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Oppenheimer raised its price target on Walmart to $75, reiterating its outperform rating on shares. Goodall's $70 price target implies 32.3% potential upside for the stock, which has advanced 28.2% this year already. His price target of $165, up from $145, implies upside of nearly 22% over the next 12 months. COF YTD mountain — Fred Imbert 5:42 a.m.: Oppenheimer hikes price target on Walmart, supports premium valuation for shares Walmart shares are still positioned for steady outperformance, according to Oppenheimer. Analyst Rupesh Parikh reiterated his outperform rating and lifted his price target by $6 to $75, which suggests shares could climb 11.8%.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Jefferies, Goldman, Didier Scemama, Scemama, — Pia Singh, Goldman Sachs, Toshiya Hari, Jensen Huang, Hari, James Goodall, Goodall, John Hecht, Hecht, Fred Imbert, Rupesh Parikh, Parikh Organizations: CNBC, Walmart, buildout Bank of America, Nvidia, United Airlines, Atlantic, Delta, United, Jefferies, Discover Financial Locations: North America, Taiwan, COF

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Roaring Kitty's wealth, Modi's victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Abid Ali | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The S&P 500 inched up 0.15% and the Nasdaq Composite did marginally better, up 0.17%. Bath & Body Works was the worst-performing stock on the S&P 500, plunging almost 13% on disappointing guidance. With his 5 million shares of GameStop, if he were to exercise his 120,000 call options at $20 apiece, that would give him an additional 12 million shares — making him the fourth-largest shareholder in the games retailer. [PRO] June highThe S&P 500 will rally to fresh all-time high of 5,500 by the end this month, according to Fundstrat Global Advisors' Tom Lee. With the S&P 500 finishing Monday's trading session at 5,283.40 the forecast calls for upside of 4%.

Persons: Modi, Narendra Modi, Modi's, Keith Gill, Gill, Elon Musk, Tesla, Musk, Tom Lee, CNBC's Pia Singh, what's Organizations: CNBC, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Body, Treasury, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, National Democratic Alliance, GameStop, Nvidia, Federal Reserve, Fundstrat Global Locations: Tesla

☆ Two major investor groups with $6 trillion at work agree these are good stocks, according to Goldman analysis
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hundreds of mutual funds and hedge funds overlap in their investments, creating some shared favorites between the two different investment vehicles, according to Goldman Sachs. This basket of stocks—which includes Danaher , Mastercard , Vertiv and Uber —are constituents of both Goldman's Hedge Fund VIP and Mutual Fund Overweight baskets. "Hedge funds and mutual funds have boosted exposures to equities this year, with hedge fund net leverage rising near its highest level over the past year and mutual fund cash balances dropping to record lows. Visa shares are up about 4.6% for the year, lifted by stronger-than-expected earnings in the fiscal second quarter. Both stocks have had a tough quarter, however, with Visa falling 2.4% since the end of March, while Mastercard shares have lost 7.6%.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Vertiv, Uber, David Kostin, Kostin, Goldman, Alexander Blostein Organizations: Mastercard, VIP, Mutual Fund, FactSet, KKR, Visa, Tuesday's Locations: FRE

A gas stock and an e-commerce giant were among the stocks being talked about by analysts on Wednesday. The introduction of 2nm, a new generation of chips that are faster and consume less power than previous chips, should lead demand higher for the global semicap industry, analyst Simon Coles wrote in a note. The analyst said Amazon will continue to see growth ahead, however, as it views the e-commerce giant as a strong AI beneficiary. He added that Amazon should see continued OI expansion as Amazon Web Services accelerates and has a multi-billion-dollar AI revenue run-rate. — Pia Singh 5:46 a.m.: JPMorgan upgrades Sunoco Sunoco's recent acquisition will drive a rebound in the stock, according to JPMorgan.

Persons: Bernstein, Simon Coles, TSMC, Coles, — Pia Singh, Adrian Yanoshik, Yanoshik, Stellantis, Fadi, ODFL, Fadi Chamoun, Chamoun, Mark Shmulik, Shmulik, Sunoco, Jeremy Tonet, Tonet, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Wednesday, JPMorgan, Barclays, Taiwan Semiconductor, BMO Capital Markets, Old Dominion, Dominion Freight, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, NuStar Energy, SUN, NS Locations: U.S, Netherlands

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CrowdStrike, GameStop, Dollar Tree, Nvidia and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: CrowdStrike — The cybersecurity company popped 9% after posting a strong outlook and a first-quarter results beat. Dollar Tree — Shares of the discount retailer fell more than 4% after second-quarter guidance came in below expectations. Dollar Tree said it expected between $1 and $1.10 in adjusted earnings per share, while analysts surveyed by FactSet had penciled in $1.19 per share. Verint reported adjusted earnings of 59 cents per share on revenue of $221.3 million in the first quarter. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had anticipated just 54 cents in earnings per share and $214.5 million in revenue.

Persons: CrowdStrike, LSEG, FactSet, Kerrisdale, Brown, Forman, Verint, Tommy Hilfiger, PVH, Fadi Chamoun, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, KeyBanc, Lisa Kailai Han, Pia Singh, Yun Li, Sean Conlon, Jesse Pound, Samantha Subin Organizations: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, GameStop, AMC, Kerrisdale, FactSet, SAP, Archer Aviation, Federal Aviation Administration, Systems, Materials, KLA, Barclays, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Authentic Brands, Old Dominion, BMO Capital Markets, Nvidia, America's, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Locations: China

☆ The S&P 500 will rise 4% to a record 5,500 by the end of this month, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Lee called for the broad market index to reach 5,500 by the end of June. The S & P 500 finished Monday's trading session at 5,283.40 and is up about 3% over the past month. The broad market index fell more than 4% in April before surging nearly 5% in May to record highs above 5,300. I don't think one cut or three cuts makes [it] that much different for stocks," Lee said. "It all depends on inflation, really the edge coming off enough for the Fed to say we're comfortable cutting this year," he added.

Persons: Tom Lee, Lee, Lee's Organizations: Fundstrat Global, Federal Reserve

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Bath & Body Works, Carnival, GameStop and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Bath & Body Works — Shares of Bath & Body Works sank nearly 13% and headed for their worst day since 2021. Bath & Body Works expects earnings to range between 31 cents and 36 cents a share, behind a FactSet estimate of 38 cents in earnings per share. Saia — The freight company popped 6.7% after it posted higher less-than-truckload shipments per workday for April and May compared to a year earlier. Shares of BP and Exxon Mobil fell around 2.3% and 1.6%, respectively, while Diamondback Energy and Chevron shares fell nearly 1%. Stanley Black & Decker — The industrials stock fell about 3.7% after Barclays downgraded the stock to equal weight from overweight.

Persons: Keith Gill, Goldman Sachs, TZE, Goldman, Stanley Black, Decker, Julian Mitchell, Oppenheimer, Jed Kelly, —, Samantha Subin, Michelle Fox, Yun Li, Pia Singh, Lisa Han Organizations: Body, O Cruises, Carnival Cruise, GameStop, Street, Trade, Dominion Freight, Technologies, Energy, BP, Exxon Mobil, Diamondback Energy, Chevron, Barclays

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Paramount, Spotify, Krispy Kreme and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Waste Management , Stericycle — Waste Management is buying Stericycle for $7.2 billion , the companies announced on Monday. Stericycle shares jumped nearly 15%, while Waste Management slid 4%. Spotify — The music streaming company climbed 4% following its announcement of premium subscription price increases in the U.S. in July. Lattice Semiconductor , Coherent — Lattice shares dove 11% after CEO Jim Anderson left to take the helm at Coherent, whose stock price jumped 17%. Krispy Kreme — Shares of the company rose 2% after it was upgraded to overweight at JPMorgan.

Persons: Keith Gill, Gill, Stericycle, CNBC's David Faber, Skydance, Shari Redstone, Jim Anderson, Esam, Dickinson, Edwards, Narendra Modi, Claudia Sheinbaum, Cava, Blackwell, Krispy Kreme, Masimo, Piper, Piper Sandler, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, — CNBC's Sean Colon, Yun Li, Pia Singh, Michelle Fox, Christina Cheddar, Berk Organizations: GameStop, DeepF, AMC, New York Stock Exchange, Waste Management, Spotify, GSK, Court, Paramount Global, Lattice Semiconductor, Company, Bloomberg News, JPMorgan, Nvidia, AMD, Bank of America, Therapeutics, Autodesk Locations: U.S, Swedish, Delaware, Becton, India, Mexico

☆ These are JPMorgan’s top stock picks for clients heading into June
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

JPMorgan highlighted a group of stocks to kick off the new trading month, reflecting its analysts' top picks and some new favorites, including Carvana and L3Harris Technologies . United Airlines is up nearly 28% this year, and JPMorgan thinks the stock could have a roughly 85% rally over the next year. Jefferies recently upgraded the airline to buy from hold , hiking its price target by $11 to $65. Higher international margins and increased free cash flow generation compared to this time last year should also help drive shares higher, the analyst said. With a $544 price target, the beauty stock could climb 37.7%, according to JPMorgan.

Persons: Wells Fargo, Jefferies, Sheila Kahyaoglu Organizations: JPMorgan, L3Harris Technologies, United Airlines, Boeing, U.S Locations: Lowe's

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: GameStop, Stericycle, MarineMax, Paramount and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Waste Management , SteriCycle — Shares of medical waste-disposal company Stericycle jumped 16% after Waste Management agreed to buy the company for $7.2 billion. Waste Management fell 1.5%. MarineMax — MarineMax, a recreational boat and yacht services company, popped 19% on a report that OneWater Marine is in talks to buy the company for $40 a share in cash. Boston Beer Company — Shares slid 11% after Bloomberg reported that Japanese brewer and distiller Suntory denied it's in talks to buy the Samuel Adams owner. Paramount Global — Shares added more than 6% after Skydance Media revised its buyout offer for Paramount and gave nonvoting shareholders an option to cash out Paramount Class B shares at a roughly 26% premium to Friday's close.

Persons: Keith Gill, Kitty, Stericycle, —, Cava, Rubin, Blackwell, it's, Samuel Adams, Alex Harring, Brian Evans, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: GameStop, AMC Entertainment, AMC, Waste Management, Bloomberg, JPMorgan, Nvidia, AMD, Monday, Sunday, Bank of America, Boston Beer, Suntory, Street, Citi, Spotify, GSK, Autodesk — Autodesk, Paramount, Skydance Media Locations: Cava, Taipei, U.S, Delaware

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Gap, MongoDB, Dell Technologies and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Dell Technologies — The software stock plunged 22% after executives cautioned that its gross margins could face more pressure in 2025. Zscaler — Shares added 5.2% after the cloud security company posted a fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue beat. Gap — The clothing retailer soared 26% after posting fiscal first-quarter earnings per share of 41 cents, higher than the 14 cents analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected. The company beat earnings and revenue expectations for the April quarter, but still saw slower-than-expected consumption growth. SentinelOne expects its revenue to fall between $808 million to $815 million in 2024, which was lower than the $817 million forecast by LSEG.

Persons: Zscaler, LSEG, Nordstrom —, Nordstrom, chipmaker, Marvell, MongoDB, Sun Choe, Choe, Cooper, Paycom, Randy Peck, Christopher Thomas, Maheep, CNBC's Hakyung Kim, Yun Li, Jesse Pound, Pia Singh Organizations: Dell Technologies, Lionsgate, Citi, Starz, Nordstrom, Marvell Technologies, Vans, Cooper Companies, Mizuho Locations: Seattle

☆ Best energy and utility stocks to own for rest of year, according to UBS
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In a Thursday note, analyst Josh Silverstein listed the firm's "most compelling" buy-rated stocks to own across the energy and utilities sectors, including Suncor Energy , Coterra Energy , SLB , NextEra Energy and First Solar . Energy and utilities sectors are faring well this year, gaining 12.5% and 8.9%, respectively, while the broader market has advanced about 9.3%. His $90 price target suggests shares could jump 15.1%. First Solar is another favorite of UBS, which assigned the stock a $350 price target that implies 26.5% upside. Other energy and utility favorites UBS named include Coterra and Suncor Energy .

Persons: Josh Silverstein, William Appicelli, Jon Windham, —, SLB Organizations: UBS, Suncor Energy, Coterra Energy, NextEra Energy, . Energy, Big Tech Locations: Schlumberger

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Dell Technologies, Ulta Beauty, Ambarella, Gap and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dell Technologies — Stock in the personal computer and technology company slid more than 16% after executives warned about further margin pressure ahead. Nordstrom stuck by its full-year earnings forecast and reported strong growth in its Nordstrom Rack segment, which outperformed the headline brand stores. Gap — Shares climbed more than 25% after the apparel company lifted its full-year operating income forecast on the heels of a first-quarter earnings beat. Ulta on Thursday posted fiscal first-quarter earnings that reflected a 1.6% year-over-year increase in same-store sales, a significant slowdown from the same period a year earlier. MongoDB said it expected to earn 46 cents to 49 cents per share on $460 million to $464 million of revenue.

Persons: Jason Bazinet, Zscaler, Nordstrom, Ambarella, MongoDB, LSEG, Michelle, Sun, Choe, Wall, Lisa Kailai Han, Pia Singh, Jesse Pound Organizations: Dell Technologies, Lionsgate, Citi, Marvell Technologies, LSEG, Vans

☆ This software stock is quietly one of the best tech stocks of the decade and Bank of America sees more gains ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cadence Design Systems is well ahead of its artificial intelligence peers when it comes to delivering steady returns, according to Bank of America. The electronic systems design company is a "high-quality growth compounder" that's "well levered to AI," analyst Vivek Arya said in a Wednesday note to clients. Cadence develops software, hardware and intellectual property that is used to design chips and printed circuit boards, among other related products. "Over the past decade CDNS has delivered 33% annualized returns, 300bps ahead of rival SNPS , and among top 5 across our coverage, well-ahead of SOX index up 25%. Importantly, CDNS stock has outperformed the SOX index each of the 18 times the SOX index declined by over 10% since 2010."

Persons: Vivek Arya, Arya, CDNS Organizations: Cadence Design Systems, Bank of America, Cadence, PHLX Semiconductor, SOX, Nvidia, AMD, Samsung Locations: SOX

☆ These S&P 500 stocks are cheap and well-liked by analysts heading into June
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The company has a low forward price-to-earnings ratio of roughly 8.6. Ulta Beauty also made the screen as a cheap stock that analysts are bullish on. The stock has a 14.5 forward price-to-earnings ratio and a consensus buy rating from analysts polled by FactSet. Online pickup orders inside an Ulta Beauty store in the Upper East Side neighborhood in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The stock has a 14.5 forward price-to-earnings ratio and a consensus buy rating from analysts polled by FactSet.

Persons: Jefferies, Trevor Williams, We're, FactSet, Stifel, Ulta, General Motors, Bing Guan Organizations: Dow Jones, Nasdaq, CNBC, Financial, Global Payments, Jefferies, JPMorgan, Cadillac, Chevrolet, General, FedEx, Halliburton, Gilead Sciences, CVS Health, Bloomberg, Getty, CVS, Epam, Motors, HAL Halliburton, Resorts, JBL, LKQ, Vegas Sands Corp, MGM MGM Resorts International, LSEG Financial, Inc Locations: Gilead, New York

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Salesforce, Kohl's, Foot Locker and American Eagle Outfitters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Foot Locker — Shares rallied more than 12% in the premarket after the apparel and sneaker retailer reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations . The company posted an adjusted profit of 22 cents per share, while analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings of 12 cents per share. The company's $3.18 billion revenue also came below the expected $3.34 billion. American Eagle Outfitters — Shares slipped 7% after the company posted weaker-than-expected sales in its fiscal first-quarter, despite beating on earnings. Analysts surveyed by StreetAccount were expecting a loss of 30 cents per share on $84.4 million of revenue.

Persons: Salesforce, Dan Dolev, Birkenstock, LSEG, Mary Dillon, Mike Mathias, StreetAccount, UiPath, Rob Enslin, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Fred Imbert, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound, Pia Singh Organizations: PayPal, Mizuho, ISI, CNBC, LSEG, Revenue, American Eagle Outfitters, Finance, HP Locations: €

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Abercrombie & Fitch, UnitedHealth, Netflix and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Abercrombie & Fitch — Shares popped 22% after the apparel retailer posted fiscal first-quarter sales that grew 22% from a year earlier. Netflix — Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating on the streaming stock, leading shares 2% higher. According to the firm, Netflix can see strong double-digit revenue growth that should extend beyond the benefits it is seeing from its paid-sharing initiative. ConocoPhillips , Marathon Oil — The oil company slipped close to 4% in midday trading following news that ConocoPhillips is acquiring peer Marathon Oil in a $17 billion all-stock deal. Other stocks also tied to the government-run health insurance program, namely Molina Healthcare , Elevance Health and Humana , also slid during Wednesday's trading session.

Persons: Netflix — Morgan Stanley, Dick's, Marathon's, HubSpot, CNBC's David Faber, Chewy, — CNBC's Brian Evans, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox Organizations: Abercrombie, Fitch, Netflix, American Airlines, Dick's, LSEG, ConocoPhillips, Marathon, Google, HubSpot, Energy, UBS, Insurance, — Insurance, Molina Healthcare, Elevance, Humana

☆ The data center boom is leading to a power crunch. These stocks are ahead of the curve, TD Cowen analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Several stocks are well-positioned to benefit from any power supply bottlenecks resulting from rapid growth in data centers, according to 11 analysts at TD Cowen who compiled a 169-page report. As a result, they're building data centers where power is available, investing in transmission lines and exploring the use of nuclear energy . Brookfield Renewable Partners , an international renewable power producer and developer, is another beneficiary of the data center boom. "The recently signed framework agreement... is a clear example of BEP's exposure to corporate [power purchase agreement] momentum associated with data center demand. That will contribute to the energy supply needed to power data centers.

Persons: Cowen, Michael Elias, Elias, FactSet, TD Cowen, Sean Steuart, it's, Cowen's David Deckelbaum, Coterra Organizations: Amazon, Oracle, Digital Realty Trust, Digital Realty, Digital, Brookfield Renewable Partners, Microsoft, Brookfield, NuScale Power Corp, Reactor, Regulatory, Energy, Coterra Energy Locations: Northern Virginia, Silicon, Tuesday's, U.S, Europe, Brookfield, Appalachia

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: American Airlines, Robinhood, Box and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Robinhood management expects to execute the program over a two- to three-year period starting in the third quarter of 2024, a press release said. Cava reported earnings of 12 cents per share on revenue of $259 million, while analysts polled by LSEG anticipated earnings of 4 cents per share on $246 million in revenue. Box — The cloud storage company added 1.2% on the back of better-than-expected earnings and revenue. Box reported adjusted earnings of 39 cents per share, while analysts polled by LSEG expected earnings of 36 cents per share. United reaffirmed its second-quarter earnings outlook range of $3.75 and $4.25 per share, according to a regulatory filing .

Persons: Cava, LSEG, —, Darla Mercado Organizations: Revenue, American Airlines, United Airlines — Locations: Cava

☆ Stock futures are little changed after the Nasdaq Composite posts a record close: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Stock futures were little changed Tuesday night after the Nasdaq Composite rose to a fresh record. S&P 500 futures ticked down 0.06%, while Nasdaq 100 futures hovered near the flatline. The tech-heavy index was an outlier, however, as the S&P 500 edged higher by just 0.02%, and the 30-stock Dow slid nearly 0.6%, dragged lower by a decline in Merck shares. The S&P 500 is up 5.4% this month, while the Dow has advanced 2.7%. Indeed, fed funds futures trading data suggests a nearly 54% chance that rates will hold steady in September, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

Persons: Dow, Tom Lee Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow Jones, . American Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, Nvidia, Merck, Dow, Federal, Fundstrat Global Advisors

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, U.S. Cellular, Nvidia, Norwegian Cruise Line and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: GameStop — Shares jumped nearly 23% following the video game retailer's announcement on Friday that it made about $933 million from a stock sale. U.S. Cellular — Shares added 7% after the telecom company announced T-Mobile will acquire its wireless operations and 30% of spectrum assets for $4.4 billion. T-Mobile was up less than 1%, while Telephone and Data Systems , which owns 84% of U.S. Cellular, slipped 2%. Norwegian Cruise Line — The cruise stock rose 3% after an upgrade to buy from neutral at Mizuho. Zscaler — The cybersecurity company shed nearly 4% following a downgrade at Wells Fargo to equal weight from overweight.

Persons: Agios, vorasidenib, —, Duolingo Max, Semler, Elon, Zscaler, Airbnb, Eli Lilly, Macheel, Pia Singh, Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound Organizations: GameStop, . Illinois, U.S, Cellular, Mobile, Telephone, Data Systems, U.S . Cellular, . Food, Drug, Pharmaceuticals, Royalty Pharma, Nvidia, Cruise, Mizuho, Sarepta Therapeutics, RBC Capital Markets, RBC, Sea, Reuters, —, Energy Capital Partners, Wedbush, FDA Locations: U.S, Norwegian, Wells

☆ Stock futures rise to kick off shortened trading week: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on May 17, 2024. Stock futures advanced Monday night as investors await inflation data due at the end of the shortened trading week for a better picture of the market's outlook. S&P futures gained 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures edged up 0.2%. Recently, however, stronger economic data and fresher concerns about a potential consumer spending pullback have dampened the interest rate outlook. Looking ahead to this week, investors are watching for consumer confidence data out Tuesday and the April personal income and expenditures report, which includes the PCE inflation reading, out Friday.

Organizations: New York Stock, Stock, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Costco Wholesale

☆ Chelsea Manalo: First Black Filipina crowned as Miss Universe Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Filipino American Chelsea Manalo became the first Black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Philippines on Wednesday. Chelsea Manalo will be representing the Philippines at the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico in September. Over 100 countries will be represented at Miss Universe 2024. The Miss Universe organization has come under scrutiny in recent weeks, as the parent company of the Miss USA organization. Both Miss USA and Miss Teen USA resigned from their roles earlier this May, amid allegations of mismanagement, a toxic work environment, and conditions that impacted their mental health.

Persons: Chelsea Manalo, “, ”, Manalo, Gloria Diaz, Margie Moran, Pia Wurtzbach, Steve Harvey, Catriona Gray Organizations: CNN, Chelsea, Miss, Philippines, Miss Universe Philippines, SM, Asia Arena, Miss Universe, TV, YouTube, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA Locations: Filipino, African American, Bulacan, Manila, Asia, Pasay, Philippines, Mexico, TV Philippines, Miss USA

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Workday, Lucid, Toast, Deckers and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ross Stores posted earnings of $1.46 per share on $4.86 billion in revenue. Revenue came out at $2.77 billion, slightly higher than analysts' forecast of $2.72 billion. Intuit forecast adjusted earnings of $1.80 per share to $1.85 per share, while analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.92 per share. Toast — Shares of the financial tech company, which specializes in point-of-sale products for restaurants, gained nearly 1%. Workday forecast subscription revenue of $1.895 billion, while the consensus forecast called for $1.9 billion, per StreetAccount.

Persons: Booz Allen Hamilton, Booz Allen, Robinhood, FactSet, Moshe Katri, Katri, LSEG, —, Jesse Pound, Tanaya Macheel, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin Organizations: Ross Stores, Ross, LSEG, Revenue, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Intuit —, Intuit, Food and Drug Administration

☆ Moderna and this solar name are among the most overbought stocks after a record-setting week
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It may be time for investors to trim positions in overbought names after the stock market reached record levels this week. Certain stocks this week became overbought, based on their 14-day relative strength index, or RSI. Here are the most overbought names in the S & P 500 this week: Moderna was the most overbought stock in the S & P 500, scoring an RSI of about 86.5. Analysts think shares, which have rallied about 28% this year, could peel back roughly 8%. Other oversold stocks include SLB , J.B. Hunt and Molson Coors .

Persons: LSEG, Jon Windham, Johnson, Ulta, Hunt Organizations: Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Moderna, UBS, Johnson Controls, Bloomberg, Elliott Investment Management, Johnson, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Molson Coors Locations: U.S, oversold, J.B

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