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Major stock indexes were down sharply for a second day on Thursday. A mega-cap retreat expanded into a broader rout, and the S&P 500 fell over 1%. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUS indexes declined sharply for a second session this week, as the plunge in leading tech stocks broadened out to the rest of the market.
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Yen spikes as spectre of intervention spooks investors
  + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Japan's yen scaled a six-week high on Thursday, spurring speculation of an official push, while the dollar nursed broad losses as markets prepared for U.S. rate cuts in a few months. Japan's yen scaled a six-week high on Thursday, spurring speculation of an official push, while the dollar nursed broad losses as markets prepared for U.S. rate cuts in a few months. "Many traders and Japanese investors, after intervention, were looking to reload on their trades," said National Australia Bank strategist Rodrigo Catril in Sydney. Interest rate markets are pricing more than 60 basis points of U.S. interest rate cuts this year and some 20 basis points of hikes in Japan, narrowing the wide rates gap that had encouraged investors taking on large short positions in the yen. So far this year the yen is the worst-performing G10 currency on the dollar, losing more than 9%, while the yuan is down about 2.2%.
Persons: Rodrigo Catril, Donald Trump — Organizations: . Bank of, National Australia Bank, Bloomberg Businessweek Locations: Asia, . Bank of Japan, Sydney, Japan, Beijing
New York CNN —Tech shares slumped Wednesday as investors shed the behemoths that fueled Wall Street’s monster stock rally this year. The Nasdaq Composite index tumbled 2.8%, logging its worst day since December 2022. Investors are also selling tech stocks after a cool inflation report last week and stronger-than-expected retail sales data on Tuesday pushed up bets for a rate cut in September. The Magnificent Seven tech stocks, which have led most of the gains this year thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, tumbled. Microsoft (MSFT) shares fell 1.3%, Apple (AAPL) shares slid 2.5%, Amazon (AMZN) shares declined 2.6%, Alphabet shares declined 1.6%, Tesla shares slipped 3.1% and Meta Platforms shares lost 5.7%.
Persons: Biden, Russell Organizations: New, New York CNN — Tech, Dow, Nvidia, Devices, Bloomberg, US Commerce Department, Microsoft, Apple, Meta Locations: New York, China
A week ago, investors were scoffing at the idea that small caps and value stocks might have a genuine summer rally. The S & P 500 Value ETF (IVE) , which holds stocks like Berkshire Hathaway , JP Morgan , Exxon Mobil and Johnson & Johnson , finally hit a new high after lagging the tech-dominated S & P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) for more than a year. This fund holds the entire stock market, minus the S & P 500. VXF 1M mountain Vanguard Extended Market ETF over the past month. This trend of buying small caps and value is clearly more than a one-day wonder: It's now a one-week wonder.
Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan, Johnson, Dave Nadig, Russell Organizations: Exxon Mobil, Johnson, Value, Opportunity Locations: Berkshire, United States
Yen jumps on suspected intervention, sterling hits one-year high
  + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
The yen rose sharply on Wednesday in what traders suspected was likely the result of yet another intervention from Japanese authorities to prop up the battered currency from multidecade lows. The euro was last down 0.8% at 171.15 yen, while sterling fell 0.76% to 203.75 yen. Combined with the estimated amount spent a day earlier, Japan is suspected to have bought nearly 6 trillion yen via intervention last week. That sent traders paring back bets of a rate cut from the Bank of England in August, providing a small boost to sterling , which was last up 0.43% to $1.3029. But the more important data is the inflation data, and that's telling the market that the Fed is in a position to cut fairly soon."
Persons: Geoff Yu, Masato Kanda, Michael Brown, Kyle Rodda Organizations: Mellon, Kyodo, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Monetary, MPC, Tuesday's, Federal Reserve, New Zealand, Reserve Bank of New Locations: London, Tokyo, Japan, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Inflation in Britain held steady in June as the Bank of England inches toward its first interest rate cut in years and economists pondered whether a global pop star helped keep services prices higher. Food inflation also slowed, with prices rising just 1.5 percent compared with a year ago. But the June inflation data came in slightly higher than expected. Core inflation, which excludes energy and food prices, was expected to dip but remained at 3.5 percent in June. Traders reduced their bets on an August rate cut, giving it about a 35 percent chance.
Organizations: Bank of England, National Statistics, Traders Locations: Britain
Investors may want to exercise some caution with this year's leading artificial intelligence stocks, according to Bank of America. The investing and ETF strategist anticipates some profit-taking in megacap technology stocks during the second half as investors become "impatient for an AI killer app" or more revenues. Stocks have rallied this year as investors mount bets on popular AI names such as Nvidia and megacap technology. "No one denies the computing power," Woodard wrote. This includes small-cap value stocks, utilities, energy and banks.
Persons: Jared Woodard, Stocks, Woodard Organizations: Bank of America, Nvidia Locations: India, Latin America
Stock price information reflected on a window at the Euronext NV stock exchange in Paris, France, on Monday, March 13, 2023. LONDON — European stocks closed lower Wednesday, continuing negative sentiment seen in the previous two trading sessions as technology stocks plummeted. The regional Stoxx 600 index provisionally closed 0.43% lower, with most major bourses in the region falling and sectors trading mixed. European tech stocks plunged 4.4%, mirroring a sell-off seen across the Atlantic, where the Nasdaq Composite retreated 2% in early deals. U.S. stocks were broadly lower as investors continued to rotate out of megacap tech stocks into the broader market.
Organizations: LONDON, Nasdaq Locations: Paris, France, U.S
When it comes to investing in municipal bonds, the Fidelity Intermediate Municipal Income Fund (FLTMX) has a "steadfast" approach that has served investors well, according to Morningstar. They look at the yield curve, credit quality and structure of the bond when assessing assets, he added. The result is a 45.5% allocation to AA-rated munis, 31% in A-rated and 7% in BBB-rated municipal bonds. The team also makes a lot of small bets instead of relying on big investments that can make or break a portfolio, Maka added. So we've been buying some of those deep discount securities that were hit hard as rates rose," Maka explained.
Persons: Morningstar, Michael Maka, We're, Maka, FLTMX, Bond, we've, muni, it's, Elizabeth Foos Organizations: Fidelity, Income Fund, SEC, Federal Reserve, Revenue, BBB, AAA, Bloomberg
Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Rivian to $17 from $13. Analyst Frank Lee did raise his price target to $200 from $190, although he added that "the risk-reward is less attractive now." Guggenheim hiked the price target to $735 per share from $700. He did raise his price target for the stock to $225 from $180, although this price hike still implies that Tesla stock could fall 12%. Analyst Adam Jonas raised his price target on the stock to $17 from $13.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Frank Lee, Lee, Lisa Kailai Han, Michael Morris, Morris, Guggenheim, — Jesse Pound, Morgan Stanley's Simeon Gutman, Gutman, Seth Sigman, Truist, – Samantha Subin, TD Cowen downgrades Charles Schwab, Charles Schwab's, TD Cowen, Bill Katz, Charles Schwab, Katz, mgmt, — Lisa Kailai Han, Wells, Bank of America Wells, Mike Mayo, Mayo, Goliath, Dan Levy, Levy, Dennis Geiger, Geiger, Thomas Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald, David Windley, UnitedHealth's, Windley, UNH, Adam Jonas, Rivian, Jonas, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, HSBC, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Netflix, Guggenheim, Barclays, ISI, Citi, Mizuho, Bank of America, of America, Tesla, UBS, Sweetgreen, sss, IK, TD Cowen downgrades, Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Jefferies, Presidential, Chevron, Volkswagen Locations: China, Tuesday's, Mayo, U.S, Tesla's, UnitedHealth, UNH's
LONDON — The British pound on Wednesday broke above the $1.30 level against the U.S. dollar for the first time in a year, as investors bank on a coming period of growth-friendly policies and political stability under the newly elected Labour government. Sterling was 0.5% higher against the U.S. dollar at $1.303 at 1:04 p.m. in London (8:04 a.m. U.K. inflation came in at the Bank of England's 2% target for a second straight month, figures published earlier Wednesday showed. However, the inflation print slightly reduced market bets on an August rate cut from the central bank due to the stickiness of the key services print. The U.K. currency has also been supported by the recent landslide parliamentary victory for the Labour Party, according to analysts.
Persons: Sterling, Joe Tuckey Organizations: U.S, Labour, Bank of England's, Labour Party Locations: London
Read previewA growth-heavy mutual fund has crushed its index in the last decade thanks to a remarkably simple investing strategy that most bottom-up portfolio managers would decry as heresy. The Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund (HFCGX) managed by Neil Hennessy, Ryan Kelley, and Josh Wein is in the top 3% of its category in the last 10 years, according to Morningstar. AdvertisementThis stock screen, which doesn't examine a company's management team or balance sheet, is "a little bit unorthodox," Wein acknowledged. A 4-part pathway to strong gainsThough unconventional, the four-part vetting process that serves as the backbone of the Hennessy Cornerstone Growth Fund is far from unproven. Although Wein doesn't select stocks like most other managers, he still highlighted five stocks that he's most excited about.
Persons: , Neil Hennessy, Ryan Kelley, Josh Wein, Morningstar, It's, Wein, " Wein, they're, Hennessy, They're Organizations: Service, Cornerstone Growth, Business, Hennessy Cornerstone Growth, Urban Outfitters, Emcor
Gold drifts higher as U.S. rate cut optimism boosts appeal
  + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
A five hundred gram gold bar, left, and a a one kilogram gold bar, produced by Swiss manufacturer Argor Hebaeus SA, in Budapest, Hungary. Gold prices nudged higher on Tuesday as comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bolstered the case for a September rate cut, while investors awaited more U.S. economic data for further monetary policy cues. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $2,423.89 per ounce by 0140 GMT. A rate cut in September is now fully priced in by markets, which may keep sentiments in gold prices well-supported in the lead-up," said IG market strategist Yeap Jun Rong. Investors were awaiting U.S. retail sales data due at 1230 GMT on Tuesday and comments from Fed governors Christopher Waller and Adriana Kugler later this week for further direction.
Persons: Jerome Powell, Powell, Yeap Jun Rong, Christopher Waller, Adriana Kugler, Yeap Organizations: Argor Hebaeus SA, Federal, Investors, Reuters Locations: Swiss, Budapest, Hungary
With the second-quarter earnings season beginning to gain steam, Evercore ISI's Mark Mahaney has updated his list of tactical calls. He has a $225 price target on shares, indicating upside potential of about 20%. "We continue to believe that recent concerns about UBER being negatively impacted by an AV rollout are mis-placed," said Mahaney. Mahaney added that Uber shares are currently trading at a "very attractive" valuation of around 20 times enterprise value to free cash flow. With shares trading approximately 30% below their 52-week high, Mahaney thinks now is an attractive time to enter what he calls "a best-in-class ecommerce platform business."
Persons: Mark Mahaney, Mahaney, Uber, Evercore Organizations: Technologies, Expedia, Google, Mobility, TAM, Amazon Locations: Monday's
IMF sees ‘bumps’ in path to lower inflation
  + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that upside risks to inflation have increased, calling into question the prospect of multiple Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year. In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the IMF said "the momentum on global disinflation is slowing, signaling bumps along the path." The rise in sequential inflation in the U.S. earlier in 2024 has put it behind other major economies in the quantitative easing path, the report said. However, IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Tuesday that one rate cut from the Fed is most appropriate this year, highlighting still-stubborn services and wage inflation as complications to the path to lower inflation. Despite the encouraging CPI report, Gourinchas stated the uptick in inflation earlier in the year indicates that the path toward lower inflation and rate cuts "could take a little bit longer than maybe the markets are expecting."
Persons: Pierre, Olivier Gourinchas, CNBC's, Gourinchas Organizations: Monetary Fund, Traders, U.S . Labor Department Locations: U.S
Traders see the odds of a Fed rate cut by September at 100%
  + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( John Melloy | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Traders are now 100% certain the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by September. That put the annual inflation rate at 3%, the lowest in three years. Odds that rates would be cut in September were about 70% a month ago. The CME FedWatch Tool computes the probabilities based on trading in fed funds futures contracts at the exchange, where traders are placing their bets on the level of the effective fed funds rate in 30-day increments. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's recent hints have also cemented traders' belief that the central bank will act by September.
Persons: Jerome Powell, Jerome Powell's, Powell Organizations: Bank, Financial, Federal, U.S, Capitol, Washington , DC, Traders, Federal Reserve, Fed Locations: Washington ,
Dollar drifts as Powell comments bring September rate cut in focus
  + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The dollar fell slightly on Monday after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, while cryptocurrencies rose on bets that an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump lifted his reelection chances. The dollar hung around five-week lows on Tuesday as comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell bolstered the case for a rate cut in September, while cryptocurrencies gained on rising odds of former President Donald Trump getting reelected. The comments, likely Powell's last until his press conference following the Fed's July 30-31 meeting, shifted rate cut expectations. Markets are now anticipating 68 basis points of easing this year, with a rate cut in September fully priced in, CME FedWatch tool showed. "Markets may need to wait longer for the confirmation of their September rate cut hopes, and growth and labor data will be on the radar such as retail sales today."
Persons: Jerome Powell, Donald Trump, cryptocurrencies, Powell, We've, Charu Chanana, Trump, Gary Gensler, Chris Weston Organizations: Federal, Economic, of Washington, Saxo, Traders, Bank of Japan, Republican, cryptocurrency, San, SEC, New Zealand Locations: Tokyo, San Francisco
One of Tim Cook's big bets is paying off
  + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Sales in its latest fiscal year hit nearly $8 billion in the country, Bloomberg reported. Apple execs have made it a point to grow in Asian markets in the past year as rivals push forward. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . CEO Tim Cook has led an effort to strengthen Apple's presence in Asian markets.
Persons: Apple execs, , Apple, Tim Cook, Cook Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg, Service Locations: Asia, India, Shanghai
Former US President Donald Trump during a campaign event at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. "Trump's re-election would thus pose a significant downside risk to our otherwise constructive growth forecast for the Euro area." Trade policy uncertainty, added defense and security pressures and spillover effects from U.S. domestic policies on, for example, taxes could impact Europe, they explained. Trade tensionsTrump's trade policy, and the uncertainty around it, could be one factor that impacts Europe's economy, just as it did during his last presidency, analysts Stehn and Moberly said. In 2018 and 2019, uncertainty about trade policy reduced industrial production in the euro area by around 2%, they estimated.
Persons: Donald Trump, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Goldman Sachs, Jari Stehn, James Moberly, Trump's, Trump, Joe Biden, Moberly Organizations: Trump National Doral Golf Club, Bloomberg, Getty, White, Trump, European Union, EU, . Defense, NATO, U.S, Stehn Locations: Miami , Florida, Europe, Pennsylvania, U.S, Germany, Stehn, Moberly, Ukraine
The stock market surge follows a failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend. Investors bet that the tragic attempt on Trump's life will help hand him to the Presidency once again in November. The gains came two days after the failed assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Investors laid bets that the attempt on Trump's life would help put him in the White House in 2025. Bitcoin also jumped 9% since the assassination attempt.
Persons: Dow Jones, Donald Trump, , Bitcoin, Trump, bitcoin, Paul Hickey Organizations: Service, Dow Jones, House, Trump Media & Technology Group, Conference, CNBC, Trump, Trump Presidency, Treasury, Here's Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Nashville , Tennessee
Not really," Chaudhry, the billionaire founder and CEO of cloud security company Zscaler, tells CNBC Make It. Together, they plunged their life savings — roughly $500,000 — into SecureIT, a cybersecurity software startup they co-founded in 1997. His timing was perfect: In 1998, Chaudhry sold SecureIT to VeriSign in an all-stock deal worth nearly $70 million. I said, "If [Netscape co-founder] Marc Andreessen could start a company — he was a young guy [right] out of college — why shouldn't I start a company?" It took us a few years to really start getting traction in the market, and VCs can write you off and move on.
Persons: Jay Chaudhry, he'd, Chaudhry, Jyoti, SecureIT, Chaudhry —, , Marc Andreessen, Let's, we'd, Zscaler, you'll, VCs Organizations: IBM, Unisys, CNBC, Netscape, Atlanta, Software, BellSouth, Fortune, Forbes, IDC, Gartner, VCs Locations: India, SecureIT, Atlanta, Alpharetta , Georgia
Trump Media & Technology — Shares jumped nearly 29% as investors reacted to Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Trump , which has fueled increased conviction of a Trump win in this year's presidential election. Trump Media is the parent of social media platform Truth Social. Sturm, Ruger & Company , Smith & Wesson — Shares of the firearm manufacturing companies rose after Saturday's shooting at Trump's rally. Sturm, Ruger & Company rose 7%, while Smith & Wesson jumped 10%. Coinbase , Marathon Digital — Crypto stocks moved higher as investors increased their bets on a Trump election win, which they expect will benefit cryptocurrencies.
Persons: Donald Trump, Wolfe, Saturday's, Trump, Sturm, Smith, Wesson, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, LSEG, Coinbase, MicroStrategy, Bitcoin, Morgan Stanley, Baxter, Tesla, — CNBC's Hakyung Kim, Sarah Min, Lisa Kailai Han, Michelle Fox Organizations: UnitedHealth, — Health, Humana, Wolfe Research, Republican, Trump Media & Technology —, Trump, Trump Media, Brigade, Ruger & Company, Smith, Wesson, Ruger, Company, Sunnova Energy, NextEra Energy, Marathon, Apple —, Apple, Bloomberg News, Baxter Locations: Arkhouse, India
Several stocks could get a boost if former President Donald Trump wins the presidency and the GOP secures control of Congress, the odds of which have increased since the weekend, according to Wolfe Research. Here is a selection of stocks Wolfe expects to reap the benefits of a Trump reelection: Trump Media & Technology Group shares could benefit from a Trump win — and traders have already been piling into the stock since Saturday's event. Trading in Trump Media, which is the parent of social media platform Truth Social, has been volatile in recent months. The stock plunged about 50% in the three weeks after Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts on May 30. Other stocks Wolfe Research expects to benefit from a Trump win include UnitedHealth Group , Halliburton and Emerson Electric .
Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Chris Senyek, Wolfe, Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, bitcoin Organizations: GOP, Wolfe Research, Investors, Trump, Republican National Convention, Republican, Federal Reserve, Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump Media, White House, Evercore, Citigroup, UnitedHealth, Halliburton, Emerson Electric Locations: Pennsylvania, Milwaukee, Technology
US stocks surged to record highs as markets mulled the impact of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump over the weekend. Investors anticipate the attempt will boost Trump's chances in the November Presidential election. AdvertisementUS stocks moved higher on Monday to test record highs after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt over the weekend. Investors are betting that the tragic attempt on Trump's life will help hand him to the Presidency once again in November. A higher US dollar could also be in store under a potential Trump Presidency in November, though the dollar was about flat in early Monday trades.
Persons: Donald Trump, , bitcoin, Tesla, Trump, Kyle Rodda Organizations: Trump Media, Service, Trump Media & Technology Group, GEO Group, Trump Presidency, Treasury, Here's Locations: United States
Stock futures were slightly higher in overnight trading Sunday as investors gear up for a big week of key corporate earnings. S&P 500 futures added 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.1%. Investor attention is shifting to second-quarter earnings reports, which could be the catalyst to extend the market's rally to new records this year. More than 40 S&P 500 companies report second-quarter earnings this week. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% last week, scoring its fifth positive week in six.
Persons: Dow, Donald Trump, Adam Crisafulli, Trump, Joe Biden, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Johnson Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Stock, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Traders, Vital, Republican National Convention, Trump, U.S, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Bank of America, United Airlines, Netflix Locations: U.S, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United
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