Who better than teenagers to know what’s trendy? Piper Sandler has released the spring edition of its semiannual “Taking Stock With Teens Survey,” with solid results for several names in our portfolio. We love scanning the report, which looks at a wide swath of Generation Z, roughly defined as people aged 11 to 26. In … Read more
It was a great first quarter of the year for stocks. The S & P 500 jumped 10.16% over the first three months and notched a series of all-time highs, including in Thursday’s session. It marked the index’s best first quarter in half a decade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also had strong … 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.) Markets rebound as Nvidia goes green: … 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 Tuesday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were mixed Tuesday as Big Tech names dragged down the S & P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow was up after the opening. The rally in Nvidia cooled … 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
Former President Donald Trump ‘s promise of tougher China tariffs if elected again could make doing business in the world’s second-largest economy more difficult for American companies like Starbucks which are already facing tough competition from lower-cost domestic competitors. “I fully believe in them [tariffs] economically when you’re being taken advantage of by other countries,” … Read more
A Portillo’s Beef Bus in Kissimmee, Florida. Source: Portillo’s When Chicago-based Portillo’s enters a new market, it sends its “Beef Bus” ahead of time, slinging its hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches to new customers for weeks, introducing them to the brand and whetting their appetites before a new restaurant finally opens. Recently, the Beef … Read more
The Google corporate logo hangs outside the Google Germany offices on August 31, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images During a keynote speech in New York on Monday from the managing director of Google’s Israel business, an employee in the company’s cloud division protested publicly, proclaiming “I refuse … Read more
Steph Kronos, a pro-union activist, tries to talk to Starbucks customers while joining Starbucks workers, former employees and supporters in holding signs in support of a strike, outside of a Starbucks store in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 16, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A group of labor unions said on Tuesday that … 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.) AI trade: Market gains accelerated since … Read more
