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Analysts' at Bank of America have named a host of stocks that are poised to outperform heading into second earnings season. The bank said this week there are several "high quality" buying opportunities that aren't getting enough investor attention. CNBC Pro combed through the top Bank of America research to find analysts' favorite ideas as earnings releases ramp up. They include: Mondelez, SolarEdge , Rollins, Thomson Reuters and Broadcom. Bank of America recently initiated coverage of the stock with a buy rating, calling Rollins "a high-growth compounder through economic cycles."
Persons: SolarEdge, Rollins, Thomson, Jason Haas, Haas, BofA, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Dumoulin, Heather Balsky, Balsky, Dirk Van de, MDLZ Organizations: Bank of America, CNBC, Thomson Reuters, Broadcom, Rollins, . Bank of America Locations: 2Q23, Europe, U.S
July 14 (Reuters) - Emerging market equity funds are outpacing developed market rivals in attracting inflows for the first time in three years, underscoring a relatively more favourable growth outlook and expectations of faster rate cuts in many less developed markets. Refinitiv Lipper data shows money inflows into emerging market (EM) equity funds hit $30.55 billion in the first half of the year, compared with outflows of $88.65 billion from developed market equity funds. Data from the Institute of International Finance on Thursday also showed foreigners injected a staggering $22 billion net into emerging market portfolios in June, marking the highest influx since January. read moreThe case for emerging markets, analysts say, is they were ahead of developed markets in tightening monetary policy and are now beginning to reap the rewards of falling inflation, lower borrowing costs and improved growth. An over-leveraged real estate sector impedes growth," said Derek Izuel, chief investment officer and portfolio manager of the Shelton Emerging Markets Fund.
Persons: World's, Malcolm Dorson, Li Qiang, Derek Izuel, Patturaja, Vidya Ranganathan, Conor Humphries Organizations: Institute of International Finance, U.S . Fed, European Central Bank, Reuters Graphics, Reuters, Global, Shelton, Markets Fund, Thomson Locations: Hungary's, Europe, U.S, China
UBS says Microsoft shares are 'too attractive' not to buy
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The artificial intelligence opportunity and recent underperformance of Microsoft make it hard to stay on the sidelines, UBS said. Analyst Karl Keirstead upgraded the technology stock to buy from neutral and raised his price target by $55 to $400. "We upgrade Microsoft shares to Buy from Neutral on evidence that Azure/AWS cloud infrastructure spend is beginning to stabilize after a significant deceleration over the past year," he said in a note to clients Thursday. Keirstead downgraded Microsoft early in the year, arguing that spending trends for cloud programs such as Azure and Amazon Web Services were going downhill. He argued that Azure's decline, in the case of Microsoft, could weigh on the stock.
Persons: Karl Keirstead, Keirstead, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, UBS, Web Services
JPMorgan Chase — Shares fell slightly even after the bank reported stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, as it benefited from higher interest rates and better-than-expected bond trading. Wells Fargo — Wells Fargo shares rose slightly after the Wall Street firm topped second-quarter expectations. The Wall Street firm also said AT&T's exposure to cable may limit the upside for shares. Alcoa — The aluminum stock fell 4.9% following a downgrade to neutral from overweight by JPMorgan. Eli Lilly — The pharmaceutical stock rose 3% in midday trading.
Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Wells, UnitedHealth, Eli Lilly, Yun Li, Alex Harring, Sarah Min, Michelle Fox Organizations: JPMorgan, JPMorgan Chase —, Elevance, Citigroup —, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines — JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, Microsoft, UBS, Blackrock —, Alcoa, Progressive Locations: Wells, York
Dollar deepens dive on inflation surprise
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Tom Westbrook | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The euro made a fresh 15-month high of $1.1148 in Asia on Thursday and the yen touched its strongest since mid-May at 138.08 per dollar. U.S. core inflation came in at 0.2% in June against market expectations for 0.3%. Moves in other currencies were smaller but still delivered new milestones as traders reckon the dollar has further to drop. The Swiss franc hit its strongest since 2015 at 0.8655 to the dollar and sterling a 15-month top of $1.3019. Amongst the dollar selling, one outlier was perhaps the yen which has led gains.
Persons: Imre Speizer, Malaysia's, Pita Limjaroenrat, Steve Englander, Kazuo, Ueda, Chang Wei Liang, Tom Westbrook, Jamie Freed, Kim Coghill Organizations: month's, U.S, Westpac, New Zealand, Swiss, Standard Chartered, Bank of Japan, Fed, Central Bank, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia, Scandinavia
Stock futures were little changed Thursday evening as investors awaited earnings reports from a slate of big banks. Futures tied to the S&P 500 were down by 0.04%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures inched lower by 27 points, or 0.08%, and Nasdaq 100 futures were flat. In regular trading, the S&P 500 climbed 0.85%. The S&P 500 is up 2.5% on the week, while the Dow is up 1.9%.
Persons: Bill Merz, we'd, Baird's Ross Mayfield, Dow, Wells, UnitedHealth Organizations: Futures, Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Dow, Investors, U.S, Bank Wealth Management, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, Citi, BlackRock, University of Michigan Locations: Wells Fargo
Dollar takes a beating as traders see U.S. rates peaking
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The dollar had its worst session in five months overnight, falling more than 1% against the euro to its lowest in more than a year and notching even larger losses elsewhere. U.S. core inflation came in at 0.2% in June against market expectations for 0.3%. Two-year Treasury yields, which track rate expectations, dropped more than 15 basis points overnight to 4.73%. Sterling sat at $1.2994, just below its overnight high of $1.3001. Chinese trade data is due later on Thursday, along with minutes from last month's European Central Bank meeting, European industrial production data and British monthly GDP.
Persons: Steve Englander, Sterling Organizations: month's, U.S, New Zealand, Sterling, Swiss, Standard Chartered, Swedish, Bank of Japan, Central Bank Locations: Asia, Scandinavia
Dollar takes a beating as traders see US rates peaking
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Tom Westbrook | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The dollar had its worst session in five months overnight, falling more than 1% against the euro to its lowest in more than a year and notching even larger losses elsewhere. The New Zealand dollar reached a two-month high of $0.6309 and the Aussie a three-week peak of $0.6796. The moves were small, yet showed traders' faith the dollar has further to fall. Sterling sat at $1.2994, just below its overnight high of $1.3001. The Swiss franc , which hit its highest since 2015 overnight, traded just below that level at 0.8661 francs to the dollar.
Persons: Steve Englander, Sterling, Tom Westbrook, Jamie Freed Organizations: month's, U.S, New Zealand, Sterling, Swiss, Standard Chartered, Swedish, Bank of Japan, Central Bank, Thomson Locations: SINGAPORE, Asia, Scandinavia
A common phrase you'll hear from folks at Smead Capital Management is "fear stock market failure." He manages the Smead Value Fund (SMVLX), which has beaten 99% of similar funds over the last five-year period, and 97% over the last 10- and 15-year periods, according to Morningstar data. Value stocks to buyWithin value stocks, Smead is most bullish on the energy sector, as he believes we're in the earlier stages of a "commodities super cycle." Another area of the market Smead is bullish on right now is shopping mall real-estate investment trusts, or REITs. "Collecting a 6% dividend from them and having upside potential in a stock market that might struggle looks like a winning hand."
Persons: Bill Smead, Smead, he's, Smith Barney, Wells, Ben, we're, Stifel's Barry Bannister, millenials, it's Organizations: APA, DVN, MAC, Smead Capital Management, Morningstar, Smead Capital, Smead, Management, Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Property Group, Simon Property Group Locations: OXY, Devon
It's time to buy the recent weakness in SunPower , Raymond James said. SPWR 1D mountain SunPower shares 1-day SunPower shares are down by more than 45% this year, a sell-off that the analyst views as "excessive." The sell-off is driven in part by the firm's exposure to California, which earlier this year passed NEM 3.0. That points to further growth for residential solar ahead. Thus, we look at the recent underperformance in SunPower shares as a buying opportunity."
Persons: Raymond James, Pavel Molchanov, Molchanov, SunPower, Michael Bloom Locations: SunPower, California, U.S, Germany, Australia
TD Cowen reiterates Nvidia as outperform TD Cowen said it's standing by its outperform rating on the stock. Bank of America upgrades DraftKings to buy from neutral Bank of America upgraded the fantasy sports company due to a margin inflection. Citi reiterates Tesla as neutral Citi said it's "neutral to slightly negative" on Tesla heading into earnings next week. Bank of America upgrades Stellantis to buy from neutral Bank of America said in its upgrade of the European automaker that it sees valuation upside. Bank of America downgrades Cisco to neutral from buy Bank of America said in its downgrade of Cisco that consensus estimates are too high.
Persons: TD Cowen, Cowen, it's, Oppenheimer, Baird, Locker, underperformed Ford, JPM, YTD, Holley, Tesla, Raymond James, SunPower, it's bullish, Morgan Stanley, Lazard, Davidson downgrades Redfin, Davidson Organizations: Nvidia, NVIDIA, Nasdaq, AMD, Companies, Citi, General Motors Citi, Watch, GM, JPMorgan, Bank of America, of America, UBS, Netflix, Tech, Cisco, AstraZeneca Locations: China, California
JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill that limits some Supreme Court power, part of a rebooted judicial overhaul by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has set off a deep political crisis. The new bill seeks a curb on the Supreme Court's power to void decisions made by the government, ministers and elected officials by ruling them unreasonable. "It is not the end of democracy, it strengthens democracy," Netanyahu said in a video statement released at sundown as the Knesset debated the bill. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo"Even after the amendment court independence and civil rights in Israel will not be harmed in any way.
Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ronen, Amir Yaron, Yaron, Isaac Herzog, Herzog, Steven Scheer, Maayan Lubell, William Maclean, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of Israel, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Bank
July 11 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. All else equal, this would be a tailwind for Asian stocks, bonds and currencies. A New York Fed survey of consumer and inflation expectations was also "risk-friendly." Sentiment toward Asian stocks in recent months has been mostly bearish, with the exception of Japan, but a pause in the selling on Monday lifted the gloom a little. Chinese and broader Asian stocks rose for the first time in four sessions, while the yuan and yen strengthened to two-week highs against the dollar.
Persons: Jamie McGeever, Marguerita Choy Organizations: New York Fed, Mainland Banks Index, Ant, Thomson, Reuters Locations: U.S, Japan, underperformance, Hong Kong, Mainland, Philippines, Australia, Germany
The cuts, which the fund companies said in identical phrasing were "aimed at reducing investors' costs in managing their wealth", come after China's securities regulator on Saturday vowed to guide mutual fund fees lower. Fund management fees would be capped at 1.2% of assets and custodian fees at 0.2%, state media reported. Nevertheless, the industry collected 144.1 billion yuan in management fees in 2022, up 1.7% from a year earlier, according to TX Investment Consulting Co. FEE CUTFullGoal Fund Management Co said it would cut fees on 119 products starting Monday, while Harvest Fund Management announced cuts for 113 products. The CSRC published opinions in April last year to promote high-quality growth of the mutual fund industry.
Persons: Morningstar, Ivan Shi, China's, Warburg Pincus, Samuel Shen, Tom Westbrook, Selena Li, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Jamie Freed Organizations: China Asset Management Co, Bank of Communications Schroder Fund Management, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Ben Advisors, Investment Consulting Co, Management, Harvest Fund Management, Asset Management Co, Ou Asset Management Co, Warburg, Shanghai Securities News, Thomson Locations: SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, China, United States, Shanghai, China's
MSCI's broad Asia ex-Japan index shed 1.5% last week, its third consecutive week without rising, and is flat for the year. Much of that is due to the sluggishness of China's markets, and key indicators from the region's largest economy on Monday will get the trading week underway. Annual producer price inflation, already the most negative since 2016, is seen falling to -5.0% from -4.6% in May. Chinese banking stocks, measured by the Hong Kong-listed Hang Seng Mainland Banks Index (.HSMBI), plunged 10.5% last week. Reflecting just how poorly China's post-lockdown economy has performed relative to consensus forecasts, Citi's Chinese economic surprises index has now fallen 11 weeks in a row.
Persons: Jamie McGeever, Janet Yellen's, Yellen, Fed's Barr, Daly, Mester, Diane Craft Organizations: U.S, Mainland Banks Index, Treasury, China CPI, PPI, Thomson, Reuters Locations: China, New Zealand, South Korea, Wall, MSCI's, Asia, Japan, Hong Kong, Mainland, underperformance
Active ETFs have attracted $100 billion of net inflows over the past 12 months, according to a report from State Street. The growth of active ETFs could help other Wall Street firms take on the industry's dominant players. Some smaller JPMorgan active equity funds that have brought in cash this year include JPMorgan Active Value ETF (JAVA) and the JPMorgan Active Growth ETF (JGRO) . Two-thirds of U.S.-centric active funds fell short of their relevant indexes in the first half, according to a report from Morningstar. Active funds did fare better than passive funds in many categories, like small cap growth — perhaps a more fair comparison, given that passive funds do include fees and trading costs — but underperformed significantly in the popular large-cap blend category, according to data from Morningstar Direct.
Persons: that's, JEPI, outperforming, JEPI's Organizations: Securities and Exchange, State, JPMorgan, BlackRock, Street, JPMorgan Asset Management, JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity, Value, Growth, Capital, Morningstar, Morningstar Direct
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Unsure which way the cookie crumbles from here - investors are being tempted to drop the bond. The broadest measures of government and corporate bonds have just stuck in mud. Two-year government bond yields are soaring. With June U.S. jobs growth going up yet another gear, U.S. Treasury yields hit 16-year highs above 5%, German equivalents hit their highest in 15 years and British gilt yields scaled 2008 peaks. For all but longer-term pension and insurance funds or banks, bonds may be neither fish nor fowl for a while to come.
Persons: hasn't, Stocks, midyear underperformance, Mike Dolan, Josie Kao Organizations: Global, Bloomberg U.S, Treasury, Bank of, JPMorgan, Europe, Reuters, Twitter, Thomson
Both David Rosenberg and Rob Arnott see big disruption coming for the labor market. AI stocks are also overextended amid the current mania, they said. Rob Arnott says AI will evolve rapidly and upend the labor market. He added: "The implications of generative AI on the labor market will be one of upheaval and one of escalating job uncertainty." Beware of an AI-stock bubbleFor Arnott, AI will undoubtedly be good for bottom lines.
Persons: David Rosenberg, Rob Arnott, Rosenberg, Arnott, Tim Boyle, aren't, Merrill Lynch, it's, Tesla, that's, Gluskin Sheff Rosenberg Organizations: Labor, Research, Bloomberg, Getty, North, Rosenberg Research Locations: North American, ChatGPT
Morgan Stanley says Keurig Dr Pepper is "ready to regain its pop after losing its caffeine high." The firm said in a Thursday note that "pronounced stock underperformance" has created a buying opportunity for investors. "Beyond a strong industry pricing backdrop, we also see KDP's share position as consistently solid. KDP has now gained [year-over-year] US tracked channel beverage share in 14 out of the last 18 quarters," he continued. "We see KDP's stock price as discounting too much risk," said Mohsenian.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Keurig Dr Pepper, Dara Mohsenian, Said, Mohsenian, Dr Pepper, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: KDP Locations: U.S
July 5 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Traders will also have Japanese, Australian and Indian services PMIs to digest, as well as the latest inflation data from Thailand and the Philippines, and can expect trading volume to return to more normal levels after the July 4 U.S. holiday. Service sector activity, however, has held up reasonably well and has expanded every month this year, according to the PMI data. This comes ahead of a planned visit to Beijing by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
Persons: Jamie McGeever, Janet Yellen, Alistair Bell Organizations: Service, PMI, U.S, Treasury, Reserve Bank of Australia, PMIs, Thomson, Reuters Locations: U.S, Thailand, Philippines, Beijing, Tokyo, Japan, China, India, Australia
BlackRock's iShares launched two new defined outcome funds on Friday — the iShares Large Cap Moderate Buffer ETF (IVVM) and the iShares Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF (IVVB) . The moderate buffer fund is designed to shield investors from quarterly declines between 0 and 5%, while the deep buffer fund guards against quarterly drawdowns between 5% and 20%. Buffer funds saw a surge of investor interest in 2022, when their downside protection shielded customers from the bear market. Innovator has a wide offering of buffer funds, including a popular series of monthly funds that offer a 12-month investment horizon. BJAN YTD mountain The January buffer ETF from Innovator rallied in the first half, but not as much as the S & P 500.
Persons: BlackRock's iShares, Tim Urbanowicz, Urbanowicz, Phil Toews, Toews Organizations: Equity, Toews Corporation, JPMorgan
Business: Clear Channel Outdoor is an out-of-home advertising company that offers a variety of advertising services, including through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays and airport displays. Activist Commentary: Legion is an activist investor whose managing directors are Chris Kiper, previously of Shamrock Activist Value Fund, and Ted White, previously of European activist fund Knight Vinke. Clear Channel effectively has two business lines – Americas and Europe, each with very different business models and valuations. Moreover, since this strategic review of Europe began in December 2021, Clear Channel has announced the sales of businesses in Italy, Spain and Switzerland. CCO first announced its strategic review of the European business in December 2021 and very little has come to fruition.
Persons: Chris Kiper, Ted White, Knight Vinke, Legion, CCO, CCO's underperformance, Ken Squire Organizations: Clear, Value Fund, Legion Partners, Europe, Legion, 13D Locations: U.S, Europe, Americas, iHeartMedia, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, America
Wall Street analysts have rolled out a slew of top picks that they say investors must own as the second half of 2023 gets underway. They include First Solar, Torrid , Boston Beer, ServiceNow and Boston Scientific. ServiceNow Wells Fargo analyst Michael Turrin is expecting a big second half from the workflow software solutions company. First Solar There's no shortage of positive catalysts "brewing" as the second half kicks off, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Lee. First Solar — Goldman Sachs, buy rating "Catalysts brewing into 2H23 set up well for more positive estimate revisions.
Persons: Roth, Bill Kirk, seltzer, Seltzer, Bud Light, Kirk, Boston Beer, Wells, Michael Turrin, We're, Turrin, ServiceNow, Goldman Sachs, Brian Lee, Lee, — Roth, … We're, Mgmt Organizations: CNBC, Boston Beer, Boston Scientific, Boston, Bank of America, 2Q, Scientific, Barclays, BSX Locations: Boston, Wells
International stocks have underperformed for over a decade, while US growth names took off. However, foreign companies have attractive relative valuations and earnings growth. Why foreign stocks are more than just a good dealAnyone bullish on international stocks will almost always point to their valuations relative to US companies. Investors can get downside protection in this uncertain environment by buying international stocks that are high quality and can generate their own growth, Deladerriere said. And in addition to their rising earnings growth, the fund manager noted that the two pay sizable dividends.
Persons: they've, Nick Paul, Paul, Steve Gorham, who's, Gorham, Wes Crill, Crill, isn't, Alexis Deladerriere, Deladerriere, there's, Goldman, haven't, He's, it's Organizations: MFS Investment Management, Value, Vanguard, Index, Yahoo Finance, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Fund, Goldman Sachs International Equity Income, Goldman, Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, Management, HSBC, BNP, Schneider, MFS, Hitachi Locations: Europe, Asia, BlackRock, weightings, Gorham, Japan, London, Paris, Spanish, Ukraine, France, Australia, Taiwan
Goldman Sachs reiterates Micron as buy Goldman said it's standing by its buy rating on the chipmaker after its earnings report Wednesday. JPMorgan reiterates Amazon as overweight JPMorgan said it's bullish heading into Amazon Prime Day in July. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said it sees "AI networking upside" after a meeting with company management. Piper Sandler initiates TJX Companies as overweight Piper said the discount retailer is a top idea for the second half. Deutsche Bank reiterates Pentair as buy Deutsche Bank said Pentair is more than just a pool company.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Freyr, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, China —, it's, Collette Kress, Networking Gilad Shainer, NVDA, OSK, Piper Sandler, Piper, KeyBanc, Pentair, Oppenheimer Organizations: Micron, Cyberspace Administration, JPMorgan, Amazon, " Bank of America, Nvidia, Bank of America, Networking, TAM, JPMorgan downgrades, Citizens, 2Q, Citi, Netflix Citi, Netflix, UBS, Warner Music, Deutsche Bank, Oshkosh Deutsche Bank, TJX Companies, DIS, Suisse, Pfizer, Credit Suisse, pharma, Spotify, FV Locations: China, 3Q22
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