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☆ Cramer’s week ahead: Earnings from Alphabet, Meta, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Kristian Burt | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With massive corporations including Alphabet , Meta , Apple , Microsoft and Amazon set to report earnings next week, CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday urged investors to keep a level head. "Just please remember, the first move's been the wrong move almost half the time since this earnings season began. Monday starts off the week with earnings from Ford . Tuesday brings McDonald's earnings report, and Cramer said to expect "a full airing of the e-coli situation," but that it is too early to tell how much damage it will do to the fast food chain. The monster week for earnings will continue into Thursday, as both Apple and Amazon will report after the bell.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, Chipotle, Brian Niccol's, Eli Lilly, Meta, Chevron's, Hess, Exxon doesn't Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Federal Reserve, Ford, Disease Control, Prevention, Royal, PayPal, Caterpillar, Meta, Merck, Bristol, Oil titans Chevron, Exxon, Chevron Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Myers

Three Democratic senators are asking McDonald’s about its menu price hikes in recent years, arguing that the increases are higher than they should be — even with inflation and rising operating costs. McDonald’s prices have raised eyebrows. It also asked whether McDonald’s executives received bonuses or other incentive-based compensation from 2020 to 2024 and whether any incentives were based on executives’ ability to increase per-customer profits. Large corporations “owe consumers transparency when they hike menu prices,” Wyden said in a statement to NBC News. “Fast food chains, like McDonald’s, are raking in profits while families struggle to buy meals that are meant to be affordable and accessible.”

Persons: Elizabeth Warren of, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Ron Wyden, Chris Kempczinski, “, ”, McDonald’s, Joe Erlinger, —, Erlinger, Warren, Madeleine Dean, General Mills, Casey, Kempczinski, ” Wyden Organizations: Democratic, Oregon, NBC News, USA, Roosevelt Institute, Mac, Cola, PepsiCo, Wall, McDonald’s Locations: Sens, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, U.S, Connecticut, shrinkflation, ”

☆ Jim Cramer says not to panic over higher bond yields
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer examined Monday's market action and said investors shouldn't be too concerned about rising bond yields. "Stocks have soared with bond yields at these levels before; in fact, they've soared with the 30-year at 5%, they've soared with the 30-year at 6%, so let's stop it with the jeremiads." The indexes ticked lower on Monday as bond yields jumped, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0.8% and the S&P 500 dipping 0.18%. But Cramer noted that the stock market has "had a fabulous run," even as bond yields have been creeping up. Cramer acknowledged that some investors, particularly traders with a more short-term view, are inclined to automatically trim stocks when bond yields rise.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, shouldn't, Cramer Organizations: Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Federal

☆ An effective, cheap hedge on Apple shares into earnings, according to Mike Khouw
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The largest source of revenue is the iPhone, and the company released its iPhone 16 last month. Other Apple products include Mac computers and iPad tablets, Apple Music, the Apple Watch, and other wearable devices. Android mobile devices indeed have a more significant smartphone market share internationally. The DOJ filed suit in March of this year, allegedly violating antitrust laws by monopolizing the smartphone market. At 31.5 times forward earnings estimates, Apple is four turns richer than the 27.5 5-year average.

Persons: Saudi Arabia's, what's, Dan Ives, YTD Organizations: Apple, Apple Music, Apple Watch, Cloud Services, Samsung, Microsoft, Saudi, Aramco, Android, DOJ, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: Americas, United States, Korea, China, Wedbush

☆ The index fund cushion is an equal opportunity booster for stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

S & P 500 money is oblivious to stock valuations of any kind and ignorant to upgrades and downgrades. The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money. A 4% 2-year note isn't competitive to the magnet of the S & P 500 and its kin. That's emblematic of what happens with a big buyback without stock-based compensation (something many tech firms use that renders moot the S & P 500 inflows). Because of the way that the S & P 500 money is divvied up, the share base becomes overwhelmingly index-fund based and the index fund shareholders do not sell.

Persons: Morningstar, Smoot, Herbert Hoover's, Warren Buffett, Buffett, Jerome Powell, haven't, Charlie Scharf, Wells, Banks, Charlie, Morgan Stanley, Ted Pick, James Gorman, Schwab, Gamble, Jim Umpleby, that's, Butch Cassidy, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Charles Scharf, Kyle Grillot Organizations: Federal Reserve, Commerce Department, Taiwan Semi, Trust, Fed, Triple AAA Robinhood, Morgan, Procter, United Airlines, Exxon, Caterpillar, Boeing, Apple, Meta, Sundance, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Milken Institute Global Conference, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Hawley, McCumber, Taiwan, Arizona, American, Wells Fargo, Wells, China, Chevron, Beverly Hills, Calif

☆ New Mexico governor won't renew ban on carrying firearms in public
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Deon J. Hampton | Deon J. Hampton Is A National Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will not renew a public health order that temporarily banned carrying firearms in public parks and playgrounds in Albuquerque, the state's largest city. Lujan Grisham said in a news release Wednesday that more than 1,700 firearms were collected in gun buybacks over the past year because of the order. So there’s no way we could enforce that order.”Lujan Grisham issued the temporary order, originally a 30-day ban, in September 2023 after an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed in an Albuquerque park. In addition to restricting firearms in public parks and playgrounds in Bernalillo County, it strengthened oversight of firearm sales and implemented wastewater testing for fentanyl in public schools. State Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, wrote in a letter last year that he opposed Lujan Grisham’s decision.

Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham, Greg Baca, ” Baca, ”, Dudley Brown, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, Allen, ” Lujan Grisham, Raúl Torrez, Lujan Grisham’s, “ Organizations: New, New Mexico Gov, Democratic, Republican, National Association for Gun Rights, Bernalillo County Sheriff, Democrat, State Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, ”, Bernalillo County

☆ China central bank chief flags more interest rate cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A pedestrian walks past the People's Bank of China headquarters in Beijing, China, on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. On Oct. 21, the Loan Prime Rate will decrease by 20 to 25 basis points, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Pan as saying. The benchmark seven-day reverse repurchase rate will also be lowered by 20 basis points and the medium-term lending facility rate reduced by 30 basis points, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng told a financial forum in Beijing. At the financial forum on Friday, Pan also warned against any illegal fund flows into the stock market. Pan said the two measures were based entirely on market-oriented principles, and the swap facility was not a form of direct financial support from the central bank.

Persons: Pan, Pan Gongsheng Organizations: People's Bank of China, Xinhua Locations: Beijing, China, China's

☆ Investor sentiment starting to enter into frothy territory with so much going well for stock market
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Fully 90% expect a "soft landing," or "no landing" at all (i.e. That's not the case here: the Fed is cutting rates going into, at worst, a soft landing, which is very unusual. The S & P 500 was up 2.0% in September and is higher by 0.9% so far in October. Historically, the S & P tends to rise beginning in the last week of October and through November and December. Goldman Sachs noted that, since 1928, the median S & P 500 return from October 15 to December 31 has been 5.17%.

Persons: That's, Alicia Levine, BNY, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, buybacks, Stocks, there's, AAII, BofA Organizations: America, Trump, Bank of America Global Fund, Survey, Fed, buybacks, American Association of Locations: U.S, frothy

☆ We're raising our Morgan Stanley price target after a post-earnings stock surge to record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley shares soared to all-time highs Wednesday after third-quarter beats on the bank's top and bottom lines, with strength seen across the board. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley YTD Club stock Morgan Stanley was up 7.5%. Morgan Stanley outpaced expectations in just about every aspect of each operating division and put up very strong quarterly results in terms of firmwide key performance indicators. Given its 15.1% CET1 ratio, Morgan Stanley has plenty of excess capital at its disposal to both continue investing in growth and return excess capital to shareholders. Morgan Stanley Why we own it : We own Morgan Stanley for the rebound taking place in IPO and M & A activity along with growth in wealth management, which provides more durable fee-based revenues.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley's, Sharon Yeshaya, Morgan Stanley repurchased, Goldman Sachs, Ted Pick, Morgan, Yeshaya, That's, Eaton Vance, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Bing Guan Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, Morgan Stanley YTD, Investment, Bloomberg, Institutional Securities, Bank of Japan, CNBC, Getty Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ Top Wall Street analysts are boosting stock market forecasts as the bull market charges on
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A number of bank research desks have raised their S&P 500 price targets in recent weeks. AdvertisementThe bull market hasn't weakened in the fourth quarter, and top bank research desks have been rushing to raise their S&P 500 price targets into year-end. AdvertisementBelski said his upgrade was based on strong market gains so far this year, which he says typically leads to stronger-than-normal gains in the fourth quarter. Lakos-Bujas kept his 4,200 price target for the S&P 500 unchanged, though. AdvertisementThe more upbeat 2024 forecasts come as the bull market charges on, with the S&P 500 up 3.2% in the last month and 22.6% this year.

Persons: —, hasn't, Goldman Sachs, Jonathan Golub, Patrick Palfrey, David Kostin, Kostin, Brian Belski, Belski, Dubravko Lakos, Bujas Organizations: Service, UBS, BMO, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg, Reserve

☆ This under-the-radar oil producer is a buy and can rally more than 34%, TD Cowen says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Investors should take hold of SM Energy ahead of its earnings report, according to TD Cowen. Analyst Gabe Daoud upgraded his rating on the stock to buy from hold. Heading into its third-quarter results at the end of the month, Daoud expects the company to beat Wall Street's expectations. "SM remains a technical leader in the Midland Basin with '23 oil productivity ranking first among operators and '24 not far behind," Daoud said. On top of that, he noted that return-of-capital initiatives, such as dividend increases or share buybacks specifically, could drive more upside.

Persons: TD Cowen, Gabe Daoud, Daoud Organizations: SM Energy, bbl, Midland &, SM Locations: Klondike, Texas –, Uinta, Utah, Midland, Midland & South Texas

☆ Financial stocks are still being woefully underappreciated by investors, Morgan Stanley says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Positioning in financial stocks is light relative to other sectors, Morgan Stanley says. AdvertisementInvestors are lingering in defensive trades that don't take advantage of the economy's strength, Morgan Stanley said, highlighting opportunities in underinvested sectors. The firm — which just last week upgraded cyclical stocks to "overweight" relative to defensives — described the financials group as particularly attractive. Morgan Stanley said net exposure to financials was in the bottom 15th percentile of a historical data series that goes back to 2010. Morgan Stanley noted that this weakness lowered earnings-season expectations for investors, making it easier for major lenders to outperform forecasts.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, —, financials, Mike Wilson, Wells Fargo, Wilson Organizations: Service, Bank, JPMorgan, Utilities, defensives, ISM Locations: Basel

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hikes its SiriusXM stake to 32% after Liberty deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in SiriusXM , now owning 32% of the New York-based satellite radio company. Berkshire hiked its bet after billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media completed its deal in early September to combine its tracking stocks with the rest of the audio entertainment company. Buffett's firm first bought Liberty Media's trackers in 2016 and started piling into SiriusXM's tracking stocks in the beginning of 2024 after the deal announcement in a likely merger arbitrage play. Meanwhile, the Liberty transaction, which reduced share count by 12%, could cause the company to pause stock buybacks until 2027, which will likely weigh on shares, the analyst said.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, John Malone's, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, Sebastiano Petti Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Securities and Exchange Commission, Berkshire, John Malone's Liberty Media, Atlanta Braves, Liberty, JPMorgan Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, SiriusXM, York, The Omaha , Nebraska

☆ This dividend strategy can bring in income and help you sleep at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"The people who want us, find us and sleep at night," said Peris, who manages the Strategic Value Dividend Fund and the U.S. Strategic Dividend exchange-traded fund . What to look for in dividend stocks Peris leans more "old economy" when looking for stocks, focusing on names that are everyday brands that people know. The U.S. Strategic Dividend ETF has an adjusted expense ratio of 0.5% and 3.19% 30-day SEC yield. A-shares of the Strategic Value Dividend Fund (SVAAX), which have an adjusted expense ratio of 1.06%, have a 30-day SEC yield of 3.27%, as of Sept 30. "The dividend investor's focus has to be, by definition, on — does this income stream add up?

Persons: Hermes, Daniel Peris, Peris, they've, they're, Buybacks Organizations: Federal Reserve, U.S, Strategic, CNBC, SEC, Holdings Locations: U.S, SVAAX, Silicon Valley

☆ An options trade on a Boeing supplier that could get dragged down by its customer's woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Howmet also produces parts used in gas turbines (power generation) and precision castings, fasteners, and other components for automotive applications. Over the past few years, Howmet has grown revenues, net income, and free cash flow considerably faster than the economy's overall growth. About 5.7% of Howmet's revenue comes from Boeing , which is greater than 4.6% of its revenues from Airbus. However, some of the company's revenues are derived indirectly from jet engine manufacturers General Electric, 12% of revenues, and Rolls-Royce, which represents 5.34%. Over the past five years, Howmet shares have appreciated by 370%, outperforming the S & P by more than 260% and the industrials index by about 280%.

Persons: Howmet Organizations: Howmet Aerospace, Aerospace, Boeing, Airbus, Electric, Royce, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL

☆ Top Wall Street analysts prefer these dividend stocks for steady income
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Recommendations from top Wall Street analysts could help investors pick stocks with attractive dividends that are backed by strong financials. Here are three dividend-paying stocks, highlighted by Wall Street's top pros on TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Realty Income is known for its monthly dividends. In particular, the analyst raised the price target for Realty Income to $67 from $64 and reaffirmed a buy rating on the stock. (See Realty Income Stock Charts on TipRanks)

Persons: Robert Gauthier, Wall, Ivan Feinseth, Feinseth, TipRanks, Brad Heffern, Heffern Organizations: McDonalds, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Wall, T, RBC Capital Locations: Santa Monica, Los Angeles , California, U.S, United Kingdom, Europe

☆ Insider Today: Robotaxi reality check
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the agenda today:But first: Elon Musk's robotaxi got lost on the way to Wall Street. This week's dispatchTesla's upcoming Robotaxi TeslaRobotaxi dreams meet Wall Street realityElon Musk unveiled Tesla's robotaxi, along with a robovan and updates to its humanoid robot, at a flashy event in Los Angeles this week. Wall Street wasn't buying it. AdvertisementIt's tough to bet against Elon Musk, as many on Wall Street have discovered. Wall Street is taking note, and Amazon could soon face pressure to return some of its cash with buybacks or dividends.

Persons: —, Microsoft's, Elon Musk's robotaxi, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Alyssa Powell, Anand Selva, He's, who've, Selva, Chelsea Jia Feng, that's, Natalie Ammari, Vishal Persaud, SunPower, it's, Ibrahim Rashid Organizations: Business, Service, Warner Bros, Detroit, Elon, Citi Citi Bank, Getty, Citi, Big, Microsoft Locations: Los Angeles, Burbank, America

☆ China's real estate stimulus could boost this stock, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

While China's property development giants find their footing amid the ongoing real estate slump, several analysts have their sights on housing transaction and services platform KE Holdings . The stock also trades in Hong Kong. In contrast, an index of Chinese property stocks in Hong Kong has gained just under 3% for the year after a volatile three weeks. But China's giant property developers now face a market that's very different from the one they saw in their heyday. Goldman has a price target of 54 Hong Kong dollars ($6.95) and $21 for the company's U.S.-listed shares.

Persons: Jefferies, Xi Jinping, Richard Tang, Hong Kong, Julius Baer, Tang, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: KE, KE Holdings, Jefferies, CNBC, People's Bank of, Bank of America Securities, Bank of America, BofA Securities, Goldman, Hong Locations: U.S, Hong Kong, Friday's, China, People's Bank of China, Beijing, Hong

☆ This niche AI play is seeing business growth rates that are triple the pace of the data centers
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

As artificial intelligence fuels the boom in data center growth, investors are eyeing a new frontier: the companies keeping these digital powerhouses cool. That's because historically, data centers used air cooling to manage the heat generated by traditional cloud applications. Triple data center growth Vertiv and Modine are legacy air cooling players that entered the liquid cooling market through acquisitions, while nVent is a pioneer. "The need for liquid cooling is not cannibalizing the need for mechanical (air) cooling," Matt Summerville, an analyst at D.A. "The need for liquid cooling is not cannibalizing the need for mechanical (air) cooling," Matt Summerville, an analyst at D.A.

Persons: Modine, there's, Dean Dray, Matt Summerville, Davidson, Summerville, William Blair, Brian, nVent, Dray, Vertiv, Jefferies, Saree Boroditsky, Boroditsky Organizations: Modine, RBC Capital Markets, CNBC, D.A, CoolTerra, TMG, Scotts, Scotts Springfield Manufacturing, Asia Pacific, CDU, Summerville, Luza Locations: Scotts Springfield, Asia, Summerville

☆ We're hiking our Wells Fargo price target after the stock surged on earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Wells Fargo reported results before Friday's opening bell. WFC YTD mountain Wells Fargo YTD Shares of Wells Fargo surged 6% on the release to more than $61. Wells Fargo Why we own it : We bought Wells Fargo as a turnaround story under CEO Charlie Scharf. We come away from the call feeling good not only about Wells Fargo's setup for next year. A resurgence in Wall Street dealmaking — both mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings — will benefit Wells Fargo.

Persons: Wells, Wells Fargo, That's, Charlie Scharf, He's, Scharf, Charles Scharf, we've, Morgan Stanley, NII, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Investors, Wells, Federal Reserve, Bank of America, Citigroup, buybacks, Management, CNBC Locations: LSEG, Wells, Wells Fargo, reinvest, U.S, NII

☆ Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares to retire in 2026 as automaker struggles in North America
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Detroit Reuters —Chrysler parent Stellantis confirmed on Thursday that CEO Carlos Tavares would retire at the end of his contract in early 2026 and announced major senior management changes as it struggles to turn around its lagging North American operations. The world’s fourth-largest automaker by sales said it now planned to name his successor by the fourth quarter of 2025. The automaker also appointed Antonio Filosa as its North America chief operating officer in addition to his role as Jeep brand CEO, succeeding Carlos Zarlenga, whose future role has not been announced. Stellantis last week lowered its forecast from positive cash flow to negative cash flow of between 5 billion and 10 billion euros ($5.5 billion and $10.9 billion) this year. The broad management shakeup was meant to address these concerns, Tavares said in a statement Thursday.

Persons: Carlos Tavares, Tavares ’, Stellantis, Doug Ostermann, Natalie Knight, Antonio Filosa, Carlos Zarlenga, Tavares, “, ” Bernstein, ” Organizations: Detroit Reuters, Chrysler, Analysts, North America, Fiat, Peugeot, PSA, Maserati, Jeep, United Auto Workers Locations: North America, China, Detroit

The financial firm upgraded the athletic apparel stock to a buy rating from hold and raised its price target to $97 from $83. — Lisa Kailai Han 6:48 a.m.: Goldman Sachs trims Microsoft price target Goldman Sachs is still bullish shares of Microsoft , despite a minor price target adjustment. However, she accompanied the move by lifting her price target to $80 from $75. Analyst Andrew Mok accompanied the rating change by lifting his price target to $82 from $63. To be sure, he did raise his price target by $10 to $235, implying upside of nearly 10%.

Persons: Joseph Civello, Civello, Caitlin Clark, Lisa Kailai Han, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Rangan, Bernstein, Harshita Rawat, Venmo, Cash, Rawat, — Lisa Kailai Han, Shagun Singh, Singh, Medtronic, Andrew Mok, Mok, Stephen Tusa, Tusa, divestitures, YTD, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Barclays, JPMorgan, Honeywell International, Nike, Microsoft, PayPal, RBC, RBC Capital Markets, CVS, Aetna, Honeywell, Dow Jones Industrial Locations: buybacks, Wednesday's

Vice President Kamala Harris revealed this week that she owns a Glock — a weapon that is restricted for purchase in California amid a court battle over the state’s gun laws. The Harris campaign did not specify where and when she bought the Glock, which model she owns or which storage devices she uses. In 2013, as attorney general, Harris cleared the way for a new provision of the handgun safety law to take effect. Gun-rights advocates denounced Harris for owning a firearm while she was arguing for policies that would restrict which weapons people would be allowed to buy. Michel, a California attorney who is representing the gun-rights advocates suing California over its handgun safety law.

Persons: Kamala Harris, — I’ve, ” Harris, Harris, they’re, Glock, ”, C.D, Michel, “, ” Kris Brown, —, Brown, Brady Organizations: Democratic, CBS, ’, NBC News, Glock, Service, Department, Justice Department, NBC, U.S, Supreme, Washington , D.C Locations: California, Alameda County , California, San Francisco, Glocks, Washington ,

☆ One of Wall Street's biggest bears is turning upbeat on the stock market for the first time in 2 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan's top strategist had something positive to say about stocks for the first time in a while. "While it is too soon to assume that this is a turning point, it does suggest that a recession is unlikely in the near term." Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But that seems to be changing, based on a Tuesday note from JPMorgan chief global equity strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas. "We are neutralizing our long Defensive and short Cyclicals view," Lakos-Bujas said.

Persons: Dubravko Lakos, Bujas, — Organizations: JPMorgan, Service, Reserve, Federal Reserve, & $ Locations: China, buybacks

☆ Beware if you hold these stocks heading into earnings season, Piper Sandler says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Earnings season is right around the corner, and there are some stocks investors should be wary of, according to Piper Sandler. The season unofficially kicks off this week, with JPMorgan's third-quarter results due Friday before the bell, and it ramps up from there. The remaining four have a strong buy or buy rating. The department store chain is set to report its quarterly results in November. By contrast, only two have a strong buy or buy rating.

Persons: Piper Sandler, they've, Paramount's, Skydance, Nordstrom, it's, Piper, – Organizations: Dow Jones, Federal Reserve, Paramount Global, Warner Bros, Paramount, GameStop, Southwest Airlines, Southwest Locations: U.S, GME

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