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☆ Ready or not, the youngest boomers are retiring
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe majority of so-called "peak boomers" have $250,000 or less in assets , according to a recent report, write Juliana Kaplan and Ayelet Sheffey. If you're a bit surprised by the dire economic situation of peak boomers, I wouldn't blame you. Older boomers had the benefit of employer-subsidized retirement plans before a shift in the workforce left younger boomers to fend for themselves. Alistair Berg/Getty ImagesPeak boomers' retirement struggles might end up being a wake-up call for younger generations. There will be plenty of lessons learned from peak boomers entering retirement without the safety net of a pension.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Verizon, Paramount, Coinbase and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla , Li Auto — Tesla shares declined nearly 4%, hitting a 52-week low, following announcements of price cuts. Verizon reported $33 billion in revenue, slightly under the $33.32 billion figure penciled in by analysts, per FactSet. Informatica — The enterprise data management company tumbled nearly 9% after acquisition talks with Salesforce broke down. Salesforce shares inched higher by less than 1%. Riot Platforms — The bitcoin miner rallied 14% following the " halving" event , in which bitcoin mining rewards were cut in half.

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☆ Jim Cramer shares his thoughts on Tesla, Cisco Systems, Verizon, Prologis and Papa John's
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla : Shares fell more than 4% after the electric vehicle maker issued another round of price cuts in major markets including the U.S., Germany and China. I think you have to wait to see what they say rather than make a judgement," Jim Cramer said. Cisco Systems : JPMorgan analysts resumed coverage of Cisco Systems with a neutral rating and $53 price target, citing a muted medium-term earnings growth outlook. Verizon : Shares fell nearly 3% after the telecommunications giant delivered an earnings beat and lost fewer-than-expected wireless subscribers in the three months ended March 31. Papa John's : Shares rose about 1.5% after analysts at Stifel upgraded the pizza chain to hold from sell, contending expectations are reasonable.

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☆ The bar is high to reintroduce rate hikes, says JPMorgan's Gabriela Santos
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | 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 EmailThe bar is high to reintroduce rate hikes, says JPMorgan's Gabriela SantosGabriela Santos, JPMorgan chief market strategist, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss markets, the Fed and rates.

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☆ Big banks are touting sweet CD yields in excess of 5%. Where you can find them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"From our experience, the brokered CD market is more competitive," said Richard Carter, vice president of fixed income products and services at Fidelity. Like traditional CDs, brokered CDs are offered in different maturities. For instance, JPMorgan's one-year CD, with its 5.4% yield, can be called as early as Oct. 30, according to Fidelity's website. With a brokered CD, you'll have to sell it on the secondary market — and you may lose some of your principal. Depending on your time frame, you may consider a one-year ladder with CD maturities three months apart, a two-year ladder with CD maturities six months apart, or a five-year ladder, with maturities one year apart, he said.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: Tesla, Verizon, Block, Alcoa and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Li Auto , Tesla — The electric vehicle makers tumbled more then 7% and 3%, respectively, following announcements of price cuts. Tesla chopped down the sticker price of its Model 3 in China, on top of decreases in other markets Reuters reported . Verizon — The telecommunications giant traded 1.5% higher as earnings per share came in ahead of expectations. Block — Shares added 0.7% after Bank of America reiterated its buy rating on the financial services stock. Hut 8 — Shares gained 2.6% after Benchmark initiated coverage of the data center operator with a buy rating, citing Hut 8's diversified business model and its sizeable bitcoin holdings.

Persons: Li Auto, Tesla, Li, Xpeng, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, —, Lisa Kailai Han, Hakyung Kim, Sarah Min Organizations: Tesla, Reuters, Verizon, FactSet, Wall Street, JPMorgan, Marathon, Alcoa, Bank of America Locations: China, New York

☆ Merrill's Lindsay Hans and Eric Schimpf were thrust to the top of the $3.3 trillion wealth unit last year. Here's a look at their new playbook.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Thirteen months ago, Andy Sieg unexpectedly left Merrill Wealth Management to run Citi's ailing wealth unit. His replacements, Lindsay Hans and Eric Schimpf, had big shoes to fill. Hans and Schimpf were company veterans but lesser known before they were anointed to lead the $3 trillion wealth business attached to behemoth Bank of America. Schimpf is more soft-spoken than his cohead Hans, who was promoted to run the private wealth business one month before Sieg left. AdvertisementMerrill has the benefit of being part of a bank with some 69 million consumer bank clients.

Persons: Andy Sieg, Lindsay Hans, Eric Schimpf, Merrill, Hans, Schimpf, Sieg, Lindsay, it's, Sieg's, Louis Diamond, Schimpf's, Hans said, AdvisorHub Organizations: Service, Merrill Wealth Management, behemoth Bank of America, Business, Merrill, Army, UBS, Schimpf, Northeast, Merrill . Bank of America, Bank of America, Customers, Bank of, First, JPMorgan Locations: Los Angeles, Coast, New York City, Nevada, First Republic, Merrill

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Spotify, Ferrari & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Apple as overweight Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on the stock to $210 per share from $220 but says it's sticking with Apple. Bank of America reiterates Amazon as buy Bank of America said it's bullish heading into Amazon earnings next week. Bank of America reiterates Tesla as neutral Bank of America said it's sticking with its neutral rating on Tesla shares. Morgan Stanley upgrades Alcoa to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said it sees a more balanced risk/reward for shares of Alcoa. Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America says Apple is a top pick at the firm.

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☆ Bitcoin miners brace for impact as halving goes live
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

The technical event is relatively simple: Bitcoin miners get paid in bitcoin to validate transactions, and after 210,000 blocks of transactions are computed and added to the main chain, the reward given to the miners securing bitcoin is 'halved.' The aggregate market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin miners tracked by JPMorgan analysts declined 28% over the first half of April to $14.2 billion, reaching year-to-date lows. Some have billed the 2024 bitcoin halving as a seminal moment for the mining sector. Marathon, along with other mining firms, has begun diversifying its business model into ancillary operations beyond purely bitcoin mining. Sullivan continued, "Bitcoin mining sites can only be repurposed if they meet the attributes that are required for HPC.

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☆ Don't ignore threats like inflation, recession, and war, warn Wall Street's biggest bosses
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If the 10-year bond rate goes up 2%, every asset on the planet, including real estate, is worth 20% less. Advertisement"If things stay where they are, we have the soft landing that seems to be embedded in the marketplace, the real estate will muddle through. They won't muddle through under higher rates with a recession. That would be tough for a lot of folks, not just real estate, if that happens." Jeenah Moon / Reuters"We're in a period that comes after financial repression, where we'll have some inflation and some real rates.

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☆ Jim Cramer ranks first-quarter earnings from 6 major U.S. banks. Our portfolio stocks fared well
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Morgan Stanley Revenue rose 4% year over year to $15.14 billion, beating expectations of $14.41 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. C YTD mountain Citigroup (C) year-to-date performance Citigroup had a decent quarter, Jim said. Jim said BofA just didn't shine versus the other major banks, and on earnings day Wall Street agreed, sending the stock down 3.5%. 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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☆ A 27-year-old investor building a $2 million retirement portfolio in 8 years shares the index fund he's buying that pays a 14% annual yield in a tax-efficient way
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

His brokerage account mainly holds dividend and technology stocks and an S&P 500 index fund. AdvertisementHe also began buying the NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (SPYI), which launched in August 2022. It also beat out similar funds, such as the JP Morgan Equity Premium Income ETF and the Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF, throughout 2023. Portfolio VisualizerFor this reason, he decided to bet on an ETF similar to SPYI that went live in January 2024: the NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (QQQI). It's also subject to the 60/40 tax rate, which means that only 40% of the fund's gains are subject to the higher short-term capital gains tax rate.

Persons: —, Austin Hankwitz, Roth, Ethereum, Hankwitz, it's, It's, Austin Organizations: Service, Business, Morgan, Nasdaq, SPYI, JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity

☆ Insurance stocks are rallying as a way to play one of the hottest spots for inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The stubbornly high inflation readings to start 2024 are good news for one group of stocks — insurance companies. Stocks to watch In general, Wall Street analysts are buying the underlying story for these insurance stocks. For a slightly different angle, Wells Fargo analyst Elyse Greenspan upgraded Hamilton Insurance Group to overweight last week. Potential downsides To be sure, there are several factors that could derail the rally for insurance stocks. Another concern is so-called "social inflation," in which legal trends or regulatory changes can drive costs higher for insurance companies.

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☆ The Bitcoin network completes the fourth-ever ‘halving’ of rewards to miners
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

watch nowThe Bitcoin network on Friday evening completed its fourth "halving," reducing the rewards earned by miners to 3.125 bitcoins from 6.25. After the 2012, 2016 and 2020 halvings, the bitcoin price ran up about 93x, 30x and 8x, respectively, from its halving day price to its cycle top. Hash rates are a measure of the computational power used to process transactions on the bitcoin network. "The market so far has seen bitcoin mining stocks as mere BTC proxies, in absence of bitcoin ETFs," said Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani. "[The] Bitcoin halving is already partially priced in by the market and we do not expect prices to increase significantly following the halving event," the firm's Marion Laboure said in a note Thursday, adding that it "has been widely anticipated in advance due to the nature of the Bitcoin algorithm."

Persons: Reginald Smith, Bernstein, Gautam Chhugani, MARA, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Marion Laboure Organizations: Metrics, JPMorgan, BTC, IRIS, Deutsche Bank Locations: Friday's

☆ Inside the world of flying cars, or eVTOLs, which are moving closer to reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Source: Alef AeronauticsWhat if flying around in an electric vehicle is a key part of the way you travel in the future? EVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, popularly known as flying cars or air taxis, are being developed by firms in the U.S. to Europe and Asia. Four of the most common eVTOLsAn eVTOL aircraft can take off and land vertically. From the technologies they use to take off and land to the fact they're electric, eVTOLs are trying to distinguish themselves from helicopters. While some wealthy individuals may own their electric aircraft, they will more likely be operated in fleets by an operator, as is the case with airlines.

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☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Shopify, Dell, Microsoft, Meta, Coca-Cola, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Ford and General Motors at overweight Morgan Stanley remains bullish on both automakers. Loop initiates DoorDash as buy Loop said in its initiation of the stock that it has more earnings potential. We think that years of debate over viability and earnings potential of on-demand gig platforms has been settled." Morgan Stanley upgrades Shopify to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said market share gains are increasing for Shopify. Morgan Stanley reiterates Microsoft at overweight Morgan Stanley said it's bullish heading into earnings next week. "

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☆ We're not seeing any slowdown in premium travel demand, says JPMorgan's Jamie Baker
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | 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 EmailWe're not seeing any slowdown in premium travel demand, says JPMorgan's Jamie BakerJamie Baker, JPMorgan senior airline analyst, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to break down the airline industry's bifurcation, how premium demand has boosted earnings, and more.

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Netflix and a popular beauty stock were featured among Friday's biggest analyst calls. Analyst Rob Sanderson initiated coverage of DoorDash with a buy rating and $170 price target, citing strong execution. Alongside the upgrade, Blum downgraded Sunnova Energy to an equal weight rating and slashed his price target to $6 from $11, citing a higher-for-longer rate environment. "Share gains upmarket by Shopify support confidence in the durability of growth against tempered consumer spending expectations," wrote analyst Keith Weiss. The stock has tumbled 11% this year, but could rally 22% based on the firm's adjusted $85 price target.

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☆ P&G's initial decline had nothing to do with earnings. The market later agreed
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

For the full year, the overall sales growth rate was reiterated at 2% to 4% as was the organic growth target of 4% to 5%. On the call, Schulten said growth across categories continues to be broad-based with 8 of 10 product categories holding or growing organic sales in this quarter. In North America, organic sales rose 3% on the back of a 3% increase in volume. In Europe, focus markets rose 7% on the back of a 4% increase in volume, and in Latin America, organic sales were up 17% versus the year-ago period. Weakness continued in Greater China, with organic sales declining 10%.

Persons: Dow, Andre Schulten, Schulten, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Pantene, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Procter, Gamble, Procter & Gamble, Colgate, Palmolive, Unilever, Management, CNBC Locations: United States, American, North America, Europe, Latin America, Greater China, China, San Anselmo , California

☆ Bitcoin just completed its fourth-ever 'halving,' here’s what investors need to watch now
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dado Ruvic | ReutersThe Bitcoin network on Friday night slashed the incentives rewarded to miners in half for the fourth time in its history. JPMorgan said it expects to see some downside in bitcoin post-halving and Deutsche Bank said it "does not expect prices to increase significantly." However, the impact may be bigger months from now, even if bitcoin continues its trend of diminishing returns from its halving day to its cycle top. "This process, known as mining, rewards miners with newly minted bitcoins. But with each halving, the reward to mining is decreased to maintain scarcity and control the cryptocurrency's inflation rate over time."

Persons: Dado Ruvic, bitcoin, Mark Palmer, Matthew Galinko, Marion Laboure Organizations: JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Miners

☆ Goldman Sachs is strong, Netflix raises questions: What we learned from earnings this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Of those companies, 73.6% have beaten earnings expectations, FactSet data shows. Investment banks doing well, BofA not so much The major banks that posted results this week — Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and Bank of America — beat earnings expectations. Bank of America shares fell more than 3% despite the company beating on both top and bottom lines. Mixed earnings picture Although nearly three-quarters of the reported earnings so far have topped expectations, the broader earnings picture is more muddled. The blended earnings growth rate, which considers the reports already out and the estimates from those still pending, sits at just 0.16%.

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☆ Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and a 'Ponzi scheme' — and says the crypto is hopeless as a currency
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Bitcoin is a "fraud" and "Ponzi scheme" and cannot serve as a currency, Jamie Dimon said. Dimon has dismissed bitcoin as a "pet rock" in the past and slammed it for enabling criminals. AdvertisementBitcoin is a scam and fails as a currency, Jamie Dimon said. "If you mean crypto like bitcoin, I've always said it's a fraud," the JPMorgan CEO told Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. It's a Ponzi scheme," he added.

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☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, eBay, Zoom, JetBlue, BJ's & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

"We are initiating coverage of Samsara (IOT) with a Buy rating and $42 price target." Deutsche Bank adds a catalyst call buy on Estee Lauder Deutsche added a short-term buy rating on shares of the beauty giant. Bernstein reiterates Apple as market perform Bernstein said it's getting more "constructive" on Apple shares but is sticking with its market perform rating for now. "We are initiating coverage of AES with a Buy rating and $21PT. "We are initiating coverage on shares of Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), a leading roofing products distributor in the United States, with a Buy rating and $135 PT."

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☆ Bitcoin halving: Crypto traders await quadrennial event
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Put simply, the halving is an automatic 50% reduction in the number of bitcoin entering circulation. “Guessing the endgame for Bitcoin after each halving is the ultimate sport,” said Antoni Trenchev, co-founder of crypto lender Nexo, in a statement. Miners are essentially auditors on the bitcoin blockchain, using powerful supercomputers to validate transactions and getting paid for their work in bitcoin. While long-term sentiments on bitcoin are bullish among the crypto faithful, the psychology around an event like the halving is hard to predict and can create volatility that’s extreme even by crypto standards. “It wouldn’t be surprising to see the price of bitcoin increase significantly over the next two years.”

Persons: CNN Business ’, it’s, ”, Antoni Trenchev, Gareth Rhodes, Molly White, John Sedunov, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, Greg Beard, there’s, ” Beard Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, United, Miners, Villanova University, JPMorgan, Mining Locations: New York, United States, Asia, bitcoin

☆ Thinking beyond Nvidia to other AI stocks earned this investor once in a lifetime returns
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Using this strategy, he identified three big winners: Eaton , Vertiv and Super Micro Computer . Around the same time the fund picked Eaton, Ocean Park also was buying Vertiv. On Tuesday, Loop Capital analysts put a $1,500 target on Super Micro. Having three stocks in the portfolio perform like Eaton, Vertiv and Super Micro may be a once in lifetime event. Jean-Jacques said the firm has about 40 long positions in its biggest fund, the Ocean Park Omaha Dislocation Fund.

Persons: J, Dennis Jean, Jacques, Jean, Eaton, FactSet, Dave Cote Organizations: Investments, Chief, Nvidia, Devices, CNBC, Micro, International Energy Agency, Whirlpool, Loop Capital, JPMorgan, Ocean, Honeywell Locations: Vertiv, Eaton, Columbus, Westerville , Ohio, San Jose , California, Omaha

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