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☆ Hedge funds are loading up on these under-the-radar AI plays while cutting back on the megacaps
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Wall Street investment bank analyzed the holdings of 707 hedge funds with $2.7 trillion of gross equity positions at the start of the second quarter. Goldman found that hedge funds added to under-the-radar winners across the entire AI universe, particularly players in infrastructure, including Marvell Technology , TD Synnex , AES Corporation and Littelfuse . Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan and solar tracking company Nextracker, both involved in AI's power production, also saw increased popularity among hedge funds. Hedge funds also trimmed positions in other megacap stocks benefiting from the AI enthusiasm, including Microsoft , Meta Platforms and Amazon . Apple was the exception in the so-called " Magnificent Seven " group — hedge funds added exposure to the Tim Cook-led iPhone maker, according to Goldman.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Ben Snider, Tim Cook Organizations: Marvell Technology, AES Corporation, Littelfuse, Walgreens Boots Alliance, American, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Apple Locations: Freeport, McMoRan

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Kroger, GM, Super Micro Computer, Rivian, Reddit & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"We downgrade HON to Hold as we only see 10% upside to our new, lower $215 price target." Goldman Sachs initiates GE Vernova as buy Goldman said it's bullish on the company's electrification opportunity. " Goldman Sachs initiates DraftKings as buy Goldman said the sports betting company is a "revenue compounder." "We initiate coverage on Genius Sports Ltd. (GENI) with a Buy rating and a 12-month price target of $7.50 (40% upside)." Argus upgrades Goldman Sachs to buy from neutral Argus upgraded Goldman Sachs following its earnings report on Monday.

Persons: Evercore, Reddit, JPMorgan, Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's bullish, Wells, Needham, Morgan Stanley, it's, AUNA, William Blair, Cantor Fitzgerald, Klaviyo, Cantor, SYNNEX, Baird, Guggenheim Organizations: Evercore, Nvidia, UBS, Deutsche Bank downgrades Honeywell, Deutsche, Bank of America, of America, JPMorgan, Citi, Coty Citi, COTY, GE Vernova, Genius Sports Ltd, HSBC, Devices, AMD, KR, Apple, Barclays, Tyson, TSN, Emerging Athletic Brands, Crown Holdings, Argus, Goldman, Netflix, Guggenheim, NASDAQ, Deutsche Bank, General Motors, GM

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: RH, Reddit, Estée Lauder, AMC and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday. Estée Lauder — Shares jumped 6.28% after Bank of America upgraded them to buy from neutral. AMC Entertainment — Shares dropped 14.29% after the movie theater chain said in a filing it will sell $250 million worth of stock. Verint Systems — Shares added 6.63% after the customer engagement solutions provider surpassed fourth-quarter earnings per share and revenue expectations. Braze anticipates a loss of 10 cents to 11 cents per share for its first quarter, versus a 5 cents loss expected from analysts polled by FactSet.

Persons: Estée Lauder —, Steve Ladd Huffman, Jennifer Wong, Chemours, Sridhar Ramaswamy, FactSet, Synnex, TD Synnex, MillerKnoll, Braze, —, Alex Harring, Hakyung Kim, Pia Singh, Jason Kempin Organizations: Bank of America, New York Stock Exchange, AMC, Verint Systems, Apollo Global Management, FactSet, Allstate, HSBC, Getty

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Estee Lauder, RH and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Walgreens Boots Alliance — Shares dipped 1.6% after the company's fiscal second quarter report was released. Walgreens generated $37.05 billion in revenue for the quarter, topping the LSEG forecast of $35.86 billon. Estee Lauder — Shares rose more than 3% after a Bank of America upgrade to buy from neutral. Management is guiding for full-year revenue growth to fall between 8% to 10%, while analysts polled by FactSet had forecasted 6.4%. Vornado Realty Trust — Shares gained 1.2% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the office building REIT to equal weight from underweight.

Persons: Estee Lauder, Vikram Gandhi, RH, FactSet, Morgan Stanley, Vornado, —, Jesse Pound, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox Organizations: Walgreens, Bank of America, Allstate, HSBC, Management, Apollo Global Management, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S, Attorney's, Vornado Realty Locations: New York, West Coast

Technology stocks have been driving the market's rally to record highs, but there are still a number of hidden-gem cheap names in the sector for investors to take advantage of. That is, we sought to find stocks that are cheaper than their peers based on their stock price relative to their future earnings power. Chipmakers have been riding on the tailwind of the enthusiasm of artificial intelligence, and Wall Street analysts still think these two stocks have significant upside ahead. The database software stock surged 12% Tuesday after fiscal fourth-quarter results topped analysts' earnings estimates. Investors might also want to take a closer look at First Solar, according to the screen.

Persons: Belden, TD Organizations: CNBC Pro, Western, Skyworks, Wall Street, Oracle Locations: Corning

☆ Despite all the gloom, we're buyers going into next week. These 3 things are on our radar
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It was another downer of a week on Wall Street with all three major averages posting steep losses despite a bounce back on Friday. The S & P 500 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq fell 2.3% and 2.9% this week, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5%. Federal Reserve: The central bank signaled this week that it was planning to keep rates higher for longer to beat down inflation. ET: Personal consumption expenditure Before the bell: Carnival (CCL) (See here for a full list of the stocks Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

Persons: downer, Jim Cramer, carmakers, hasn't, Jim, " Cramer, Stanley Black, Decker, Jim Cramer's, Ferguson, SYNNEX, HB Fuller, Jabil, Cramer's, Emily Elconin Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial, Federal Reserve, Republican, Democratic, UAW, Big, United Auto Workers union, General Motors, Club, Ford, Fed, Stanley, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Costco, Citi, Meta, Industries, Cintas, Natural Foods, Micron Tech, Concentrix Corp, Worthington, Gross, Accenture, BlackBerry, Vail Resorts, MTN, CNBC, United Auto Workers, Stellantis NV, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: SWK, Stellantis NV Toledo, Toldeo , Ohio

☆ Top Wall Street analysts pick these stocks to climb 2023’s wall of worry
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

To help with the process, here are five stocks chosen by Wall Street's top analysts, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performances. Nonetheless, Monness Crespi Hardt analyst Brian White expects the results to be in line with, or marginally above, Street expectations. Looking ahead, White sees pent-up demand for iPhones come into play in the forthcoming quarters, once Apple overcomes the production snags. (See Spotify Stock Chart on TipRanks) White is particularly upbeat about the waning mobile app store monopolies, after the European Union passed the Digital Markets Act last year. The analyst is also placed 431st among more than 8,000 analysts on TipRanks.

☆ Markets rally on signs inflation is abating, as investors look to next week's consumer price data
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Later in the day, markets were also buoyed by the ISM's nonmanufacturing purchasing managers' index, which said the services industry contracted last month. The next big test will be December's consumer price index report, to be released Thursday. Meanwhile, the fourth-quarter earnings season kicks off next Friday, when the banks – including Club holding Wells Fargo (WFC) – are set to report. On Thursday, the December ADP employment report was released, showing an additional 235,000 jobs, well above the 153,000 expected by analysts. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ China is rolling back much of its Covid controls. That could spell a buying opportunity for these stocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A reopening in the world's second-largest economy could spell a buying opportunity for investors as China unwinds much of its Covid restrictions. Investors have taken the recent developments as a signal to start snapping up China equities. What's more, they say that Chinese equities are cheap on a historical basis, and cheap compared to their emerging market peers. This month, Morgan Stanley said that Chinese equities have a "steep climb" after their underperformance during the pandemic. Yum China is the fourth-largest position in the Thornburg Developing World Fund (THDAX) , which has a roughly 29% allocation to China.

☆ Wall Street titan Apollo has a new class of dealmakers. Here's how 3 rose to partner while in their 30s.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Casey Sullivan | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

He persevered through the brutal all-nighters, the perplexing spreadsheets, and the temperamental bosses who walked the halls of the midtown Manhattan investment firm. At Apollo, executives tend to grow up quickly. Some of their former colleagues have tried to make more money elsewhere, such as the hedge funds run by billionaire personalities that Apollo's executives quietly root against. Associates sometimes dealt with burnout from heavy workloads and demanding bosses by escaping for a walk through Central Park to let off steam, according to the former firm associates. We're Rayman Apollo!'"

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