- MarketWatch•16 hours ago
The ‘smart money’ says it’s time to buy the Chinese internet giants and the U.S. FAANGs
When the media and investors turn negative on stocks but the “smart money” is bullish, it’s a good time to think about buying. After all, exactly what is the smart money, and how do you know? Lately, several fund managers who pass this test have been pounding the table on Chinese internet names.
- MarketWatch•18 hours ago
Marijuana stocks to watch: Aurora Cannabis investments may be more valuable than its pot
Aurora Cannabis Inc. is a major pot producer, but if its bets on other cannabis companies continue to pay off, it may be able to stop actually growing weed on its own. Aurora (ACBFF)(CA:ACB) said recently its investments were worth more than C$700 million ($540 million) as of Sept. 21, bolstered in part by demand for pot stocks ahead of full legalization of marijuana in Canada on Wednesday. As the entire sector has benefited, so has Aurora’s portfolio, boosting the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit to C$79.9 million, after a loss of $20.8 million the year earlier.
Associated Press•10 hours agoStarbucks selling stores, closing office in Europe
Starbucks is restructuring its European operations after several years of slowing sales. The Seattle-based coffee chain is selling 83 company-owned stores in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg to its longtime partner, Alsea. Alsea will also provide services to 177 other Starbucks locations in those countries which are owned by franchisees.
- Zacks•9 hours ago
Lockheed Martin (LMT) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Lockheed Martin (LMT) closed the most recent trading day at $328.12, moving -1.58% from the previous trading session. In that same time, the Aerospace sector lost 1.77%, while the S&P 500 lost 2.61%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $13.14 billion, up 8.02% from the year-ago period.
- InvestorPlace•yesterday
7 Stocks Warren Buffett Can’t Stop Buying
Sometimes identifying the best stocks to buy can be difficult, but you could do a lot worse than checking out the stocks selected by one of the world’s savviest hedge fund managers — Warren Buffett. Buffett’s stock picks are a popular source for investors, and for good reason. The billionaire Buffett is many things: He’s among the world’s most successful fund managers, a legendary philanthropist and owns more than 60 companies.
Yahoo Finance•15 hours agoHere's everyone who has dropped out of Saudi Arabia's 'Davos of the Middle East'
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tweeted Thursday that he will not be attending the Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia next week. The news comes after prominent members of the world’s business community have been dropping out of Saudi
- CNBC Videos•17 hours ago
Cramer: Buy FAANG now
CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' team discusses why Jim Cramer is bullish on FAANG stocks.
- Zacks•2 days ago
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Q3 Earnings Preview: Here's What to Look Out For
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is expected to deliver a year-over-year increase in earnings on higher revenues when it reports results for the quarter ended September 2018. This widely-known consensus outlook gives a good sense of the company's earnings picture, but how the actual results compare to these estimates is a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price. The earnings report, which is expected to be released on October 24, 2018, might help the stock move higher if these key numbers are better than expectations.
- InvestorPlace•11 hours ago
Will Apple Really Switch Macs Off Intel Chips in 2020?
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been selling Mac computers powered by Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) processors since 2006. A noted Apple analyst is predicting Apple will release an ARM-based Mac as soon as 2020, ditching Intel. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a reputation for getting things right when it comes to forecasting the company’s moves.
- CNBC•14 hours ago
China's stock market is getting pummeled and history shows that is bad news for US markets
U.S. stocks are lower about 70 percent of the time in periods when there are big drops of 10 percent or more in Shanghai stocks, according to analytics firm Kensho. The main U.S. indexes lose about 5 percent when Shanghai stocks fall 10 percent or more in a 30-day period. Big blue chips, like Goldman and Caterpillar are among the losers, but copper and oil also fall hard when Shanghai sees a big decline.
- MarketWatch•7 hours ago
Don’t sweat a stock-market selloff with midterms around the corner, says strategist
“On average, the S&P 500 actually has been negative year to date in early October during a midterm year,” said Detrick, in a note. Read: Will midterm elections sink the stock market? As for the market’s dismal performance the past couple of weeks, Detrick expects stocks to remain under pressure in the near term as they had done in 2016 when the S&P 500 slid for nine straight sessions before the election in November.
Business Insider•2 days agoA former GE exec who trained new managers found that almost all of them were making the same mistake
Beth Comstock is the former vice chair of General Electric. Comstock would hand out "permission slips" authorizing employees to take risks — but she also said it's important for people to stop hiding behind their excuses. Beth Comstock doesn't tolerate excuses.
- Investopedia•19 hours ago
Berkshire Is Undervalued, Says JPMorgan
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s ( BRK.B) Class B shares are cheap if you apply the same metrics that its CEO Warren Buffett does to value companies, according to JPMorgan. In a research note, reported on by CNBC, analyst Sarah DeWitt said Berkshire, a company that investors have historically struggled to value properly because of its many moving parts, suddenly appears to be attractively priced when factoring in all the profits made by the stocks held in its $200 billion equity portfolio into its earnings. “Look-through earnings” take into account current period earnings that show up in financial statements, together with other sources of earnings expected in the long run. This method is used by Buffett as a way to appreciate that companies sometimes retain earnings after paying dividends and later invest them at a higher rate of return.
Business Insider•18 hours agoThe same question that can chart a path to early retirement is the one Warren Buffett used to build Berkshire Hathaway into a powerhouse
Inversion is a mental model that involves flipping your outlook to prevent the opposite of what you want to happen from happening. Warren Buffett and his business partner Charlie Munger employed inversion as a business strategy to build Berkshire Hathaway into a powerhouse. In a recent podcast with Brandon of the Mad Fientist, who retired early at 34, productivity expert James Clear said the same strategy Buffett used can help set someone on the path for early retirement.
- Zacks•yesterday
Ford (F) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Ford (F) closed the most recent trading day at $8.76, moving -0.45% from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.03%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.36%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.04%.Heading into today,
- CNBC Videos•yesterday
Tilray CEO says there could be a $100 billion pot stock c...
FM trader Tim Seymour takes on the Tilray CEO, Brendan Kennedy. A breakdown of the marijuana madness, with CNBC's Dirdre Bosa and Melissa Lee, and the Fast Money traders, Pete Najarian, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.
- Zacks•yesterday
Alibaba (BABA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Investors will be hoping for strength from BABA as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be November 2, 2018. On that day, BABA is projected to report earnings of $1.16 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 10.08%. Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for BABA.
- Yahoo Finance•16 hours ago
Markets think the midterms could be as big as the presidential election
The midterm elections are less than three weeks away. According to strategists at Barclays, the options market is pricing in a 1.6% swing on election night, a modest swing given the recent volatility we’ve seen in the stock market.
- Zacks•yesterday
Nvidia (NVDA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Heading into today, shares of the maker of graphics chips for gaming and artificial intelligence had lost 9.29% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 4.86% and the S&P 500's loss of 3.08% in that time. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $3.25 billion, up 23.44% from the year-ago period. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
- Zacks•9 hours ago
Boeing (BA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
In the latest trading session, Boeing (BA) closed at $359.50, marking a -1.64% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 1.44% loss on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.27%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 2.06%.Coming into
- MarketWatch•13 hours ago
Aurora Cannabis stock leads sector higher after news it will start trading on NYSE next week
Canadian marijuana company Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s shares rose about 4% Thursday after it said shares have been approved for trading on the New York Stock Exchange starting October 23. The stock (CA:ACB)(CA:ACB) which is currently trading on the over-the-counter market, will trade under the ticker symbol “ACB”. The shares are also traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- MarketWatch•19 hours ago
Netflix is ditching freeloaders from subscriber forecasts after volatile stock moves
After two consecutive off-the-mark quarters, falling short of its own forecasts for subscriber growth, Netflix Inc. hopes to put an end to the big swings in its stock price with some changes to its accounting. In kicking off tech’s earnings season Tuesday, Netflix (NFLX)reported better-than-expected subscriber growth in the quarter, leading to an 11% jump in its shares in after-hours trading. Three months ago, Netflix reported weaker-than-expected subscriber growth, sending its stock tumbling about 12% in the next trading day.
- Zacks•9 hours ago
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) Stock Moves -0.55%: What You Should Know
Heading into today, shares of the company had lost 4.72% over the past month, lagging the Finance sector's loss of 3.07% and the S&P 500's loss of 2.61% in that time. For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $9.90 per share and revenue of $248.35 billion, which would represent changes of +68.94% and +2.56%, respectively, from the prior year. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.
- TheStreet.com•13 hours ago
Trading Nvidia After Goldman Sachs Upgrades to 'Conviction Buy'
shares were doing well, up more than 1% after Goldman Sachs analysts placed the stock on its conviction buy list. It's been a bumpy ride for Nvidia this month, as the waves of selling in the broader market have taken their toll. In any regard, Goldman took Nvidia up to conviction buy with a $305 price target.
InvestorPlace•17 hours agoThere’s a Huge Flaw in Valuing AMD Stock Like Amazon or Netflix
This year has been an undeniably good one for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) shareholders. The AMD stock price is up 165% year-to-date, and seems to be dealing with recent headwinds relatively well. Although the turnaround is real, the market’s valuation of AMD stock has been exceedingly generous.
