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We're buying 25 shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) at roughly $223 each. Following Wednesday's trade, Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust will own 175 shares of PXD, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 1.39% from 1.2%. We're adding to Pioneer Natural Resources because it has some of the best oil assets in the Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. At a more normalized level of $80 per barrel, Pioneer thinks the annual payout will be $19 per share, offering an annual yield of about 8.5%. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ UBS gets it wrong on Honeywell, Emerson Club holdings are prepared
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Wall Street Wednesday turned sour on industrial conglomerates Honeywell (HON) and Emerson Electric (EMR) . UBS double-downgraded Honeywell to sell from buy, while reducing the stock's price target to $193 a share from $220. "These are precisely the stocks you need to be in because they are not as cyclical as people think," Jim said of Honeywell and Emerson during the "Morning Meeting." The Club take Our industrial holdings, Honeywell and Emerson Electric, have seen a positive run lately, outperforming the market — a testament to their strength heading into a deepening slowdown. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ Salesforce's cost-cutting plan is a much-needed move for an economic downturn
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Salesforce (CRM) laid out a cost-cutting plan on Wednesday that is a step in the right direction for the banged-up Club holding. I know that Starboard would've liked double that [number of layoffs] because that's how bloated they think that Salesforce became." Salesforce is the latest tech company to slash headcount as business slows down from Covid-fueled growth and recession fears mount. 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.

☆ Oil stocks lift London shares on first trading day of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SummarySummary Companies FTSE 100 up 1.4%, FTSE 250 adds 1.3%Jan 3 (Reuters) - UK's exporter-heavy FTSE 100 jumped 1.4% on Tuesday, marking a strong start to the New Year, as energy stocks rallied and investors waited for manufacturing data due later in the day. The blue chip FTSE 100 (.FTSE) rose 1.4% by 0820 GMT after far outperforming regional peers with a 0.9% rise in 2022. The more domestically-focused FTSE 250 midcaps (.FTMC) rose 1.1%, while the broader pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) gained 0.7%. As crude prices rose, oil majors Shell (SHEL.L) and BP (BP.L) gained in early trading, pushing the broader energy sector (.FTNMX601010) up 4.2%. Rolls-Royce (RR.L) rose 4.9% to top the FTSE 100, after Jefferies raised the airplane engine maker to "buy" from "hold".

☆ Josh Brown warns we could break the October lows, but has stocks to buy for second half
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Josh Brown issued a warning for investors on Tuesday, noting that new bear market lows could soon be reached. I think we break the October lows," Brown, the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, said Tuesday on CNBC's " Halftime Report ." Brown pointed to one view held among even bullish strategists on Wall Street that stocks will sell off in the first half of 2023, before rebounding in the second half of the year. "It's so much more rational to be in that camp, given all the headwinds, all of the negativity," Brown added. Brown named aerospace and defense as his favorite sector for 2023, saying equities in the sector will serve as an hedge for growing geopolitical risks this year.

☆ Gold surges to 6-month high, and analysts expect new records in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Denis Balibouse | ReutersLONDON — The price of gold notched a six-month high early on Tuesday, and analysts believe the rally has further to go in 2023. Looking ahead, Hansen suggested the key events for gold prices would be Wednesday's minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and Friday's U.S. jobs report. A full dovish pivot by central banks this year would likely have major implications for gold prices, according to strategists. "It is our opinion that central banks will pivot on their rate hikes and become dovish during 2023, which will ignite an explosive move for gold for years to come. We therefore believe gold will end 2023 at least 20% higher, and we also see miners outperforming gold with a factor of two."

☆ Why Deere thinks satellites are the next big technology to invest in
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Seema Mody | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

John Deere's Chief Technology Officer Jahmy Hindman told CNBC the world's largest agriculture equipment player is in the process of finalizing a satellite partner. As to when satellites will become in use, Hindman said Deere is "right at the cusp" of solving the connectivity problem for farmers. With more money in the bank, farmers are expected to continue spending on agriculture equipment, where John Deere remains a leader. Gabelli Funds has been a longtime investor in the agriculture equipment maker and remains bullish. The big wild card: the ongoing war in Ukraine which has sent agriculture prices skyrocketing.

☆ These are Dan Niles top 5 picks for 2023, when he expects the market to fall another 20%
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge fund manager Dan Niles is preparing for the potential of another steep decline for stocks in 2023 with a top picks list that leans defensive. Niles said on CNBC's " Squawk on the Street " Tuesday that he expects the S & P 500 to fall to 3,000, which is more than 20% below where the index finished 2022. Another area that Satori Fund is focused on is health care. There were also two individual stocks on Niles' list. Niles said that he believes in the Instagram parent's cost-cutting plans, making its cheap multiple – relative to other internet stocks – attractive.

☆ Gulf shares start new year in upbeat mood, Egypt outperforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Shamsuddin Mohd | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Jan 2 (Reuters) - Most major Gulf equities got off to a good 2023 start on Monday, with Egypt outperforming regional peers, as investors shrugged off concerns about a potential recession, crude oil demand and the U.S. Fed hiking rates further. Crude prices, which are highly correlated with Gulf financial markets, swung wildly in 2022 and are expected to remain under pressure in 2023. Abu Dhabi's index (.FTFADGI) advanced 0.4% on Monday, bolstered by a 0.6% increase in the country's largest lender First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB.AD). The Qatari index last year posted its first annual loss since 2017, dropping 8.1% in 2022. Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index (.EGX30) closed 2.5% higher, with Commercial International Bank Egypt (COMI.CA) climbing 3.1% while Abu Qir Fertilizers And Chemical Industries (ABUK.CA) was up 5.2%.

☆ Aerospace and defense stocks took flight in 2022. What analysts expect for the sector in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Aerospace and defense stocks took off in 2022, outperforming the S & P 500 as a selloff trend pummeled growth and technology names. Through 2022, the aerospace and defense sub-industry within the S & P 500 rose 15.5%, while the broader index tumbled 19.4%. Here are some of the best-performing aerospace and defense stocks of 2022 and what the outlook looks like in the new year. The top-performing defense stock in the fourth quarter was Boeing , with shares up more than 57%. Raytheon Technologies rose more than 17% in 2022, and analysts are optimistic about the stock in 2023.

☆ Morgan Stanley just revamped a 9-stock list that's beaten the S&P 500 by 18% over time. Here's what's on it — and how much further each one has to run.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Attention has shifted from interest rates and inflation to earnings growth and a looming recession. The Federal Reserve's moment of glory as the center of attention for market may have already passed. In 2008, the central bank was slashing interest rates rather than raising them. Morgan Stanley has revamped its fresh-money buy list, which contains nine names it sees outperforming next year. Over time, the firm's ever-changing group of elite stocks has outperformed the becnhmark S&P 500 by 18%.

☆ Bulgaria expects fiscal deficit of 1% of GDP for 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SOFIA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Bulgaria expects to end 2022 with a fiscal deficit of 1.5 billion levs ($821.11 million), equal to 1.0% of economic output, outperforming a revised target of 3.4%, the finance ministry said. Bulgaria, rattled by political instability, has decided to extend its 2022 budget into the new year until a new government is formed and comes up its own fiscal plans for 2023. Bulgaria often loads its state spending toward the end of the year. It forecast expenditures to have jumped to 62.9 billion levs from 54.6 billion levs a year ago, mainly due to compensation paid to businesses to shield them from surging energy costs and increases in some state salaries and pensions. Fiscal reserves, held under a currency regime that pegs the lev to the euro, were 12.8 billion levs by the end of November, data showed.

☆ Jobs report hangs over markets in first week of new year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Patti Domm | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The first week of the new year will be a busy one with December's jobs report looming Friday, and many investors may be looking for ways to fix up their portfolios after 2022's battering. What to watch Friday's jobs report is one of two big events on the market calendar in the coming week. The jobs report is very important because it is the final employment report the Fed will consider before its next meeting, Feb. 1. For all years since 1945, the S & P 500 has averaged an 8.6% gain and was up 70% of the time. The worst major S & P industry sector of 2022 was communications services, down 40.4% as of Thursday's close.

☆ The Dogs of the Dow beat the market in 2022. Here's how the list shapes up for next year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Dogs of the Dow strategy proved to be a winner in 2022, as investors turned away from growth stocks and looked instead for value companies and dividends. The 2022 list showed a big dispersion in performance. Heading into 2023, growth stocks and the tech-centric Nasdaq have been sliding, suggesting that the outperformance of value stocks may not be over. There are few changes to next year's Dogs list, which is headlined by Verizon . Both of those trades worked really well in 2022, and we think they'll continue to do well in 2023," Simpson said.

The S&P 500 was 0.7% lower Friday, leaving it down 19.9% for the year. Corporate bonds had a miserable 2022, too: The return on bonds issued by S&P 500 companies was -14.2% this year. The Bloomberg Aggregate US Bond Index had its worst year since the index’s inception in 1977, according to FactSet. Excluding energy, S&P 500 earnings would fall 1.8% this year, Butters predicted. Occidental Petroleum has been the biggest gainer of the year in the S&P 500, up 122% year-to-date.

☆ Defensive Stocks Become Hideout for Investors in a Rocky Market
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Hannah Miao | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Defensive sectors such as consumer staples have been resilient amid this year’s turmoil in the stock market, easily outperforming the S&P 500. In a year of stock market turmoil, investors have flocked to trusted safety plays. Shares of utility, consumer-staples and healthcare companies have weathered the storm better than most of the market this year. Consolidated Edison Inc., Campbell Soup Co. and Merck & Co. Inc. are among the standouts, each rallying double-digit percentage points in 2022.

☆ Premarket stocks: Wall Street's biggest winners and losers in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The S&P 500 is down nearly 20% and with two trading days left in the year, investors’ hopes of a miraculous recovery have been dashed. The energy sector has so far returned more than 60% this year, significantly outperforming every other S&P 500 sector. Occidental Petroleum has been the biggest gainer of the year in the S&P 500, up 122% year-to-date. The energy sector reported the highest year-over-year earnings growth of all 11 sectors, at 137.3%. Elon Musk’s Tesla (TSLA) is also down about 70%, making the auto tech company the third worst performer this year.

☆ Asia-Pacific shares poised to drop as investors continue to digest China's reopening news
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Emerging market value stocks are likely to return a real 9% per annum over the next seven years, while emerging market stocks as a whole are forecast to return 5.2% a year. International small-cap stocks are projected to return a real 4.5% while international large-cap stocks come in at 2.4% a year, after inflation. The U.S. isn't forecast to keep up, with U.S. small caps projected to shrink 1.4% each year after inflation, and U.S. large caps estimated to fall an average 1.8% annually over seven years. International bonds hedged against currency exposure are forecast to lose 1.8% a year and U.S. bonds to return -0.3%. At the start of 2022, GMO pegged emerging market value stocks to return +5% annually over seven years, emerging market stocks +2.2%, international small caps -1.2%, international large caps -2.5%, U.S. small caps -6.5% and U.S. large caps -7.3%.

☆ Forward Air CEO on holiday shipping, Lunar New Year and the 2023 Supply Chain Outlook
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | 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 EmailForward Air CEO on holiday shipping, Lunar New Year and the 2023 Supply Chain OutlookForward Air shares are 16% higher in Q4, outperforming both the Dow Transports and the S&P 500. The trucking and logistics company has Home Depot, Delta Airlines and Expeditors of Washington as customers. Forward Air gets 30% of its revenue from e-commerce, 40% from industrial trucking and 30% from specialty trucking for live events and healthcare companies. CEO Tom Schmitt shares a real-time update on the holiday shipping season, the volume his customers are expecting for the Lunar New Year and a forecast for trucking rates in 2023.

☆ These ETF strategies can help investors navigate a murky 2023 for markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here's how some ETF experts are viewing the year and what types of funds could be winners in 2023. … In 2023, investors should be a lot more selective," said Pedro Palandrani, director of research at Global X ETFs. While those areas would be negatively affected by a recession, infrastructure spending approved earlier in the Biden administration could help create solid demand even if the U.S. consumer weakens. Similarly, iShares highlighted the U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA) and the MSCI Global Agriculture ETF (VEGI) in its 2023 outlook as potential winners, in part due to their inflation-hedging properties . In iShares' 2023 outlook, the firm identified its MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE) and Core S & P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) as two funds that could benefit from a low-growth environment.

☆ A China ‘spending boom?’ Your guide to emerging market investing in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"We're going to have a spending boom in China, at least in the first half of the year," said Mehran Nakhjavani, emerging market strategist at MRB Partners. How to play emerging markets in 2023 Regardless, there are several ways for investors to get exposure to emerging markets. Perhaps the easiest way is by investing in the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM). Another vehicle through which to play emerging markets is the First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDex ETF (FEMS) . The fund is the best-performing emerging markets ETF this year, according to Morningstar, with a year-to-date return of just over 1%.

☆ What's next after a brutal year for tech? Market watchers share their views — and top stock picks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Zavier Ong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

If you invested in tech stocks in 2022, chances are you're sitting on a loss right now. As they head into 2023, investors could be forgiven for thinking that the worst of the tech rout is over. Big Tech is 'not dead' Michael Yoshikami, founder and CEO of Destination Wealth Management, said Big Tech is "not dead," though it will take time to recover. Goldman Sachs and Citi also see pockets of opportunities within Big Tech, with both naming Amazon and Meta Platforms as their top picks for 2023. The sector has traditionally been viewed as a growth sector, but some analysts say tech stocks are now value stocks instead.

☆ Sanctions forcing Russia's Sberbank to close UAE office, company says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Alexander Marrow | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sweeping Western sanctions targeted Russia's financial system after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Sberbank is one of several major Russian banks to have been blocked from the international SWIFT payments system and some senior executives have been personally hit by sanctions. "Unfortunately, in the context of sanctions restrictions, we are facing serious constraints on our SberInvest Middle East office in Abu Dhabi and we, unfortunately, are forced to close it in the first quarter of 2023," Vedyakhin told reporters. He said Sberbank would continue serving clients in the UAE market and that active communications were underway with Chinese regulators about opening an office there. Vedyakhin declined to give full-year forecasts but said Sberbank was confident of being profitable in December.

☆ Analysts expect these Nasdaq stocks to rally in 2023, with some forecast to double
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Though the Nasdaq Composite has been beaten down in 2022, there are some stocks that could rally in the new year. Nearly half, or 48.8%, of analysts rate the stock a buy, with the average price target implying the stock could rally 115.2% over the next year. Further down the list, Advanced Micro Devices could rally 37.6%, based on the average analyst price target. Pandemic darling Zoom also made the list, as the video conferencing platform has an average price target showing it could gain 31.2%. Just above one-fifth, or 21.6%, of analysts rate the stock a buy.

☆ Focusing on fundamentals helped these two BNY Mellon funds outperform in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

John Bailer and Brian Ferguson don't chase growth stocks. And that's an approach that's helped their five- and four-star-rated mutual funds beat this year's market rout. "What I'm talking about is a focus back on fundamentals in the market," said Bailer, a portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon. In nearly two decades, the managers delivered roughly 300 basis points in alpha to investors, Bailer said. "With these high oil prices, good refining margins, they've been able to build a lot of cash," Bailer said.

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