U.S. oil prices have climbed to their highest level since late October, as the rally in the key commodity becomes something equity investors cannot afford to look past. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose modestly Wednesday and at one point breached $86 a barrel, bringing the U.S. oil benchmark’s year-to-date gain to 19%. Brent crude … Read more
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
The fourth quarter was pretty darn good for our stocks. Results were mostly better than expected, and many corporate leaders forecasted more of the same. For good reason: Businesses are starting to spend again, supply chain conditions continue to improve and the consumer remains resilient. Roughly 73% of companies in the S & P 500 … Read more
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.) Weakness on Wall Street: Stocks fell … Read more
The following passage has been adapted from Jim Cramer’s opening monologue at Saturday’s annual meeting of the CNBC Investing Club. The single biggest issue we will be struggling with for the rest of the year is not how many Federal Reserve interest rate cuts we will have but whether the Fed can stand pat, or … Read more
Wall Street returned to its winning ways this week â and Nvidia ‘s blowout earnings report Wednesday night was a big reason why. All three major U.S. stock benchmarks closed the holiday-shortened week higher, led by the S & P 500 , which rose 1.66% and ended Friday at a record high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq … Read more
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch â 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.) As we gear up for the … Read more
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 Friday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street remained on track for a winning week. The S & P 500 briefly topped 5,100 for the first time ever Friday. Bowing to reality, Goldman Sachs pushed … Read more
Coterra Energy slightly missed earnings expectations on Thursday, but the oil and natural gas producer delivered where it matters most: free cash flow. Revenue for the three months ended Dec. 31 fell 30% year over year to $1.596 billion, outpacing the consensus forecast of $1.528 billion, according to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG. Adjusted diluted … Read more
Wall Street’s five-week winning streak came to an end, with the S & P 500 losing 0.42% for the week, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.11% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.82%. It was a roller coaster week driven largely by inflation data. A hotter-than-expected consumer price index on Tuesday sent stocks reeling, … Read more
