Thursday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Thursday’s big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching on Wednesday and what’s on the radar for Thursday’s session. Post-Fed movers and shakers Stocks … Read more

Huge Wall Street call: Morgan Stanley’s new Tesla analyst downgrades stock over valuation concerns

Huge Wall Street call: Morgan Stanley’s new Tesla analyst downgrades stock over valuation concerns

Morgan Stanley exited the bull camp on Tesla , saying valuation concerns outweigh its optimistic outlook for the electric vehicle maker in a huge potentially market-moving call on Wall Street. Analyst Andrew Percoco downgraded Tesla’s stock to equal weight from overweight. Percoco raised his price target by $15 to $425, but that still reflects downside … Read more

Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead

Here are the 2 big things we’re watching in the stock market in the week ahead

We’re in the final stretch of 2025 and entering the second week of the historically strong market month of December. Barring a calamity, the S & P 500 should be able to turn in a third straight year of gains. The index has advanced nearly 17% year to date. Whether it goes higher from here … Read more

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway nailed the timing on Alphabet — whether by design or not

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway nailed the timing on Alphabet — whether by design or not

Berkshire Hathaway ‘s stake in Alphabet is turning out to be strikingly well-timed, with the stock surging 13% since Google unveiled its new Gemini 3 AI model in mid-November. The conglomerate recently disclosed a $4.3 billion position in Alphabet in its latest 13F filing, making the Google parent Berkshire’s 10th-largest stock holding as of the … Read more

Dollar General tops list of most overbought stocks this week that are due for a pullback

Dollar General tops list of most overbought stocks this week that are due for a pullback

A range of retail, financial services and artificial intelligence stocks may soon slide, according to one of the popular yardsticks used in technical analysis. Stocks rose on Friday , advancing for a fourth straight day and approaching all-time highs as the year draws to a close. The S & P 500 added 0.3% this past … Read more

Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces

Week in review: Stocks rise, Meta gets real on metaverse, and Salesforce bounces

Stocks eked out gains Friday and closed the week higher after the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge added to the case for an interest rate cut next week. For the week, the S & P 500 rose 0.3%, while the Nasdaq added nearly 1%. Both indexes logged back-to-back weekly gains. The Dow gained roughly 0.5%. … Read more

$208 million wiped out: Yieldstreet investors rack up more losses as firm rebrands to Willow Wealth

8 million wiped out: Yieldstreet investors rack up more losses as firm rebrands to Willow Wealth

As Yieldstreet tries to distance itself from a rocky past with a new name and ad campaign, its customers are dealing with a present reality that is increasingly dire. The private markets investing startup, freshly rebranded as Willow Wealth, last week informed customers of new defaults on real estate projects in Houston and Nashville, Tennessee, … Read more

What the retail boom in alternative assets means for risk, liquidity and portfolio allocation

What the retail boom in alternative assets means for risk, liquidity and portfolio allocation

A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. The number of public companies has been shrinking, sending investors looking for diversification in the private … Read more

Bank of America hikes Eli Lilly price target on promising drug pipeline

Bank of America hikes Eli Lilly price target on promising drug pipeline

Bank of America is standing by its bullish outlook on Eli Lilly . The bank reiterated its buy rating on the pharmaceutical stock. It also hiked its price target to $1,286 from $950, which points to 22% upside. Analyst Tim Anderson applauded Eli Lilly for maintaining its “first place” status in the large obesity and … Read more

Kalshi makes move to court crypto traders with tokenized betting contracts

Kalshi makes move to court crypto traders with tokenized betting contracts

A Kalshi billboard displaying New York City mayoral election odds in New York, US, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kalshi bettors can now buy and sell tokenized versions of their wagers on Solana, the company told CNBC exclusively on Monday. It’s the latest sign the prediction market company … Read more