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☆ Cramer: Why tech can't find a bottom as other parts of the market show signs of life
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The Carvana and Zillow calls aren't resonating because the autos and housing companies have already seen their stocks crushed. At the same time, these once-thriving tech companies that saw an ever-expanding funnel somehow didn't seem to see any of this coming. 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.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks, Twilio, Carvana, DoorDash and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday:Starbucks — The Seattle-based coffee company jumped nearly 9% after reporting quarterly profit and revenue that topped expectations. Block — Shares jumped 10% after the mobile payments company surpassed profit and sales expectations in its third-quarter results. Block reported earnings of 42 cents per share on revenue of $4.52 billion. Coinbase — The stock jumped 3% after the company reported better-than-expected user numbers, even as Coinbase reported a miss on profit and sales expectations. The company reported earnings that topped expectations on Thursday.

States are working to shore up what might be the most public and vulnerable parts of their election systems: the websites that publish voting results. One of its victims last month was Hawaii.gov, which also hosts the state’s election night reporting. That means avoiding even the perception of hackers’ changing votes, which makes election results websites all the more crucial. Historically, election results websites have been ripe targets for malicious hackers who want to sow chaos. Some U.S. officials emphasized that even accurate results on websites should be taken for what they are — preliminary indications of election results.

☆ Cloud stocks creamed as Fed indicates more rate hikes are coming
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors pounded cloud software stocks on Wednesday on concern that interest rates will rise for longer than previously expected. Cloud stocks have been particularly sensitive to rising rates as investors prefer to own stocks with stronger current earnings that are less reliant on future growth. But for money-losing companies — and many cloud stocks are not profitable — the calculus is completely different. One gauge of cloud stocks, the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund, is now down 51% for 2022, compared with a 110% rise in 2020. CrowdStrike , Qualtrics and other cloud software stocks have reported more scrutiny of deals in recent months.

☆ Stocks shrug off tech's troubles as the Street awaits key inflation data next week
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The major indexes all posted gains this week despite a Big Tech beatdown, proving the market can rally without its most valuable stocks. Indeed strength in other sectors — only communication services finished down — helped the overall market to shrug off disappointing earnings results from Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN) and Meta Platforms (META). Alphabet's results fell short of the Street's expectations, but still managed to grow revenue 6% annually off a $65 billion base. (Canada's central bank hiked rates less than expected this week, opting for a 50 basis point hike instead of the expected 75.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Wells Fargo says this IT services stock can rally more than 40% from here
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cloudflare is poised for a big comeback going forward, according to Wells Fargo. Analyst Andrew Nowinski upgraded the stock to overweight from equal weight, raising his price target to $65 from $62. He also said that a sign of the company's future health could come during its earnings call early next month. He added that this is helping the stock long term, while also making a beneficial short term play through consolidation. "Cloudflare had the best overall results in our 3Q22 Reseller Survey and were +19% net positive (up from +13% in 2Q22).

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Roblox, Continental Resources, Fox Corp and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Fox Corp , News Corp — Fox shares dropped 8%, while News Corp gained more than 4% after Rupert Murdoch formed a special committee to explore a possible deal that would put his two media companies back together. Wells Fargo reiterated its equal weight rating on the streaming service ahead of the company's earnings this week. Speculative tech stocks — South American e-commerce stock Mercadolibre surged 11%, while Chinese tech stock Pinduoduo jumped more than 6%. Bank stocks — Several bank stocks moved higher Monday on positive earnings for the sector. Bank of NY Mellon gained 4.9% following its earnings beat and Signature Bank , set to report earnings on Tuesday, jumped 6%.

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls of the day: Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Kroger, SunPower & more
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley named the tech giant as its top pick in a downturn. Cowen reiterates Amazon as outperform Cowen said shares remain attractive heading into earnings later this month. Morgan Stanley resumes Prologis as overweight Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of the supply chain logistics company and named it a top pick. Morgan Stanley upgrades Clorox to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said in its upgrade of Clorox that it sees some earnings upside ahead of the company's earnings later this quarter. Oppenheimer reiterates Chipotle as outperform Oppenheimer says Chipotle is a "rarity" as the firm sees earnings upside among a deteriorating macro.

☆ Trans Twitch streamer Keffals is ready to return home after Kiwi Farms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

The internet archive site Wayback Machine removed Kiwi Farms from its records, and Google delisted it from search results. After Cloudflare stopped servicing it, Kiwi Farms moved to Russian servers, where it was quickly shuttered again when web-hosting provider DDos-Guard also terminated services. It’s so important to be able to collaborate with other trans streamers of that size.”Sorrenti poses at Hasan Piker's TwitchCon booth. NBC NewsAnnie Roberts, a Twitch ambassador, noted the increase of the trans streamers on the platform in recent years. She became even closer to the creators who moderate her channel and make up her executive staff, because they too were doxxed by Kiwi Farms users for working with her.

☆ Cybersecurity salaries revealed: How much firms like Sophos and Bitdefender pay, with base salaries as high as $220,000.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

There's a talent shortage in cybersecurity. Here's how much you could earn at major cybersecurity firms. European firms such as Sophos, Kaseya, and Bitdefender are likewise willing to compensate senior talent generously, according to Insider analysis of foreign-labor-disclosure-hire data. The data shows what foreign talent earns in the US, and is likely higher than what European firms would pay domestic talent. Here's how much employees can expect to earn at these top European cybersecurity firms in engineering, product, finance, and more.

☆ Cramer's lightning round: Harmonic is not a buy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Loading chart...Everbridge Inc: "This one does not make money, so I say [sell]." Loading chart...Loading chart...Harmonic Inc: "Sells way too high on a price-to-earnings multiple for me to recommend when there's so many cheaper stocks out there." Loading chart...Monolithic Power Systems Inc: "I'm going to have to say that I do not like this stock." I'm not going against [Cathie Wood] at these prices. Loading chart...ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd: "I think the shipping business is a terrible business.

☆ Stock sell-off deepens, Dow drops on hot inflation report
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Jesse Pound | Carmen Reinicke | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism for cooling prices and a less aggressive Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 dropped about 4.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite sank more than 5%. More than 490 stocks in the S&P 500 fell, with Facebook-parent Meta dropping 8% and Caesars Entertainment losing 7.3%. Headline inflation rose 0.1% month over month, even with falling gas prices. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting a decline of 0.1% for overall inflation, with a rise of 0.3% for core inflation.

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