(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange” exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors are seeing opportunity in tech outside the “Magnificent Seven” and giving top picks in the industrials space after it finished the first half of 2025 as the top-performing sector. Worldwide Exchange pick: Netflix Victoria Greene of G Squared said Netflix still has more second half upside despite a more than 50% gain in the first six month of the year and a forward PE ratio of 50. “Bulls don’t die from a…
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Analysts on Wall Street are optimistic about a handful of stocks that they say are in the middle of a turnaround. Stocks closed out the first half of the year at record-highs earlier this week, as investor optimism that trade deals are on the horizon helped lift the S & P 500 more than 10% in the second quarter. U.S. equities staged a sharp comeback from a steep selloff beginning in April that saw the broad market index approach bear market territory . Investors continue to hope that President Donald Trump will make further progress on trade, with his self-imposed…
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers walk off a train at the Richmond station on March 15, 2023 in Richmond, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCommuters in and around San Francisco rode into work for free on Tuesday morning due to an outage in the Clipper card system, which is used to handle payments for train, bus and ferry rides.”ATTENTION: The Clipper system is experiencing an outage on all operators this morning,” the Bay Area Clipper account wrote in a post on X. “Please be prepared to pay your fare with another form of payment if required by your transit agency.”Many…
Any way you slice it, Latin American stocks have been on fire this year. The iShares Latin America 40 ETF (ILF) has rallied more than 25% in just the first half of 2025, far outpacing the S & P 500’s 5% gain. Many country specific benchmarks and ETFs are doing even better so far this year (gains through June 30 afternoon trading): Brazil: Bovespa up 15%; EWZ ETF up 27% Mexico: S & P/BMV IPC index up 14%; EWW ETF up 29% Chile: S & P/CLX IPSA up 22%; ECH ETF up 25% Peru: S & P/BLV up 12%; EPU…
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesBillionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge funds at Citadel have all posted positive returns during a volatile 2025, led by tactical trading strategy.Citadel’s multistrategy Wellington fund, its largest, gained 2.5% during the first half of the year, according to a person familiar with the firm’s returns who asked to remain anonymous as the information is private. Citadel’s tactical trading fund, which combines equities and quantitative strategies, rose 6.1% during the same time, the person said.The fundamental equity…
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — With the first half of the year wrapping up, Sean and I are taking a look at the best stocks on our Best Stocks in the Market list so far this summer. We’re using June 1st as the starting point to show you the names people have been most excited about on our list. The first thing that jumped out at me was the breadth of sector dispersion among the top ten Best Stocks this month.…
Do you want a job you love, at a company you love, with values you love? Of course you do. That’s the dream for just about everyone. And frankly, companies want the same thing. When employee values align with company values, you get engagement and retention. It’s a win-win.A desire for this “glove-like” fit is why so many MBA students enroll in my class at NYU Stern School of Business. It’s called “Becoming You,” and its goal is to help graduates find a job aligned with their purpose. But here’s the problem — and it’s a big one: Most people…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate floor as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters”I believe we do,” Thune said, when asked by reporters if Republicans have reached a deal, following days of evolving negotiations and last-minute additions to convince skeptical GOP lawmakers to back the megabill.Thune did add, however, that he is “always a bit of a realist.”On the Senate floor, members voted late Tuesday morning on what appeared to be a final series…
An image of a Quantix drone made by AeroVironment.David Mcnew | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAeroVironment shares fell 7% Tuesday after the defense contractor said it plans to offer $750 million in common stock and $600 million in convertible senior notes due in 2030 to repay debt.The drone maker said it would use leftover funding for general purposes such as boosting manufacturing capacity.AeroVironment shares have soared 85% this year, ballooning its market value to about $13 billion. Last week, shares of the Arlington, Virginia-based company rallied on strong fourth-quarter results, lifting higher as CNBC’s Jim Cramer called it the…
Analysts don’t have high hopes for Tesla ‘s quarterly delivery numbers due this week. The electric vehicle maker is set to release second-quarter numbers Wednesday, but analysts aren’t optimistic. Most have reduced their estimates, expecting the headwinds that have led Tesla deliveries to lately miss analysts’ estimates have not cleared. Analysts currently forecast Tesla will report 387,000 vehicle deliveries in the quarter, according to FactSet. The pessimism is nothing new, as Tesla’s sales have been pressured for several quarters, a result of public outcry from CEO Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration and partial factory shutdowns. The stock has…
