This year, Wall Street extended its artificial intelligence-powered bull market into a second year, far surpassing the year-end forecasts made by top strategists. In fact, all of them turned out to be very wrong. Original 2024 outlooks for the S & P 500 ranged from a low of just 4,200 at JPMorgan by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas,…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Oracle — The database software company slid roughly 7% after posting fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that lagged analysts’ estimates. Oracle also issued guidance for the current quarter, calling for revenue growth of 7% to 9% and adjusted earnings of $1.50 to $1.54 per share, saying…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attend the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors…
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, Nov. 26 1. The outgoing Biden administration proposed a rule that would expand access to obesity drugs for millions of Americans enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. If implemented, that would be great news for Eli Lilly , a longtime Club name we bought more of on Monday. Shares…
President-elect Donald Trump‘s vow to implement additional tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico on day one of his presidency signals the start of a wild ride in currency markets, strategists say, warning it would be risky for investors to underestimate the impact on foreign exchange rates. Trump said Monday he would sign an executive order…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Nov. 21 1. Nvidia’s quarterly results were much better than expected, and the whole overheating Blackwell chips thing was overblown, says the company. The AI chip king just can’t make enough Blackwells and gross margin will be improving next year, producing much better numbers. Lots of stories about…
Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Dhiraj Singh| Bloomberg | 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…
Goldman Sachs is out with its much anticipated 2025 equity outlook to clients and it calls for stocks to gain 11% from here (12% total return with dividends) as a growing economy and improving profit margins fuel sizable earnings growth. “Our view is predicated on continued US economic expansion, earnings growth of 11% in 2025…
A Tesla Cybertruck is parked outside of a dealership on November 14, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | 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 you…