The Club’s 10 things to watch Tuesday, Aug. 19 1. Club name Palo Alto Networks answered the bell with its quarterly results and guidance, sending shares up 6% this morning. The numbers make it clear that Palo Alto’s blockbuster CyberArk acquisition was made from a position of strength , not weakness in its core business….
The Club’s 10 things to watch Monday, Aug. 18 — Today’s newsletter was written by Zev Fima, the Club’s portfolio analyst. 1. Stocks are poised to start the week a bit lower. Crypto is continuing to sell off, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is down slightly to 4.295%. Oil and gold slightly…
The White House has signed a number of notable trade deals in the months since President Donald Trump slapped sharply higher tariffs on imports in early April. But some on Wall Street are cautioning that turmoil surrounding relations between the U.S. and its major trading partners is far from over. “Our views have been at…
The stock market ended the week higher as Wall Street speculated on how a spate of economic releases would impact the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate decision. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq both gained nearly 1% over the past five sessions. Both benchmark gauges hit several record closes this week, with the S…
The stock market’s valuation is giving dot-com bubble vibes. Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett pointed out that the S & P 500 is trading at 5.3 times its price-to-book value. His data shows that valuation is higher than that in March 2000 — when the internet bubble peaked and began to burst, eventually sending…
Media personality and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary says President Donald Trump‘s deal allowing NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) to sell semiconductor chips in China under a government revenue-sharing plan is mutually beneficial. The controversial deal allows both companies to sell their advanced AI chips, the H20 and MI308, to the Chinese market…
The stock market has been on a tear over the past month, as Wall Street mulled over quarterly earnings reports, President Donald Trump ‘s tariff moves, and the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision. Since last month’s third annual meeting of the CNBC Investing Club, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq hit nine and…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Aug. 14 1. Stock futures ticked a bit lower this morning after the July wholesale inflation report came in much hotter than expected. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are coming off back-to-back record highs. At noon ET today, I’ll discuss what’s next for the market during…
Australia unemployment rate eases to 4.2% in July Australia’s unemployment rate eased to 4.2% on a seasonally-adjusted basis in July, in line with estimates of economists polled by Reuters. The reading was lower than the 4.3% recorded in June, data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed. Meanwhile, the number of employed…
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Aug. 13 1. AI computing provider CoreWeave’s quarterly results were good, but I’d wait for the expiration of the lockup later this week, which may invite huge selling given the stock is up 272% from its IPO price. While some might say its $30.1 billion backlog is a…