Shortly after the opening bell, we will be selling 195 shares of Estee Lauder at roughly $99.05. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 330 shares of EL, decreasing its weighting to about 1% from roughly 1.6%. We’ve locked in big gains this month in a bunch of winners in Meta Platforms , … Read more
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 first-quarter earnings season inched closer … Read more
Shoppers at a shopping center in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on February 11, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Retail’s biggest winners during first-quarter earnings aren’t thriving because consumers are suddenly spending more on discretionary goods – it’s because they’re executing well and cash-strapped shoppers are choosing them over competitors. If there’s one takeaway from … Read more
Foot Locker surged more than 25% Thursday after its quarterly earnings report showed signs that CEO Mary Dillon’s turnaround plan is starting to pay off. The sneaker retailer isn’t out of the woods just yet, but we’re removing the stock from our penalty box and upgrading its rating. Revenue declined 2.7% year over year to … Read more
Foot Locker’s turnaround is starting to bear some fruit. The sneaker giant saw comparable sales decline 1.8% during its fiscal first quarter, far better than the 3.1% drop off that analysts had expected, according to StreetAccount. It also reaffirmed its fiscal year guidance, which projects sales to be in a range of a 1% decline … Read more
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Market pressure : The major stock benchmarks were moving lower Wednesday, with the Dow getting the worst of it again. Adding pressure on equities, bond yields … Read more
A shopping cart sits in front of a Dick’s Sporting Goods store on August 26, 2020 in Daly City, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday said customers are spending more on new sneakers and athletic gear, leading the retailer to raise its full-year earnings guidance. The … Read more
There was a good deal of divergence this week as higher bond yields on a hotter-than-expected reading on manufacturing activity slammed the economically sensitive Dow Jones Industrial Average , while an incredible quarter from Nvidia powered the Nasdaq . The S & P 500 , which leans more tech than the Dow and less tech … Read more
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street was bouncing higher Friday after, as Jim Cramer put it, a “really bad day” in the prior session. Thursday’s late-day decline happened as bond yields rose on … Read more
Wall Street sentiment toward Foot Locker is warming up after Nike recently said it would focus more heavily on wholesale partnerships — a domain the athletic shoe retailer is a key player in. We still have reservations. Two research firms upgraded Foot Locker shares over the past week: Evercore ISI went to buy from hold … Read more