Big Tech earnings loom large

Big Tech earnings loom large

A slogan related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is displayed on a screen in Intel pavilion, during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 16, 2024.  Denis Balibouse | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed … Read more

Earnings take center stage, but don’t sleep on Fed, Treasury

Earnings take center stage, but don’t sleep on Fed, Treasury

We’ve been relatively free of actions by the Treasury and the Federal Reserve for some time now. The intrusion into the market at the end of October and early November seems like ancient history. This week, however, could change all that. Two releases on Wednesday — the Federal Open Market Committee statement and the Treasury’s … Read more

Wall Street touted 5 portfolio stocks this week. Here’s our call on each

Wall Street touted 5 portfolio stocks this week. Here’s our call on each

It was a fantastic week for stocks. The S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record highs as investors digested earnings and prepared for more. In turn, Wall Street analysts made a slew of bullish calls on five of our portfolio names — all of which report earnings next week SBUX … Read more

Why weakness in small caps may be a short-term setback

Why weakness in small caps may be a short-term setback

Small cap stocks may be on the cusp of a turnaround. According to Fairlead Strategies market technician Katie Stockton, the Russell 2000‘s underperformance so far this year is likely a near-term setback. “We’re kind of convinced that we’ll see small caps do better. Maybe they don’t outperform strongly. But a better year for them after … Read more

What recession? The U.S. economy kept growing

What recession? The U.S. economy kept growing

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with workers while visiting CS Wind, the largest wind tower manufacturer in the world, in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S., November 29, 2023.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything … Read more

All eyes on U.S. fourth-quarter GDP

All eyes on U.S. fourth-quarter GDP

A customer visits a supermarket in San Mateo, California, on Dec. 12, 2023. Li Jianguo | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what … Read more

Why natural gas prices are so volatile. What it means for Coterra Energy

Why natural gas prices are so volatile. What it means for Coterra Energy

Natural gas prices have had an up and down January — taking Club stock Coterra Energy along for the wild ride. After rising more than 30% over the first two weeks of the year, natural gas futures plunged 24% last week and have continued their fall in recent days. The commodity lost 4% on Monday, … Read more

Markets ‘complacent’ about the risks of a Trump win, strategist says

Markets ‘complacent’ about the risks of a Trump win, strategist says

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in advance of the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S., January 21, 2024.  Mike Segar | Reuters Markets are “fairly complacent” about the risks of a second Donald Trump presidency, which could trigger a “tantrum” in long-duration bond markets, … Read more

Treasury yields fractionally higher ahead of key data releases

Treasury yields fractionally higher ahead of key data releases

U.S. Treasury yields nudged slightly higher on Tuesday morning, as market participants await the release of key economic data points later in the week. Near 2:25 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was around 1.7 basis points higher at 4.1109% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up just … Read more

Nvidia and its stock may go through an Apple-like transformation, Melius Research says

Nvidia and its stock may go through an Apple-like transformation, Melius Research says

Nvidia ‘s wise push into software and services is getting more attention on Wall Street, with one analyst drawing a parallel between Jim Cramer’s two “own it, don’t trade it” names. The emergence of chip powerhouse Nvidia as a major AI winner over the past year has been fueled by surging hardware sales — specifically, … Read more