The holiday shopping season has come and gone. When it comes to stock picking, at least, the desire to find a bargain is as strong as ever. A recent analysis of our portfolio revealed we own more than a couple cheap stocks, including one of our newer additions in Bristol …
Sometimes, there can be an overwhelming amount of negativity and noise on Wall Street. To counter that, Jim Cramer has said investors should not lose sight of what can go right for their stocks. That doesn’t mean ignoring risks and investing on autopilot. It does mean investors should remember the …
Here’s a rapid-fire update on all the stocks in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. During the November Monthly Meeting on Thursday, Jim looked at how Donald Trump’s return to the White House could impact each company — good, bad or not much …
It was a wild week, with the bond market in the driver’s seat. Rising yields early on gave way to some moderation, and the Nasdaq hit an all-time high on Friday. The Nasdaq did not finish above its July record-high close of 18,647 but ended less than a half-percent away. …
It was a solid quarter for the companies in our stock portfolio, with the bulk of our names reporting what we felt were good-to-great earnings reports. Continued economic growth on the back of a resilient consumer and increasing business confidence ahead of what most expect to be a lower interest …
Despite a late-session surge Friday, all three major U.S. stock indexes ended the holiday-shortened trading week in the red, putting an end to the Nasdaq Composite and S & P 500 ‘s five-week winning streaks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the second straight week. The declines came as …
Is the stock market rally here to stay after April’s terrible month? With the Fed, Apple earnings and the jobs report passing with flying colors this week, the runway to more gains looks a lot less cluttered. The main economic update came Friday in the form of a weaker-than-expected April …
As investors say farewell to a week marked by a Federal Reserve meeting, surprise labor market data and the latest corporate earnings, they’re left trying to figure out what it all means for a stock market that’s still deciding where it wants to go. All three of the major market …
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, May 2 The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are higher Thursday, one day after they surrendered their post-Federal Reserve meeting gains and closed modestly lower. After leaving interest rates unchanged, Fed chief Jerome Powell essentially ruled out a hike as central bankers’ …
The major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite breaking multiweek losing streaks. Earnings drove the action, despite some less-than-ideal macroeconomic reports on economic growth and inflation. Meta Platforms ‘ report gave the market a bit of a scare Wednesday …