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☆ 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.

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☆ 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.

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☆ Stock market next week: Earnings season ramps up with more big bank results
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Sarah Min | Nicole Teo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

And, with earnings season set to ramp up, that could mean further gains. Already, on Friday, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo were rallying in midday trading after reporting their latest results this week, an auspicious start to the earnings season. A strong earnings season Earnings results next week will be dominated by reports from the banking sector, giving investors further insight into the health of the capital markets as well as the consumer. Several regional banks are also set to announce how they did in the most recent quarter as well, such as PNC Financial Services Group and Citizens Financial Group. Even so, investors are optimistic about the outlook for corporate profits this earnings season, especially with expectations having come down.

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☆ Cramer's week ahead: Major banks, Taiwan Semi and Netflix report as earnings season gets into full swing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As earnings season takes off, CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday advised investors about what to follow next week on Wall Street. Bank of America could see a boost now that Warren Buffett is no longer required to frequently report his sales of the stock, Cramer added. Johnson & Johnson , Walgreens and UnitedHealth Group also report earnings on Tuesday, with Cramer noting that the latter regularly beats expectations. Johnson & Johnson this week saw a new development in its ongoing talc lawsuits that could aid resolution efforts. On Friday, Procter & Gamble will report, and Cramer said he's worried about the company's business in China.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Schwab, He's, he's, Warren Buffett, Johnson, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Netflix, Taiwan Semiconductor, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wall, Johnson, Walgreens, UnitedHealth, Abbott Laboratories, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, Nvidia, Procter, Gamble, American Express Locations: China

☆ JPMorgan Chase is set to report third-quarter earnings – here's what the Street expects
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. The biggest American bank has thrived in a rising rate environment, posting record net income figures since the Fed started hiking rates in 2022. Now, with the Fed cutting rates, there are questions as to how JPMorgan will navigate the change. Last month, JPMorgan dialed back expectations for 2025 net interest income and expenses, and analysts will want more details on those projections. Wells Fargo is scheduled to release results later Friday, while Bank of America , Goldman Sachs , Citigroup and Morgan Stanley report next week.

Persons: Chase Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon's, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Chateau, JPMorgan, LSEG Revenue, Trading, American, Fed, KBW, Bank of America, Citigroup Locations: Versailles, Paris, Wells

☆ 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.

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Valued at $4 billion in 2021, Cerebras is reportedly seeking to roughly double that in its IPO. The customer, G42, is backed by Microsoft , and it's entirely responsible for the $1.43 billion purchase commitment. G42 can pick up $500 million more in Cerebras shares if it commits to spend $5 billion on the company's computing clusters. The major Wall Street banks, for their part, are finding other ways to play in the burgeoning AI infrastructure market. Fitch, who said he sold out of his Nvidia stock years ago, told CNBC that the benefits outweigh the risks.

Persons: Andrew Feldman, Ramsey Cardy, Cerebras, —, David Golden, it's, prepayment, CFIUS, Mike Gallagher, Gina Raimondo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Young, There's, Peter Thiel, Eva Marie Uzcategui, there's, Thiel, Jim Fitch, Fitch, Feldman Organizations: Cerebras Systems, Nvidia, Revolution Ventures, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Mayo Clinic, Treasury, Foreign Investment, Reuters, Chinese Communist Party, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Barclays, BDO, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst, Riverstone Networks, CoreWeave, Clarium Capital Management LLC, Bloomberg, Getty, Mizuho Securities, Venture, CNBC, Devices Locations: Toronto, U.S, Sunnyvale , California, Abu Dhabi, China, Miami , Florida, Los Angeles, Florida

☆ These dividend growers are also on Goldman Sachs' buy list
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Goldman Sachs recently screened for stocks that offer solid dividend yield as well as dividend growth, both of which can be covered by the company's earnings or free cash flow. All the names had to also be rated a buy at Goldman and have an estimated dividend yield of 2% or more in 2025. It has an estimated 2025 dividend yield of 4.6%, analyst Deep Mehta said. Its estimated CAGR in dividend-per-share between 2024 and 2026 stands at 19% and its estimated dividend yield in 2025 is 2.9%. In the oil patch, integrated producer Chevron is expected to nab a dividend yield of 4.9% next year.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Deep Mehta, Corie Barry, Mehta, Prologis, Hess, John Hess Organizations: Federal Reserve, Goldman, Citigroup, Rent, Chevron, nab, Canadian Natural Resources, Federal Trade Commission, Exxon, Hess Locations: Guyana

☆ 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

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Boeing, Alphabet, Blackstone, GitLab and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Reddit — Shares rose more than 2% after Jefferies initiated research coverage with a buy rating and a Sreet-high price target. Rio Tinto , Arcadium Lithium — The two minerals stocks moved in opposite directions after the companies announced a deal for Rio Tinto to buy Arcadium for $5.85 per share. Shares of Rio Tinto dipped 1.2%, while shares of Arcadium surged 30%. GitLab — Shares rose 5% after Morgan Stanley initiated research coverage of the software stock with an overweight rating . Chewy — Shares rose nearly 2% after TD Cowen initiated research coverage of the pet products retailer with a buy rating.

Persons: Jefferies, Blackstone — Piper Sandler, Morgan Stanley, Sanjit Singh, Nio, TD Cowen, — CNBC's Sean Conlon, Lisa Han, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Hakyung Kim Organizations: Boeing, Department, Rio Tinto, Federal, Cruise, Citigroup, Citi Locations: Rio, Arcadium, Nio —

☆ Investors slam the brakes on the hottest trade going in the market
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But he did not announce any major new plans for ensuring economic health, leaving investors feeling underwhelmed. The iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) sank nearly 11%, on track for its worst day ever. The iShares China Large-Cap ETF, for example, soared 33% between Sept. 23 and Oct. 7. Morgan Stanley strategist Laura Wang on Tuesday revised price targets for the major Chinese stock market indexes, suggesting no room for further gains compared with current levels. "Today's press conference at least in the near term reinforces such belief, in our view, and the stock market could see more divergence at individual stock level."

Persons: Zheng Shanjie, Bilibili, Nio, Ray Dalio, FXI, Jeff deGraaf, David Tepper, Morgan Stanley, Laura Wang, Wang, Merrill Lynch, Helen Qiao, Xiangrong Yu, Yu Organizations: National, Reform Commission, CSI China Internet, Billionaire, Bridgewater Associates, Greenwich Economic, Appaloosa Management, U.S . Federal Reserve, Wynn Resorts, Sands, Macau — Locations: China, Greenwich, Greenwich , Connecticut, Beijing, Macau, Tuesday's, U.S

☆ Musk's X paid $5 million in fines to the wrong bank, Brazil's Supreme Court said
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Lian Kit Wee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

X mistakenly transferred $5 million in fines to the wrong bank, said Brazil's Supreme Court. AdvertisementElon Musk's X just botched a $5 million payment in Brazil by transferring it to the wrong bank, according to Brazil's Supreme Court, Reuters reported on Saturday. In late August, Brazil's Supreme Court banned the platform for failing to comply with orders related to content moderation and for not appointing a legal representative in the country. AdvertisementOn Friday, X's legal team submitted documents showing that they paid the fines. X and the Brazil Supreme Court did not respond to requests for comment sent by Business Insider outside business hours.

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The terror attack has helped push the Middle East to the brink of a wider regional war. One year after the massacre, the Middle East has only plunged deeper into violence and is on the brink of a broader war. Globally, the immediate concern is that oil supplies will diminish significantly should conflict spill over to the rest of the Middle East. Everyone but Biden can see this," wrote Andrew Exum, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense for Middle East policy, in The Atlantic last week. The global economy on edgeWhen the conflict began a year ago, there were fears that wider conflict in the Middle East could impact the global economy.

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☆ Pettit: The market is fairly valued; we need to dig deeper for stock picks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | 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 EmailPettit: The market is fairly valued; we need to dig deeper for stock picks. Drew Pettit, the Director of U.S. Equity Strategy for Citigroup, shares his top stock picks for Q1 next year: Meta Platforms, LNG, and United Airlines (UAL).

Persons: Pettit, Drew Pettit Organizations: U.S, Equity, Citigroup, United Airlines

☆ Final Trades: Deckers, Citigroup, Ares Management and Crowdstrike
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFinal Trades: Deckers, Citigroup, Ares Management and CrowdstrikeThe Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

Organizations: Citigroup, Ares Management, Investment

☆ $100 oil could be the October surprise no one wanted
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —The Middle East is in chaos, and the oil market is remarkably calm about it. The chill reaction in the oil market reflects a boy-who-cried-wolf mindset that has set in. Even just two years ago, oil prices skyrocketed to $130 a barrel in March 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine. Oil prices skyrocketed in 2019 when Saudi oil facilities were damaged in an attack that US officials blamed on Iran. A disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could send oil prices above $100 a barrel, according to ClearView.

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☆ 4 reasons for the tech selling Tuesday — and why we're not changing our view on the group
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Ultimately, the slow starts to August and September did not stand in the way of Wall Street recording a strong third quarter . Tech woes : The S & P 500 tech sector is having a rough day on several different fronts. 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.

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☆ Port strike could reignite inflation, with larger economic impact dependent on how long it lasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Port of Miami dockworkers strike near the port entrance and demand a new labor contract, on October 1, 2024 in Miami, Florida. One rule of thumb is that for each strike day, it takes nearly a week to get ports operating at normal levels. watch now"We think fears around the potential economic impacts are overdone," wrote Bradley Saunders, North America economist at Capital Economics. "Frequent shocks to supply chains in recent years have left producers more attuned to the risks of running low inventories. "There is little chance that the administration would risk jeopardizing its recent economic successes less than two months before a tightly-contested election," he said.

Persons: Giorgio Viera, Joe Biden, Taft, Hartley, Joseph Brusuelas, Andrew Hollenhorst, Bradley Saunders, Saunders, there's Organizations: Afp, Getty, International Longshoreman's Association, U.S . Maritime Alliance, Labor, RSM, Atlanta Federal Reserve, Citigroup, New, New York Fed, Capital Economics, ILA Locations: Miami, Miami , Florida, East, Gulf, U.S, United States, West Coast, New York, North America

☆ 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday including a bullish call on Best Buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We raised our price target on the stock. Best Buy was added to JPMorgan's analyst focus list after a meeting with the electronics and appliance retailer's management team. Deutsche Bank restarted coverage of Dell Technologies with a buy rating and price target of $144 a share. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

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☆ Why Nvidia stock could soar over 500% by the end of the decade, former consulting exec says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia could rocket another 545% by the end of the decade, Phil Panaro predicted. AdvertisementNvidia is headed for a meteoric run-up by the end of the decade, according to one former consulting exec. "Not to sound overconfident — it's actually inevitable provided that they can continue to make these chips," he later added of the firm's upside potential. Some strategists have been skeptical over Nvidia's rally, with the stock up a monster 2,733% over the last five years. "That's actually the best case for why it's actually going to go up.

Persons: Phil Panaro, Blackwell, —, Phil Panaro —, Jensen Huang, Panaro, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, — it's, That's, it's, haven't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman, Citigroup, Schwab Network, Blackwell, Big Tech, Fortune, Analysts, Nasdaq Locations: Web2

☆ Employers are increasingly tracking staff in the return-to-office world. One academic says surveillance at work has its good, bad, and ugly.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. There was a brief period during the pandemic and the years after it when hybrid work, four-day workweeks, and flexible hours gave employees more power than ever before. And now, employee surveillance is on the rise. "That might create high staff turnover rates," he said, "and there are all sorts of costs associated with recruiting staff." Overall, Kayas held that whether staff surveillance is good or bad, or right or wrong, comes down to whether you're asking the employee or the employer.

Persons: —, JPMorgan Chase, Leo Lukenas III, BofA, Oliver Kayas, Kayas Organizations: Service, Business, Street Journal, Bank of America, JPMorgan, of America, Army, Liverpool John Moores University, Citigroup

☆ It's the 'year of the mandate' at offices, but hybrid and remote aren't dying
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Even so, the share of people working remotely and hybrid has ticked up in the last year, while those working from an office full-time declined, according to a new report. Another 11% say they work fully remotely, up from 7% in the last year, according to the report. The remaining 62% say they work from a physical office five days a week, down from 66% this time last year. It's "a surprise" to see remote and hybrid work increase slightly in what's shaping up to be "the year of the mandate," says Frank Weishaupt, CEO of Owl Labs. But hybrid workers continue to face challenges in what they want versus what their employers require.

Persons: Frank Weishaupt Organizations: Amazon, Citigroup, Walmart, UPS, Owl Labs

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Pinterest, Palantir, Microsoft, Nike, Meta & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"We are initiating coverage of enterprise planning and 'Office of the CFO' software provider OneStream (OS) with an Outperform rating and $38 target price." Deutsche Bank initiates Pinterest at buy Deutsche called Pinterest an "under-monetized, scaled, increasingly personalized 'digital catalog' that attracts an affluent, high purchase-intent user base." "We initiate coverage of Pinterest, Inc. with a Buy Rating and a $43 Price Target." "We initiate coverage on FLUT with a Buy Rating and $270 PT." JPMorgan adds Nike to negative catalyst watch list The bank is sticking with its neutral rating but is negative heading into earnings on October 1 for Nike.

Persons: Bernstein, it's bullish, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Piper, TD Cowen downgrades, Cowen, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Raymond James downgrades Palantir, Raymond James, Dr Pepper, Wells, Tesla, it's, bullish, Coreweave, Davidson, Needham, Truist Organizations: Nvidia, Citi, Meta, Facebook, Apple, BMO, Bank of America, underperform Bank of America, Holding AG, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Barclays, Bank, New York Mellon, Bank of New York Mellon, Motors, Microsoft, Needham, JPMorgan, Nike, Technology Locations: North America

☆ Remote work could become a secret weapon in the battle for top talent
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe list of companies abandoning remote work is growing. But for some experts, remote work won't die either. "There's a big race for talent out there," she told Business Insider, adding that "attracting talent into a business is hard these days." For others, flexible work has become a game changer and one they can't see themselves looking back on. In contrast, other companies will continue to embrace the advantages of flexible work.

Persons: —, Andy Jassy, PwC, Goldman Sachs, Kate Palmer, Palmer, Daniel Wheatley, Wheatley, Jassy Organizations: Service, Amazon, Big, Business, Citigroup, HSBC, Barclays, JPMorgan, Peninsula, University of Birmingham

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Intel, Pinterest, Palantir and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC confirmed on Friday that Qualcomm had recently approached Intel about a takeover. Ciena – The networking software maker added more than 4% after a double upgrade by Citigroup to buy from sell cited an improving landscape in the broader telecommunications/cable industry. The bank sees bookings growth heading into next year. The bank sees an increasing relevance of the platform among users and expects strong revenue growth over the next few years. Palantir – The maker of software platforms to help companies analyze data declined more than 1%.

Persons: Ciena, Morgan Stanley, Palantir, Raymond James, Harlan Sur, —, Samantha Subin, Sarah Min, Pia Singh Organizations: Intel, Apollo Global Management, Bloomberg, CNBC, Qualcomm, Citigroup, Constellation Energy, Microsoft, Deutsche Bank, General Motors, Chevrolet, Micron Technology, JPMorgan Locations: Pennsylvania, The Boise , Idaho

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