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☆ New Adobe software tools aim to aid 3D content creation for metaverse
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Adobe Inc (ADBE.O) on Tuesday released a set of new software tools designed to make it easier to create three-dimensional digital objects for marketing campaigns, video games and the metaverse. But in recent years Adobe has also invested in creating three-dimensional content, a field dominated by video-game centric firms like Unity Software Inc (U.N). Such content is expected to factor prominently in the metaverse, the virtual world that Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) and others are counting on for future revenue growth. "It's only with augmented reality and with 3D that you can do that," Cottin said. The second Adobe tool released Tuesday allows artists to switch between editing a three-dimensional object on a desktop computer to manipulating it with their hands in a virtual reality headset.

☆ Wall Street is being shortsighted on Meta Platforms, ignoring things that can go right
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Club holding Meta Platforms (META) seems to be a hated stock on Wall Street no matter what it does. The stock hit a new 52-week low Wednesday, one day after the company unveiled its new Quest Pro headset at its 2022 Meta Connect conference. Quest Pro Starting with the Meta Quest Pro, at $1,500, the headset is targeting a different audience than its Meta Quest 2 counterpart, which starts at $400. Tools and partnerships While the Quest Pro is impressive in its own right, what makes it really intriguing are the tools and partnerships that were announced with it. The Meta Quest Pro headset during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

While loans can be cheaper than issuing bonds, shorter-term debt is currently more expensive than longer tenors. Typically companies take a bridge loan to fund mergers but then pay it down with a long-dated bond issue before closing. The tech giant also doubled the size of its commercial paper program to $6 billion and said that it could expand the size of the term loan to $6 billion. "If a term loan is necessary due to timing of the deal closing, we expect to pay it back quickly," the company said. In the market for junk bonds, for example, some companies are paying higher rates to raise funds.

☆ Wells Fargo downgrades Adobe as $20 billion Figma acquisition raises questions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Wells Fargo on Monday became the latest firm to downgrade Adobe after its recent acquisition of Figma. Analyst Michael Turrin downgraded the stock to equal weight from overweight, saying investors should sit on the sidelines as Adobe's $20 billion purchase of Figma raises questions. Adobe shares plunged 24% last week after the software company announced the acquisition. "Following a string of disappointing earnings results, Adobe shocked the software world announcing its intent to acquire Figma for ~$20Bn (1/2 cash, 1/2 stock)," Turrin wrote. The firm's new price target of $310, down from $425, represents just 3.5% upside for Adobe.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: AutoZone, Take-Two Interactive, bluebird bio and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Peter Schacknow | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) – Take-Two shares slid 5.8% in the premarket after Bloomberg reported that a hacker released gameplay from its upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV game online. bluebird bio (BLUE) – bluebird bio rallied 7.3% in premarket trading after the Food and Drug Administration approved the company's gene therapy for a rare and lethal brain disease in children. Wix (WIX) – Wix shares jumped 4.5% in premarket action after activist investor Starboard Value revealed a 9% stake in the web development platform company. NCR (NCR) – NCR slid another 1.3% in the premarket on top of a 20.3% plunge Friday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to "equal-weight" from "overweight." Adobe fell 1.3% in premarket trading after falling 16.8% last Thursday and another 3.1% on Friday.

☆ What Cramer is watching Monday — bond yields up, stocks down again as Wall Street on Fed watch
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Morgan Stanley talks about the need to show why Club holding Salesforce (CRM) should stabilize out of Dreamforce conference. I think that's wrong: it's Club holding TJX Companies (TJX), off-price retailer behind T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and HomeGoods. Bank of America says do not sell Club holding Amazon (AMZN) on FedEx (FDX) warning. How about Club holding Disney (DIS)? As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

☆ What Cramer is watching Friday — FedEx's disaster, Street hates Adobe deal, Uber cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I wrote Thursday night about how this latest sell signal on Wall Street will hurt some stocks more than others. Downgrades and price cuts everywhere on Wall Street. CNBC's tech team says Silicon Valley loves the move, but clearly Wall Street does not. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street in New York City on August 16, 2022.

☆ What Cramer is watching Thursday — rail strike avoided, deluge of Club stock news, Putin-Xi meeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Humana (HUM) investor update meeting Thursday: much better than expected price targets: Full-year earnings per share $23.08, up from $20.30. Club holding Starbucks (SBUX): Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley raise price targets. Mizuho cuts price targets for Club holdings Nvidia (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), because of a pending hypercomputing slowdown. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. A pay dispute between rail workers and unions threatens a nationwide freight rail strike as early as September 16, 2022.

☆ Premarket trading: It's getting late in the game. Will the Fed risk a Hail Mary?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Markets plummeted as the report stoked fears that the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell would decide to hike rates more aggressively, inflicting serious economic pain. Investors are putting the odds of a three-quarter percentage point hike next week at 75%, according to CME FedWatch data. The odds for a full point hike are hovering around 25% in the wake of the inflation report, up from 0% one week ago. It meant that people understood the seriousness of the Fed’s commitment to getting inflation rates back down to 2%, he said. “I wouldn’t discount a 100 basis point rate hike,” Marvin Loh, senior strategist at State Street, told me.

☆ What Cramer is watching Tuesday — hot inflation slams stocks, recent Apple rally fizzles
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

BMO goes to market perform from outperform (hold from buy) but raises its price target $435 per share from $420. Wells Fargo raises price target on Clorox (CLX) to $130 per share from $120; but keeps an underweight (sell) rating. Wells Fargo cuts price target on Dow Inc. (DOW) to $60 per share from $70, saying polyethylene pricing is coming down. JPMorgan calls Robinhood (HOOD) August numbers "uninspiring," keeps underweight (sell) rating and a $7-per-share price target. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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