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 continued to slide Tuesday, with rising oil prices and bond yields driving much of the selling. The market added to its losses around noon ET…
We’re selling 10 shares of Eli Lilly at roughly $1,269 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 80 shares of LLY, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.6% from 2.9%. We’re locking in big gains in pharma giant Eli Lilly as shares jump to a fresh record high on Wednesday. Healthcare…
Cardinal Health on Tuesday showed why the healthcare distributor belongs in our portfolio, delivering robust full-year earnings guidance that trumped some imperfections in the final quarter of its fiscal 2026. Revenue for the three months ending June 30 increased nearly 6% year over year to $63.67 billion, missing expectations of $65.03 billion, according to LSEG….
Inflation data for July takes center stage in the week ahead, as second-quarter earnings season winds down. Another factor that could influence the market action: updates on the Iran war. Though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early last week that a deal may be coming , that news never materialized. That’s not to say a…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday earnings season has revealed investing themes he thinks will produce the market’s best buying opportunities. “I love themes. They help you craft a portfolio of stocks with the wind at their backs, not in their faces — the kind of stocks that you can confidently buy more of when they…
The Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk logos. Mike Blake | Tom Little | Reuters The diverging paths of two GLP-1 drugmakers were on full display this week. Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk beat second-quarter estimates and raised their full-year outlooks. But while investors cheered Lilly’s results, sending shares higher on Wednesday, they punished Novo…
My top 10 things to watch Monday, Aug. 3 1. Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran are back on the menu, so oil prices are falling. WTI crude is off more than 5%, trading below $80 a barrel this morning. Stock futures are higher across the board, led by the Dow . Within our…
The jobs market steps into the spotlight this week, while second-quarter earnings season continues apace. Here’s a closer look at what to expect in the coming days. We’ll start with the Club holdings set to report, before touching on the labor-market updates and their implications for Federal Reserve policy. 1. Earnings : The action kicks…
A pharmacy at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images As more Americans use GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to shrink their waistlines, retail giants are betting on a bottom-line bump tied to a shift in the way the drugs are priced and purchased. Employers…
The boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and other specialized medicines has created lucrative logistics opportunities in an industry that pays a premium for reliability, visibility, and regulatory know-how. The expertise needed to properly transport these temperature-sensitive therapies is just part of the reason why FedEx created a dedicated unit to handle what has become a…
