My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, July 16 1. Wall Street was pacing for a higher open this morning. Wholesale inflation came in cooler than expected, with the June producer price index showing no change from the prior month. That’s in contrast to yesterday’s consumer price index, which picked up month over month. 2….
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, July 15 1. The government’s June consumer price index matched estimates with a rise of 0.3% for the month, putting the year-over-year gain at 2.7%. The core rate, excluding food and energy prices, also matched. The S & P 500 was heading for a higher open today after…
My top 10 things to watch Monday, July 14 1. Kenvue sacked CEO Thibaut Mongon and named company director Kirk Perry interim CEO. Strategic review going on. Heidrick & Struggles is working to find a new chief executive. The company, which makes consumer health products including Tylenol, Neutrogena and Band-Aid, was spun off from former…
My top 10 things to watch Friday, July 11 1. Wall Street was set to open lower Friday, retreating from Thursday’s record-high closes for the S & P 500 and Nasdaq . Friday’s drop follows President Donald Trump announcing more tariffs. This time it’s 35% levies on Canada, starting on Aug. 1. 2. The tariffs…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, July 10 1. Stock futures were little changed as President Donald Trump ramped up the tariffs pressure. The Pentagon, meanwhile, will become the largest shareholder in American rare earth miner MP Materials , via a $400 million investment in preferred stock. Shares surged more than 60% this morning….
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, July 9 1. Wall Street was headed for a higher open today after the S & P 500 incurred back-to-back losses and moved nearly 1% off last week’s record highs. The minutes of the Fed’s June meeting are out this afternoon. 2. The market was still digesting yesterday’s…
Nvidia is on the brink of a $4 trillion stock market value — and Jim Cramer believes that is hardly the ceiling for the artificial intelligence giant. With the Club stock trading around $158 per share Tuesday morning, the company’s market capitalization stood a smidge below $3.9 trillion. The level to watch for Nvidia to…
My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, July 8 1. Living with contrived chaos. That’s what we are doing with trade policy like this from the White House. It’s all deliberately created. Nothing has to be done like this. If you have the market at record highs, you can get away with this. That’s what…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, July 3 1. Wall Street is set for a higher open after better-than-expected June job creation. The S & P 500 closed at another record high yesterday as President Donald Trump announced a Vietnam trade deal. Investors are also watching House voting on the Trump-backed megabill of spending…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, July 2 1. Apple was upgraded to a hold from sell at Jefferies, which said its pull-forward sales due to tariffs, along with market share recovery in China, could raise June quarter sales and EPS 5% to 9% higher than the Street consensus. But second half of year…