Microsoft shares jump 4% after the AI winner delivers in right places

Microsoft delivered picture-perfect earnings after the bell Thursday, calming the market’s brief fears about runaway spending on AI infrastructure without the cloud revenues to show for it. Revenue increased about 17% year over year, to $61.86 billion, beating the Street consensus estimate of $60.8 billion, according to data from LSEG. Earnings per share (EPS) increased … Read more

We’re tapping our large cash pile to buy more of this newer holding

We are buying 100 shares of Best Buy at roughly $75.28. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 900 shares of BBY, increasing its weighting to roughly 2.15% from 1.94%. We’re making a third buy on Tuesday. Our general investing discipline is to put spare cash to work when the S & P … Read more

Morgan Stanley tumbles, GE Healthcare climbs — what’s driving Thursday’s major portfolio stock moves

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. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Markets Bounce Back : Stocks rebounded … Read more

Derivative AI benefits to 2 portfolio stocks put them right where they need to be

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. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Market steady: Stocks were slightly higher … Read more

Jim Cramer blasts a ‘sell’ call on Eaton in a sweet spot of the AI wave

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were higher Monday as Wall Street was trying to recover from last week’s pullback. Recently, investor concerns about the Federal Reserve’s next policy move have weighed on the … Read more

Why you should check the share count before buying a stock

More than half of the stocks in the S & P 500 hit new 52-week highs in the first quarter, leaving us to puzzle over how this all happened. We act as if it’s all about the earnings or the actions of the Federal Reserve. But maybe it is something else. Maybe it’s the share … Read more

Estee Lauder jumps 5% on upgrade — our take on the embattled retailer

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday as the S & P 500 headed towards its strongest first-quarter performance in half a decade. The benchmark gauge advanced roughly 10% over the … Read more

3 things I want to see in a stock before buying in this market

At the beginning of the year, I was talking about how we didn’t need rate cuts. Maybe one, maybe none, and others were talking about needing six of them. What kind of Canopy Growth product were they smoking? I want to be clear about this: The economy is too strong to cut rates, but the … Read more

This retailer is set for a comeback — we’re initiating a position early

We are initiating a position in Best Buy, buying 400 shares at $82.30 each. Following the trade, BBY’s weighting in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will be 1%. Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy navigated a challenging operating environment over the past couple of years, dealing with headwinds like slowing demand for computers, TVs, and appliances coming … Read more

Petco CEO Ron Coughlin steps down

Ron Coughlin, chief executive officer of Petco Animal Supplies Inc., outside the Nasdaq MarketSite during Petco Health & Wellness Co. initial public offering (IPO) in New York, Jan. 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Petco announced Wednesday that its CEO, Ron Coughlin, is stepping down, and said board member and Best Buy … Read more