Stocks tumbled Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data showed a sharp slowdown in growth and pointed to persistent inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 375.12 points, or 0.98%, to close at 38,085.80, weighed down by steep declines in Caterpillar and IBM. The S&P 500 dropped 0.46% to finish the session at 5,048.42, and … Read more
First-quarter 2024 profit per share of $5.75; adjusted profit per share of $5.60 Enterprise operating cash flow was $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2024 Deployed $5.1 billion of cash for share repurchases and dividends in the first quarter First Quarter ($ in billions except profit per share) 2024 2023 Sales and Revenues $15.8 … Read more
CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer Rob Kim | NBCUniversal CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday noted that major quarterly results from players like Verizon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet will be coming next week, but he zeroed in on the importance of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index because it is the real gauge of inflation. Cramer said the … Read more
The Big Tech earnings next week could revive a flagging market, or at least give investors direction into where stocks are going from here. Next week will spotlight the bulk of the Magnificent Seven names, which had a strong start to the year, but have been in a slump as of late. Tesla reports Tuesday, … Read more
We’ve become prisoners of short-rate forecasts. Yeah, the ones controlled by the Federal Reserve. But those fearless investors who have broken out of this self-imposed mental jail are enjoying bountiful returns. Sure, it appears to be nothing but alchemy to the jailers and their powerful protagonists in the media. But does it matter? They don’t … Read more
More than half of the stocks in the S & P 500 hit new 52-week highs in the first quarter, leaving us to puzzle over how this all happened. We act as if it’s all about the earnings or the actions of the Federal Reserve. But maybe it is something else. Maybe it’s the share … Read more
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said artificial intelligence is going to be essential to big market rallies over the next few years. “This technological revolution is crossing all barriers, even potentially becoming the heart of our national security apparatus, so we’d be like ostriches with our heads in the sand if we don’t address it,” … Read more
The Airbnb logo is displayed on the Nasdaq digital billboard in Times Square in New York on Dec. 10, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images When prosecutors announced the plea deal late last week of Shamoon Rafiq, who ran a $10 million scheme that duped investors into buying into pre-IPO tech companies such … Read more
The following passage has been adapted from Jim Cramer’s opening monologue at Saturday’s annual meeting of the CNBC Investing Club. The single biggest issue we will be struggling with for the rest of the year is not how many Federal Reserve interest rate cuts we will have but whether the Fed can stand pat, or … Read more
Market eases expectations for Fed rate cuts Traders have tempered their expectations for a bit for interest rate cuts following cautionary statements from Federal Reserve officials. The probability of a previously much-anticipated March cut tumbled to just 14.5% Monday morning, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch gauge. The expectation had been above 80% just two … Read more
