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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: 3M, Dexcom, Sweetgreen, Texas Roadhouse and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Dexcom — Shares plummeted more than 40% after the medical device maker missed expectations for second-quarter revenue and offered weak full-year guidance for the measure. That exceeded analysts' expectations for earnings of $3.48 per share on revenue of $808 million, per LSEG. Norfolk Southern — Shares of the railroad operator gained 10% after a second-quarter earnings beat. Texas Roadhouse — The restaurant chain climbed 4.4% after second-quarter earnings topped expectations. Texas Roadhouse earned $1.79 per share, above the $1.64 per share estimate from analysts surveyed by LSEG.

Persons: Dexcom, Coursera, Newell Brands, Newell, Boston Beer, LSEG, Mohawk, Bristol Myers Squibb, Morgan Stanley, FactSet, amortization, Bitcoin, Alexander, Baldwin —, Alexander & Baldwin, Piper Sandler, Guggenheim, Sweetgreen —, Oppenheimer, Stifel, Yun Li, Pia Singh, Sean Conlon, Jesse Pound, Hakyung Kim, Lisa Kailai Han Organizations: LSEG, Newell, Yankee, Wall, Boston Beer, Boston, Mohawk Industries, Bristol Myers Squibb, Bristol, Revenue, Norfolk Southern, Norfolk, Charter Communications, Southwest Airlines, Deutsche Bank, Southwest, Redburn, FactSet, FTAI Aviation, Texas, Texas Roadhouse, LSEG . Revenue, Colgate, Palmolive Locations: Norfolk

☆ These 10 U.S. states are America's least-prepared for climate change and extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

In 2021, Maryland adopted a ten-year Climate Adaptation Resilience Framework aimed at making the state's infrastructure more sustainable by 2030. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 230 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 62.44% Properties at risk: 100% Renewable Energy: 14% 9. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 235 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: B) Climate Extremes Index: 62.44% Properties at risk: 54% Renewable Energy: 4% 5. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 246 out of 425 points (Top States Score: B+) Climate Extremes Index: 39.82% Properties at risk: 14% Renewable Energy: 5% 4. 2024 Infrastructure Score: 179 out of 425 points (Top States Grade: D+) Climate Extremes Index: 48.6% Properties at risk: 100% Renewable Energy: 6% 1.

Persons: There's, Jeremy Porter, Maria Lehman, Governor Moore, Sarah L, Voisin, Ming Li, Wes Moore, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key, Kevin Dietsch, Danielle Villasana, Joseph Prezioso, Pennsylvania Al Walker, Audrey, Jeff Swensen, Drew Koch, Zbigniew Bzdak, Aaron Wilson, Joe Biden, Lady Jill Biden, Peter Zay, Winter Storm Lorraine, Anibal Martel, Louisiana Farmer Chad Hanks, Justin Sullivan, John Bel Edwards, Jeff Landry, Lokman Organizations: NOAA National Centers for Environmental, First Street Foundation, U.S, Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers, Companies, CNBC, First, Atmospheric Administration, U.S . Department of Energy, Maryland, Preparedness, Washington Post, University of Maryland Center, Environmental, Gov, Energy, Delaware Contractors, Army Corp of Engineers, Texas, Lone Star State, Climate Center, Georgetown University, The, New, New Hampshire Workers, AFP, Getty, Environmental Protection Agency, University of New, Pennsylvania, Grow, Keystone, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental, Chicago Tribune, The Buckeye State, Mississippi Residents, Anadolu, Connecticut Municipal, Winter, Constitution, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Louisiana, NOAA, Task Force, Republican Gov Locations: U.S, States, , Maryland, Silver, Maryland, Montgomery, Chesapeake, Bethany Beach , Delaware, Delaware, Houston , Texas, , Texas, The Texas, New Hampshire, Nashua , New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire, Grow Pittsburgh, Braddock , Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Midwest, Ohio, Sandusky, Lake Erie, Erie, Mississippi, Rolling, United States, Connecticut, Hartford Area , Connecticut, Kaplan , Louisiana, Louisiana, Jersey, Lodi , New Jersey

☆ Bill Ackman's IPO of Pershing Square closed-end fund is postponed, NYSE says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is postponing the highly scrutinized listing of Pershing Square's U.S. closed-end fund, according to a notice on the New York Stock Exchange's website. The initial public offering of Pershing Square USA Ltd., with the ticker PSUS, has been delayed until a date to be announced, according to the website. Pershing Square declined to comment further. Most of its capital is in Pershing Square Holdings, a $15 billion closed-end fund that trades in Europe. The publicly traded closed-end fund is expected to invest in 12 to 24 large-cap, investment-grade, "durable growth" companies in North America.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Pershing, Ackman, — CNBC's Leslie Picker Organizations: Pershing Square's U.S, New York Stock, Pershing, USA, Pershing Square Holdings, New York Stock Exchange Locations: Europe, North America

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: American Airlines, Honeywell, RTX, Ford and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Southwest reported 58 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $7.35 billion of revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for a profit of 51 cents per share on $7.32 billion in revenue. RTX reported $1.41 earnings per share, ex-items, compared to analysts' estimate of $1.30 per share, according to LSEG. KLA reported adjusted earnings of $6.60 per share, higher than analysts' expectations of $6.15 per share, according to LSEG. Ford reported adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents, significantly less than the consensus forecast of 68 cents, per LSEG.

Persons: oversupply, overshadowing, AbbVie, Dow, LSEG, Northrop Grumman, Dr Pepper, ServiceNow, CJ Desai, Molina, FactSet, Edwards, Ford, —, Yun Li, Jesse Pound, Christina Cheddar Berk, Fred Imbert Organizations: Airlines —, American Airlines, Honeywell —, Southwest Airlines —, Hasbro, IBM, Northrop, LSEG, Nasdaq, KLA Corporation, U.S . Army, Molina Healthcare, Technology, Ford, Viking Therapeutics Locations: LSEG

Berkshire Hathaway dumped more Bank of America shares this week, making it six straight trading days that Warren Buffett's conglomerate has reduced its stake in the bank. Over the last six trading sessions, Berkshire has unloaded 52.8 million Bank of America shares worth $2.3 billion, reducing the stake to 12.5%. Berkshire still owns 980.1 million Bank of America shares with a market value of $41.3 billion, a distant second to its $172.5 billion holding in Apple. The bank stock is up more than 25% in 2024, compared to almost 14% for the S&P 500. It marked the first time since the fourth quarter of 2019 that Berkshire cut its Bank of America stake.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren, Buffett, Goldman Sachs, Wells, Brian Moynihan Organizations: of America, Berkshire, Oracle, Omaha, Bank of America, JPMorgan, U.S . Bancorp Locations: The Omaha , Nebraska, Berkshire, Apple . Berkshire, Charlotte, Wells Fargo, U.S

☆ Chinese EV startups are spending more on research than Tesla is
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

CNBC | Evelyn ChengBEIJING – U.S.-listed Chinese electric car companies are spending more on research as a ratio to sales than Tesla , according to CNBC analysis of the four automakers' first-quarter earnings. Of the four U.S.-listed Chinese electric car companies, Nio ranked first, spending nearly 29% of revenue in the first three months of the year on research and development. He was referring to a popular term in China to describe fierce competition, especially in the electric car industry. She noted that can help Chinese electric car companies respond more quickly to customers and market needs than traditional automakers. Geely has also released an electric car architecture called SEA that it says allows for quicker production of different sized vehicles.

Persons: Evelyn Cheng, Paul Gong, Nio, Elon, Feng Shen, Shen, William Li, Li, Jing Yang, Zeekr's, Parent, Ren Xiangfei, Ren, Geely, Tesla, Taylor Ogan Organizations: CNBC, UBS, Elon Musk's, Ford Motor, China's Ministry of Industry, Information Technology, Fitch, China Passenger Car Association, Snow Bull, Tech Locations: Hefei, Evelyn Cheng BEIJING – U.S, U.S, China, Nio, Hefei city, Anhui, Shanghai, Asia, Pacific, Zhejiang province, Hong Kong, Shenzhen

☆ Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought the dip in Tesla and CrowdStrike after big sell-offs
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood snapped up beaten-down shares of Tesla and CrowdStrike after their recent pullbacks as the innovation investor doubled down on her favorite tech stocks. The widely followed investor added 33,143 shares of Tesla on Wednesday for ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) . That would value Tesla at more than $8 trillion. Ark Invest purchased 38,595 shares of the cybersecurity software company on Friday and another 20,219 shares on Monday. Her flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK ) has fallen more than 14% this year and experienced more than $2 billion in outflows, according to FactSet.

Persons: Wood, Tesla, Elon, underperformance Organizations: Tesla, Microsoft, Ark Invest, Innovation Locations: outflows

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Ford, Viking Therapeutics, ServiceNow and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Ford posted adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents compared to the consensus forecast of 68 cents, according to LSEG. Edwards also reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of 70 cents a share, a penny above expectations, per LSEG. Honeywell — Shares moved more than 4% lower after the industrial giant's full-year outlook missed analysts' expectations. According to LSEG, analysts were expecting earnings to come in at $2.20 per share on $15.62 billion in revenue. Northrop Grumman — The defense stock climbed more than 5% after the company beat second-quarter earnings expectations.

Persons: Ford, Molina, FactSet, Edwards Lifesciences, Edwards, CJ Desai, LSEG, RTX, AbbVie, Northrop Grumman, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Pia Singh, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound Organizations: Ford, Viking Therapeutics, U.S . Army . American Airlines, American Airlines, Honeywell —, Southwest Airlines —, Southwest, Citi, Hasbro, Revenue, Machines, Business Machines, Nasdaq

☆ Chinese EV stocks drop after Tesla's earnings miss, General Motors delays EV plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

(Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Shares of major Chinese electric vehicle companies dropped Wednesday after U.S. giant Tesla 's earnings fell short of analysts' estimates and General Motors delayed its EV plans. EV hype has been dwindling, as automakers from Tesla to General Motors scale back or delay their EV plans. Tesla shares closed 2.04% lower. Separately, General Motors on Tuesday said it was delaying further a second U.S. electric truck plant and the Buick brand's first EV. Investors were spooked by the pullbacks in growth businesses and General Motors' shares closed 6.42% lower on Tuesday despite solid financial results.

Persons: Tesla, Xpeng, Nio, Li Auto, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: 21st Changchun International Automobile, Getty, U.S, General Motors, EV, Zhejiang Leapmotor, SAIC, Motors, Buick, Investors Locations: Changchun, Jilin province, China, Hong Kong, BYD, Zhejiang, U.S, Xpeng

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Lamb Weston, Tesla, Enphase Energy and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lamb Weston generated adjusted earnings of 78 cents per share on $1.61 billion of revenue. Wall Street analysts were looking for $1.26 per share in earnings on $1.70 billion of revenue, according to FactSet. Tesla did beat expectations on revenue, however, posting $25.5 billion compared to the consensus estimate of $24.77 billion, per LSEG. Vertiv posted earnings of 67 cents per share, which is above the FactSet consensus estimate of 57 cents per share. The company posted earnings of $3.26 per share, which is below the FactSet consensus estimate of $3.28 per share.

Persons: Lamb Weston, Tesla, LSEG, Vertiv, FactSet, Amphenol, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound, Sarah Min Organizations: Wall Street, Rivian Automotive, Energy, Seagate Technology, Vertiv Holdings, Revenue, Google, YouTube, StreetAccount, Visa —, Visa, LSEG, FactSet, Dynamics, Boston

☆ Salt Lake City to host 2034 Winter Games while French Alps get tentative 2030 nod
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach with Salt Lake City Utah delegation members after it was announced that Salt Lake City Utah will be the location for the 2034 Winter Olympics. PARIS — The Winter Games will make a return visit to Salt Lake City in 2034 while the 2030 Olympics were tentatively set for the French Alps, officials said Wednesday. "The last 10 days of my life were totally unexpected," Fraser Bullock, head of the Salt Lake City bid, told NBC affiliate KSL minutes after the vote for Salt Lake City. But with an 83-6 vote for Salt Lake City to host, Bullock said he believes the IOC has total confidence in 2034 organizers. The naming of Salt Lake City and French Alps as the next two winter sites had been in the works for months, with only moderate concerns rooted in France's snap elections.

Persons: Thomas Bach, PARIS —, Spencer Cox, Erin Mendenhall, Peacock, Fraser Bullock, Bullock, Utahans, Kaitlin Eskelson, it's, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Olympic, Utah Gov, Olympic Committee, Winter, IOC, Doping Agency, U.S, NBC, KSL, Washington, Eccles, University of Utah, United Locations: Salt Lake City Utah, PARIS, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Paris, Tokyo, Utah, Rice, United States, Lake Placid, Squaw, France, Chamonix, Grenoble, Albertville, French

Typhoon Gaemi is expected to strengthen into a super typhoon before making landfall on Taiwan’s northeastern coast Wednesday evening. Heavy rain hit Taiwan ahead of the storm’s landfall on Wednesday, with the island’s mountainous areas already reporting rainfall approaching 200 millimeters (8 inches). Typhoon Gaemi is strengthening in Pacific waters that have been at their warmest temperatures on record. Images show roads and streets in Manila flooded by rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi, as people wade through knee-deep water. Torrential rainfall hit southern, central and eastern parts of the country and led to major emergency response efforts in a flood season that has started some two months ahead of its typical schedule.

Persons: Gaemi, Han, Sun Li, fiang, Typhoon Gaemi, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, – Organizations: Taiwan CNN, Typhoon Warning, Central Meteorological Agency, CMA, Taiwan Railways, China Airlines, Starlux Airlines, Philippine Stock Exchange, Taiwan Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, Fujian, Hualien county, chipmaking, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, China, Hualien ., Philippines, Manila, Luzon, Philippine, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei

☆ Nvidia power players: Meet the 13 leaders driving the AI chip giant's massive success
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Helen Li | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Nvidia transformed from a video game graphics company to a semiconductor and AI giant. Nvidia's GPUs and CUDA software dominate cloud and data-center operations for major tech firms. Business Insider profiled the people instrumental to the company's success and generative AI boom. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It ultimately specialized in the GPU, or the graphics processing unit, the chip that would revolutionize the computing industry.

Persons: —, OpenAI's Organizations: Nvidia, Business, Service, Microsoft Locations: Santa Clara , California

☆ ‘The Big Short’ traders break down how they are navigating the election and reveal their top picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors who called the subprime mortgage crisis, as chronicled in Michael Lewis's " The Big Short ," revealed how they are now navigating the volatility surrounding the U.S. presidential election and their top investment picks. Top picks The partners of Seawolf Capital said there is one industry that they have been particularly bullish on — shipping. One of the shipping container companies Seawolf Capital owns is Zim Integrated Shipping Services , which has rallied more than 80% this year. The Seawolf Capital partners said they also like gold, which has scored record highs of late. ZIM YTD mountain Zim Integrated Shipping shares in 2024.

Persons: Michael Lewis's, Porter Collins, Vincent Daniel, Danny Moses, Moses, Collins, Donald Trump, Daniel Organizations: Seawolf, Moses Ventures, Seawolf Capital, Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Zim Integrated Shipping

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Spotify, United Parcel Service, Pentair and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

United Parcel Service — The package delivery company plunged more than 12%, hitting a new 52-week low, after posting a miss on both top and bottom lines in the second quarter. Pentair beat expectations for the second quarter, posting earnings of $1.22 per share, excluding items, compared to the FactSet consensus estimate of $1.14 per share. NXP Semiconductors posted adjusted earnings of $3.20 per share, which was below the LSEG consensus estimate of $3.21 per share. Inter Parfums — The stock jumped more than 6% after the fragrance manufacturer posted record net sales for the second quarter. The regional bank earned $1.28 per share, above the consensus estimate of $1.10 a share from analysts polled by LSEG.

Persons: LSEG, MSCI, FactSet, Pentair, Danaher, Rainer Blair, Sherwin, Williams, Lockheed Martin, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Hakyung Kim Organizations: Spotify, United Parcel Service, UPS, Revenue, NXP, Crown Holdings, Inter, Comcast —, LSEG, General Motors, Buick, GE Aerospace, Lockheed, Comcast, CNBC Locations: U.S, Michigan

While you're rarely liable for any fraudulent charges made on a credit card, your liability for fraudulent charges made with a debit card depends on when you report the card missing. You might also cancel a debit card if you're switching banks, but in that case you'll be closing your entire account and your debit card along with it. Reasons to cancel a debit cardCanceling a debit card may be necessary if:It's lostIt's stolenYou never use itYou're closing your accountImmediate steps to cancel a debit cardTurn off the card via the bank's mobile app Report the card missing or stolen Confirm the cancelation with a customer service representative Report any fraudulent transactionsReporting your card as lost or stolenThere are two ways to report a lost or stolen debit card. Cancel automatic paymentsIf you have recurring payments attached to your debit card, you'll need to cancel these so your subscriptions or memberships stay current. After canceling your debit cardThe Federal Trade Commission recommends following up a request to cancel a lost or stolen debit card in writing.

Persons: it's, It's, you've Organizations: Bank and America, Ally Bank, Federal Trade, Social

Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. Berkshire Hathaway trimmed its gigantic Bank of America holding for the first time in four and a half years following the bank's strong 2024 run. Warren Buffett's conglomerate sold 33.9 million shares of Bank of America shares for almost $1.5 billion in separate sales on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at an average selling price of $43.56, a regulatory filing showed. Still, Bank of America remains Berkshire's second largest equity position after Apple, holding 999 million shares with a market value of almost $43 billion. Berkshire could be taking some profits as Bank of America has rallied 27.4% so far this year to its highest levels since March 2022.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's, Buffett Organizations: Berkshire, of America, Bank of America, Apple, America's Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Berkshire, Omaha

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Ryanair, CrowdStrike, IQVIA Holdings and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Ryanair — Shares fell 16% after the budget airline reported weaker-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings . CrowdStrike — The cybersecurity stock plunged 12% as investors fully digested Friday's massive outage , which resulted in thousands of canceled flights. IQVIA Holdings — The stock jumped more than 6% after the health tech company's earnings beat expectations for the second quarter. In the second quarter, the company reported sales of $32.8 billion, below the $33.05 billion FactSet consensus estimate. Mattel — Shares of the toymaker soared more than 11%.

Persons: CrowdStrike, FactSet, Tesla, Elon Musk, LPR, Xpeng, Catterton, —, Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim, Lisa Kailai Han, Darla Mercado Organizations: Ryanair —, Guggenheim, Holdings, Nvidia —, Reuters, Blackwell, Verizon —, —, EV, People's Bank of, Li Auto, Mattel —, Mattel, Semiconductor, — Investors, VanEck Semiconductor, KLA Corporation, ASML Locations: CrowdStrike, People's Bank of China, chipmakers

☆ China’s summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge as it grapples with extreme weather
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Joyce Jiang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Villagers clean rubbish after torrential rains caused flooding in Meizhou, Guangdong province of China on June 19. John Ricky/Anadolu/Getty ImagesA man drives through a muddy street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy storms in Meizhou, Guangdong province last month. “All my hard work for a year has come to nothing.”A road is flooded following heavy rainfall in Jiangxi province on July 4. China’s government has mounted a top-down effort to revamp how the country responds to extreme weather in recent years after 2021 floods in Henan’s Zhengzhou killed more than 300 people. But there have been past issues of misappropriation of state recovery funds, for example following the deadly 2021 floods in Zhengzhou.

Persons: John Ricky, –, Xi Jinping, it’s, “, Tingshu Wang, ”, Hongzhang Xu, Typhoon Doksuri, Li Zhao Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Getty, Communist Party, AFP, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management, Agricultural Television, Retailers, Workers, CNN Weather, ” Observers, Australian National University, Reuters, Greenpeace East, “ Locations: China, Hong Kong, sweltering Henan, Nanyang, speedboats, Meizhou, Guangdong province, Guangdong, AFP, Guangzhou province, Henan, Hunan, Lake, Henan’s Nanyang, Jiangxi province, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hunan province's Changsha, Chongqing, Hainan, Zhengzhou, breadbasket, Jiangxi, Munich, Greenpeace East Asia, Beijing, –

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CrowdStrike, Bank of America, Nvidia, Verizon and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bank of America — The bank stock dipped more than 1% in premarket trading after a filing revealed that Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway sold 33.9 million Bank of America shares for almost $1.5 billion last week. Berkshire remains Bank of America's largest shareholder with a 10.8% stake after the sale. Berkshire may be taking some profits with the bank stock up 27.4% so far this year. Verizon — The telecommunications stock slid 3% after Verizon posted quarterly revenue that disappointed estimates. Apple — Shares gained 1% after Wells Fargo raised its price target on Apple to $275 from $225, implying more than 20% upside, ahead of the company's earnings results.

Persons: Guggenheim, Blackwell, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Fitch, Wells Fargo, —, Alex Harring, Yun Li Organizations: Nvidia —, Reuters, Nvidia, Bank of America, Berkshire, of America, Bank, America's, Verizon, Abercrombie, JPMorgan, Truist, Apple —, Apple, Apple Intelligence Locations: CrowdStrike, Berkshire

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has a new analyst, and he is lukewarm on the conglomerate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway has a new Wall Street analyst covering its stock, and he has mixed feelings about the conglomerate. The analyst thinks Berkshire is grappling with weakness in its noninsurance businesses including railroad, utilities service and retail, while its insurance operations continue to outperform. "Berkshire Hathaway's old-school conglomerate structure has faced challenges in a number of key areas of late despite being powered by an insurance business that continues to shine," Kligerman said in a note. Berkshire's insurance business has been a bright spot for the conglomerate. Correction: Of the seven analysts covering Berkshire, three have a hold rating, according to CNBC's research.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Cowen's Andrew Kligerman, Berkshire, Kligerman, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Berkshire, BNSF Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Berkshire, U.S

☆ Berkshire has eliminated 10% of outstanding shares as Buffett values the enduring power of buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Buffett believes buybacks are beneficial to shareholders for one simple reason: You don't need to spend a dime to increase your percentage of shares held. "Through that simple act, we increase your share of the many controlled and non-controlled businesses Berkshire owns," Buffett said in his 2021 annual letter. The 93-year-old legendary investor believes that it would be "value-destroying" if he overpaid for Berkshire shares. "If you're repurchasing shares above a rationally calculated intrinsic value, you are harming your shareholders, just as if you issue shares beneath that figure, you are harming your shareholders," Buffett once said in 1996. The Wall Street firm projected that Berkshire repurchased almost $2.5 billion worth of stock in the second quarter.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Greggory, Buffett Organizations: Morningstar, Oracle, Berkshire, Berkshire Hathaway, UBS, Street, Berkshire repurchased Locations: Greggory Warren, Berkshire, Omaha, repurchases

☆ China economy and employment: People who used to work for major tech giants are now doing manual labor
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Chris Lau | Hassan Tayir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Li, 27, is part of a growing base of Chinese workers swapping high-pressure office jobs for flexible blue-collar work. But these firms are slowly losing their appeal as China’s economy faces headwinds including a property crisis, declining foreign investment and slumping consumption. The trend to move from professional to manual jobs comes amid surging demand for blue-collar workers, according to Chinese recruitment platform Zhaopin. And blue-collar workers’ pay has also gone up, attracting more people to jobs they might have previously avoided. Pressure of another kindBut some wonder if blue-collar work is truly the stress-free refuge people like Li and Wang imagine it to be.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN — Leon Li, ”, Li, “, Alice Wang, Wang, –, Larry Hu, Zhang Yuxiao, David Goodman, commenter Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, National Bureau of Statistics, Workers, NBS, University of Sydney’s China Studies Centre Locations: China, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Chengdu, –, Macquarie, Shanghai

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☆ Goldman Sachs gets cautious on stocks, sees risk of a late summer correction
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Goldman Sachs is warning clients of a summer correction in the stock market as economic growth slows down and political risks rise. The S & P 500 is up about 16% year to date, just 2% off its record high. Goldman said it sees increasing risk of a correction. Typically, a correction is defined as a 10% drawdown from a recent high in the S & P 500 and a bear market equals to a 20% pullback. The S & P 500 is currently off 2% from its recent high.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Christian Mueller, Goldman, Goldman doesn't, pare Organizations: Dow

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