With earnings season mostly in the rearview mirror, certain names stand out as winners moving forward, according to Jefferies. The firm recently highlighted several buy-rated stocks of companies that beat on earnings and issued solid guidance. It also favors domestic names over foreign, although international stocks are currently outperforming those in the United States. The iShares MSCI All Country World Index ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) has gained about 14% in 2025, while the S & P 500 is fractionally higher so far this year. However, domestically-oriented names are cheap on an absolute basis, as well as relative to names with…
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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions.A wave of outrage is sweeping the scientific and medical world after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop recommending routine Covid-19 vaccines for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.Kennedy, a prominent vaccine skeptic, on Tuesday said the Covid shot has been removed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended immunization schedule for those groups. “Last year, the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another…
Vice President JD Vance speaks at Bitcoin 2025, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Las Vegas.John Locker | APLAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance used his position on stage at the biggest bitcoin conference of the year to push the Trump administration’s efforts on stablecoin legislation, touting its potential benefits to the U.S. economy.”In this administration, we do not think that stablecoins threaten the integrity of the U.S. dollar. Quite the opposite,” Vance said, in his keynote at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. “We view them as a force multiplier of our economic might.”Months after a successful campaign…
Nvidia is set to report its latest quarterly results after the bell on Wednesday, and there are certain stocks besides just the artificial intelligence chip darling that could see major moves in either direction. Nvidia’s earnings results have been a driver of volatility over the past couple of years, but this time around, the market may actually be underestimating volatility. Nvidia options pricing prior to its upcoming earnings implies shares could swing 6.4% in either direction, per Goldman Sachs estimates. That is less than its average realized move of 8.5% up or down over Nvidia’s past eight earnings reports. However,…
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month worried that tariffs could aggravate inflation and create a difficult quandary with interest rate policy, minutes released Wednesday show.The summary of the May 6-7 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee reflected ongoing misgivings about the direction of fiscal and trade policy, with officials ultimately deciding the best course was to keep rates steady.”Participants agreed that uncertainty about the economic outlook had increased further, making it appropriate to take a cautious approach until the net economic effects of the array of changes to government policies become clearer,” the minutes stated. “Participants…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday pushed back against an emerging critique of his on-again, off-again tariff threats, which has been derisively summed up as the “TACO trade.”The term coined by a Financial Times columnist — which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” — describes a pattern in which Trump announces heavy new tariffs, sending markets tumbling, and then later pauses or lightens them, causing markets to rebound.When asked by CNBC about the term at the White House, Trump denied that he had ever backed down and suggested that his moves have helped the U.S. gain ground in trade negotiations.”After I…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Abercrombie & Fitch — Shares of the retailer climbed 19% after Abercrombie & Fitch’s first-quarter earnings and revenue topped Street estimates, led by results at Hollister. Investors looked past A & F cutting its profit guidance and operating margin forecast due to tariffs, which the company said will hit its business by $50 million. Okta — Shares of the identity management software firm declined more than 14% after it left its guidance unchanged, citing macroeconomic uncertainty . The company’s first-quarter earnings and revenue came in better than expected. Vail Resorts —…
The bullish thesis on Nvidia remains in place ahead of earnings, but analysts have questions about the company’s path forward. The tech giant is due to post fiscal first quarter results after the bell. Analysts polled by LSEG expect the chipmaker to report adjusted earnings of 93 cents per share on $43.28 billion in revenue for the quarter that ended in April. Those figures signal year-over-year earnings and revenue growth of 52% and 62%, respectively. Analysts will look for clues on how China restrictions are impacting sales — and whether the AI demand that’s powered markets in recent years remains…
As college graduates fully enter adulthood and begin their search for jobs and fulfilling careers, there’s another task that they should get started on: saving for retirement.Responsibilities will begin to pile up and it could be easy to push aside investing, especially living on a tight budget. But getting to work on securing long-term financial stability now will pay off over time, as the magic of compound interest and the benefits of being in the market over the long term add up.”When you’re exiting school, it is the absolute best time to set yourself up to be a multi-millionaire effortlessly,” said…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press conference, as she unveils actions against the state of Maine, which is locked in a dispute with the Trump administration over transgender policy, at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersThe Justice Department on Wednesday said that it was investigating whether a California law allowing trans athletes on female sports teams at state schools violates federal civil rights law.The department disclosed the investigation to California’s attorney general and other officials a day after President Donald Trump threatened to revoke large-scale federal funding from the state…
