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☆ Airbnb reports continued deceleration in nights and experiences booked
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Airbnb said it had 115.1 million nights and experiences booked during the quarter, up almost 11%, but less than the 117.6 million StreetAccount consensus. In a letter to shareholders, Airbnb said the nights and experiences booked number was up against a tough comparison. "We saw an improvement in year-over-year Nights and Experiences Booked growth during the quarter from 10% in April to 15% in June," the company said. Management called for a "modest" sequential acceleration in nights and experiences booked. During the quarter Airbnb introduced Rooms in an effort to play up the appeal of affordable private bedrooms to rent out, at $67 per night on average.

Persons: Brian Chesky, Airbnb, Gross, Refinitiv, Nick Gerli Organizations: StreetAccount, Management Locations: Los Angeles, North America

☆ 'Zelda' sales breakout juices Nintendo's aging Switch
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Sam Nussey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Attendees use a Nintendo Switch game console while playing a video game at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, October 29, 2019. Nintendo said it sold 18.51 million units of "Tears of the Kingdom" in the first quarter. The results underscore Nintendo's success in extending the life of the aging Switch system, which has sold almost 130 million units, and using its roster of popular characters to boost revenue beyond the core gaming business. The Kyoto-based gaming firm maintained its full-year forecast for the console of 15 million units, which would be a 16.5% decline on a year earlier. First-quarter operating profit leapt 82% on a year earlier to 185.4 billion yen with sales of first-party software at record highs.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Mario, Zelda, Serkan Toto, Shuntaro Furukawa, Pikachu, Sam Nussey, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Nintendo, Paris Games, REUTERS, Mario Bros, Kantan, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, TOKYO, Kyoto

☆ This tech fund manager has outperformed for 10 years using a unique 'value opportunity' strategy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even in a year with a huge tech stock rally, Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund (CTYRX) stands out for its outsized gains. The final bucket in the portfolio is value opportunity names, or stocks that Narang and his team believe have valuations cheaper than the entire portfolio. He cited data from Alliance Bernstein showing that tech stocks in the most expensive and least expensive quintiles tend to outperform historically — suggesting the attraction of a balanced approach. "Returns seesaw between growth and value over various periods of time," he added, noting this year's growth-oriented tech rally after last year's drubbing. Global mandate Over the last 11 years managing the fund, Narang called its "global mandate" both the biggest challenge and opportunity for him.

Persons: Rahul Narang, Narang, we're, It's, Bernstein, Morningstar Organizations: Columbia Global Technology Growth, Nasdaq, Morningstar . Columbia Management, California Polytechnic State, JPMorgan, Microsoft, Nvidia, Broadcom, Columbia, chipmakers, NXP Semiconductors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Samsung Locations: Morningstar, India

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Market bears refuse to concede
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 26, 2023 in New York City. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The slightly tighter labor market, in combination with companies holding on to workers, reinforce the possibility of cooling inflation without a recession. Securities, actuallyCryptocurrencies are considered securities regardless of how they are sold, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said on Monday.

Persons: Dow, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, That's, Jed Rakoff, JPMorgan Chase Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Dow Jones, Labor Department, Trump Former U.S, Trump, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Terraform Labs, JPMorgan, Nvidia, Microsoft Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Could the market bears be right?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on July 18, 2023 in New York City. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Asian markets plungeU.S. stocks traded mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, once again, outperforming other major indexes. Credit rating cutFitch Ratings downgraded the United States' long-term foreign currency issuer default rating from AAA to AA+.

Persons: Fitch, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, That's Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Dow Jones, Nikkei, United, AAA, AA, Stock, Trump Former U.S, Trump, Barclays Locations: New York City, Asia, Pacific, United States, U.S, East

☆ Beating the benchmark? How AI-driven ETFs stack up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Kevin Schmidt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rosenbluth explained that VettaFi is seeing increased interest in actively managed ETFs that are driven by AI. The QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap Momentum ETF (AMOM), for example, uses an artificial intelligence system to select large-cap stocks for its portfolio. "AMOM is significantly outperforming the iShares momentum ETF (MTUM) ," he said. The AI-driven AMOM rebalances at the end of every month and is up more than 21% this year, while the benchmark MTUM has remained relatively flat in 2023. "'[Momentum ETFs] should benefit from the information that's continually being updated in the marketplace," Rosenbluth said.

Persons: Todd Rosenbluth, CNBC's Bob Pisani, Rosenbluth Organizations: Momentum, Nvidia, Walmart, Home Depot, O'Reilly, Agriculture, Metals, AI, Equity, IBM Locations: U.S

☆ Here's the trade on Apple ahead of Thursday’s earnings, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Several analysts remain bullish, hiking their price targets in the weeks leading up to Apple's earnings report — despite the stock's 50% runup so far this year. His $220 price target suggests the stock can rally more than 12% from Tuesday's close. Bank of America remains neutral on the stock, but boosted its price target to $210 on July 19. His price target of $149 suggests nearly 24% downside. Her price target of $190 suggests roughly 3% downside from Tuesday's close.

Persons: Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Goldman Sachs, Michael Ng, Apple, Wamsi Mohan, Mohan, Tim Long, Grace Chen, Chen, Piper Sandler, TD Cowen, Baird, — CNBC's Michael Bloom, Kif Leswing Organizations: Apple, JPMorgan, Services, Bank of America, Barclays Locations: Apple's, Tuesday's, Asia

☆ Here's the trade on Apple ahead of Thursday's earnings, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Coinbase shares can rally more than 40% as crypto industry sees legal wins, Canaccord Genuity says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Canaccord Genuity sees a stronger future for Coinbase , doubling its price target on the company on the back of some wins for the crypto industry. The ruling places "further doubt" on the argument of the SEC's case against Coinbase, Vafi said. Coinbase reported earlier this year first-quarter revenue that was up 22% from the prior quarter. The crypto exchange's subscription and services revenue also came in at par with its trading revenue. Shares of Coinbase have gained more than 23% this month and are up nearly 194% year to date.

Persons: Canaccord Genuity, Joseph Vafi, Coinbase, Vafi, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Coinbase, BTC, SEC, ETH

☆ BP appeal requires more than short-term sweeteners
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Bernard Looney is throwing cash at BP’s (BP.L) shortcomings. In the three months to the end of June the $109 billion European oil major missed expectations by a wide margin, with net income falling 70% to $2.6 billion year-on-year. Wael Sawan, his counterpart at rival Shell (SHEL.L) who only took the helm this year, has refocused his company on “molecules” – from oil and gas to low-carbon hydrogen and biofuels. But Shell has done better, and Bernstein analysts recently estimated BP was trading at a yawning 87% discount to the sum of its parts. The risk for Looney is that if investors want to own one European oil major, it won’t be his.

Persons: Bernard Looney, Looney, Wael Sawan, Shell, Bernstein, won’t, Yawen Chen, Steve Cohen, ’, George Hay, Pranav Kiran Organizations: Reuters, Shell, outperforming, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, Twitter, Sequoia, Thomson Locations: outperforming U.S, India

Second-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are estimated to have fallen 6.4% year-over-year, Refinitiv data through Friday showed. Citigroup raised its 2023-end and mid-2024 S&P 500 targets to 4,600 and 5,000, respectively, to reflect a higher possibility of a soft landing. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 (.SPX) gained 7.64 points, or 0.17%, to end at 4,589.15 points, while the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC) gained 29.37 points, or 0.21%, to 14,348.50. Nearly half of the top 11 S&P 500 sectors posted gains, led by a rise in energy stocks (.SPNY). Adobe (ADBE.O) stocks rose, outperforming tech peers, after Morgan Stanley raised its rating to "overweight" on the photoshop maker.

Persons: Dow, Ross Mayfield, Austan Goolsbee, Jay Hatfield, Johnson, Morgan Stanley, Echo Wang, Johann M Cherian, Vinay Dwivedi, Richard Chang Organizations: Citigroup, Nasdaq, Amazon.com, Apple, Baird, Intel, Lam Research, Chicago Fed, Dow Jones, Infrastructure Capital Advisors, SoFi Technologies, ON Semiconductor, Dow, Johnson, Adobe, Thomson, & & ' Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, New York, U.S, Bengaluru

[1/5] Boards displaying the exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the U.S. dollar are pictured outside exchange houses in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 27, 2023. But emergence of the phenomenon known as the "super peso" means those dollars no longer go as far as they did. "The purchasing power of remittances has deteriorated due to peso appreciation," said Carlos Serrano, chief economist at bank BBVA Mexico. "You can see it hitting lower-income families ... in states that bring in most remittances." Georgina Cardenas, 34, said the $1,200 a month she receives from her builder husband in the United States "used to be enough for my two children" and other expenses.

Persons: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Adriana Sanchez, Sanchez, it's, Andres Manuel Lopez, Carlos Serrano, Pablo Lopez Sarabia, Manuel, there's, Veronica, They're, Georgina Cardenas, Lizbeth Diaz, Noe Torres, Dave Graham, Aurora Ellis Organizations: U.S ., REUTERS, BBVA Mexico, Reuters, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Thomson Locations: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, TLAXCALA, United States, Asia, Tlaxcala, Mexico City, U.S, California

Gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.3% on a quarterly basis between April and June and was up 0.6% year-on-year, national statistics bureau ISTAT said. ISTAT gave no numerical sector breakdown of its preliminary second-quarter GDP estimate, but said industry and agriculture output decreased whereas services grew marginally. The 0.3% contraction left Italy with so-called "carryover" growth of 0.8% this year, assuming GDP would be flat in the remaining two quarters. "Italy is an advanced industrial country and the weakness in industry is much more important than the tourism sector for the economy's health," said Lorenzo Codogno, head of LC Macro Advisors and former chief economist at Italy's Treasury. ISTAT also said annual inflation slowed to 6.4% in July from 6.7% in June, on a EU-harmonised consumer prices.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni, Franziska Palmas, Intesa, Lorenzo Codogno, Alvise Armellini, Elvira Pollina, Sharon Singleton, Alistair Bell Organizations: Gross, Reuters, Capital Economics, ISTAT, LC Macro Advisors, Italy's Treasury, Thomson Locations: ROME, Italy, Rome, Milan

☆ Broadening AI opportunities in the ETF space
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The strategy behind an AI-powered ETF
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

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Organizations: Edge

Second-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are now estimated to have fallen 6.4% year-over-year, according to Refinitiv data. Citigroup raised its 2023-end and mid-2024 S&P 500 targets to 4,600 and 5,000, respectively, to reflect a higher possibility of a soft landing. Seven of the top 11 S&P 500 sectors gained, led by a 2.0% rise in energy stocks (.SPNY). The S&P index recorded 25 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 71 new highs and 37 new lows. Reporting by Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Chris Zaccarelli, Austan Goolsbee, Johnson, Morgan Stanley, Johann M Cherian, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: Citigroup, Dow, Nasdaq, Apple, AMD, Independent, Alliance, Microsoft, Intel, Lam Research, Chicago Fed, Dow Jones, Financial, SoFi Technologies, ON Semiconductor, Johnson, UBS, Adobe, NYSE, Thomson, & & ' Locations: U.S, Xpeng, Bengaluru

Second-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are estimated to have fallen 6.4% year-over-year, Refinitiv data through Friday showed. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street higher last week as megacap growth companies such as Alphabet (GOOGL.O), Meta Platforms (META.O) as well as chipmakers Intel (INTC.O) and Lam Research (LRCX.O) posted strong quarterly earnings. Citigroup raised its 2023-end and mid-2024 S&P 500 targets to 4,600 and 5,000, respectively, to reflect a higher possibility of a soft landing. Eight of the top 11 S&P 500 sectors posted gains, led by a 2% rise in energy stocks (.SPNY). The S&P 500 posted 27 new 52-week highs and one new low; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 95 new highs and 57 new lows.

Persons: Ross Mayfield, Austan Goolsbee, Jay Hatfield, Johnson, Morgan Stanley, decliners, Echo Wang, Johann M Cherian, Vinay Dwivedi, Richard Chang Organizations: Citigroup, Dow, Nasdaq, Amazon.com, Apple, Baird, Intel, Lam Research, Chicago Fed, Dow Jones, Infrastructure Capital Advisors, Financial, SoFi Technologies, ON Semiconductor, Johnson, Adobe, NYSE, Thomson, & & ' Locations: Louisville , Kentucky, New York, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ Op-ed: Gottlieb says A.I. may take on doctors' roles sooner than later
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Scott Gottlieb | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The AI tools being applied to healthcare can generally be divided into two main categories. The first encompass large language models that are applied to administrative functions like processing medical claims or creating and analyzing medical records. In fact, up to 30 percent of radiology practices have already adopted AI tools. Right now, there are only a few clinical language models, and even the largest ones possess a relatively small number of parameters. As the quality and scope of clinical data available for training these large language models continue to grow, so will their capabilities.

Persons: Scott Gottlieb, ChatGPT, Amazon's, retinopathy, IBM's, Watson, they're, William J Organizations: CNBC, Pfizer, Aetion Inc, Cruise Line Holdings, Harvard, FDA, Oncology, Google, Healthcare

☆ Why AI ETFs are outperforming across the board
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | 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 EmailWhy AI ETFs are outperforming across the boardRich Lee, head of program trading of ETF trading and execution strategy with Baird, joins 'Halftime Report' to discuss AI ETFs outperforming competitors, broadening out AI beneficiaries, and cloud databases and industrial companies that stand to profit from the AI revolution.

Persons: Rich Lee, Baird

☆ The great Rolex recession is here: How the Fed crushed the luxury watch boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Joseph Wilkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The WatchCharts market index and has slumped 32% from an all-time high in March last year. When the 'everything rally' was in full swing during the pandemic period, luxury watches were no exception. Preowned watch sales reached $22 billion in 2021 – nearly a third of the $75 billion luxury watch market, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group. The Rolex index is up by more than 55% from five years ago. "Luxury watches have performed well, especially over the long term, in comparison with traditional investment categories.

Persons: Patek Philippe, Audemars, Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippes, Piguets, – Organizations: Service, Wall, Rolex, Fed, Boston Consulting Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Specifically, the central bank said it would offer to buy 10-year JGBs at 1.0% in fixed-rate operations, instead of the previous rate of 0.5% - tolerating the wider band for bond market borrowing rates. With July core inflation in Tokyo falling back to a 10-month low, the need for tightening may be ebbing anyway. Friday's data is expected to show another drop in the Fed's favoured core PCE inflation gauge in June. For markets more broadly, Friday seems a little scattergun so far after a heavy week of macro policy and corporate news. U.S. Treasury yields fell back from two-week highs hit after the punchy U.S. economy readouts and central bank moves, with the 2-to-10 year yield curve steepening as recession fears abate.

Persons: Mike Dolan, Dow Jones bluechips, T Rowe Price, Nick Macfie Organizations: Bank of Japan, Dow, Nikkei, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Treasury, ECB, Intel, U.S, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Proctor, Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, Franklin Resources, Newell Brands, Church, Dwight, Charter Communications, Dallas Fed, University of Michigan, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Wall St, Tokyo, Wall, Asia, Centene, Franklin

“In the age of AI, where data is the new oil, China is the new Saudi Arabia”, venture capitalist Lee Kai-fu declared in 2018. Washington may soon tighten export restrictions to China by targeting AI semiconductors, according to the Wall Street Journal. A slowing economy and brutal price war in the fiercely competitive cloud market will only make monetising AI products harder. China’s AI moment has arrived, only with far less promise than initially hoped. China wants to become a world leader in AI by 2030, according to a 2017 roadmap released by the State Council.

Persons: Lee Kai, OpenAI's, Xi Jinping, Goldman Sachs, Robin Li, Baidu’s, Bernstein, SenseTime, Xi, Una Galani, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Saudi Arabia ”, OpenAI's ChatGPT, European Union, Baidu, HK, Nasdaq, Washington, Wall Street, Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, CloudWalk Technology, Cyberspace Administration, China, State, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Republic, Saudi Arabia, United States, Beijing, York, Shanghai

☆ Apple and these other companies reporting next week have a history of outperforming earnings expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Although not an exact science, companies whose quarterly results exceed analyst estimates could see their shares rise in resulting enthusiasm. CNBC Pro screened for the companies scheduled to report earnings next week that also have a record of outperforming the Street's expectations. Apple The maker of the iPhone, iMac and iPad is set to report results Thursday after the bell. Yum China The Chinese restaurant holdings company, which includes KFC and Pizza Hut, has a record of topping earnings estimates 73% of the time. The company has a 75% record of beating earnings estimates and tops revenue forecasts 71% of the time.

Persons: Kraft Heinz, Steve Madden, CNBC's Michael Bloom, Fred Imbert Organizations: Apple, Qualcomm, Devices, Kraft, CNBC Pro, Investment, Bank of America, KFC Locations: Cupertino , California, China, Yum China

☆ Dow Jones index set to end 13 day winning streak
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Noel Randewich | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Its recent rally comes as traders widely believe that the U.S. Federal Reserve's 25 basis point rate hike on Wednesday was the last in its campaign to control inflation. The Dow's longest-ever winning streak was 14 sessions, set in 1897, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Even after its recent gains, the Dow has lagged Wall Street's other main indexes in 2023. Reuters GraphicsWhile the Dow's recent winning streak is unusually long, its overall strength has not been exceptional. The Dow's last 13-day winning streak in January 1987 produced a gain of 11.1%.

Persons: Dow, Hogan, Tesla, it's, darlings, Noel Randewich, Alison Williams Organizations: Dow Jones, Dow, Reuters, U.S, U.S . Federal, Riley, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Chevron, Verizon Communications, Walgreen Boots Alliance, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: U.S ., Amgen

The French lender's second-quarter net income fell 4.9% on a reported basis to 2.81 billion euros ($3.12 billion), beating the 2.49 billion euro analyst consensus compiled by the company. Group revenue fell 1.5% to 11.4 billion euros, also above expectations, while the cost of risk - money put aside for failing loans - was lower than expected at 689 million euros. BNP's bottom line also suffered from a set of exceptional items that totalled 723 million euros after tax. These included an 125 million euro provision for unspecified litigation. The group's 5 billion euro share buyback programme will proceed as planned, it confirmed, adding that the second tranche of 2.5 billion euros had been approved and will be launched from early August.

Persons: Italy's, Mathieu Rosemain, Christopher Cushing, Jason Neely, David Goodman Organizations: BNP, Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of, European Central Bank, Spain's Santander, Thomson Locations: PARIS, Bank, France

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