Art Cashin, UBS’ director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange and a man The Washington Post called “Wall Street’s version of Walter Cronkite,” has died. He was 83 and had been a regular on CNBC for more than 25 years. In the intensely competitive and often vicious world of stock market commentary, Cashin was that rarest…
Goldman Sachs is out with its much anticipated 2025 equity outlook to clients and it calls for stocks to gain 11% from here (12% total return with dividends) as a growing economy and improving profit margins fuel sizable earnings growth. “Our view is predicated on continued US economic expansion, earnings growth of 11% in 2025 and 7% in 2026,…
Accelerating earnings growth should drive shares of Futu Holdings higher, according to Morgan Stanley. The investment bank upgraded the fintech stock to overweight from equal weight and raised its price target by $45 to $115. That reflects around 29% upside from Friday’s close. “It’s still early-stage, but the accelerating franchise expansion in Singapore this year gives us more confidence…
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 2, 2024. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Nvidia rose to a new record Thursday as investors piled back in to the artificial intelligence trade, which had stalled a bit since the summer. The stock rose more than 3% at…
Brand new Lucid electric cars sit parked in front of a Lucid Studio showroom on May 24, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of Lucid Group were under pressure Thursday after the electric vehicle maker announced a public offering of nearly 262.5 million shares of its common stock. The late Wednesday announcement was made…
Tesla unveils its “Cybercab” on October 10, 2024 in Burbank, California. Source: Tesla Tesla shares closed down nearly 9% on Friday after the electric vehicle company’s long-awaited robotaxi event failed to impress investors. CEO Elon Musk unveiled the firm’s Cybercab self-driving concept car — a low, silver two-seater, with no steering wheels or pedals — on Thursday night, at the…
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in four years Wednesday. Let’s take a look at how stocks performed at the start of prior easing cycles. How it will perform from here depends largely on the economy, historical data shows. In total, across all cycles, the S & P 500’s performance in the aftermath of the…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Computex 2024 in Taipei on June 4, 2024. I-hwa Cheng | AFP | Getty Images Nvidia shares fell nearly 2% on Wednesday, after briefly recovering from a pre-market slip after Bloomberg reported that the company received a subpoena from the Department of Justice as part of an antitrust investigation. Nvidia denied on Wednesday…
City of London skyline on 6th March 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks closed flat on the first trading day in September as investors considered the outlook for markets. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed 0.04% lower, with regional bourses and sectors diverging. Retail stocks ended 0.77% lower, while…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters For Nvidia investors, the past two years have been a joyride. But recently they’ve been on more of a roller coaster. As the primary beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, Nvidia has seen its…
