DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ The bull case is getting stronger, but the bear isn't dead: Solus Alternative's Dan Greenhaus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | 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 EmailThe bull case is getting stronger, but the bear isn't dead: Solus Alternative's Dan GreenhausDan Greenhaus, Solus Alternative Asset Management chief strategist, Kristina Hooper, Invesco chief global market strategist, and Gregory Branch, founder and managing partner at Veritas Financial Group, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss their market and Fed outlooks.

Persons: Solus, Dan Greenhaus Dan Greenhaus, Kristina Hooper, Gregory Branch Organizations: Asset Management, Veritas Financial Group

☆ Markets will likely move higher and be more risk-on going into 2024, says Invesco's Brian Levitt
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | 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 EmailMarkets will likely move higher and be more risk-on going into 2024, says Invesco's Brian LevittBrian Levitt, Global Market Strategist for North America at Invesco, discusses broadening in the markets and where he sees equities going from here.

Persons: Invesco's Brian Levitt Brian Levitt Organizations: Global, North America, Invesco

☆ UBS expects the Fed to halve interest rates next year. Here are 3 preferred trades
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

UBS has highlighted several stock ideas it favors for 2024, as it forecasts massive cuts to interest rates next year. The investment bank expects the U.S. will see slower economic growth and strong disinflation leading to an interest rate cut of 275 basis points . Given the economic outlook, UBS strategists recommend a number of trades to clients for 2024. All the sectors apart from software trade on bigger discounts than normal against their US peers," the UBS strategists said. To reflect that view, UBS strategists said they favored gaining exposure to the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF in 2024.

Persons: Jonathan Pingle, Gerry Fowler, Sean Simonds, KWEB Organizations: UBS, Federal, CNBC, U.S, Investors, China Tech, Internet Technology, CSI China Internet Locations: U.S, China

☆ BlackRock files for spot ethereum ETF to further crypto push
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BlackRock is proposing to convert the trust to a "spot" ETF, which means it will own ether instead of futures products tied to the crypto token. While futures-based crypto ETFs have previously been approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulator has long contended that the spot crypto market is prone to fraud and manipulation. BlackRock dipped its toes in the crypto space with its filing for a spot bitcoin ETF in June. Coinbase Custody, a unit of crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN.O), will hold the proposed ETF's ether in custody. The company is also the proposed custodian of BlackRock's bitcoin ETF.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Niket, Shinjini Organizations: BlackRock, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Nasdaq, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, bitcoin, Bengaluru

☆ Solar stocks could rebound in 2024 after a brutal year but interest rates will make or break the recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Solar stocks could rebound in the second half of 2024 after taking a beating this year, though the industry's recovery depends largely on whether the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again. The rally comes as the residential solar industry looks toward the end of a rough year, with demand softening significantly as repeated rate hikes made installations unattractive for consumers. "The big headwind is interest rates," said Julien Dumoulin-Smith, a stock analyst who covers clean energy for Bank of America. Inventory problem The residential solar companies misread the market this year after a record 2022. The residential solar stocks will probably be broadly revisited on the buyside sometime around the spring of 2024, Blanchard said, though this also depends on what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates.

Persons: SolarEdge, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, we're, Corinne Blanchard, Blanchard, Wood Mackenzie, Jerome Powell, Goldman Sachs, James West, orderbook, West Organizations: Federal Reserve, Treasury, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Federal, Golden State, Utilities, Evercore ISI Locations: Dumoulin, California, Golden

Burry also closed out bearish options against the broad S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Index, the filings showed. His Scion Asset Management’s biggest new position last quarter was in bearish options on an exchange-traded fund focused on semiconductors. He bought put options with a notional value of $47.4 million against the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX.O), according to the filing. The filings also showed that Burry's fund no longer held puts on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500. Hedge fund Man Group also sold its 1.1 million shares in Nvidia, while Renaissance Technologies LLC sold its entire stake in the company.

Persons: Michael Burry, Burry, George Soros, Carolina Mandl, David Gregorio, Anna Driver, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S, Nasdaq, iShares Semiconductor, Soros Fund Management, Society, Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactoring, Man, Renaissance Technologies, Tiger Global Management, Eisler Capital, Man Group, Duquesne Family Office, Thomson Locations: U.S, TSMC, New York

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Home Depot, Fisker, SolarEdge and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Azenta — The life science stock jumped 13% on Tuesday, a day after the company delivered its fiscal fourth-quarter report. Home Depot — Shares of the home improvement retailer jumped 6% after the company posted third-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations. Enphase Energy , Solar Edge , First Solar – The solar power stocks surged on Tuesday, with Enphase adding nearly 14%. Solar companies and tech stocks are sensitive to interest rates, and fare well when bond yields decline. Adobe — The software stock climbed nearly 2% in midday trading.

Persons: FactSet, Matthew Shattock, Fisker, — CNBC's Pia Singh, Alex Harring, Michelle Fox, John Rosevear, Darla Mercado Organizations: Enphase, Solar, V.F, Corp, Amazon Web Services, Therapeutics, Federal, Deutsche Bank, EV, Adobe

Friday's early calls include an upgrade to a restaurant software stock and a big downgrade to a solar name. The bank downgraded Unity stock to neutral from outperform, also slashing its target price to $20 from $55. Analyst Doug Anmuth's updated price target of $510 could mean that there's still 17% room for the stock to go. Analyst Jonathan Block's price target of $70 signifies a 13% upside from the stock's Thursday closing price of $62.16. Koning has a price target of $18 per share, implying upside of nearly 30% over the next 12 months.

Persons: Baird, Tim Nollen, Lisa Kailai Han, Carlo Santarelli, — Lisa Kailai Han, JPMorgan downgrades, Drew Chamberlain, Doug Anmuth's, Anmuth, NFLX, Henry Schein, Jonathan, Freyr, BTIG, Gregory Lewis, FREY, Lewis, Stephens, Joshua Long . Long, Long, Portillo's, Mgmt, Chris Dendrinos, Dendrinos, Baird Baird, David Koning, Koning, — Fred Imbert, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Bank of America, Macquarie, Unity, Wynn Resorts, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, JPMorgan downgrades Enviva, Netflix, FR, European Union, RBC Capital, FTC Solar Bank of America, FTC Solar, FTC Locations: Macquarie, Unity, UAE, Boston, Norway, Portillo's, Thursday's

☆ BlackRock plans for ethereum trust fuel speculation about ETF filing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Suzanne Mcgee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BlackRock registered the iShares Ethereum Trust as a Delaware statutory trust on Thursday. Earlier this year, BlackRock registered a bitcoin trust in the same manner and a week later filed an application with the SEC to launch a spot bitcoin ETF. BlackRock declined to comment on the trust's creation or on any plans for an ETF filing. To date, roughly a dozen ETF providers have filed to create spot bitcoin ETFs, or convert existing products into spot ETFs, helping fuel the recent rally in the cryptocurrency. Several other ETF providers that have applied for spot bitcoin ETFs also have sought SEC approval for spot ether ETFs, including Ark Investment Management, Invesco and VanEck.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Bitcoin, Gary Gensler, Suzanne McGee, Ira Iosebashvili, David Evans Organizations: BlackRock, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, SEC, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Ark Investment Management, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Delaware

☆ Global asset managers talk up China as long-term bet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHONG KONG, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Top executives at global asset managers on Wednesday talked up China at an event in Hong Kong on Wednesday, championing long-term investment opportunities in an economy battling to break free of pandemic disruption. "Long term, (China) has to be part of a global investment portfolio." Citadel Securities CEO Peng Zhao called China a driver of growth and innovation and said it was "baffling" to think otherwise. He also said Citadel doubled its Hong Kong headcount in the face of pandemic-induced challenges, leveraging the talent the city hosts and its connectivity to other markets. Quinn told the Hong Kong event on Tuesday that wealth flow from mainland China to Hong Kong has grown 3 to 4 times this year.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Mark Wiedman, Wiedman, Mike Gitlin, Lei Zhang, Anne Richards, Invesco, Andrew Schlossberg, Peng Zhao, Zhang Yichen, Noel Quinn, Quinn, Kane Wu, Xie Yu, Sumeet Chatterjee, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, West, Global Financial, Investment Summit, European Chamber of Commerce, Capital, Fidelity International, Citadel Securities, Citadel, Trustar, HSBC Group, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, Hong Kong, West, Singapore

☆ Global asset managers bullish on China after policy shift
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHONG KONG, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Economic policy shift in China and the investment opportunities it is creating are drivers for long-term bets in the country by global asset managers, top executives said on Wednesday. "China is the world's second-largest capital market" after the U.S., the head of BlackRock's (BLK.N) global client business, Mark Wiedman, said at the Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit in Hong Kong. "Long term, (China) has to be part of a global investment portfolio." At the Hong Kong event, hosted by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Fidelity International CEO Anne Richards said China was a key part of the global economy and that fact will not change soon. Quinn told the Hong Kong event on Tuesday that wealth flow from mainland China to Hong Kong has grown by 3 to 4 times this year.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Mark Wiedman, Wiedman, Mike Gitlin, Gitlin, Pan Gongsheng, Anne Richards, Andrew Schlossberg, Noel Quinn, Quinn, Zhang Qingsong, Kane Wu, Xie Yu, Sumeet Chatterjee, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, Global Financial, Investment, Capital, People's Bank of China, Securities Times, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Fidelity International, HSBC Group, Thomson Locations: HONG KONG, China, U.S, Hong Kong, Singapore

☆ Larry Fink’s next M&A may go in surprise direction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Reuters GraphicsTIPPING THE SCALESThe shift to low-fee products helped BlackRock’s assets under management swell to more than $9 trillion at the end of September. BlackRock’s history with Blackstone means a reunion with Stephen Schwarzman’s $110 billion firm is a persistent Wall Street rumor. BlackRock’s funds operate under a single name, so uniting with Carlyle (CG.O) or Apollo Global Management (APO.N) would pose a branding challenge. Fink might covet MSCI (MSCI.N), the $38 billion firm which aggregates many of the benchmarks tracked by BlackRock’s ETFs. Given Fink’s long record of pulling off opportunistic and transformational deals, it would be foolish to bet against him springing one last surprise.

Persons: Larry Fink, Fink, Merrill, Rowe Price, Janus Henderson, Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman’s, Carlyle, covet, MSCI, Michael Bloomberg, doesn’t, LSEG –, Peter Thal Larsen, Thomas Shum, Streisand Neto Organizations: CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, BlackRock, Blackstone, Barclays Global Investors, Credit Suisse, UBS, nab, Graphics, Apollo Global Management, London Stock Exchange, Thomson Reuters, New, Bloomberg, Wall Street, New York Times, LSEG – Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, BlackRock, Boston, Swiss, New York, United States

☆ Earnings calls reveal how companies ranging from Coca-Cola to JPMorgan are capitalizing on AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The craze around AI kicked off late last year with the launch of ChatGPT, and dozens of technology companies from Alphabet to Meta Platforms have thrown a hat into the ring . Many companies have utilized AI or machine-learning tools in the past to streamline their businesses. For pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance and soda maker Coca-Cola , AI is helping improve supply chains, forecast demand and in some cases, predict spending. Centene , UnitedHealth and Elevance Health all highlighted ways they are implementing AI to improve customer offerings. Financials Major financial and banking companies are also finding ways to capitalize on AI to improve efficiencies and their bottom line.

Persons: Gary Guthart, Elevance, UnitedHealth, Erica, Moody's, Andrew Schlossberg, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, That's Organizations: CNBC Pro, Consumer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Supply, Microsoft, Health, Elevance, Bank of America, Google, Mastercard, JPMorgan

☆ ‘Big Short’ Michael Burry takes a victory lap after calling the tech-led market correction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Michael Burry, best known for calling 2008's subprime mortgage crisis, just added a new notch in his belt by predicting the latest market correction led by tech stocks. The California-based investor, who now runs his hedge fund Scion Asset Management, had amassed massive bets against the stock market in the second quarter. These 20,000 options contracts were against shares worth $738.8 million at the end of the second quarter. These two indices fell into correction territory this week , making Burry's bets lucrative in theory. Also in the second quarter, Burry bought small stakes in travel names Expedia and MGM Resorts , as well as health care plays Cigna and CVS Health .

Persons: Michael Burry, SPDR, Burry, Michael Lewis, it's, Burry's Organizations: Asset Management, Scion, Nasdaq, Meta, CNBC, Federal Reserve, MGM Resorts, CVS Health Locations: California

☆ 'Big Short' Michael Burry's bets against S&P 500 and Nasdaq pay off
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Big Short" investor Michael Burry's bearish stock bets earlier are paying off. In the second quarter, his management fund Scion held put options on ETFs that track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Since then, the S&P 500 has fallen about 8%, and the Nasdaq has tumbled 9%. AdvertisementAdvertisementMichael Burry's bearish equity bets earlier this year have proven correct as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have sold off sharply. On Friday, the S&P 500 entered correction territory, joining the Nasdaq after it made a similar move earlier this week.

Persons: Michael Burry's, —, Burry Organizations: Scion, Nasdaq, Service, Burry

Physical representations of the bitcoin cryptocurrency are seen in this illustration taken October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsOct 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has eight to 10 filings of possible exchange-traded products for bitcoin in front of it for consideration, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday. Bitcoin has rallied this week on speculation that SEC approval is imminent for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) - seen as a driver of demand because it would allow investors to obtain direct exposure to the cryptocurrency via an exchange-listed product. To date, the SEC has approved only ETFs tied to bitcoin futures contracts. Anticipation around spot ETFs has been rising after the SEC opted not to appeal a court ruling it had been wrong to reject an application from Grayscale Investments to convert its existing bitcoin trust into a spot bitcoin ETF.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Gary Gensler, Bitcoin, I'm, Gensler, Jan, Douglas Gillison, Megan Davies, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, BlackRock, Fidelity, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ Morning Bid: Big Tech reports as bond yields recoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The two tech giants report after the bell on Tuesday, with Meta (META.O) following on Wednesday and Amazon (AMZN.O) on Thursday. Partly lifted by the year's artificial intelligence craze, the tech behemoths have clearly flattered year-to-date gains of 10% in the overall S&P500. And yet the seemingly endless squeeze in bond markets since midyear has seen megacap indexes (.NYFANG) retreat some 12% from their highs for the year. The upshot of the whole picture is to give U.S. stock futures a lift ahead of the open on Tuesday - with Asia and European bourses in positive territory too as bond markets stabilised. Ten-year U.S. Treasury yields held about 4.83% - some 19 basis points below Monday's peak at 5.02%.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Mike Dolan, Bill Ackman, Clark, Chubb, Paccar, Centene, Sherwin, Williams, Archer, David Evans Organizations: NVIDIA Corp, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Mike Dolan Big Tech, Microsoft, Meta, Treasuries, U.S, Bank of England, Treasury, Britain's FTSE, Barclays, P Global, Richmond Fed, Philadelphia Fed, Texas Instruments, Verizon, General Electric, NextEra Energy, HCA Healthcare, General Motors, Halliburton, Dow, Waste Management, Daniels, Midland, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Gaza, United States, Asia, European, Britain's, Philadelphia, Danaher, Fiserv, Kimberly, Spotify, Dover, Nucor

☆ Grayscale launches crypto indices in partnership with FTSE Russell
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. digital currency asset manager Grayscale Investments on Tuesday introduced five crypto sector indices along with FTSE Russell, less than two months after winning a court backing to create an exchange-traded fund based on spot bitcoin. Earlier this month, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters the SEC was not planning to appeal the court ruling, fueling hopes that the filings could be approved soon. The FTSE-Grayscale indices would track the performance of crypto assets in five categories - currencies, smart contract platforms, financials, consumer and culture and utilities and services. "Investors have increasingly expressed interest in diversifying beyond crypto's largest assets - Bitcoin and Ethereum - and many look to Grayscale to better understand this robust, evolving asset class," CEO Michael Sonnenshein said. All the five indices will be reassessed quarterly, Grayscale said.

Persons: Michael Sonnenshein, Niket, Arun Koyyur Organizations: FTSE Russell, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, BlackRock, Reuters, Investors, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ The S&P 500 just hit a key level. That could trigger a big shift in this $2 billion ETF
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

On Friday, the S & P 500 closed below its 200-day moving average for the first time since March 17. If the total-return version of the index closes below that level for five straight days, then the $2 billion Pacer Trendpilot US Large Cap ETF (PTLC) will automatically sell some of its all-stock portfolio to shift to a 50-50 split between equities and Treasury bills. And if the 200-day moving average itself then starts to fall, the fund will go to 100% T-bills. Still, the fund's rule tied to the 200-day moving average is an example of how the move of a stock or index across a widely-followed indicator can cause volatility. Year to date, the fund is up just under 5% — well below the gain of more than 11% for the SPDR S & P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) .

Persons: rebalance, Sean O'Hara, O'Hara Organizations: Trust, ETF Distributors, Pacer, Nasdaq Locations: technologystocks

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: SolarEdge, Regions Financial, Merck and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Schlumberger — The oilfield services stock dropped 2.9% after third-quarter revenue missed Wall Street expectations. Revenue came in at $15.38 billion, versus the $15.36 billion expected. Late Thursday, SolarEdge slashed guidance for third-quarter revenue, gross margin and operating income. Net interest also fell short at $1.29 billion, versus the $1.32 billion expected. Revenue came in at $1.74 billion, versus the $1.77 billion expected from analysts polled by LSEG.

Persons: Schlumberger, SolarEdge, Sunnova, Sunrun, KeyCorp, Swift, David Jackson, —, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin, Hakyung Kim, Michelle Fox Organizations: Schlumberger, LSEG, American, American Express, LSEG . Revenue, Merck — Merck, UBS, Enphase Energy, StreetAccount, Comerica, Swift, Revenue Locations: Zions

☆ Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: SolarEdge, Intuitive Surgical, Knight-Swift and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: SolarEdge Technologies — The solar stock tumbled nearly 29% after the company lowered its third-quarter guidance post market Thursday. Revenue came in at $1.74 billion, versus the $1.77 billion expected from analysts polled by LSEG. Net interest also fell short at $1.29 billion, versus the $1.32 billion expected. Analysts surveyed by LSEG expected 36 cents per share and $1.89 billion of revenue. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of $2.94 per share on revenue of $15.36 billion.

Persons: SolarEdge, Zvi Lando, Sunnova, Swift, LSEG, David Jackson, —, Jesse Pound Organizations: Technologies, Deutsche Bank, Enphase Energy, Schlumberger, Revenue, LSEG, StreetAccount, American Express Locations: SolarEdge

☆ Solar stocks tumble to 3-year low as Solaredge drops 25% on demand warning
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Solar panels at the ENGIE Sun Valley Solar project in Hill County, Texas, on March 1, 2023. Solar stocks tumbled on Friday after solar product manufacturer SolarEdge warned that demand in Europe has significantly weakened, furthering battering sentiment on the renewable energy sector amid a difficult year. The Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) tumbled 8.5% Friday before the bell and was set to open Friday's trading session at $42.60, putting it at its lowest level since July 2020. SolarEdge tumbled nearly 28% in early trading after it reported a miss on revenue, gross margins and operating income in the third-quarter, saying it estimates "significantly lower" revenue in the fourth-quarter.

Persons: SolarEdge Locations: Hill County , Texas, Europe

☆ Cryptocurrencies head for a winning week, bitcoin tops $30,000 on ETF optimism and flight to safety
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bitcoin extended its weekly gains on Friday, briefly topping $30,000 at one point for the second time this week, as confidence a spot bitcoin ETF will soon be greenlit grew and crypto investors continued weighing uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was recently up nearly 3% on Friday at $29,602.80, according to Coin Metrics. It's on pace for a 11% weekly gain, its best since June 23 when it added 17%. Higher yields historically have had a negative effect on bitcoin, but the crypto asset is benefiting from a key catalyst investors have been watching all year: the approval of what would be the first spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S. Earlier this week, JPMorgan said the Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to approve an ETF in the next few months.

Persons: Bitcoin, greenlit, cryptocurrency, Mike Novogratz, Invesco Organizations: Metrics, Treasury, U.S, JPMorgan, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, CNBC Locations: U.S

☆ Cathie Wood explains how the artificial intelligence boom could propel Ark's Innovation ETF
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Anna Gleason | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood said this week that investors in her firm's flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) stand to profit given the artificial intelligence boom. Ark's Innovation fund, which focuses on disruptive technologies such as AI, has gained 17% this year as of Thursday's close. She called out the "Magnificent Seven" mega-cap tech stocks, with the exception of Tesla , the ETF's top holding. We think AI is going to be highly disruptive." For that reason, she suggested that the Ark Innovation ETF was a bet on the future of AI.

Persons: Cathie Wood, Bob Pisani, Wood, Tesla Organizations: Innovation, Ark, CNBC Locations: CNBC's

☆ Analysts bail on solar stocks after SolarEdge warning of weak earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Solaredge 's warning on Thursday of weakening European demand was another red flag following what has already been a tumultuous year for the solar industry. Several Wall Street investment banks downgraded SolarEdge and slashed their price targets in reaction to the preannouncement. Deutsche Bank downgraded SolarEdge , along with peer solar stocks Sunrun and Sunnova , to a hold rating from buy. Analyst Corinne Blanchard halved SolarEdge's price target to $150 from $300, although this still implies 32% potential upside from the stock's Thursday close. Besides waning European demand, Blanchard highlighted that U.S. demand has also declined and may not bottom until early 2024.

Persons: Solaredge, Zvi Lando, Enphase, SunPower, Sunrun, bode, Gordon Haskett, Don Bilson, Corinne Blanchard, Blanchard, Goldman Sachs, SolarEdge, Goldman, Brian Lee, Oppenheimer, Roth, Philip Shen, Julien Dumoulin, Smith, Michael Bloom Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Locations: California, SolarEdge, U.S

Search resuls for: "Invesco"

25 mentions found