Bukharova | Getty Images One Wall Street strategist is warning that three factors could trigger the stock market’s next sell-off before the end of May and push the major indexes to lows as the summer season gets under way. The combination of mounting recession fears, bets on a more cautious Federal Reserve and a regular
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Investment banker Ken Moelis told CNBC on Friday that it’s “almost impossible” to get the boards of U.S. public companies to enter into China deals. The tense Washington-Beijing relations are impacting large-cap stocks, the deal-making powerbroker said on “Squawk on the Street. ” “What you’re seeing in this volatility is a macro risk: China trade
Daniel Loeb Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Daniel Loeb’s Third Point has built a stake in Centene as the health insurer works to complete its previously announced purchase of WellCare Health Plans. While the activist hedge fund confirmed on Friday that it has a financial position in Centene, neither the reason for its
Investors trying to get a gauge on the state of U.S.-China trade relations should look at shares of big chipmakers like Qualcomm, Micron Technology and Broadcom, according to Ned Davis Research. The firm points out that Qualcomm had 67% of its 2018 revenue come from China, while Micron saw 57.1% of its sales come from
The booster of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lands on the company’s barge after launching the Spaceflight SSO-A mission. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in a previously secret lawsuit revealed on Wednesday, challenged the Air Force awarding $2.3 billion in rocket development contracts last year to competitors Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance, which is a
Deutsche Bank is standing by its call for a 30% return on the S&P 500 this year, despite increasing global fears over the escalating U.S.-China trade dispute. Binky Chadha — head of asset allocation and chief equity strategist at the firm — told CNBC on Tuesday he is keeping the S&P target at 3,250, which
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, carrying the Arabsat 6A communications satellite, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 11, 2019. Thom Baur | Reuters SpaceX has hurtled to the top of the launch industry over the past decade, last year bringing in more revenue than any other rocket company, according
Packages of Beyond Meat Inc. beef crumbles are displayed for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A notable short seller is roasting newly public Beyond Meat. Andrew Left of Citron Research took to Twitter Friday afternoon, saying the hype around the plant-based meat
Michael Roman, CEO, 3M Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of industrial products maker 3M have been hit hard since the company’s disappointing first-quarter earnings report in April, and J.P. Morgan warned investors on Friday that there is more pain to come. J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa said in a note that 3M’s “premium valuation is unjustified by
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Fred Dufour | AFP | Getty Images On Friday, we had positive news on trade related to delaying tariffs on European auto imports and eliminating steel and aluminum tariffs
Two of Cisco Systems’ top executives told CNBC that additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports would not just harm the San Jose, California-based network equipment maker but American industries as a whole. “If it goes to all China imports it’s not only going to impact us, but it’s going to impact every industry,” Cisco CFO
President Donald Trump speaks at the 38th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2019. Carlos Barria | Reuters When it comes to his position on the U.S.-China trade dispute, President Donald Trump is still playing the role of a riverboat gambler on a hot streak. Nearly a year
Ethan Brown, founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, prepares to ring the opening bell to celebrate his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, May 2, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Shares of Beyond Meat, which makes plant-based meat substitutes, surged more than 14% on Tuesday, adding to their stellar start in
Mike Wilson, Chief U.S. Equity Strategist and Chief Investment Officer at Morgan Stanley. Adam Jeffery | CNBC The U.S. economy could fall into a recession if the country’s trade war keeps escalating, Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson said Monday. Wilson, the bank’s chief U.S. equity strategist, told clients in a note that higher U.S. tariffs on
The U.S. government on Friday approved the formation of a new Silicon Valley stock exchange following a regulatory criticism late last year. Backed by top Valley figures such as venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, the Long-Term Stock Exchange was born out of concern from the nation’s tech elite who were frustrated that the public market’s focus
President Donald Trump on Friday claimed a victory of sorts in an ongoing trade war with China, asserting that his latest round of import tariffs on Chinese goods will force China to pay “$100 billion” to the U.S. Treasury. Not only is Trump overstating the amount of those payments, he’s apparently unaware of who pays
Apple shares have slid steadily amid tumultuous U.S. trade negotiations with China, as investors fear CEO Tim Cook’s warning earlier this year about iPhone sales in China may yet come true. Apple’s stock is down more than 7% since President Donald Trump declared he would increased tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25%.
Occidental Petroleum may have spoiled Chevron‘s plans to acquire oil and gas driller Anadarko Petroleum, but Wall Street is not pronouncing the oil company the loser in the buyout battle. Several analysts are commending Chevron for declining to counter Occidental’s $38 billion bid for Anadarko. Chevron not only walks away with a $1 billion breakup
One of the biggest investment opportunities over the next decade will be in companies working to delay human death, a market expected to be worth at least $600 billion by 2025, according to one of Wall Street’s major investment banks. Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts Felix Tran and Haim Israel believe that genome sequencers
Traders work at Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images For investors fearful of a full-blown trade war, here’s Goldman Sachs’ playbook to tackle the tough market. Stock losses keep accelerating as investors remain anxious about President Donald Trump’s new
Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of online real estate and home-related mobile platform Zillow rallied Monday afternoon after Valiant Capital said the stock is one of its portfolio picks. The huge advantage Zillow has here is so much traffic already coming to its site, Valiant President and Founding Partner Chris Hansen said
Shareholders walked between booths at the annual Berkshire shareholder shopping day in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. Scott Morgan | Reuters At the “Woodstock of Capitalism,” thousands of shareholders walked around the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday, posing for photos with oversized pop-ups of Warren Buffett, giant Heinz ketchup bottles and buying
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday said Occidental Petroleum‘s borrowed an “ill-advised” $10 billion from Warren Buffett to further a bidding war with Chevron for Anadarko. To raise enough capital, Occidental now has a loan from Berkshire Hathaway with an 8% interest rate, which is worth as much as $20 billion, he said. That could be
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber Carlo Allegri | Reuters Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday. Atlantic Equities initiated Uber as ‘neutral’ Atlantic Equities said Uber’s path to profitability is clearer. “Given the benefits of scale, we prefer Uber, with its market-leading ridehailing position augmented by the fast growing Eats business and freight
Apple rallied nearly 5% on Wednesday, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer said there could soon be even more upside. “That’s why I always say own it, don’t trade it,” the “Mad Money” host said. “With this quarter, we got yet another reason to stick with Apple, and even after today’s terrific run, I think it will
Prologis Inc.: “You’re buying Prologis at the all-time high here. Let’s just stay away. Let this come in for a little. I think rates could go a little bit higher.” Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.: “I don’t like that stock. I think that the company has kind of lost its way. They have to make some
More and more Democratic presidential hopefuls are adopting a single-payer health care stance, which could be devastating for any player in the health insurance business, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. Following the lead of Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator who is one of the biggest mouthpieces advocating for “Medicare for All,” about eight candidates
Blackstone’s Joseph Zidle is warning investors earnings season could go awry. With almost half of S&P 500 companies reporting quarterly earnings so far, Zidle believes a lot could still go wrong. He lists an earnings setback as the most legitimate risk that would spark a correction. “We might see earnings growth at approximately zero for
Crude oil has snapped its best weekly win streak in four years. The commodity has plummeted 5% since Monday, its first negative week in eight. Losses accelerated on Friday after President Trump said he called on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to act to bring global oil prices lower. Bill Baruch, president of Blue
Lockheed Martin delivered the best conference call to its shareholders out of the defense sector, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. The largest military contractor in the world, the Bethesda, Maryland-based manufacturer trounced analyst expectations on earnings per share, $5.99 versus $4.34, and revenue, $14.3 billion versus $12.6 billion. Raytheon, a major contractor for the U.S.,