Truckers, rails scrambling to move billions in cargo

Truckers, rails scrambling to move billions in cargo

Shipping containers stacked at a storage yard outside of the APM Terminals yard at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, US, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images With a potential strike at ports up and down the East Coast and along the Gulf Coast set to begin after … Read more

2 big tests ahead will determine if last week’s stock market excitement was warranted

2 big tests ahead will determine if last week’s stock market excitement was warranted

Wall Street takes back-to-back weekly gains and an overbought market into an important week featuring Nvidia earnings and the latest reading on the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday gave the speech from Jackson Hole that investors wanted to hear. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq bounced back from … Read more

Starbucks’ CEO switch shows an old investing rule is still alive

Starbucks’ CEO switch shows an old investing rule is still alive

One thing you hate is when a shibboleth that’s meant to exert and exact discipline actually loses you money. That’s how I have been feeling about the idea that giving up on value is a sin. Since the late ’80s, I have held that if you think that a company, or its brand, is valuable, … Read more

Good economic data has sparked a stock rally. Here’s what will drive the week ahead

Good economic data has sparked a stock rally. Here’s what will drive the week ahead

The economic worries that pummeled stocks in early August quieted further in recent days, enabling Wall Street to turn in its best week of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite led the way, surging 5.3% on the week, followed by the S & P 500 , which advanced 3.9%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average , … Read more

Microsoft’s $13 billion artificial intelligence bet

Microsoft’s  billion artificial intelligence bet

OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict … Read more

Cramer says consumers are frugal, turning from companies without value prices

Cramer says consumers are frugal, turning from companies without value prices

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday discussed consumer behavior, saying many are fed up with high prices of certain companies’ products and services, such as those in the airline or retail business. “Consumers at last are finally saying no. They are pushing back on high prices, they are demanding bargains,” he said. “This rebellion is how … Read more

We’re trimming an embattled stock to avoid a cardinal sin in portfolio management

We’re trimming an embattled stock to avoid a cardinal sin in portfolio management

Shortly after the opening bell, we will be selling 195 shares of Estee Lauder at roughly $99.05. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 330 shares of EL, decreasing its weighting to about 1% from roughly 1.6%. We’ve locked in big gains this month in a bunch of winners in Meta Platforms , … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, July 11 The S & P 500 and Nasdaq , both on seven-session winning streaks, were looking lower after more records. The June consumer price index year over year came in around its lowest inflation level in more than three years. Stock futures were initially higher on the … Read more

Estee Lauder gets rating and price target cuts on China struggles

Estee Lauder gets rating and price target cuts on China struggles

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. Top heavy : Stocks were on pace for a higher close Monday in what has been a volatile session for both equities and bonds. The 10-year … Read more

Here are our top 3 and bottom 3 stocks during a divergent second quarter

Here are our top 3 and bottom 3 stocks during a divergent second quarter

It was another largely great quarter for the stock market — completing a strong first half of the year for the Dow Jones Industrial Average , the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq , all trading around record highs. The Nasdaq was the big winner of the second quarter, adding 8.26% over the past … Read more