After Mondelez’s gains, Cramer says wait to buy stock until rate cuts

After Mondelez’s gains, Cramer says wait to buy stock until rate cuts

Until the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday advised investors to hold off on buying shares of Mondelez, a company behind a host snack and candy brands like Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Cadbury and Ritz crackers. “The stock’s run up dramatically, so if you want a piece of it, wait … Read more

Walmart, Chipotle criticized over prices

Walmart, Chipotle criticized over prices

When Walmart announced earlier this summer that it would add digital shelf labels to more of its stores, the discounter said the move would cut another tedious task from store workers’ to-do lists. Customers didn’t necessarily see it that way. On TikTok, some criticized the higher-tech price tags as the first step toward the nation’s … Read more

Weight loss stocks should grab big gains, Tema ETFs’ CEO suggests

Weight loss stocks should grab big gains, Tema ETFs’ CEO suggests

Tema ETFs has been capitalizing on the risk appetite for weight loss stocks. It is behind the GLP-1, Obesity & Cardiometabolic ETF (HRTS), which is up 26% since its inception last November. The firm’s founder and CEO Maurits Pot thinks the winning weight loss trade isn’t based on just hype. “The companies we track and … Read more

Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

Candy makers face steep cocoa prices, get creative

Dried cocoa beans at the Somos Cacao farm and production facility in Ragonvalia, Norte de Santader department, Colombia, on Friday, March 22, 2024.  Ferley Ospina | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s pricing pressure taking hold of a specific corner of global agriculture — and it’s bittersweet. Prices of cocoa have more than tripled over the … Read more

What we know about the consumer so far

What we know about the consumer so far

A customer walks through The Home Depot store on February 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images The state of the consumer in 2024 is already taking shape — even before the country’s major retailers begin to report first-quarter earnings, starting with Home Depot and Walmart next week. There are signs that … Read more

Disney gets a win in Nelson Peltz board fight. 2 other portfolio stocks mount comebacks

Disney gets a win in Nelson Peltz board fight. 2 other portfolio stocks mount comebacks

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 : Stocks kicked off … Read more

Nelson Peltz outlines plans for Disney proxy battle

Nelson Peltz outlines plans for Disney proxy battle

Activist investor Nelson Peltz. David A. Grogan | CNBC Disney and its investors are going to start hearing a lot from activist investor Nelson Peltz. In the coming weeks, Peltz’s Trian Fund Management plans to post on X, formerly known as Twitter, and add content to its website RestoreTheMagic.com as a crescendo to launching a … Read more

Post-Ozempic patients may eat more calories, Deutsche Bank survey finds

Post-Ozempic patients may eat more calories, Deutsche Bank survey finds

A customer shops in a Kroger grocery store on July 15, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Investors have cheered a new class of weight loss drugs for their ability to help people shed unwanted pounds, but the findings of a recent poll underscore the challenges patients face if they cease treatment. … Read more