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☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, Apple, Amazon, AMC, Netflix, Caterpillar & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Bank of America upgrades Caterpillar to buy from neutral Bank of America said in it sees a multiyear growth story for the industrial giant. Guggenheim downgrades Tesla to sell from neutral Guggenheim said numbers are too optimistic ahead of Tesla 's earnings later this month. Deutsche Bank downgrades Logitech to hold from buy Deutsche said it's concerned about weakening PC demand trends. Bank of America reiterates Alphabet as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on the stock, but that it sees further headcount reductions this year. Bank of America names Netflix a top pick Bank of America said Netflix is one of the best positioned media company's for the permanent shift to streaming.

☆ JPMorgan reports a Q4 earnings beat – but CEO Jamie Dimon warns of economic uncertainty ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

JPMorgan published fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's forecasts Friday. But CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the war in Ukraine and the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking campaign are likely to cause significant economic uncertainty this year. JPMorgan shares fell 2.9% in premarket trading after the earnings were released. Higher interest rates helped JPMorgan to beat Wall Street's earnings expectations. Shares fell 2.9% in premarket trading after the earnings release, which covered the three months up until December 31.

☆ The U.S. economy and stocks face a difficult year — and could even lag Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Last year took the U.S. economy and markets on a bumpy ride — and the year ahead also looks tough. "Europe has been in expansionary fiscal policy mode for quite a while, especially due to the energy crisis," she told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" Monday. "But beyond that, not only the internalization of U.S. manufacturing and consumption within the U.S., Europe is also betting on the reopening of China and it is going to give positive tailwinds to the European growth story." European GDP growth last outpaced the U.S. in 2017, though final 2022 figures have not yet been released. Ozturk-Unlu pointed to the diversification of sectors in Europe compared to the U.S. and sustainable production growth, particularly in Germany and France, as a case for Europe having more stable economic growth.

☆ This global stock exchange is under-valued and offers a 'very good' entry point for investors, outperforming fund strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of the London Stock Exchange Group are trading at a "very good" entry point for investors after a 10% decline in the bourse's stock over the past month, according to a fund strategist. Hannah Gooch-Peters, global equity investment analyst at Sanlam Investments, said the U.K.'s premier stock exchange had performed well in the past year due to the volatility in the fixed-income markets and the high spot prices of commodities. LSEG-GB 5Y line The share price of the London Stock Exchange Group has risen by 101% between Jan 2018 and Jan 2023. The London Stock Exchange Group, which goes by the ticker LSEG, is the fifth largest holding at 4.1% of Gooch-Peters' $480 million fund. However, the consensus price target of analysts compiled by FactSet shows a 24% upside from the current share price.

☆ 2 brothers quit their Wall Street jobs to build ETFs that help everyday investors reach their money goals. They explain how a Ray Dalio-inspired strategy helped their funds outperform the S&P 500 in 2
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Brothers Taylor and Brett Sohns have worked on Wall Street for most of their careers. These parameters can be found in what's called the "prospectus," which is a document that outlines the ETF's investment strategy and potential risk. Consider the process of buying cereal, explained Taylor: "Say you want Lucky Charms. The S&P 500 is down about 18% year-to-date, so we're outperforming that by about 5%," explained Taylor. While you may not do exceptionally well, you'll also never do exceptionally bad, explained Taylor: "In a rip-roaring up market, his product and our product will underperform.

☆ Tim Cook's pay is falling 40% this year – but he's cool with it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tim Cook's 2023 pay package will be slashed by 40% to $49 million, according to an SEC filing. The cut was done at Cook's request after his paydays in previous years faced pushback among some shareholders. Last year, a top shareholder advisory firm encouraged Apple stockholders to vote against Cook's $99M pay. According to a filing by Apple with the SEC, Cook's target total compensation for 2023 will be $49 million, more than 40% below what he was paid in 2022. Last year, a top shareholder advisory firm urged Apple investors to vote against Cook's pay package, which totaled nearly $99 million for 2021, or 1,447x the median salary of an Apple employee.

☆ The stock market set-up heading into the crucial CPI report Thursday morning
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bespoke Investment Group noted that in the first seven trading days of 2023, 175 stocks in the Russell 1000 are up 10% or more. Going into 2023, the pain trade was that the market would rally. "An in-line report doesn't cut it, in-line has already been sold," Chris Murphy, co-head of derivative strategy at Susquehanna, told me. "In my mind it [CPI] would have to be below consensus for the market to rally," he told me. He is particularly watching rental costs: "For inflation to come down, rents have to come down, and if they don't the Fed is going to be concerned."

☆ S.Korea's Kakao Entertainment secures $966 mln investment from sovereign wealth funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Joyce Lee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SummarySummary Companies Largest overseas investment in Korean content firm, co saysBusiness includes K-Pop, video, online comics and novels"Recession-proof" nature of business likely a draw -analystsSEOUL, Jan 12 (Reuters) - South Korean tech conglomerate Kakao Corp (035720.KS) said on Thursday unit Kakao Entertainment secured a 1.2 trillion won ($966.27 million) investment from leading sovereign wealth funds. Kakao, however, did not name the sovereign wealth funds in its statement. Kakao Corp shares rose 1% in early morning trade, outperforming a 0.2% rise in the wider market (.KS11). Unlisted Kakao Entertainment has a business portfolio ranging from K-Pop - including artist management - to shows, movies, and online-targeted, comparatively low-cost content such as comics called webtoons and serial web novels. "Having secured funds, Kakao Entertainment may seek to strengthen its artist lineup that can better target overseas markets via M&A or other ways."

☆ Analysis: Move over TINA, it's time for TARA
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Naomi Rovnick | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Reuters GraphicsIdanna Appio, a portfolio manager at First Eagle Investments, said that TINA was good for passive investors as it meant that equity prices went up because bond yields went down. "The risk free rate," he added, referring to core government bond yields, "actually gives you something." Bond funds recorded net inflows for six straight weeks until early January, BofA said, based on its analysis of EPFR data. "The end of TINA is very important," said Francesco Sandrini, head of multi-asset strategies at Amundi, Europe's largest fund manager. "You don’t need a bond bull market, you now have income," said Jeffrey Sherman, deputy chief investment officer at U.S. money manager DoubleLine.

☆ These quality factor ETFs still look cheap even after outperforming in 2022, Bank of America says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A pair of factor ETFs are on a hot streak that should continue early in the new year, according to Bank of America. Free cash flow to enterprise value is the best metric for determining quality, Bank of America said. After the first week of the year, the COWZ fund has a total return of 8.2% over the past three months, while the QLV fund is up 7.8%. "COWZ has a top weights in energy and materials, where P/E ratios have come down from summer highs and remain below average. Similarly, QLV has high weights in Apple and Microsoft whose P/E ratios have both returned to pre-Pandemic levels," he added.

☆ Goldman Sachs will lay off up to 3,200 workers this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Julia Horowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Goldman Sachs will lay off as many as 3,200 employees this week as an uncertain economic and market climate pushes the bank to hunt for cost savings, according to a person familiar with the matter. Like its Wall Street rivals, Goldman Sachs has been hit by a slump in global dealmaking activity as fewer companies merge or seek to raise capital. Goldman Sachs (GS) had 49,100 employees at the end of the third quarter. That’s hurt companies like Goldman Sachs that advise on these transactions. Shares of Goldman Sachs were up less than 1% in premarket trading Monday.

☆ KeyBanc upgrades Visa and Mastercard, says credit card stocks will continue outperformance in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Visa and Mastercard will do well once again in 2023 after outperforming last year, according to KeyBanc. Both payments companies outperformed in 2022, with shares of Visa down more than 3% for the year, and Mastercard more than 2% lower. The analyst expects the growth runway will continue to unfold for both, as they see new payment flows in 2023. It could account for more than 50% of the business, up from more than 45% in 2021, the note read. and other (e.g., Bill Pay), which in our view enhances the diversity of growth beyond core B2C use cases," the note read.

Other rate-sensitive growth stocks like Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) gained about 1% each as U.S. Treasury yields declined. The gains pushed technology (.SPLRCT) to the top of the major S&P 500 sector indexes list. The S&P 500 growth index (.IGX) was up 3.6%, outperforming a 0.7% rise in its value peers (.IVX). Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 3.68-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 2.15-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P index recorded 10 new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 95 new highs and 14 new lows.

☆ This equal-weight ETF is off to a hot start in 2023 after outperforming last year
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Invesco S & P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) rose 2.8% in the first week of the new year, roughly double the gains for the S & P 500. The index was down less than 12% last year on a total return basis, while the S & P 500 fell nearly 20%. Similar funds like the Invesco Russell 1000 Equal Weight ETF (EQAL) have also outperformed. The run has been so strong that, as CNBC's Michael Santoli pointed out in his weekend column , the S & P 500 equal weight index is trading at a multiyear high versus the S & P 500. The upcoming earnings season may be another reason for investors to consider an equal weight fund.

☆ This week's top performing stocks include one in media that could rally more than 80%
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As the first week of 2023 comes to a close, some stocks are already outperforming. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S & P 500 are on pace to add 0.8% and 0.5% this week. Discovery, about two out of every five analysts rate WDC a buy, with an average upside of 20.4%. Just about every other analyst rates the stock a buy, and the average analyst expects a 4.3% upside for the stock. More than 50% of analysts rate GE a buy, but the average price target shows it losing about 1% in the next 12 months.

☆ China property shares rise on easing of mortgage rules for some buyers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HONG KONG, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Chinese property developers climbed on Friday, lifted by more state support measures to bolster the highly indebted sector as China prepares to reopen its pandemic-hit economy. The property sector, which accounts for a quarter of China's massive economy, was badly hit last year after developers were unable to finish building projects that led to mortgage boycotts by some home buyers. Lockdowns and movement control measures to control the spread of COVID-19 also hurt buyer sentiment. The housing authorities also vowed to give strong support to first-time home buyers by allowing smaller down payments and cutting mortgage interest rates. Reporting by Clare Jim and Donny Kwok; Editing by Jacqueline WongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ FTSE 100 rises on Next boost; recession worries loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Shashwat Chauhan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The blue-chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) climbed 0.4%, extending gains to a third straight session and outperforming most regional peers. British clothing retailer Next (NXT.L) surged 7.4% after raising its pretax profit forecast for the current year, pushing the broader retailers index (.FTNMX404010) to a more than four-month high. Oil majors BP (BP.L) and Shell (SHEL.L) rose more than 1% each as crude oil prices rebounded amid dollar weakness. Britain's services sector ended 2022 in a lacklustre fashion, with new orders falling and hiring frozen during December, a survey showed, highlighting the likelihood that Britain is already in recession. Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V and Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

The dismal profit estimate by the world's largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker - a bellwether for global consumer demand - sets a weak tone for other technology firms' quarterly results. Samsung's profits are expected to shrink again in the current quarter, analysts said, after the South Korean company announced its October-December operating profit likely fell 69% to 4.3 trillion won ($3.37 billion) from 13.87 trillion won a year earlier. It was Samsung's smallest quarterly profit since the third quarter of 2014 and fell short of a 5.9 trillion won Refinitiv SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate. Quarterly revenue likely fell 9% from the same period a year earlier to 70 trillion won, Samsung said in a short preliminary earnings statement. Shares of rival memory chip maker SK Hynix (000660.KS) rose 2.1%.

☆ Two classic books on long-term investing are out in new editions
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Two classic books on long-term investing are out in new editions. In December, the Wharton School's Jeremy Siegel published a new (6th) edition of his classic, Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns & Long-Term Investment Strategies. Like Malkiel, Ellis urged investors to diversify into low-cost index fund investing, which was a radical idea because there were no low-cost index funds at the time! The market eventually caught up with Malkiel, Siegel, Ellis and Bogle. Investors now had not just an index fund, they had a low-cost, tax-efficient wrapper they could buy it in.

☆ Deutsche Bank's 'Fresh Money' portfolio beats the market. Here's what's in it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The financial services company should see 20% per-share earnings growth in both 2023 and 2024, according to Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank expects its ET5 mid-size sedan to become a top-selling model within six months as supply issues get worked out while demand remains strong. Deutsche's $21 price target implies Nio could rally 97.6% from where it closed Wednesday. The company should see a margin recovery in 2023 as headwinds related inflation and supply chain ease, Deutsche Bank said. Deutsche's price target of $266 implies the stock should gain a relatively modest 1.6% over the next 12 months.

☆ Wells Fargo issues some top tactical investing ideas for the first quarter
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As the first quarter of 2023 kicks off, Wells Fargo has its eye on what it calls stocks that offer tactical trading opportunities. Wells Fargo analyst Daniel Politzer upgraded Wynn to overweight from equal weight on Monday . Merck also made the Wells Fargo list, with the firm setting a price target of $125. And Wells Fargo has a $50 price target for Dynatrace , which implies 30% over Tuesday's close. Wells Fargo believes the software company has the "only enterprise-grade cloud platform capable of supporting modern workloads in a hybrid environment."

☆ 'Halftime Report' traders like financials, see sector doing well even in a recession
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As investors position their portfolios for the year ahead, one sector is a standout pick for the investment panel on CNBC's "Halftime Report" : financials. "In every recession, there's one sector, whose balance sheet is most negatively affected by the recession. Gilman Hill Asset Management CEO Jenny Harrington named financial stocks as her top 2023 sector pick, saying the sector is undervalued after reviewing its price/earnings to growth ratio, or PEG ratio. The financials sector in the S & P 500 was down by 12% in 2022, still outperforming the broader market index despite the drop. Here is the full 2023 stock picks from the group: Karen Firestone: Charles Schwab, Align Technology, American Tower; Sector Pick: Financials Jenny Harrington: Kohl's, Uber, B & G Foods; Sector Pick: Financials Jim Lebenthal: Boeing, Cleveland-Cliffs, Paramount Global; Sector Pick: Industrials

☆ Goldman Sachs: Buy stocks in these 15 emerging market countries that are set to outperform the US as earnings weaken in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Stocks in the US and emerging markets struggled in 2022 as global growth slowed. Goldman Sachs is more optimistic about emerging markets than US names in 2023. The difficult backdrop is causing some investors to consider equities in emerging markets. 15 top emerging markets in 2023Caesar Maasry, the head of emerging markets cross-asset strategy at Goldman Sachs, listed expected 12-month returns for stocks in 23 different emerging markets countries. Each country is listed in alphabetical order along with its index, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks it, and expected earnings growth and total returns by currency in the next 12 months.

☆ Wolfe Research downgrades Goldman Sachs, sees greater upside in other banks such as Wells Fargo
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

There's "less compelling" upside for Goldman Sachs in 2023, according to Wolfe Research. The stock has done very well in that time (+72%), outperforming the S & P (+36%) and BKX (+8%)," Chubak wrote in a Wednesday note. "However, as we head in 2023, we see less compelling upside in shares, prompting us to move to the sidelines," Chubak wrote. Shares of Goldman Sachs declined 10% in 2022, outperforming the S & P 500, which was down about 19% in the same period. Shares of Goldman Sachs rose slightly in Wednesday premarket trading.

☆ Former BlackRock stock chief Bob Doll shares his top 8 predictions for markets and the economy in 2023 — including 4 trades he thinks will outperform
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Crossmark's Bob Doll sees another lackluster year ahead for stocks. 2022 was a rough year for the stock market, with the S&P 500 closing out the year down nearly 20%. "2023 is shaping up to be another challenging year for investors," Doll said in his yearly predictions note on Tuesday. The cumulative effect of tight policy will eventually catch up to the economy this year, and send it into a mild recession, Doll believes. Finally, given the muted returns he sees this year for the broader market, Doll expects active fund managers to beat passive index funds this year.

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