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☆ Dollar gains before inflation data, bitcoin slips
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The dollar rose against the euro and yen on Tuesday as traders awaited inflation data on Thursday for clues on when the Federal Reserve is likely to cut rates. But Fed expectations are likely to continue to drive dollar moves. The release on Thursday of the consumer price inflation report for December will be the main piece of economic data this week. If the data confirms that inflation is continuing to moderate it could boost expectations for a March rate cut, though if it comes in above expectations it could also reverse some of that pricing. The U.S. dollar index , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, was last up 0.33% at 102.55.

Persons: Bipan Rai, Kamal Sharma, steepening, Sharma Organizations: Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange, CIBC Capital Markets, Bank of America, Fed, U.S, Bank of Japan, Investment Locations: North American, Toronto, U.S, Asia, Bitcoin

☆ These oversold stocks to start 2024, including Apple, could be due for a bounce
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tech stocks have been the laggards so far in the new year, with the Nasdaq Composite on pace to end the week more than 2% lower. Against this backdrop, CNBC screened for the most oversold and overbought stocks, measured by the relative strength index, or RSI. The RSI captures the strength and speed of stock price moves and is a useful measure of whether stocks are overbought or oversold. AAPL YTD mountain Apple stock. Other oversold tech names on the list includes software company Synopsys , which has a 14-day RSI of 14.86.

Persons: Piper Sandler, Synopsys, Oppenheimer Organizations: Nasdaq, Apple, CNBC, RSI, Barclays, FactSet, Reuters, Moderna Locations: Apple —, Moderna

☆ Stock futures are flat after S&P 500 hits a fresh 2023 high: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Stock futures were little changed in overnight trading Sunday after the S&P 500 reached a new 2023 high following a five-week win streak. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures were both flat. Nasdaq 100 futures inched 0.2% lower..Shares of Alaska Airlines declined more than 1% in overnight trading after news that it agreed to acquire rival Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both enjoyed their biggest monthly gains since July 2022. Investors are awaiting the November jobs report, scheduled for release on Friday, for confirmation the Fed is done hiking rates.

Persons: Dow, Jerome Powell's, Adam Crisafulli, Dow Jones Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Stock, Dow Jones Industrial, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, Vital, Dow Locations: West Coast

☆ Tattoo artists share 5 designs that will be popular next year and 4 that are on their way out
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Alyssa Towns Swantkoski | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tattoo artists weighed in on which designs will be more and less popular in 2024. AdvertisementBusiness Insider spoke with tattoo artists to learn which designs will be popular in 2024 and which are falling out of favor. Renata Angerami/Getty ImagesAccording to Jesse Smith, celebrity tattoo artist and owner of Loose Screw Tattoo , floral designs have been and will continue to be a staple. Sergei Aleshin/ShutterstockBrandon David, CEO and founder of Tattoo Space , expects color and gray styles to continue to be popular for realistic designs. Feathers and dandelions are overdoneFeathers were a popular tattoo choice for many years.

Persons: —, Lorena Lorenzo, Indigo, Renata Angerami, Jesse Smith, Anastasia Gatsko, it's, Smith, Sergei Aleshin, Shutterstock Brandon David, Jens Ottoson, Lorenzo, Gatsko, David Organizations: Service, G, BI

☆ Friday's analyst calls: Big drug stock upgrade, Alibaba downgrade, a new AI play
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The analyst lowered her price target to $99 from $106 per share. The new price target implies just a 5% gain from Thursday's close. The analyst's $115 price target, hiked from $70 previously, implies 43% upside from where the stock closed Thursday, at $80.36. ET: Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley cut Alibaba to equal-weight from overweight and lowered the firm's price target to $90 from $110. The analyst's $190 price target implies shares can rise just 2.6% from where they closed Thursday.

Persons: JPMorgan downgrades, Jessica Fye, Fye, Sarah Min, Wells Fargo, Andrew Nowinski, GenAI, Nowinski, FactSet, — Sarah Min, Morgan Stanley downgrades Alibaba Morgan Stanley, Alibaba, Morgan Stanley, PDD, John Melloy, Jason Bazinet, Bazinet, Johnson, Danielle Antalffy, Antalffy, Robert Ohmes, — John Melloy Organizations: CNBC, Spotify, JPMorgan, Investors, U.S, PDD Holdings, Citi, UBS, Johnson, Pharma, Bank of America, of America, Costco Locations: BioNTech, Thursday's, Wells Fargo, China, Darzalex, DARZALEX

☆ Oil slips 1% on concerns over delayed OPEC+ meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Nia Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude slid 75 cents, or 1%, to $76.35 after dropping as much as 5% in the previous session. In a surprise move on Wednesday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia delayed a ministerial meeting at which they were expected to discuss oil output cuts to Nov. 30. OPEC+ members Angola and Nigeria are aiming for higher oil output, officials told Reuters on Thursday. "However, it may be more difficult to bridge the gap with Angola, which has been a moodier member of the producer group since it joined in 2007."

Persons: Angus Mordant, Helima Croft, Phil Flynn, Nia Williams, Natalie Grover, Arathy, Andrew Hayley, Mark Potter, David Goodman, Alexandra Hudson, Marguerita Choy, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Brent, . U.S . West Texas, U.S, Organization of, Petroleum, Producers, Reuters, Capital Markets, Price Futures Group, Thomson Locations: Loving County , Texas, U.S, ., Russia, OPEC, Angola, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Chicago, British Columbia, London, Houston, Beijing

U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. Deutsche Bank's CVIX (.DBCVIX) - the currency market's version of Wall St's "fear index" of stock volatility and a weighted average of implied "vol" in nine major pairings - has basically imploded. By driving short-term dollar cash rates and U.S. bond yields higher over the past 20 months, the Fed basically sucked cash from the wider investment world and supercharged dollar exchange rates everywhere. Now that it looks done, the buck's finally on the back foot - plumbing levels not seen since August. With implied volatility directionally biased, the dollar index and the CVIX are typically well correlated and both peaked in tandem in same month of September last year.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Deutsche Bank's, Chris Turner, Francesco Pesole, BOJ, BOE, Marcelli, Morgan Stanley, Matthew Hornbach, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Deutsche, U.S, ING, Graphics Reuters, Reuters, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank and Bank of England, ECB, UBS Global Wealth, Treasury, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, U.S . Federal, Japan, U.S

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 27, 2023. Microsoft's shares (MSFT.O) advanced 1.4%, notching a record high after CEO Satya Nadella said Altman is set to join the company to lead a new advanced AI research team. The Fed is expected to issue minutes of its November meeting on Tuesday, which will be parsed for clues on the direction of U.S. interest rates. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.03-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.39-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq. The S&P index recorded eight new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 32 new highs and 24 new lows.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Bristol Myers, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, Ken Polcari, Nvidia, Germany's Bayer, Amruta Khandekar, Maju Samuel Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Microsoft, Bristol, Dow, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, Kace Capital Advisors, Traders, Dow Jones, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sunday, United Rentals, Ashtead, Boeing, Deutsche Bank, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ Gap's closet cleanup begins to pay off
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsTORONTO, Nov 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Gap’s (GPS.N) new CEO is embarking on a closet cleanup. Shares in the U.S. apparel company leapt over 30% on Friday morning, a day after it unveiled third-quarter results. That reaction looks overdone, considering how overall net sales of $3.8 billion are still down 7% compared to last year, and earnings fell year-on-year. Same-store sales at sub-brand Old Navy for the quarter were up 1% year-on-year, the first quarterly increase in over two years. The company might even use that tailwind to revive its scrapped plans to separate Old Navy into a stand-alone company.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, That’s, Richard Dickson, Barbie, Sharon Lam, John Foley, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: REUTERS, Rights TORONTO, Reuters, Navy, Mattel, Banana Republic, X, Walmart, Thomson Locations: midtown Manhattan, New York, U.S, China

Tuesday started with Nvidia getting more praise from one analyst, and a battery stock downgrade. She has a price target of $40 on shares, which suggests 20.3% upside potential from where shares closed on Monday. The firm initiated the stock with a buy rating and $125 price target, which suggests 7% upside from Monday's close. "3Q brings a narrative change in FREY's outlook with new risks to tech, strategy and funding that's been appropriately discounted by the stock market. He also slashed his price target to $2 from $13, which suggests 14.3% upside from Monday's close.

Persons: Tuesday, Morgan Stanley, Freyr, Paul Matteis, Matteis, Vistagen, — Hakyung Kim, BeautyHealth, Allen Gong, Gong, Benjamin Soff, Soff, Bernstein, Kraft Heinz, Alexia Howard, Howard, Miguel Patricio, Roth, Suji Desilva, Desilva, Morgan Stanley downgrades Freyr Battery Morgan Stanley isn't, that's, FREY, Adam Jonas, Jonas, Vivek Arya, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Bank of America, Therapeutics Biotechnology, Vistagen Therapeutics, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Rockstar, Kraft, Kraft Heinz, AMD, Investment, Freyr's, Nvidia Bank of America Locations: U.S, Monday's, Freyr's Norwegian

☆ The global EV market is set to hit a milestone in 2024. These battery stocks will stand out, HSBC says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Its global penetration rate could hit the "important 20% threshold" next year — "heralding entry to the mass market" for the first time, it said. "This has major implications for battery makers," the bank wrote in a Nov. 1 note. But, it said, "We think leading battery makers can handle this challenge and believe concerns about oversupply are overdone." The bank said it prefers pure battery market leaders, given their cost-competitiveness and strong customer base. "[It] should all help to lock in its cost leadership, a critical factor needed to survive the mass market.

Persons: BEV, CATL Organizations: HSBC, Battery, Stock, LG Energy, Korean, CATL, EV, Samsung SDI, SDI, BMW, Audi

☆ Altcoins are finally joining the current bitcoin rally as crypto investors turn risk-on
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Altcoins were in rally mode this week after lagging bitcoin in its recent climb to new 2023 highs. Bitcoin and ether have been separate from this trend recently, with more investors appearing to treat them as a safety trade compared to smaller, riskier altcoins. "Historically we've seen bitcoin rally, then Ethereum, then alts, and that pattern seems to be repeating as this bull market heats up," he said. "We see as a more likely scenario existing capital shifting from existing bitcoin products such as the Grayscale bitcoin trust, bitcoin futures ETFs and publicly listed bitcoin mining companies, into the newly-approved spot bitcoin ETFs," he said. He also said that bitcoin ETFs already exist in Canada and Europe but haven't garnered much interest from investors since their inception.

Persons: Altcoins, bitcoin, Polygon's, Bitcoin, Rob Ginsberg, Ginsberg, altcoins, – it's, It's, Ryan Rasmussen, Mike Novogratz, JPMorgan's Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, haven't, Panigirtzoglou, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Solana, ADA, ETH, Wolfe Research, Treasury, Bitwise Asset Management, Galaxy Digital, JPMorgan Locations: Canada, Europe

☆ These stocks are 'built for growth' and have major upside, Goldman analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

They include Monday.com , Booz Allen Hamilton, Brink's, Apollo Global Management and Constellation Brands. Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen is up 20% this year, but the government and military contractor's stock has more room to run, according to Goldman. Constellation Brands "Built for growth," analyst Bonnie Herzog said in a note, following the beer and wine producer's recent analyst day. Booz Allen Hamilton - buy rating "Booz Allen again beat consensus revenue, growing top-line 15% organically, continuing a pace well ahead of nearly all peers in the national security sector. Monday.com - buy rating "Expect little to no disruption to near-term execution; see Investor Day offering lens into LT growth potential.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Booz Allen Hamilton, Booz Allen Hamilton Booz Allen, Noah Poponak, Booz Allen, BAH, Poponak, Bonnie Herzog, Herzog, Monday.com, Kash Rangan, Rangan, …, BCO Organizations: CNBC, Monday.com, Apollo Global Management, Constellation Brands, Booz, Goldman, U.S . Staples, TAM, Retail Solutions, Private Credit Locations: Brink's, Government, NYC, Israel, APOs

☆ Bitcoin is back (sort of)
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The big storyCrypto comebackSOPA Images / GettyThe ink is barely dry on Sam Bankman-Fried's conviction, and bitcoin is already rising like a fresh divorcee. It marked the highest price for the cryptocurrency since early May 2022, adding to what has quietly been a strong year for bitcoin, writes Insider's Phil Rosen. After a dreadful 2022 culminating in the downfall of FTX and the aforementioned SBF, bitcoin has been on the up. While there was plenty of fallout from FTX's bankruptcy, the price of bitcoin has steadily climbed this year. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.

Persons: —, NYU Langone, Sam Bankman, Bitcoin, bitcoin, Phil Rosen, FTX, hasn't, It's, Roubini, Doom, Noah Sheildlower, Gary Gensler, it's, Ken Griffin, Goldman Sachs, Paul Sakuma Andreessen Horowitz, Maryna, Peter Thiel, Trump, couldn't, Thiel, he's, Diplo —, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, NYU, BlackRock, Atlas, SEC, JPMorgan, Hudson Global, Today Locations: Delaware, India, Japan, Soho, New York City, San Diego, London, New York

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Netflix, Plug Power, Toast BJ's, Arm, Occidental & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Wolfe reiterates Nvidia as outperform Wolfe said it's getting more bullish on the stock over the next several quarters. Wolfe downgrades Occidental Petroleum to peer perform from outperform Wolfe said shares of the oil company will be range bound. Bank of America downgrades FTC Solar to underperform from buy Bank of America said it was wrong about its prior buy rating on the solar stock. Bank of America downgrades CommScope to neutral from buy Bank of America trends are worsening for the tech company. Bank of America initiates Weatherford as buy Bank of America said in its initiation of the global energy company that it's seen a "remarkable turnaround."

Persons: Stephens, Henry Schein, Stifel, it's bullish, Wolfe, it's, Freyr, BTIG, FREY, William Blair, Wells, Baird, Weatherford, Girish Saligram, Gordon Haskett, Haskett, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Vera Organizations: Portillo's Inc, JPMorgan, Netflix, Citi, Body Works Citi, Nvidia, Wolfe Alpha, Occidental Petroleum, Bank of America, FTC, sel, RBC, EV Locations: Illumina, Occidental, Wells Fargo, Hawaii, 3Q23, U.S

☆ Oil is struggling this week but could be primed for a near-term bounce, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices may be due for a pop after their recent struggles, according to two analysts. International benchmark Brent is down 3.7% this week, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures have lost nearly 4%. Flynn said virtually everyone in the market right now is short oil futures. "You could easily mount a recovery here because we're probably the most oversold in a year in the market," said Flynn. OPEC+ will meet in two weeks and could take action to defend prices while there's still a low risk of regional war.

Persons: Phil Flynn, Flynn, we're, Hossein Amir, Abdollahian, Qatar's Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Maximilian Layton, there's, Layton Organizations: Brent, U.S, West Texas, Price Futures, Iranian, Iran's Press, Citi Locations: Europe, China, Qatar's Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Gaza, OPEC, Israel, Iran

☆ Dollar steady against euro, yen on intervention watch as it hits one-week low
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Karen Brettell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. Traders also remained on alert for potential intervention in the Japanese currency as it rose above the 151 level against the dollar, its weakest level in a week. “The dollar is vulnerable to weaker data going forward," said Shaun Osborne, chief foreign exchange strategist at Scotiabank in Toronto. "We’re transitioning to a sort of sell dollar rallies environment, after the buy dollar dips trend that we’ve seen really since the middle of the year." The dollar gained 0.41% to 151.03 Japanese yen , heading back towards levels that have investors on watch for currency intervention.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Shaun Osborne, ”, Osborne, Jerome Powell, Powell, Nick Bennenbroek, Francesco Pesole, Karen Brettell, Gertrude Chavez, Dreyfuss, Samuel Indyk, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, Federal Reserve, Scotiabank, U.S, ING, Reserve Bank of Australia, Thomson Locations: U.S, United States, Toronto

☆ Dollar bounces after sharp selloff, weak data hurts euro
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Karen Brettell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. "If you look at the percentage of currencies that have been down versus the dollar over the last 26 weeks, it was approaching 100%, and data also showed very long dollar positioning ... Traders are now pricing in only a slim chance of a further interest rate increase by the Fed and see three 25-basis-point rate cuts by next November. The euro fell 0.20% to $1.0695 after data showed a larger-than-expected fall in German industrial production in September. The yen softened to 151.74 per dollar last week, edging closer to October 2022 lows that spurred several rounds of dollar-selling intervention.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Marc Chandler, Jerome Powell, Chester Ntonifor, Chandler, Powell, Christopher Waller, Michelle Bowman, Neel Kashkari, Austan Goolsbee, Fiona Cincotta, Karen Brettell, Alun John, Ankur Banerjee, Paul Simao, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, U.S ., Australian, greenback, Fed, Bannockburn Global, BCA Research, Traders, . Minneapolis, Chicago Fed, PMI, Index, Reserve Bank of Australia, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, U.S, Bannockburn, New York, London, Singapore

☆ Dollar bounces after sharp selloff, euro dented by weak data
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Karen Brettell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. The dollar index which tracks the U.S. unit against six main peers, was up 0.37% at 105.64. If that continues, he added, attention will turn to how long to keep interest rates at current levels. The euro fell 0.37% to $1.0677 after data showed a larger-than-expected fall in German industrial production in September. The yen softened to 151.74 per dollar last week, edging closer to October 2022 lows that spurred several rounds of dollar-selling intervention.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jerome Powell, Marc Chandler, Chester Ntonifor, Chandler, Powell, Neel Kashkari, Austan Goolsbee, Fiona Cincotta, Carol Kong, Karen Brettell, Alun John, Ankur Banerjee, Paul Simao Organizations: REUTERS, U.S ., Australian, Fed, Bannockburn Global, BCA Research, Traders, Minneapolis, . Chicago Fed, PMI, Index, Reserve Bank of Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Thomson Locations: U.S, Bannockburn, New York, Tokyo, London, Singapore

☆ Central banks look to have hit peak rates. Here's how markets think they'll come down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of England dramatically hiked rates over the last 18 months in a bid to tame runaway inflation. Reid also highlighted that this is the seventh time this cycle that markets have notably reacted on dovish speculation. "Clearly rates aren't going to keep going up forever, but on the previous 6 occasions we saw hopes for near-term rate cuts dashed every time. In clear, waiting for inflation to reach 2% before cutting rates would be 'overkill,'" Moëc said. However, minutes from last week's meeting reiterated the Monetary Policy Committee's expectations that rates will need to stay higher for longer, with U.K. CPI holding steady at 6.7% in September.

Persons: Jerome Powell, Brendan McDermid, nonfarm payrolls, DBRS Morningstar, Jim Reid chalked, Reid, we've, Gilles Moëc, Moëc, Christine Lagarde, Yannis Stournaras Organizations: Federal Reserve, New York Stock Exchange, U.S . Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of, Fed, PCE, DBRS, Deutsche Bank, ECB, AXA, National Bank of Greece, of, Bank of England, CPI, BNP Locations: New York City, Bank of England, U.S, Europe

☆ Expedia CEO: Consumer is still traveling, and we're seeing good global demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | 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 EmailExpedia CEO: Consumer is still traveling, and we're seeing good global demandExpedia CEO Peter Kern joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss whether people have overdone their worries about consumer travel, whether there are any signs of a slowdown and more.

Persons: Peter Kern

☆ The sell-off in Humana is overdone after strong earnings. Jim Cramer says buy the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

"The story is on track, and I think you buy the stock," Jim Cramer said during Wednesday's Morning Meeting . Since its 2023 lows on July 13, Humana stock rallied more than 23% compared with a roughly 7% slide in the S & P 500 over the same stretch. Management's initial commentary on 2024 earnings and Medicare Advantage membership growth — discussed in more detail below — may also have left investors wanting. Humana also expects EPS growth in 2024 to fall on the lower end of its historical long-range 11%-to-15% target. Capital allocation Humana still expects to buy back about $1.5 billion worth of stock in 2023, finance chief Diamond said on the earnings call.

Persons: —, Jim Cramer, they've, UnitedHealth, Humana, Susan Diamond, Diamond, Bruce Broussard, Jim Rechtin, Broussard, Jim Cramer's, Jim Organizations: Medicare, Revenue, Humana, UnitedHealth, CNBC, Inc

☆ Take advantage of this stock market correction and another quarter of strong earnings by making these 10 moves now, according to top strategists at 4 investment firms
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The S&P 500 is down 7% since the start of September and briefly entered correction territory from its summer high last week. However, strategists say these threats are mostly priced into stocks, but higher earnings aren't. After three straight quarters of contracting profits, both BofA and UBS expect earnings to grow at least 3% year-over-year in Q3. "Within the context of our expectations for a continued choppy backdrop, we are incrementally more positive," Lerner wrote in a late October note. Truist's more constructive view on equities is based on strong results so far in Q3, Lerner wrote.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Savita Subramanian, Marcelli, David Lefkowitz, Lefkowitz, John Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Keith Lerner, Lerner, it's, Truist, Mark Haefele Organizations: Bank of America, UBS, Bank of America's, Equity, UBS Global Wealth Management, Federal Reserve, Israel, Oppenheimer Asset Management Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Truist, Real, Charlotte

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Meta, Boeing, AMD, Carvana, Ford, Robinhood & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: UBS reiterates Advanced Micro Devices as buy UBS said it's standing by its buy rating on the chipmaker after its earnings report on Tuesday. Goldman Sachs downgrades ZoomInfo Technologies as buy Goldman downgraded the stock after its "mixed" earnings report citing lower visibility. UBS upgrades JD.com to buy from neutral UBS said shares of the Chinese retailer are attractive. " UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said its checks show Apple's iPhone wait times are lower. TD Cowen reiterates Carvana as market perform TD said it's cautious heading into the used car company's earnings report on Thursday.

Persons: it's, TD Cowen, Piper Sandler, Piper, Polestar, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Bernstein, Price, Cantor Fitzgerald, VinFast, Cantor, it's bullish, JD, Mizuho, Robinhood, HOOD, Carvana Organizations: UBS, Devices, EV, Technologies, Bank of America, of America, UAW, Barclays, Ford, General Motors, Meta, JPMorgan, Boeing, Goldman, NRG Energy, Guggenheim, Management, Clear Messaging, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Apple, BP, UW Locations: Asia, Europe, North America

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Tesla, SoFi, Pinterest, Roku, Boeing, Apple, Shopify, Chewy and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Baird downgrades ON Semiconductor to neutral from outperform Baird said it sees "pricing pressures" for the semiconductor maker. Morgan Stanley upgrades Chewy to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its upgrade of the stock that share sell-off is overdone. " Morgan Stanley upgrades SoFi to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said the risks to SoFi are more than priced in. Morgan Stanley initiates Celsius Holdings as equal weight Morgan Stanley said in its initiation of the stock that it sees a balanced risk/reward. Northcoast upgrades Boeing to buy from neutral Northcoast said in its upgrade of Boeing that it sees a "more promising long term earnings horizon."

Persons: Wells Fargo, Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, it's, Baird, Rowe Price, Tesla, Piper Sandler, Wells, Morgan Stanley, CHWY, Guggenheim, Tourmaline, AutoNation, Jefferies, underperform Jefferies, MoffettNathanson, D.A, Davidson, Northcoast, ABG, Wolfe, Phillips, PSX Organizations: Wells, MARA, Apple, Semiconductor, Citi, TROW, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, of America, 4Q, Arista Networks, TAM, Lincoln Electric, Seaport, Guggenheim, JPMorgan, Susquehanna, WSM, D.A, Disney, Boeing, Boeing Company, Asbury Automotive Locations: Williams, Sonoma, CELH

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