(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.…
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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…
Cliff Asness.Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAQR Capital Management took advantage of a volatile first half of 2025, with a duo of hedge funds doubling the S&P 500’s return.The Apex strategy from Cliff Asness’ firm, which combines stocks, macro and arbitrage trades and has $4.3 billion in assets under management, rallied 11.4% in the first six months of the year, according to a person familiar with AQR’s returns who asked to be anonymous as the information is private.AQR’s long-short Delphi equity fund, with $4.1 billion in assets under management, gained 11.6% net of fees in the first half of 2025,…
Ozan Kose | Afp | Getty ImagesCorporate treasuries have surpassed ETFs in bitcoin buying for a third consecutive quarter as more companies try to benefit from the MicroStrategy playbook in a more crypto-friendly regulatory environment.Public companies acquired about 131,000 coins in the second quarter, growing their bitcoin balance 18%, according to data provider Bitcoin Treasuries. ETFs showed an 8% increase or about 111,000 BTC in the same period.”The institutional buyer who is getting exposure to bitcoin through the ETFs are not buying for the same reason as those public companies who are basically trying to accumulate bitcoin to increase shareholder…
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. CNBC Television will start the stream when the event begins. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above.]Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak at a European Central Bank forum on Tuesday.The panel, which is slated for 9:30 a.m. ET, focuses on the global economy amid policy shifts. It takes place in Sintra, Portugal.Powell’s commentary comes after the U.S. Federal Reserve once again held interest rates steady at its policy gathering last month. Despite pressure from President Donald Trump to lower borrowing costs, Powell…
Today, I’m diving into a trade setup that’s not only low-risk but also a great way to get hands-on experience with options — risking as little as $50 per trade. Okta recently experienced a steep 35% sell-off over just 22 days, despite beating both earnings and revenue estimates. The drop was triggered by a cautious forward outlook, but this kind of sharp move looks like a classic overreaction. That said, just because a stock is oversold doesn’t automatically make it a buy — markets can remain stretched in either direction longer than expected. This is where technical analysis becomes critical.…
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 24, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank would have easier monetary policy by now if not for President Donald Trump’s tariff plan.When asked during a panel if the Fed would have lowered rates again by now had Trump not announced his controversial plan for levies on many foreign trading partners earlier this year, Powell said, “I think…
