The beginning of 2025 was a difficult one for the Dow Jones Industrial Average , but analysts are more optimistic on certain stocks heading into the second quarter. The 30-stock Dow has tumbled more than 2% in the first quarter. Chip giant Nvidia has led the decline with its 18% fall, followed by losses from…
Goldman Sachs says there’s a slew of stocks the firm likes that are well positioned in an uncertain macro environment. CNBC Pro combed through the firm’s research to find companies with upside as worries linger. They include: Carnival, Microsoft, Accenture, Vertex and e.l.f. Beauty. Accenture Analyst James Schneider is standing by shares of one of…
CoreWeave Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. The Trump presidency was set to usher in a rush of money to the markets, spurred by a…
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 13, 2024. Carlos Rodrigues | Sportsfile | Web Summit | Getty Images CoreWeave on Thursday said it priced shares at $40 in the company’s IPO, raising $1.5 billion in the biggest U.S. tech offering since 2021. The company, which…
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Timid trading Stock futures were timid Thursday, continuing a relatively slow week on Wall Street. Four trading days into the period, the major averages have posted modest gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1% on the week, the…
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed “for most things” in the world, says Bill Gates. That’s what the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told comedian Jimmy Fallon during an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” in February. At the moment, expertise remains “rare,” Gates…
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the…
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 Monday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street got off to a strong start Monday, with the Nasdaq leading the way up 2%. The S & P 500 was up more than 1.5% while the…
Maybe it is worth waiting for stocks like Wynn Resorts , names so cheap that they can’t be explained. On Friday, I spent a considerable amount of time with Wynn CEO Craig Billings at his incredible hotel, the gem of the Las Vegas strip, talking about his business and its cockamamie stock price. Wynn’s valuation…
Market sentiment soured quickly this month as investors endured an acute 10% correction in the S & P 500. With $4.6 Trillion in options expiring Friday, I want to approach the S & P 500 with cautious optimism. I am using SPDR S & P 500 ETF (SPY) to obtain upside capture in a possibly…