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☆ Hardware is Wall Street's new favorite bet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In today's big story, we're looking at the Apple-Google partnership that shows why hardware has become Wall Street's new favorite bet . The big storyHardware is hotGetty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BISoftware may still eat the world, but only with the help of some serious hardware. But generative AI has put a considerable spotlight on a less sexy part of tech: hardware. That's playing out in the stock market, where hardware tech stocks have outperformed software tech stocks by 30 percentage points this year , writes BI's Matthew Fox.

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: Mega money Musk, Kitty's stake grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Chipmaker Broadcom soared after it delivered better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Mainland China's CSI 300 index fell 0.4%, while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.3%. Broadcom's shares soared 13% after reporting earnings that beat analyst expectations and announcing a 10-for-1 stock split.% after reporting earnings that beat analyst expectations and announcing a 10-for-1 stock split.

Persons: Elon, Musk, Janet Yellen, that's, Yellen, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, That's, Kitty, Keith Gill, Gill, Australia's, BofA Organizations: CNBC, Dow, Nasdaq, Broadcom, Dow Jones, Musk, Treasury, GameStop, Trade, Nikkei, Bank of Japan's, U.S, China's CSI, Chipmaker Broadcom, Bank of America Locations: U.S, Delaware, Japan, South

☆ Friday's trading could trigger a $10 billion rush of demand for Nvidia shares. Here's how
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

At stake is one of the top two spots in the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) , whose June rebalance is based on market cap values as of Friday's close. The market caps of Microsoft, Apple and Nvidia were all within $100 billion of each other as of Thursday's close, according to a FactSet calculation. This type of big shift in an index fund is unusual, but not unprecedented. The fund tracks an index from S & P Dow Jones Indices that uses weighting caps to keep the index in bounds. Depending on how many shares of Nvidia are required, it might cause a short-term spike in the name," Bajaj said.

Persons: Dow, Dow Jones, Matthew Bartolini, Bartolini, Mohit Bajaj, SPDR, Bajaj, Todd Sohn, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Nvidia, Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Dow Jones, Dow Jones Indices, UBS, SPDR, Amazon, Trading, WallachBeth, Bajaj, Street Global Advisors, NYSE Technology Locations: U.S, SPDR Americas, rebalancing

☆ Jim Cramer says it's time to take some profits in AI stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After a big week for stocks related to artificial intelligence, CNBC's Jim Cramer told investors it may be time to ring the register for many of these companies that have seen massive gains. "Remember, this remarkable, albeit limited, narrow, year — you don't want to spoil it by refusing to ring the register on every one of your stocks that may be AI." Cramer reviewed the significant surges in the AI sector this week, starting with Apple's record-breaking run after the company announced new AI programming that could boost iPhone sales. "We know we've been feeling a little greedy, and it's quite unbecoming — when you have big gains, you need to take something off the table," Cramer said. "I am still a true believer in Nvidia, but I don't want to be oblivious to the scale of this massive run."

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cramer, avarice, Larry Williams Organizations: Oracle, Microsoft, Broadcom, Adobe, Nvidia, CNBC's

☆ Apple is now overbought after rallying to record highs this week. Here are other names due for a pullback
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It's also the second-most overbought stock on Wall Street this week based on its 14-day relative strength index, or RSI. CNBC Pro used its stock screener tool to search for the most overbought and oversold stocks. Names with a 14-day RSI exceeding 70 are considered overbought, which suggests that shares may soon slide. Other overbought stocks this week include Nvidia , Hewlett Packard Enterprise and T.J. Maxx . Among oversold stocks, aerospace and defense firm Northrop Grumman topped the list this week with a 14-day RSI of about 17.

Persons: It's, Siri, chipmaker, LSEG, Northrop Grumman, Northrop, Tyson Organizations: Apple, Developers, RSI, CNBC Pro, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Nvidia, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Broadcom, Wall, Bank of America, Microsoft, Tyson Foods

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Mega money Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., July 12, 2023. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped after the producer price index unexpectedly fell. Reasonable debtJanet Yellen, U.S. Treasury Secretary, said the ballooning national debt that's currently at $34.7 trillion is manageable.

Persons: Elon, Judge Kathaleen McCormick, Janet Yellen, that's, Yellen, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, That's, Dow Jones, Donald Trump, Tim Cook, Jamie Dimon, BofA Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Dow, Nasdaq, Broadcom, Dow Jones, Musk, Treasury, Trump, Business, Capitol, Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Chipmaker Broadcom, Bank of America Locations: New York City, U.S, Delaware, Washington

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Broadcom, Signet, Dave & Buster's and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings of $10.84 per share and revenue of $12.03 billion. Signet Jewelers – Shares plummeted more than 13% on the heels of the company reporting mixed earnings results for the first quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of 85 cents per share and revenue of $1.52 billion. The company reported revenue of $588 million, which is below the $621 million analysts had expected, per LSEG. Analysts had expected earnings of $2.68 per share and revenue of $404.8 million, according to FactSet.

Persons: LSEG, Signet, FactSet, Buster's, Tommy Bahama, Clark, Elon Musk, Oppenheimer, Ulta, Generac, Janney Montgomery Scott, Sean Milligan, Alex Harring, Michelle Fox, Sarah Min, Darla Mercado Organizations: Broadcom –, Computer, Arista Networks, Nvidia, Signet, Company, Galactic, Oxford Industries, Bank of America, Ford, Barclays, Paramount, Amusements, Paramount Global, Warner Bros, –, Liberty Global Locations: Texas

☆ Watch out, these stocks are now overvalued after going on a monster run this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors may want to be careful when buying tech stocks, as some names in the sector have become overvalued after their recent gains. Additionally, the CNBC Magnificent 7 Index has seen gains nearly twice that of the XLK and Nasdaq year to date, rising about 35%. CNBC Pro screened FactSet data for stocks in the XLK whose forward price-earnings ratio is above the S & P 500's. The stock trades at a forward P/E of 23.4, which is nearly double its five-year average P/E of 12.6. The megacap tech stock's forward P/E of 32.8 is 13.1% above its five-year average.

Persons: Jefferies, Oppenheimer Organizations: Nasdaq, CNBC, Barclays, Broadcom, JPMorgan, Citi, UBS, Microsoft

☆ Broadcom is the next stock that could enter the trillion-dollar club, according to Bank of America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Broadcom could be the next stock to reach a trillion-dollar market cap, Bank of America said. AdvertisementChip maker Broadcom looks like a contender to be the next member of the stock market's trillion-dollar club, Bank of America said Thursday. Bank of America thinks Broadcom has even greater potential even after its big quarterly report. Upside drivers will be semiconductor sales and Broadcom's VMWare, a software firm it acquired last year. AdvertisementIf Bank of America's price target pans out, that would place Broadcom among an exclusive group of stocks with trillion-dollar market capitalization.

Persons: BofA, — Organizations: Broadcom, Bank of America, Service, VMware, VMWare, Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple

☆ Here's why Danaher shares fell 4% on Thursday — a week after hitting record highs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Stocks little changed: Markets were mixed to lower Thursday following a rally to new record highs Wednesday. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Danaher, Tony Hunt, Repligen, Stifel, we'll, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Andrew Kelly Organizations: CNBC, Treasury, Broadcom, Jim Cramer's Charitable, New York Stock Exchange Locations: financials, Michigan, New York City, U.S

☆ Cramer says the market can't broaden out due to uncertainty away from tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said it's no secret that the market rally has been driven by a handful of tech stocks, and it's not likely to change anytime soon. Cramer said companies like Nvidia , Apple , Microsoft , Alphabet , Amazon , Oracle and now Broadcom have been integral to the rally. But while tech stocks have been shining, Cramer said other sectors can't quite say the same. For instance, Cramer pointed to the banks, which often serve as a bellwether for the market. It's hard to know where the market would be without the tech sector, he added.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, it's, Cramer, It's, Huntington, Hunt Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Federal Reserve, Trucking, Norfolk, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific, Molson Coors, Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo Locations: Norfolk Southern

☆ Bank of America says Broadcom could join Nvidia in the 'trillionaires club'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Broadcom has a pathway to "join the trillionaires club," Bank of America said as it reiterated a buy rating on the chipmaker Thursday. The firm raised its price target to $2,000 per share from $1,680, a forecast that implies nearly 34% upside from Wednesday's $1,495.51 close. Analyst Vivek Arya said Broadcom's steady semiconductor sales and its exposure to multiple secular product cycles could help it get there. AVGO YTD mountain Broadcom stock. On Thursday, Broadcom stock rallied more than 15% and touched a fresh 52-week high.

Persons: Vivek Arya, it's, Arya Organizations: Broadcom, Bank of America, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Wall

☆ Broadcom shares surge on earnings beat, increased demand for AI products
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Katie Bartlett | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Broadcom shares rose about 12% on Thursday after the company posted second fiscal quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates and showed that it's benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom. Broadcom reported earnings per share of $10.96 ahead of LSEG consensus estimates of $10.84 per share. Analysts see Broadcom as a beneficiary of increasing investments in AI. Bank of America analysts reiterated a buy rating and said they consider Broadcom a top AI pick because it is positioned to grow in custom AI chips and Ethernet networking. They also said Broadcom can upsell VMware to enterprise customers deploying AI.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Broadcom, Nvidia, . Bank of America, VMware, Bank of America

☆ Blistering AI demand drives a beat and raise at our other chipmaker Broadcom
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Jeff Marks | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

We view Broadcom as one of the biggest AI beneficiaries through its networking and custom chip businesses. And it's a good thing that Broadcom wants to make its stock more accessible to investors and employees. Broadcom said the spending run rate at VMware was $1.6 billion in the quarter, down from $2.3 billion per quarter pre-acquisition. Outlook Following the strong first half of its fiscal year 2024, Broadcom raised both its revenue and adjusted EBITDA outlook. The positively revised update is above FactSet estimates of $50.58 billion in revenue and $30 billion of adjusted EBITDA.

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☆ Samsung unveils plan to speed up delivery of AI chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Samsung expects global chip industry revenue to grow to $778 billion by 2028, boosted by AI chips, Choi said. Samsung is one of the few companies that sells memory chips, offers foundry services and designs chips under the same roof. GAA is seen as important to keep making more powerful chips for AI as chips become finer to the point of pushing the boundaries of physics. Although competitors such as global foundry No 1 TSMC are also working on chips using GAA, Samsung started applying GAA earlier, and said it plans to mass produce its second-generation 3-nanometer chips using GAA in the second half of this year. Samsung also announced its latest 2-nanometer chipmaking process for high-performance computing chips, which places power rails on the backside of the wafer to improve power delivery.

Persons: “, ”, Siyoung Choi, Choi, Marco Chisari, Sam Altman’s, Altman Organizations: San Jose Reuters, Samsung Electronics, Samsung, Foundry Sales, chipmaker, Reuters, South Locations: Seoul, San Jose, San Jose , California

☆ Bank of America gets more bullish on this chip stock that will power Apple's AI transformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The investment case for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing just got stronger after Apple's push into artificial intelligence, according to Bank of America. Analyst Brad Lin hiked his price objective on Taiwan Semiconductor, saying the buy-rated chipmaker is an "indispensable and reliable partner" to Apple. TSM 1D mountain Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The U.S.-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor have already outperformed this year, advancing roughly 60%. Lin noted that Apple is Taiwan Semiconductor's biggest customer, accounting for roughly one-quarter of the chipmaker's revenue.

Persons: Brad Lin, Lin Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Bank of America, Taiwan Semiconductor, Apple, Apple Intelligence, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Taiwan Semiconductor's Locations: U.S, Taiwan

☆ Broadcom beats earnings estimates, announces 10-for-1 stock split
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Broadcom posted earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Wednesday that beat analysts' estimates. It also announced a 10-for-1 stock split, set to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on July 15. Broadcom reported $2.12 billion in net income during the quarter, or $4.42 per share, versus $3.48 billion in net income, or $8.15 per share, in the year-ago period. Broadcom said $3.1 billion in sales during the quarter could be attributed to revenue from AI products. For example, Broadcom works with Google , which partially designs its own AI chip called a TPU.

Persons: Hock Tan Organizations: Broadcom, Google, VMware

The S&P 500 rose Thursday after investors got more economic data indicating inflation pressures are easing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 156 points, or 0.4%. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected an increase of 0.1%. Broadcom shares surged 13% after the chipmaker topped fiscal second-quarter expectations and announced a 10-for-1 stock split. Correction: Economists polled by Dow Jones expected PPI to rise by 0.1%.

Persons: Dow Jones, James McCann Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Reserve, Fed, Broadcom, Buster's Entertainment, PPI

☆ Apple poised to beat Nvidia and rest of Magnificent Seven from here, BTIG says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The tide's turning in Apple 's favor, with the iPhone maker poised to outperform AI chipmaker Nvidia , according to a chart analyst at BTIG. So far in 2024, Tim Cook's company is ahead less than 7% while Nvidia has soared 144%. AAPL NVDA 5Y mountain Apple vs Nvidia over past five years. Krinsky, whose note was published before the stock market opened Tuesday but after Apple debuted its latest artificial intelligence plans on Monday, said Apple was poised to break out to a new high. In trading Tuesday, Apple climbed as much as 6.7% to a record $206.03 intraday, scoring its first all-time high since last December.

Persons: Jonathan Krinsky, Tim Cook's, Krinsky, Apple Organizations: Apple, Nvidia

☆ Raspberry Pi London IPO: Why investors are going gaga over a tiny, $35 computer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

London CNN —Investors are snapping up the shares of a British maker of tiny computers after it went public on the London Stock Exchange Tuesday. Raspberry Pi stock soared as much as 40% in early trade before paring those gains slightly by 11.54 a.m. The Cambridge-based company started life in 2012 as a commercial subsidiary of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a charity founded four years earlier to promote computer science in schools. To date, Raspberry Pi has sold more than 60 million computers worldwide, according to its website. Raspberry Pi plans to invest the funds raised in developing its products and expanding its educational activities.

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☆ Nvidia's CEO never schedules one-on-one meetings—unless someone specifically asks for it: ‘Then I’ll drop everything’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jensen Huang doesn't schedule one-on-one meetings with the people who report to him — but that doesn't mean he has no time for them. The billionaire Nvidia CEO and co-founder revealed that aspect of his managerial style during a talk at Stanford University in March. DON'T MISS: The ultimate guide to becoming a master communicator and public speakerIn Huang's case, scheduling 55 recurring one-on-one meetings could fill up a calendar quickly. A fully booked planner carries psychological ramifications, too, Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos said at SXSW in March. To fend it off, Santos suggested going through your to-do list and figuring out which items don't actually need to be scheduled.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Lex, Laurie Santos, Santos Organizations: Nvidia, Stanford University, Apple, Microsoft, Yale University, SXSW, CNBC

☆ These stocks should be the cornerstone of an AI portfolio, according to Evercore ISI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A group of stocks are at the helm of the artificial intelligence revolution — and they are worth buying and holding for the long run, according to Evercore ISI. To compile this list, Evercore scanned the Russell 1000 for companies whose executives mentioned AI on call transcripts in 2023 more frequently compared to their peers. Also on Evercore's list is Google parent company Alphabet , which notched 169 AI mentions last year. The company's suite of AI products include its own large language model, Gemini, and Vertex AI, which targets enterprise companies. "Our leadership in AI research and infrastructure, and our global product footprint, position us well for the next wave of AI innovation."

Persons: Julian Emanuel, Russell, Emanuel, Evercore, Rubin, Wall, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Sundar Pichai Organizations: ISI, Nvidia, Meta

☆ Nvidia could one day be an unprecedented 15% of the S&P 500, predicts Evercore ISI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( John Melloy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nvidia could one day dominate the U.S. stock market benchmark S & P 500 by a magnitude that has never been seen before, more than doubling the influence of past leaders like Apple and Nokia, along with current leader Microsoft. "History suggests NVDA could become 10-15% of S & P 500," wrote chip analyst Mark Lipacis in a note Friday. "We have observed that at each successive computing era, the ecosystem players represent a larger weighting of the S & P 500." Nvidia is already doing most of the heavy lifting for the S & P 500. The chipmaker is responsible for about 37% of the S & P 500's year-to-date 12% return.

Persons: Mark Lipacis, that's, Lipacis Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Nokia, Microsoft, Evercore, Jefferies, Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq

☆ Monday, June 10, 2024: Cramer breaks down why he believes this energy stock can go much higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Monday, June 10, 2024: Cramer breaks down why he believes this energy stock can go much higherJim and Jeff discuss the this energy stock's investment into natural gas. They also dive into this chipmaker's split. Finally, they break down this semiconductor's moves.

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☆ There's a stock market crash coming in 2025 as the 'bubble of all bubbles' bursts, economist says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The US is poised to see an epic stock market crash next year, according to Harry Dent. AdvertisementThe stock market could be in for a steep correction, resulting in a crash even worse than what investors saw during the Great Financial Crisis, according to economist Harry Dent. "Hero" stocks, like chipmaker Nvidia, could drop as much as 98%, he said, implying a multi-trillion market crash. "We've got to see a crash of about 40% to say, okay, the bubble's finally let off the steam. "This is really the second tech bubble version," he added, referring to the dot-com bubble in the 2000s."

Persons: Harry Dent, —, Dent, We've, " Dent Organizations: Service, Harvard Business School, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Fox Business Network

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