The best and the worst sectors in the stock market during this recording-setting week

The best and the worst sectors in the stock market during this recording-setting week

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 wrap: It’s day two of … Read more

Previous mistakes shape my thinking on our latest stock gone wrong

Previous mistakes shape my thinking on our latest stock gone wrong

When you make a mistake in this business you can do one of two things: You can cut your losses and move on or you can stand your ground while rethinking where it went wrong. I am on the fence about which one is better, but it’s easy to see why the first approach — … Read more

Eli Lilly, Apple are among 12 portfolio stocks reporting in week ahead

Eli Lilly, Apple are among 12 portfolio stocks reporting in week ahead

The major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite breaking multiweek losing streaks. Earnings drove the action, despite some less-than-ideal macroeconomic reports on economic growth and inflation. Meta Platforms ‘ report gave the market a bit of a scare Wednesday night, contributing to Thursday’s declines … Read more

Nvidia jumps 15% this week as Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet ramp up AI spend

Nvidia jumps 15% this week as Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet ramp up AI spend

A week ago, Nvidia suffered its third-worst session on record, plunging 10%, in a broader wreckage for artificial intelligence stocks. Those losses have now been completely erased and then some – and not because of anything the AI chip king has said or done. Nvidia’s gains of 4.35% and 3.65% on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, … Read more

Intel dominated U.S. chip industry. Now struggling to stay relevant

Intel dominated U.S. chip industry. Now struggling to stay relevant

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Seth Wenig | AP Intel’s long-awaited turnaround looks farther away than ever after the company reported dismal first-quarter earnings. Investors pushed the stock down 10% on Friday to their lowest level of the … Read more

The cause of Super Micro’s 23% drop Friday? Go back to March 8

The cause of Super Micro’s 23% drop Friday? Go back to March 8

At law school, we learned about “proximate cause,” one of the few valuable concepts you can take from three years of drudgery. It’s about who and what caused the injury and who pays for it. The current stock market lends itself to proximate causes, as in, “We have to find a cause for the pronounced … Read more

China remains a crucial market for U.S. chipmakers amid rising tensions

China remains a crucial market for U.S. chipmakers amid rising tensions

US-China chip war graphic Wong Yu Liang | Moment | Getty Images China remains an essential market for most American chipmakers despite Washington’s efforts to restrict chip sales to the country and amid Beijing’s push for self sufficiency in the semiconductor sector.  Data from S&P Global showed that U.S. chip giants Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm and Marvell Technology … Read more

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

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

Jim Cramer says newly public Astera Labs is already too expensive

Jim Cramer says newly public Astera Labs is already too expensive

CNBC’s Jim Cramer gave investors his take on the valuation of Astera Labs, a company that went public last week and sells data center connectivity chips to cloud and artificial intelligence outfits. To Cramer, the stock debuted too hot and is more expensive than it should be at this point. “While Astera Labs has a … Read more

Broadcom, Nvidia among the top-gaining portfolio stocks in strong week

Broadcom, Nvidia among the top-gaining portfolio stocks in strong week

In a strong week for Wall Street, a wide-ranging group of Club stocks marched higher, including both of our chipmakers benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom. Here’s a breakdown of the Club’s top-five performers over the past five sessions. AVGO YTD mountain Broadcom (AVGO) year-to-date performance Shares of Broadcom jumped 9.55% this week, occupying the … Read more