps to improve their mental health next year, such as journaling or going to therapy, the survey found. McKernan said other ways people can take care of their mental health include paying attention to signs of stress.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta, Maxar Technologies, Ford, Goldman Sachs and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs — Goldman Sachs shares slumped 1% amid news that the Wall Street firm will cut up to 8% of its workforce. The layoffs are slated to come in January and hit all areas of the Wall Street firm, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Wall Street firm cited recent underperformance in net adds as well as growing macro headwinds to advertising revenues. Lincoln National — Shares dropped more than 4% after Lincoln National was downgraded to underperform from hold at Jefferies, according to StreetAccount. JD.com and Alibaba shares rose more than 1% .

☆ This week's best performers include Moderna and two homebuilders
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As of Friday's open, these are some of the stocks poised to buck this week's negative trend. This week's top performer was vaccine maker Moderna , with shares up nearly 17% as of Friday's open. Homebuilding stocks Lennar and PulteGroup are also on pace to finish the week on a positive note. Shares of both stocks are down more than 19% this year, but were on pace to gain about 6% for the week as of Friday's open. About 47% of analysts say shares are a buy, offering 10.6% upside from Thursday's close.

☆ What cooling inflation and the Fed's reaction mean for these winning ETF trades
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The combination of cooling prices and a less aggressive Fed could put pressure on a group of ETFs designed to counter inflation or rising rates — or both — that has attracted significant investor interest this year. Rising rate ETFs For example, the Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF (PFIX) , which has more than $350 million in assets under management, fell 2.8% on Tuesday. The FolioBeyond Rising Rates ETF (RISR) , which has raked in more than $80 million this year, was off 1.3%. Bet on falling rates, inflation? Treasury funds like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) and Vanguard Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (VTIP) have expense ratios of 0.15% and 0.04%, respectively, and will rise in value as yields fall.

[1/2] Offshore oil and gas platform supply vessels (PSVs) are docked at a pier in Stavanger, Norway, August 10, 2021. The decision to postpone the so-called 26th licensing round was part of the minority government's budget deal with the opposition Socialist Left Party (SV), Terje Aasland said in an interview. The deal extends an agreement the minority cabinet and SV made last year, when the government won elections, which delayed the 26th licensing round by a year. Aasland said there was "no drama" in the decision as authorities still issue licences to oil companies in a parallel licensing around called the APA round, in so-called mature areas that are already open to oil companies. The 26th licensing round grants the right to oil companies to explore and produce oil and gas in areas not explored previously.

☆ APA ends drilling at Awari oil well off Suriname coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 28 (Reuters) - U.S. oil producer APA Corp (APA.O) has wound up drilling operations at the Awari well in Suriname's Block 58 as it was "deemed noncommercial", the company said on Monday. APA did not provide details on the Awari project. The company in August had abandoned the Dikkop well in Block 58 after striking water-bearing sandstones there. French energy major TotalEnergies SE (TTEF.PA) is the operator of Block 58 with a 50% working interest, while APA holds the other half. Shares of APA were down 4% at $44.70 amid broader weakness in the U.S. energy sector.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Disney, Carvana, Diamondback Energy and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Disney — Shares jumped 5% after the company reappointed Bob Iger as chief executive officer, effective immediately and 11 months after he left Disney. Carvana — Shares of the used car company slid 13% after Argus downgraded the stock to sell from hold. Energy stocks — Energy stocks were the biggest losers in the S&P 500 midday after oil prices fell to their lowest levels since early January following a Wall Street Journal report that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC oil producers are discussing an output increase. Still, Diamondback Energy and Halliburton fell 4% and 2.9%, respectively. Intel — Shares dipped more than 2% after Cowen downgraded Intel to market perform from outperform, according to StreetAccount.

☆ 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.

☆ Climate activists throw liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

BERLIN — Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame. Members of the group Last Generation Austria tweeted they had targeted the 1915 painting “Death and Life” at the Leopold Museum in Vienna to protest their government’s use of fossil energies. After the attack, police arrived at the museum and the black liquid was quickly cleaned off the glass protecting the painting, Austria Press Agency reported. It’s one of the latest pieces of art to be targeted by climate activists to draw attention to global warming. Just Stop Oil activists also glued themselves to the frame of an early copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, and to John Constable’s “The Hay Wain” in the National Gallery.

☆ Climate activists throw black, oily liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Gustav Klimt's painting "Tod und Leben" is seen after activists of Last Generation Austria (Letzte Generation Oesterreich) spilled oil on it in Leopold museum in Vienna, Austria, November 15, 2022. Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting's frame. After the attack, police arrived at the museum and the black liquid was quickly cleaned off the glass protecting the painting, Austria Press Agency reported. It's one of the latest pieces of art to be targeted by climate activists to draw attention to global warming. The British group Just Stop Oil threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London's National Gallery last month.

☆ What Cramer is watching Monday — two AMD upgrades, Microsoft hesitancy, Alzheimer's results
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Baird upgrades Advance Micro Devices (AMD) to outperform from neutral (buy from hold) and raises price target to $100 per share from $65. UBS goes to a buy from neutral as well and raises price target to $95 from $75. Oppenheimer cuts price target on Club holding Nvidia (NVDA) to $225 per share from $250. Credit Suisse analyst Scott Deuschle assumes coverage on Honeywell (HON) with a neutral rating and a $202-per-share price target. Good for Club holding Eli Lily (LLY) and Biogen (BIIB), which are each working on separate experiment treatments for the disease.

☆ How airlines plan to create a new generation of pilots amid fears of decade-long cockpit crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Focusing more long-term, though, airlines are boosting training programs to unprecedented levels and trying to attract a younger and more diverse next generation of aviators. That formula has been adopted by regional airlines, too, such as Mesa Air Group , Republic, Envoy, Cape Air and SkyWest . The regionals have always been an entry point for the mainline airlines' pilots, providing them the requisite number of hours of flight time needed before advancing. "The pilot shortage has abated to some extent," Murray said, "but at the expense of lower frequencies and fewer connection opportunities for travelers." Regional airline Republic has its own flight school, the Leadership in Flight Training Academy, in Indianapolis.

☆ A spiral of violence and fear is creating angst for many voters ahead of the midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

For many voters, a vicious spiral of violence and fear is creating angst, paranoia and an overwhelming sense of dread that the nation is on the eve of destruction, according to a growing body of public opinion research. Polls show a large portion of Republicans fear democracy is in peril because they believe that elections are rigged against them. Frustrated by the fear that democracy no longer serves them, some Americans are becoming convinced that violence is the answer. Steele, the former head of the national GOP, said the public and political leaders both bear responsibility for protecting the republic. “But it also gives space for people who want a safer country to plan ahead, too.

☆ American Airlines pilots' union rejects pay hike proposal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 2 (Reuters) - American Airlines pilots' union on Wednesday said its board of directors has rejected a draft agreement that offered a 19% pay hike over two years, as the proposal failed to garner enough votes. The Allied Pilots Association (APA) has been pushing for higher wages and improved schedules among other things, at a time when the air travel industry is facing a staff shortage, impacting the company's ability to meet robust air travel demand. The APA in a tweet on Wednesday said the proposed agreement received 15 votes, with just five in its favour. The company last month offered a 19% pay increase to its pilots over two years in a new contract, after proposing in June to hike the base pay by about 17% through 2024. read moreAmerican Airlines shares were down 1.6% in afternoon trade. Reporting by Shivansh Tiwary in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ United pilots reject contract as airline negotiations ramp up
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Greg Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN Business —A shortage of airline pilots is leading pilots at America’s largest carriers to push for better pay and benefits. The union representing United Airlines (UAL) pilots said Tuesday its members rejected a tentative contract, voting 94% against the deal. It accused management of delays and said pilots deserve better now that the airline is profitable again. American’s pilots may soon consider a tentative agreement between their union — the Allied Pilots Association — and the airline, Tajer said. The votes by United and Delta pilots are not the only way airline contract negotiations have spilled into public view.

☆ The Fed could lay the groundwork for a year end rally in the week ahead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Patti Domm | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The coming week is also the busiest of the corporate earnings season, with about a third of the S & P 500 companies releasing results. "Historically, the market waits for the last Fed rate hike to be introduced and then the market climbs higher. The S & P 500 was up more than 8.8% for the month. The Dow was up 5.7% on the week, the S & P 500 was up 5.7% and the Nasdaq was up 2.2%. The 50-day moving average is 3,841 for the S & P 500, and it was well above it Friday afternoon for the second time in the past week.

☆ What Cramer is watching Wednesday — Netflix's big rebound, PG beats on earnings
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Deutsche Bank upgrades NFLX to buy with a price target of $350, up from $270, sees more levers to drive growth. Microsoft (MSFT) price target lowered to $282 from $300 at Citi — estimates still too high ... ServiceNow (NOW) — expect disappointment according Citi analyst's "cautious" conversations with partners … lowered price target to $488 from $575. 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 . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

☆ American Airlines pilot union moves toward seeking federal mediation as contract talks drag on
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

American Airlines ' pilot union is taking steps toward seeking federal mediation in contract negotiations as talks with the country's largest carrier drag on, according to a note from the labor group. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents some 15,000 American Airlines aviators, said in a message to pilots last week that its board unanimously approved a motion for the union to prepare an application for National Mediation Board intervention in its talks with the company, though it had not filed as of Monday afternoon. The union's potential request that the National Mediation Board intervene comes more than three months after American CEO Robert Isom offered pilots 17% raises in a new contract proposal. Compensation and some working conditions are among issues still up in the air with American, APA spokesman Dennis Tajer said. The carrier reports quarterly results and its demand outlook before the market opens on Thursday.

☆ Two-minute Drill: APA Corp, CF Industries & Chipotle
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | 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 EmailTwo-minute Drill: APA Corp, CF Industries & ChipotleBrian Vendig, MJP Wealth Advisors, joins ‘Closing Bell: Overtime’ to discuss some of his favorite picks: APA Corp, CF Industries and Chipotle.

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