Stock markets
Morgan Stanley upgrades Ford, says parts of the automaker’s business are underestimated
After a significant pullback in Ford Motor ‘s share price this year, Morgan Stanley is taking another look at the auto stock. Shares of Ford are down 40% this year, underperforming the S & P 500’s 17.5% decline. “We believe the ‘run-off’ value of Ford’s authentic/emotional ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles and fleet-oriented commercial end […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Twitter, Affirm, Robinhood and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Twitter (TWTR) – Twitter tumbled 14.6% in premarket trading after Elon Musk tweeted that his deal to buy the company was “temporarily” on hold, as he awaits details on the number of fake and spam accounts on the platform. Affirm Holdings (AFRM) – Affirm reported a […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: I’m going to pass on Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson Inc: “We’re going to have to take a pass on it. … Even though it’s cheap, it’s not what we want.” Talos Energy Inc: “It’s a little small for me, but it’ll do the job. … I think you’ll do fine in that one.” AT&T Inc: “AT&T is making a comeback. … You can […]
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Enterprise and desktop PCs still ‘a healthy market’ as personal PCs see slowdown, says Micron CEO
Micron chief executive Sanjay Mehrotra told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday that the market for enterprise and desktop PCs remains healthy despite the personal PCs market experiencing a slowdown. “It’s not like anything is falling off the cliff,” Mehrotra said in an interview on “Mad Money.” “Yes, while consumer PCs lately are not experiencing the […]
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Jim Cramer says investors shouldn’t allow a tumultuous market prevent them from finding ‘better opportunities’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while investors should tread carefully as the stock market continues to be stormy, they also shouldn’t be afraid to make moves to strengthen their portfolios. “We want to be very careful to buy stocks with stories that can handle a slowdown. … A good portfolio manager never sells […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Carvana, GameStop, AMC, General Motors and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Carvana — Shares of the online used-car retailer popped 25%, alongside other heavily shorted stocks. Nearly 29% of Carvana shares available for trading are sold short, according to FactSet. The company has faced negative sentiment on Wall Street recently, with downgrades this month from Stifel, […]
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Heavily shorted online used car seller Carvana surges nearly 25%, is halted several times
A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Shares of online used car retailer Carvana surged Thursday amid a wild trading session in which several heavily-shorted stocks popped. The stock closed up 24.7%. Trading was halted at least four times Thursday. Carvana’s share price had […]
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Hedge fund winners and losers emerge in brutal tech-driven sell-off
The stock market is going through a period of uncertainty and volatility, but some sectors could benefit from that. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A wide divergence of performance has formed in the hedge fund industry amid the stock rout on Wall Street this year. […]
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Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says active management pays off during extreme volatility
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) With $1.5 trillion in assets, Franklin Templeton is among America’s top 10 asset managers, and growing. Over the last few years, the firm has acquired asset manager Legg Mason, custom index provider O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, and secondary private equity investor Lexington Partners, among others. President and CEO Jenny […]
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Growth stock valuations ‘have further to fall,’ says Citigroup strategist
Analysts as a group expect that it is “more likely” that real yields will continue to rise, which would hurt growth stocks. Source
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