Last week started with the big banks delivering strong earnings and ended with regional lenders writing off bad loans. Investors are hoping for calmer waters in the days ahead, as earnings season ramps up and Washington remains in gridlock. Here’s a closer look at what to expect over the next five trading days. 1. Market…
My week in San Francisco, where I attended Salesforce’s annual AI conference and visited with the CEOs of Starbucks, Broadcom, and many others, was filled with fresh insights about AI, stocks, and the market at large. Below are my top 10: Consider these takeaways to inform your investing decisions in the days and months ahead….
As the bull market turns three-years-old, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Friday that he expects companies to post “better than expected” earnings to continue the market’s rally. “The bears will hold their nose, hide their eyes and disengage their brains once again as next week progresses, because it should be another good one for earnings,”…
Wall Street’s weekly performance was near the flat line heading into Friday. Things started OK on the final trading day of the week, until President Donald Trump ‘s new China trade threats tanked the stock market. The S & P 500 lost 2.71% on Friday — the worst single-session decline since April 10, the day…
Day three of the federal government shutdown came and went Friday, with no end in sight. The stock market saw more all-time highs before the rally ran out of steam. The S & P 500 on Friday eked out a fractional gain for its 29th record-high close since the market’s tariff lows in early April….
CrowdStrike , already one of our best stocks this year, has more room to run, according to Jim Cramer and a major Wall Street firm. Wells Fargo on Wednesday added CrowdStrike to its “tactical ideas list” and raised its price target to $600 a share from $550, implying more than 22% upside from the stock’s…
A new BlackRock deal could wisely position the asset manager to capitalize on surging demand for power as the generative AI boom shows no signs of slowing down. The news Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the infrastructure fund manager purchased by BlackRock, is nearing a $38 billion deal to acquire renewable power company AES , according to…
If I hear one more hedge fund oligarch on television tell me that the data center buildout/artificial intelligence story is just like the dot-com bubble, I am going to tear someone else’s hair out because I don’t have enough to demonstrate my full frustration. Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could…
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. Market update : Stocks are higher on Monday, overcoming a soft open. But once again, the largest companies are driving the action, with the market-weighted S…
The U.S. is going to be turning on a lot more lights in the coming years — and that glow means good things for Club names GE Vernova and Eaton . That is our takeaway from Wolfe Research’s annual deep dive into the state of play for the power industry, which is an essential player…
