Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer is betting big on a financial stock that is seeking ‘global domination’
Capital One stock hit a new record high on Wednesday, and Jim Cramer believes it’s not done running yet. Shares of the credit card issuer rose as much as 6.9% Wednesday morning despite a noisy quarterly earnings report Tuesday evening. While shares came off their highs of the session, Capital One’s earnings report nevertheless validated […]
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Capital One shares climb as investors buy into the vision of its future with Discover
Capital One shares rose on Tuesday evening despite the company reporting an extremely noisy second-quarter result due to the Discover integration. Still, we like where the company is headed with this game-changing acquisition. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 increased 31% year over year to $12.5 billion, missing the consensus estimate of $12.7 […]
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Abbott stock fell victim to an old earnings season truth: It’s all about the guidance
Shares of Abbott Laboratories fell Thursday after the diversified health-care company delivered a solid second quarter but left investors disappointed with forward guidance. Revenue in the three months ended June 30 rose 7.4% to $11.14 billion, outpacing the $11.07 billion consensus estimate, according to estimates compiled by LSEG. Organic sales , excluding Covid testing results, […]
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BlackRock keeps its foot on the private-markets pedal with another acquisition
BlackRock’s new acquisition pushes the asset manager one step deeper into private markets. The news The asset management giant on Monday announced an agreement to buy ElmTree Funds, a real estate investment firm that manages roughly $7.3 billion in assets. ElmTree, which leases commercial properties to single-tenant renters, will be integrated into BlackRock’s new group […]
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2 of our banks just boosted their dividends. Here’s how their increases stack up versus our other names
Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo shares hit record highs Wednesday after the Wall Street banks announced dividend hikes following Tuesday’s close. Both join the laundry list of Club holdings to hike their payouts to investors in 2025. After the financial firms passed the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test on Friday night, Goldman said Tuesday that […]
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Jim Cramer says his second-half playbook for investors is quite simple
Jim Cramer’s second-half playbook for investors is all about getting back to the basics. On CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” Cramer had a straightforward response when asked where investors should put their focus in the coming months. Choose stocks in companies that are “doing well,” he said Monday, shortly before the opening bell, as the […]
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3 forces driving a record week for stocks as 7 portfolio names hit new highs
It’s been a week of records for the U.S. stock market — and for several stocks in the CNBC Investing Club’s portfolio. The S & P 500 jumped to an all-time high of 6,187.68 Friday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose to a new record of 20,311.51. Both benchmark gauges advanced around 4% from last […]
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Bank investors bet on looser regulation under Trump. They are starting to see it
The first domino has fallen in the Trump administration’s bid to loosen regulations on Wall Street’s biggest banks. The Federal Reserve proposed changes Wednesday that would lower capital requirements for large U.S banks that were implemented in the years following the 2008 financial crisis. Tweaks to these rules, known as the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio, […]
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Israel-Iran attacks and the 2 other things that drove the stock market this week
What was shaping up to be a relatively calm week quickly got volatile on Friday, following Israel’s overnight strike on Iran. Here is a closer look at the three biggest themes that defined the market this week. 1. Geopolitics: The attack on Iranian nuclear infrastructure rippled through financial markets on Friday. U.S. stocks sold off […]
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Why BlackRock’s smallest deal of 2024 may end up being its most consequential
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has sent a clear message to investors: The world’s largest asset manager’s smallest acquisition last year could end up its most consequential. During an industry conference in March, the long-time executive said BlackRock’s $3.2 billion purchase of alternatives asset data provider Preqin — its smallest of the four deals announced in […]
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