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☆ Why a hedge fund made a podcast about a shake-up it's pushing for at Southwest Airlines
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elliott Investment Management launched a podcast to influence Southwest Airlines shareholders. AdvertisementLast week, activist firm Elliott Investment Management launched a podcast as part of its efforts to influence Southwest Airlines shareholders. Related storiesElliott said its "Stronger Southwest" podcast will have one-on-one conversations with the firm's nominated directors. But companies like Southwest and Disney, which saw similar activist interest last year, have a lot of individual investors. Before the podcast, Elliott rolled out a website and accounts on Instagram, X, and YouTube.

Persons: —, Elliott, Bob Jordan, Jordan, Gary Kelly, Southwest's, Gregg Saretsky —, Scott Bisang, Bisang, Cas Sydorowitz, Georgeson, Sydorowitz, Disney, Nelson Peltz, Bob Iger Organizations: Elliott Investment Management, Southwest, Service, Apple, YouTube, Bloomberg, Disney, Hollywood

☆ Morgan Stanley says these 10 small-cap stocks have at least 50% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Small-cap stocks surged in July, with the Russell 2000 rising 11.5% in a week. Morgan Stanley thinks they could be set for more upside in the months ahead. "We recently upgraded Small caps to neutral vs Large caps after a persistent 3 ½ year period of underperformance. "For us to get outright bullish on Small caps, leading macro indicators would likely need to reflect a clear acceleration in growth," he added. Below, we've compiled the 10 stocks on the list with the highest upside to their Morgan Stanley price targets.

Persons: Russell, Morgan Stanley, —, Nicholas Lentini, Lentini, we've Organizations: Service

☆ D.E. Shaw, Mantle Ridge zero in on key fixes to build shareholder value at Air Products
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Air Products provides industrial gases and related equipment in end-markets such as refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing and food. These long-term contracts functionally guarantee an unlevered double-digit return before Air Products even needs to put a dollar into the ground. Investors appreciate companies like Air Products for their low-risk and highly stable cash-flowing operations. On Oct. 4, Mantle Ridge announced a more than $1 billion position in Air Products, and echoed a similar sentiment and identified similar issues as D.E. We strongly expect that many of Air Products' other shareholders are concerned about the same issue.

Persons: It's, Shaw, unadulterated, Praxair, Seifi, Linde, D.E, Seifi Ghasemi, Ghasemi, Samir Serhan, Mantle, Paul Hilal, Scott Sutton, Olin, Russell, Ken Squire Organizations: Air Products, Chemicals, Air Liquide, Linde, Products, Air, D.E, Technologies, Fidelity National Information Services, FedEx, Verisk, Healthcare Trust, 13D Locations: Saudi Arabia, Louisiana, Texas, D.E, Air

☆ JPMorgan says financial markets are starting to price in a Trump win and possible Republican sweep
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Sarah Min | Kavitha Shastry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stocks are starting to price in a Trump victory, possibly even a Republican sweep, according to JPMorgan. Take a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which recently cleared the 43,000 milestone for the first time ever, or the S & P 500 , which surpassed 5,800. Meanwhile, U.S. banks, which are expected to face less regulatory scrutiny from Trump than under the Biden administration, have rallied. The SPDR S & P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), has advanced 5.9% this month alone, and financials are the top-performing S & P 500 sector this month. KRE 1M mountain SPDR S & P Regional Banking ETF over the past month.

Persons: Stocks, Donald Trump, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Biden, Trump, Panigirtzoglou, bitcoin Organizations: Republican, JPMorgan, Dow Jones, Trump, Regional Banking, U.S, Treasury, UST, flattish, White Locations: U.S, London, flattish U.S, DXY

☆ 17 'unfairly punished' stocks to buy since history says a market leadership shift is near
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

However, the group has been left in the dust by large caps, which continue to thrive. Here are 17 stocks to buy as SMID caps make a major comeback. So-called SMID caps seemed poised to take the baton from large caps over the summer. Why a shift toward smaller stocks is comingCentral to BMO's bullish thesis for smaller stocks are the group's eye-grabbing relative performance and valuations. 17 stocks to buy before a market reversalAfter a series of false starts, Belski believes smaller stocks will finally lead the market higher.

Persons: —, BMO —, Brian Belski, Belski, BMO's, they've Organizations: Service, BMO Capital Markets, BMO, BMO Capital Locations: —, Central, US

☆ Bank of America likes these stocks with secure dividends
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Savita Subramanian, equity and quantitative strategist, on Tuesday released a screen for the second quintile of the Russell 1000 by trailing dividend yield. "We advise investors to seek out companies with above-market and secure (not stretched) dividend yields." CNBC Pro then sorted for the names with the highest dividend yields: Zions had the highest dividend yield of the stocks on the screen at 3.47%. The bank stock has climbed around 15% this year, putting it on track to snap a two-year losing streak. Citigroup was further down the list, registering a 3.39% dividend yield.

Persons: Savita Subramanian, Russell, Subramanian, Zions, LSEG, Jefferies, Julien Dumoulin, Smith Organizations: of America, Bank, CNBC Pro, AES, ZION AES, Citigroup

The vast majority of analysts surveyed by FactSet hold a strong buy or buy rating on the stock. Despite its recent slowdown, analysts surveyed by FactSet have a consensus buy rating on the dominant e-commerce platform. Bullish voices on the stock include Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan, who recently reiterated a buy rating and $230 price target. JPMorgan's Anmuth is similarly positive on Amazon ahead of earnings, rating the stock overweight and saying it remains the favorite in the bank's firm's internet sector coverage. The consensus FactSet rating on Meta is buy, with an average price target of $604, suggesting just 2.3% potential upside.

Persons: Roundhill, —, selloff, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Nvidia's Blackwell, Brad Zelnick, Amit Daryanani, Daryanani, Apple's wearables, qtr, Tim Cook's, you'd, Morgan Stanley, Jensen, Blackwell, Biden, Tesla, enthusiam, Elon, Wells, Colin Langan, Department's, Doug Anmuth, Bank of America's Justin Post, Eric Sheridan, Sheridan, Goldman, Anmuth, Baird, Roth MKM, JPMorgan's Anmuth, Goldman's Sheridan, Meta's, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, CNBC, Windows, Investment, Deutsche Bank, Justice Department, Blackwell, Bloomberg, Ford, General Motors, EV, Google, FactSet, Bank of America's, ISI, Walmart, Costco, eBay, Meta, Ray, Labs, Facebook, Temu, Goldman Locations: China, FactSet, ., Downside, U.S, Wells Fargo, American, Meta's Asia, Pacific

☆ Gibbs: My word of the day is nuclear... meaning uranium.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGibbs: My word of the day is nuclear... meaning uranium. Erin Gibbs, Chief Investment Officer at Main Street Asset Management, highlights that uranium is crucial for upcoming nuclear projects and recommends two ETFs: URF and URNN, despite their recent underperformance.

Persons: Gibbs, Erin Gibbs Organizations: Asset Management

☆ Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on new CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

There's no doubt about that," said Harry Katz, a professor who studies collective bargaining at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Late Friday, Jon Holden, president of the striking workers' union, IAM District 751, pushed for a return to negotiations. However, unlike during the last Boeing factory strike in 2008, there is more contract work in the Seattle area to help workers fill the gaps. Slashing workforceA Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is assembled at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024. Boeing 737 fuselages on railcars at Spirit AeroSystems' factory in Wichita, Kansas, US, on Monday, July 1, 2024.

Persons: Stephen Brashear, It's, Boeing machinists, Kelly Ortberg, bookends, Max, wasn't, Harry Katz, Jon Holden, Ortberg, Jennifer Buchanan, hasn't, they're, Richard Aboulafia, Ron Epstein, Nick Oxford Organizations: Boeing, Getty, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, National Labor Relations Board, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, IAM, Boeing Renton Factory, AFP, of America, Bloomberg, & $ Locations: Renton , Washington, Seattle, Friday's, underperformance, Wichita , Kansas

☆ Big-cap bull market turns two, leaving small-cap stocks further behind
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Frustrated small cap investors are turning to companies with profits as the bull market in big cap stocks starts its third year. Not so with the small-cap Russell 2000 : it didn't bottom until October 2023, and is only 35% off the low, still 9% shy of its historic high in November 2021. Including 2024, the S & P 500 has outperformed the small-cap Russell 2000 in 12 of the past 15 years. A similar fund that also tracks the S & P SmallCap 600 Index is the iShares Core S & P Small-Cap ETF (IJR). Other small cap funds with a profitability tilt have also seen strong inflows recently, including the Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (DFAS) and the Avantis Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV).

Persons: Russell, hasn't, it's, SPSM, Rob Harvey, Ben Slavin, BNY Mellon Organizations: Russell, Health Technology, Technology Services, Technology, Street Global Advisors, U.S, Value, Dimensional Funds, BNY

☆ Katie Stockton says it's too early to buy the dip in Boeing, stick with aerospace winners
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Katie Stockton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

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Persons: Lockheed Martin, Katie Stockton Organizations: Boeing, Aerospace, Defense, U.S . Aerospace, Defense ETF, ITA, GE Aerospace, Lockheed, RTX Corp, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, Fairlead, CNBC Pro, Securities Locations: U.S, uptrends

☆ Earnings will drive the stock market in the week ahead. That's a good thing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In Friday's look at wholesale inflation, the producer price index was unchanged month over month . We'll hear from Club holdings Morgan Stanley and Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday morning. Morgan Stanley: The ongoing recovery in investment banking will be front and center. That was a key theme in the second quarter , and the hope is that the July-to-September period showed a continuation of the trend for Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley has been strong lately, though.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jim, Gamble, — Wells, industrials, Goldman Sachs, ASML, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Louis, Abbott, Charles Schwab, Johnson, JB Hunt, Kinder Morgan, Huntington, Jim Cramer's, Charly Triballeau Organizations: Club, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Procter, Federal, JPMorgan, —, Tech, . Utilities, UnitedHealth, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Labs, NEC, Abbott, Food and Drug Administration, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Citigroup, Bank of America, United Airlines, Interactive, US Bancorp, Citizens, Alcoa, PPG Industries, CSX, Truist, Netflix, Crown Holdings, American Express, Gamble, CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Financial, Afp, Getty Locations: Wells, U.S, Wells Fargo, St, Taiwan, New York City

☆ Goldman Sachs says these stocks are a table-pounding buy ahead of earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts at Goldman Sachs named a slate of stocks to snap up as earnings season gets underway. Those names include LivaNova , Spotify Technology, TKO Group and ServiceNow. TKO Group The sports media company and owner of the UFC is firing on all cylinders ahead of earnings in November. TKO Group shares are up 56% in 2024. LivaNova Analyst David Roman and his team recently initiated coverage of LivaNova with a buy rating.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Sheridan, Christian Luiga, Stephen Laszczyk, Laszczyk, David Roman, Roman, LivaNova Organizations: Goldman, Spotify Technology, Spotify, UFC, TAM, Sports Media

☆ Boeing to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Union members are still angry that Boeing demanded they give up their traditional pension plans 10 years ago, when the company was doing well financially. Even with all of its problems, Boeing is likely at no risk of disappearing. If airlines that are Boeing customers cancel their order, they would have to wait five years for a comparable jet from Airbus. Boeing will discontinue that plane once its current orders are completed and delivered to customers in 2027. That plane is built by some of the union members now on strike.

Persons: “, ”, Kelly Ortberg, ” Ortberg, Max, Ortberg, Poor’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Alaska Airlines, National Transportation Safety Board, Space Station, International Association of Machinists, IAM, Airbus Locations: New York, United States, underperformance, Washington State

☆ These stocks are best-positioned to gain in the next wave of AI investment, Goldman Sachs says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In the next wave of investment, Goldman Sachs analysts recommend "platform" stocks like Microsoft and Datadog. In the next round of AI investment, Goldman Sachs analysts say investors should look past the obvious picks—Nvidia and AI infrastructure companies—and toward a select set of platforms set to build out a direct application of AI. "Our equity analysts believe 'platform' stocks, including databases and development tools, are set to be the primary beneficiaries of the next wave of generative AI investments. AdvertisementThe analysts name Microsoft, DataDog, MongoDB, Elastic, and Snowflake as the best-positioned platform stocks as they roll out AI-integrated applications. AdvertisementThe analysts' comments come after flows into AI stocks dwindled over the summer as traders expressed worries over returns on big AI spending.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, — Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Nvidia, Federal Reserve Locations: Snowflake

Shaw revealed on Thursday it had amassed a roughly $1 billion stake in industrial gas giant Air Products and Chemicals, the second activist stake at the $71 billion company. Shaw, is seeking a clear succession plan for Air Product's CEO, 80-year-old Seifi Ghasemi. Shaw also took aim at how Air Products has structured some of its largest deals. Shaw said in its presentation to Air Products' board that the company has begun significant hydrogen projects costing many billions of dollars, without any guaranteed cash flow. Air Products declined to comment on either activist engagement.

Persons: Shaw, Paul Hilal's, Mantle, Ghasemi, Scott Sutton, Olin, D.E, Hilal's, Linde Organizations: Air Products, Chemicals, Air Product's, D.E, Products

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: First Solar, Tesla, CVS, TD Bank and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: First Solar — The solar stock slipped 8%, on pace for its worst day since July 15, after Jefferies cut its price target on the stock and said it expects First Solar's third-quarter report to disappoint. Tesla — The stock was little changed ahead of the electric vehicle maker's robotaxi event Thursday after the bell. Investors expect Tesla to announce a Cybercab robotaxi prototype alongside advancements in driver assistance features and artificial intelligence capabilities. CVS Health — The pharmacy chain's stock rose 1.8% following an upgrade at Barclays to overweight from equal weight. PayPal — The payments platform stock slipped 2.9% following a Bernstein downgrade to a market perform rating from outperform.

Persons: Jefferies, Stifel, Piper Sandler, Tesla, Bernstein, Harshita Rawat, Venmo, — CNBC's Lisa Han, Sean Conlon, Sarah Min, Hakyung Kim, Michelle Fox Organizations: Enphase Energy, Dominion Bank, Street Journal, GXO Logistics —, Bloomberg, Logistics, American, JPMorgan, CVS Health, Barclays, CVS, Genomics, PayPal Locations: Toronto, Canadian

☆ Unilever sells its business in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Unilever, owner of brands including Dove soap and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, said Thursday that it has completed the sale of its Russian business to Arnest Group, a local manufacturer of perfume, cosmetics and household products, for an undisclosed amount. The British consumer goods company said the sale includes all of its business and four factories in Russia as well as its business in Belarus. “Over the past year, we have been carefully preparing the Unilever Russia business for a potential sale. The Kremlin demands a discount of at least 50% on exit deals involving firms from what it calls “unfriendly” countries — those that have imposed sanctions against Russia. The exodus of firms from Russia has cost foreign companies more than $107 billion in writedowns and lost revenues, according to a Reuters analysis in March.

Persons: Hein Schumacher, Unilever’s, ” Schumacher Organizations: Unilever, Arnest Group, “, Unilever Russia, Kremlin, Russia, Arnest, Danone Locations: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, writedowns

☆ Jim Cramer says AMD's slide could be an opportunity — plus, a defense of Salesforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: Stocks are slightly lower Thursday, but not far from the S & P 500 's record close set Wednesday. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Salesforce, Piper Sandler, Laggard, Analysts, It's, Piper, Salesforce's, Lisa Su, Su, Jim, Jim Cramer's Organizations: CNBC, ., CRM, Nvidia, AMD, AMD's, UBS, Broadcom, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Bank of New York Mellon, PPI, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: China, Wells Fargo

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines, CVS Health, Nike and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Delta Air Lines – Shares fell nearly 5% after the airliner provided disappointing fourth-quarter revenue guidance . Delta anticipates revenue will rise between 2% and 4% from a year earlier, less than the 4.1% estimate, per LSEG. CVS Health – Shares of the pharmacy chain added 1.9% on the back on an upgrade to overweight from equal weight by Barclays. Specifically, the investment firm noted that the brand's share of mentions as a favorite is about 35% more than its overall market share. PayPal – The payments company fell 1.7% after Bernstein downgraded the stock to market perform from outperform.

Persons: Serge Saxonov, there's, Piper Sandler, Tesla, Bernstein, —, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Sarah Min, Pia Singh, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: Delta Air Lines, CVS, Barclays, GXO Logistics, Bloomberg, Logistics, Nike –, RBC Capital Markets, American, Group, JPMorgan, PayPal Locations: Americas

☆ Meet the executive tasked with Citi's hardest challenge: getting the bank's house in order
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

For Selva, leading the Transformation is unlike any test he has faced in his three-decade career at Citi. To do so, he has to solve for Citi's decades of underinvestment in its infrastructure, which affects every business line of the bank. Under Selva, Citi was the No. Related stories"The challenge with the Transformation role is you are accountable yet not responsible," the managing director in the Transformation said. Courtesy of CitiBringing in Ryan, the bank's head of technology and business enablement, to help the bank catch up makes sense.

Persons: Jane Fraser, Anand Selva, Selva, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, We've, Fraser, Gonzalo Luchetti, Luchetti, Kathleen Martin, Martin, Mike Mayo, Tim Ryan, Mayo, Vernon Yuen, Adora Tidalgo, Anand, Jim O'Donnell, Win McNamee, Andy Sieg, Tidalgo, Phil Waxelbaum, Jeffrey Warren, Ryan, Warren, Ashutosh Nawani, Japan Mehta, Mehta, Nawani, Tom Williams, Timothy Coffey, Janney Montgomery Scott, they've, Stephen Biggar Organizations: Citigroup, Citi, Federal Reserve, Currency, OCC, Business, underperformance, BI, Citi ., Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Asia Pacific, divesting, Employees, Merrill Wealth Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Russell Reynolds Associates, Securities, Exchange Commission, Bloomberg, Getty, Argus Research Locations: Selva, Chennai, India, Asia, who's, Wells, Madurai, Coimbatore, China, Singapore, New York, Fraser, Europe, Ryan

Meanwhile, Jefferies began coverage of Reddit with a buy rating and a price target of $90. Champine said the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates was a driving force for the price target changes. Analyst William Kerr initiated coverage of the pet ecommerce retailer with a buy rating and $38 price target. RBLX YTD mountain RBLX in 2024 — Alex Harring 5:50 a.m.: Citi says UPS is a buy Buy the dip on UPS shares, according to Citi. Analyst Ariel Rosa initiated the delivery giant with a buy rating and a price target of $162.

Persons: Jefferies, Laura Champine, Champine, Helene, Milton, Lowe's, — Alex Harring, Piper Sandler downgrades Blackstone Piper Sandler, Crispin Love, Love, Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, Sanjit Singh, Singh, Alex Harring, TD Cowen, William Kerr, Kerr, Benjamin Soff, Soff, Ken Gawrelski, Gawrelski, Roblox, Ariel Rosa, Rosa, — Fred Imbert, John Colantuoni, Colantuoni, EBITDA Organizations: CNBC, Wednesday, Citi, UPS, Capital, Federal Reserve, Blackstone, Industry, Deutsche Bank, New York Times, Amazon Logistics, Walmart Locations: Wells, China, Tuesday's

☆ Trump versus Harris: What the November election means for defense stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

No matter who voters choose, whether it is former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris , Liwag doesn't expect a meaningful shake-up in the outlook for defense stocks. Still, the analyst notes that even cases where an administration cuts defense spending, stocks can still carve out gains. During the Obama administration, the defense budget fell 3.3%, but defense stocks gained 2.1%. The defense stocks Morgan Stanley covers have outperformed the S & P 500 since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Liwag said. "Historically, the conventional wisdom has been that Republicans are positive for defense spending and defense stocks, while Democrats are negative," Harned said.

Persons: Bernstein, Douglas Harned, Lockheed Martin, Morgan Stanley, Kristine Liwag, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Liwag, Bernstein's Harned, Harned, Harris, Wolfe Research's, Tobin Marcus, Marcus, Ronald Epstein, Epstein, Trump, Northrop, Obama, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley's, Michael Ciarmoli, Truist, Leonardo Organizations: P Aerospace, Defense, Industry, L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed, CNBC, " Bank of America, Democratic, Senate, Republican, U.S . House, Trump White House, Republican Senate, Trump, Abrams, Space Force, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Hamas, Dynamics, Northrop, Gulfstream, Leonardo DRS, Moog, Republicans Locations: Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Crimea, Iran, Israel

☆ Jim Cramer says he likes Microsoft stock despite an analyst downgrade. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, he's, Banks, Wells, Wolfe, That's, Jim, Oppenheimer, they're, They're, we've, Stocks, Jim Cramer's Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Apple, Procter & Gamble, Federal Reserve, Wolfe Research, Microsoft, Analysts, PepsiCo, Holdings, Otis Worldwide, Qualcomm, Disney

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Campbell Soup, Gilead, American Express & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Wells Fargo upgrades Gilead to overweight from equal weight Wells says the biopharma company has an attractive setup. Wells Fargo upgrades Canadian National to overweight from equal weight Wells says it sees "accelerating growth" for the railway company. Barclays downgrades Netflix to underweight from equal weight Barclay says the "growth algorithm is getting more complex." Wells Fargo downgrades Amazon to equal weight from overweight Wells says the "positive revision story [is] on pause for Amazon. JPMorgan upgrades Ally Financial to overweight from neutral and downgrades American Express to neutral from overweight JPMorgan downgraded American Express and says it sees "asymmetric risk."

Persons: Jefferies, Wells, Morgan Stanley, it's bullish, Barclay, NFLX, Piper Sandler, Piper, Mizuho, JPMorgan downgrades Lamb Weston, JPMorgan, downgrades Sherwin, Williams, KeyBanc, Bernstein, Campbell, underperform Bernstein, Coupang, CPNG, Barclays downgrades, Avery Dennison, Garmin, Hershey Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence LT, UW, Vertiv Holdings, Coty, Barclays, Netflix, MKSI, Mizuho, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Alliance, Deutsche, UBS, NXP, Express, American Express, Barclays downgrades DuPont, DuPont, Bank of America downgrades Constellation Brands, Bank of America, Constellation Brands, Bank of America downgrades Comerica, of America, CMA, Air Products, Hershey Locations: OW, Gilead, Canada, underperform

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