Investment strategy
Stock futures rise slightly ahead of Friday’s key inflation report
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 8, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures moved slightly higher on Thursday evening ahead of a highly anticipated inflation report. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 33 points, or 0.1%. Those for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 gained about 0.1% each. Before the opening […]
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Adobe CEO says e-commerce is seeing price decreases, expects strong future for online shopping
Several categories of e-commerce are seeing price decreases and support the expectation that digital shopping among consumers will hold strong, Adobe chief executive Shantanu Narayen told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. “When you look at the total expense, in addition to the macroeconomic, where there may be a little bit more concern, what’s happening is […]
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Stick with profitable, recession-proof stocks to avoid a ‘crisis,’ Jim Cramer says
CNBC’s Jim Cramer reminded investors to own profitable, recession-proof stocks rather than conceptual ones after major tech stocks tumbled on Thursday. He noted that while the stocks took a hit, they’re still “terrific” and stand out from uninvestable names for two main reasons. Investable stocks “have a defined downside because of that dividend and their […]
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The ‘dividend aristocrats’ are beating the market this year. Here’s how investors can take advantage
Struggling retailer Target announced a dividend hike Thursday, keeping its stock in an exclusive club that has proven to be a smart bet for investors this year. This marks 51 consecutive years when Target has increased its cash dividend payout, at an average of 12.65% per year, according to data from S & P Global. […]
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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s advice to summer interns: ‘Be an entrepreneur’
David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Internships have started at Goldman Sachs’ offices in the U.S. this week, according to the global investment bank. Roughly 3,700 people won a coveted spot in the company’s internship program out of a record […]
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This SPAC is merging with an already-public company as sponsors get creative before time runs out
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 8, 2022. Source: NYSE SPACs are known to be a roundabout investment vehicle to take private companies public. Not this one. Bull Horn Holdings is merging with biotech Coeptis Therapeutics, a public company traded over the counter. The SPAC sponsors told CNBC they went for a public company partly […]
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Why remaining private is a competitive advantage for PE firm Bain Capital with $160 billion
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Bain Capital, with $160 billion in assets, is one of the largest private, private equity firms. Despite many of its peers going public, like TPG earlier this year, Bain has no immediate plans to join them. John Connaughton is Bain Capital’s global head of Private Equity and co-managing […]
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Signs point to biotech M&A heating up, Wells Fargo says. Here’s where to look
The pace of biotech deals is likely to pick up, but investors should think about smaller targets, said Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal. Bansal called out both enticing valuations for small- and mid-cap biotech companies, which are now trading at an enterprise value of about one times cash, on average, and a tough regulatory environment […]
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Suze Orman: This is ‘the No. 1 investment’ to make right now, ‘no matter what’
Inflation is at historic highs, well above anything the U.S. has seen since the early 1980s. On Friday, June 10, investors and economists will be watching closely when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its latest consumer price index report, which measures the average change over time in prices paid by consumers for common goods […]
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These two cruise lines stand out above the rest, Susquehanna says
The hard-hit cruise industry should see demand recover, but a testy economy means investors should be selective with which stocks to pick, according to Susquehanna Financial Group. “Positively, the industry is on the mend; liners are planning to redeploy their full fleets into the summer and have a line of sight to profitability into 2023. […]
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