‘Load Up,’ Says Jim Cramer About These 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks

The last few years saw the markets go crazy. Between the COVID lockdowns and market crash, the rebound recovery, last year’s sustained bull run, and this year’s devastating first half that saw the bull turn into a bear. But in all of that, there have been stocks that have outperformed the market. These winning stocks have attracted attention from Jim Cramer, the well-known host of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ program. Among other things, Cramer has been following stocks which won big during the COVID cris

Disney's stock jumps 6% after huge subscriber and earnings beat

Disney reported its fiscal third quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell. Here's what to know.

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  Disney's Strong Quarter Blows Away Earnings, Subscriber Estimates

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  Disney Stock Rallies After Strong Earnings Report

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Fed to raise interest rates to 4% next year, Evans says

(Reuters) -Wednesday's consumer price index report showing U.S. inflation didn't accelerate in July was the first "positive" reading on price pressures since the Federal Reserve began tightening policy, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said, even as he signaled he believes the Fed has plenty more work to do. With consumer prices unchanged last month compared to June, but up 8.5% from a year earlier, inflation is still "unacceptably" high, and the Fed will likely need to lift its policy rate, currently in the 2.25%-2.5% range, to 3.25%-3.5% this year and to 3.75%-4% by the end of next year, Evans said. The remarks suggest Evans, among the 19 central bankers who set U.S. monetary policy, expects to soon slow what's been the Fed's steepest round of interest-rate hikes in decades.

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  Fed seen delivering half-point rate hike in Sept as inflation eases

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  Instant View: US CPI unchanged in July, raises hopes of Fed slowing

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Social Security Benefits Are Projected to Increase. Here’s How Much.

The Senior Citizens League projects the annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2023 to come in at 9.6%, down slightly from the prior month's estimate as inflation cooled a bit.

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  Social Security Benefits Are Heading for the Biggest Increase in 40 Years

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  What the inflation report could mean for Social Security

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