An ugly earnings report from a competitor is good news for Abbott Labs

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. Stocks jumped Friday as Wall Street tried to end a turbulent week on a jubilant note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added more more than 600 points, or 1.6%. The … Read more

5 key things we’re watching closely in the stock market this week

Wall Street managed to finish higher this week despite Thursday’s brutal rotation out of tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was the big winner on the week — advancing nearly 1.6% as favorable inflation data prompted investors to scoop up economic- and rate-sensitive stocks that have not done as well this year. The S … Read more

Here’s why cooler consumer inflation flipped the stock market

We finally got the consumer price index we were looking for, with both the June headline and core readings coming in slightly lower than expectations. The CPI bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates. It also gave investors the green light to rotate out of this year’s tech winners and … Read more

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

9 stocks that can benefit from Fed interest rate cuts

The S & P 500 and Nasdaq extended their record rallies this week following cooler-than-expected consumer inflation data Wednesday morning. While Fed rate cuts would likely benefit the overall stock market, several names in the CNBC Investing Club portfolio — from housing plays to autos to biotech — could really get a boost. Connecting the … Read more

A juggernaut of the market’s growth hit wall, buy these stocks

We danced around it all week. We called out the many culprits for Salesforce’s weak quarterly results on Wednesday — and subsequent stock plunge — including an elongated sales cycle, a measured economic environment, and the need for more senior executives to check off on products. But one we didn’t call out was the law … Read more

Jim Cramer identifies 5 stocks that are buys right here, right now

Let’s say you just joined the Club, and you are trying to figure out which stocks we think are buyable right now, right here. Ideally, what I would like members to be thinking about is a companion portfolio of up to a dozen stocks to a market index fund position — something we recommend for … Read more

Booming luxury travel and a jump in ‘relief’ loans

At American Express, consumers are continuing to open high-fee credit cards and splurge on luxuries like travel. But for lending firm Upstart, there’s a strong interest in microloans as cash-strapped Americans try to scrape by. That juxtaposition underscores the growing picture of bifurcation among income brackets in America. And adds to an increasingly popular view … Read more

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

3 catalysts we learned from earnings that should push our industrial stocks higher

The industrial-focused names in the Club’s portfolio wrapped up a pretty solid earnings season last week, but their stocks were largely not rewarded. Shares of toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker and industrial gas giant Linde tumbled on fiscal results Thursday, so the Club added to both positions on the overblown reactions. DuPont was the exception. … Read more