Today's Large Cap Stocks Pulse
Nvidia shines as Dell posts monster quarter, says Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer highlighted Nvidia as the clear winner of Dell's strong earnings quarter, noting the AI chip maker benefited from Dell's monster-quarter results. The upbeat commentary underscores Nvidia's momentum amid broader tech earnings optimism.
Cramer Weighs in on 'Hack Downgrade' Of Starbucks — and What's Behind Amazon's Dip
Jim Cramer’s CNBC Investing Club highlighted a market pull‑back driven by hotter‑than‑expected wholesale inflation data and rising oil prices amid Middle‑East tensions. Amazon stock slipped nearly 2% after a Reuters report warned that AI‑driven cloud spending could surge, prompting concerns over near‑term capex. RBC Capital downgraded Starbucks to a hold‑equivalent, which Cramer dismissed as a “hack downgrade,” insisting the coffee chain’s turnaround remains on track. The show closed with rapid‑fire picks including Lululemon, General Mills, Williams‑Sonoma, Constellation Brands and Disney.
Consensus Bullishness Precedes Market Crashes, Not Insight
277 out of 334 analysts covering the world's seven largest stocks say buy. Five of the seven have zero sell ratings. That's not analysis. It's a standing ovation. New research examined thousands of boom-bust episodes. Before every crash, every expert signal...
Visa and Peers Hit Multi‑quarter Lows, Signaling Recession
$V Daily. Fresh breakdown and multi-quarter lows for Visa. Other credit cards look similar: $AXP $COF $MA. Continued short ideas. Recession indicator https://t.co/PMviYmmHiu
NVIDIA, Tesla, Micron Lead Large‑Cap Watchlist as MarketBeat Highlights Top Movers
On March 17, MarketBeat’s stock screener identified NVIDIA, Invesco QQQ, Tesla, Micron Technology and SanDisk as the five large‑cap stocks to watch, noting they posted the highest dollar trading volume of any large‑cap shares over the past several days.
Four Major Stocks Show Bearish Trend per Hedgeye
IMPACT @t1alpha All 4 of these widely bag-held stocks continue to signal Bearish TREND @Hedgeye = $LLY $NVDA $AVGO $META https://t.co/kg1UG6fV2x
Fed Meeting Kicks Off as Oil Tops $100, Large‑Cap Stocks Surge
On March 16‑17, 2026, U.S. large‑cap stocks rallied as the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 0.9% to 46,946.41 and the S&P 500 rose about 0.7‑1%, while Brent crude breached $100 a barrel. The rally unfolded as the Federal Reserve began...
Meta’s $27 B AI Deal with Nebius Sends Stock 3% Higher Amid Layoff Plans
On Monday, March 18, 2026, Meta Platforms Inc. announced a $27 billion artificial‑intelligence partnership with AI specialist Nebius, sending Meta’s shares up about 3% to roughly $627 on the Nasdaq. The deal comes as the company signals a potential workforce reduction...
Nvidia Posts Record $68 B Revenue, Boosting Large‑Cap Tech Momentum
On March 15, 2026, Nvidia (NVDA) reported fiscal fourth‑quarter revenue of $68 billion, a 73% year‑over‑year increase, surpassing analyst expectations. The earnings release, disclosed in a Motley Fool article on March 16, 2026, reaffirmed the company’s AI‑driven growth trajectory and sent...
Here's Why BYD Stock Is a Buy Before Earnings
BYD Company Ltd has become the world’s top‑selling electric‑vehicle brand, overtaking Tesla in 2025, and exported more than one million cars abroad that year. The Chinese automaker sold over 4.6 million vehicles in 2025 and aims for 1.6 million exports this year,...
Dow Jones Futures Rise As Oil Prices Fall; Fed Decision, Micron Earnings Loom
Dow Jones futures edged up 0.3% while U.S. crude oil slipped nearly 2%, setting a modestly positive tone for U.S. equities. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave policy unchanged at its Wednesday meeting, limiting immediate macro surprises. Meanwhile,...
Lululemon Athletica Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2025 Results
Lululemon athletica reported fourth‑quarter revenue of $3.6 billion and full‑year revenue of $11.1 billion, marking a 5% increase year‑over‑year. International sales surged 22% while the Americas segment slipped, resulting in a modest overall comparable‑sales gain of 2%. Inventories rose 18% to $1.7 billion...
Dow Jones Giant Caterpillar Hits Key Level Amid Stock Market Pullback
Caterpillar, a Dow Jones component, is hovering near its 50‑day moving average as the broader market struggles to recover from recent losses. Small‑cap stocks are leading a modest rally, while other Dow names like Cardinal Health, Dell Technologies, and Ubiquiti...
UBS Eyes Possible Bottom In Airline Stocks After Bear Market
UBS analysts say US airline stocks may be nearing a bottom after a 22% drawdown in the S&P 500 Passenger Airlines Index, driven by a sharp jet‑fuel price surge linked to Middle‑East disruptions. The firm expects most carriers to hit...
Why Credo and Astera Soared After Oracle and Broadcom's Earnings
Credo Technology and Astera Labs saw their shares jump after Oracle and Broadcom reported strong data‑center growth. Oracle announced a plan to add 10 GW of capacity over the next three years, accelerating demand for AI‑infrastructure networking. Both companies specialize in...
LSEG: Undervalued Data Powerhouse Offering 15‑20% Returns
Is the London Stock Exchange Group $LSEG the ultimate "all-weather" compounder hiding in plain sight? With a clear path to 15-20% annualized returns, the shift from a legacy exchange to a data powerhouse is hit with a valuation dislocation. https://www.compoundwithrene.com/p/deep-dive-london-stock-exchange-group
Disney Trades at a Historically Low Valuation. Sarat Sethi Sees a Great Buying Opportunity
Disney’s shares are trading at a sub‑15 price‑earnings multiple, the lowest level since early 2019, making the stock appear historically cheap. The parks and experiences segment posted $3.31 billion profit on $10.01 billion revenue, beating consensus and driving high‑single‑digit operating‑income growth. Streaming...
Nvidia's AI Boom Keeps Stock Range‑Bound; Avoid MU Earnings Risks
📺 RANGE COMPRESSION IN $NVDA, EARNINGS RISK IN $MU $NVDA raised its AI outlook to roughly $1 trillion in demand/revenue visibility through 2027, effectively doubling prior expectations and reinforcing the long-term AI bull case. Despite that, Nvidia is still range-bound and struggling...
Catalyst Watch
The Transcript introduced Catalyst Watch, a premium weekly briefing that distills the most important themes from recent earnings calls. This edition spotlights three market‑shaping developments: energy‑driven inflation dynamics, early signs of recovery in cyclical sectors, and broader macro trends. The...
Baird Boosts Micron Forecast on AI-Driven DRAM Surge
Thoughts? What do you think? Micron estimates raised by Baird on surging DRAM pricing and AI demand
Nvidia's Dominance Seems Unbeatable, yet Valuation Appears Absurd
.@Srasgon on $NVDA: “frankly we increasingly wonder how anyone else can compete with this.” “the order book suggests further upside to numbers, with the stock (in our opinion) almost absurdly valued given their positioning.” https://t.co/qVFTS3D69T
Caesars Surges on Buyout Buzz. Should Investors Take the Bet?
Caesars Entertainment shares jumped nearly 20% after reports that billionaire Tilman Fertitta is negotiating a buyout that could value the casino operator at about $7 billion, or $34 per share. The rally follows a Q4 earnings beat on revenue, driven by...
S&P 500 Will Return Just 3% a Year for the Next Decade, Top Strategist Warns
Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates, warns that the S&P 500 will average just 3.1% annual total return over the next ten years – roughly one‑fifth of the 15.5% pace seen since 2016. He attributes the slowdown to a projected 40%...
Stock Movers: Nvidia, Micron, Dollar Tree (Podcast)
Nvidia announced its Blackwell and Rubin AI chips will generate at least $1 trillion in revenue through 2027, unveiling new products including a Groq‑acquired chip and a general‑purpose CPU system at its GTC event. Micron Technology topped the S&P 500 pre‑market, up...
NVDA Lifts CY27 Revenue Outlook 7% Above Street
Big update on demand: Stock goes from up 2% to up 3%. Raised CY27 revenue to be about 7% higher than the Street. Specifics: Jensen now says through end of CY27 there is $1 trillion in demand for Rubin. Three weeks...
MTN Initiates Share Buyback Programme
MTN Group announced a R6 billion share‑buyback programme targeting 1.7 %‑2 % of its equity over the next three years. The initiative is part of an enhanced shareholder remuneration framework that also guarantees a minimum 40 % free‑cash‑flow dividend, with a potential additional 20 %...
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC Sells 516,584 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings LLC reduced its NVIDIA position by 516,584 shares in Q3, a 3.2% decline that left the trust with 15,576,960 shares valued at roughly $2.91 billion. The stake still represents about 8% of the trust’s portfolio, making NVIDIA...
4,892 Shares in ASML Holding N.V. $ASML Acquired by Cinctive Capital Management LP
Cinctive Capital Management LP added a new stake in ASML Holding N.V., buying 4,892 shares worth about $4.7 million. The purchase joins several institutional investors—Telos Capital, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Principal Financial Group and the Regents of the University of California—who increased...
FedEx Overtakes UPS as Parcel Market Value Leader
There's a new market value champion in parcel logistics. For the first time in over 50 years, @FedEx just passed $UPS as the most valuable company in parcel. The Memphis-based pioneer is now worth over $85 billion. While UPS still retains...
Bridgefront Capital LLC Takes Position in Intercontinental Exchange Inc. $ICE
Bridgefront Capital LLC disclosed a new position in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), purchasing 3,950 shares valued at roughly $665,000 during the third quarter. The filing also shows a wave of institutional activity, with several firms expanding their ICE stakes, some by...
NatWest: We're Raising Our Fair Value Estimate as We See Bank's Franchise Value Strengthening
Morningstar lifted NatWest Group's fair‑value estimate to GBX 710 per share, up from GBX 550, after a strong fourth‑quarter 2025 showing 18% return on tangible equity and expanding deposit margins. The firm raised its mid‑cycle profitability assumptions, citing a durable structural hedge...
UniCredit's €35bn Hostile Bid Meets Commerzbank Resistance
Good Morning from #Germany, where UniCredit has launched a €35bn hostile takeover bid for Commerzbank, offering a premium of just 4% over Friday’s closing price, acc to BBG calculations. Commerzbank's management is likely to rebuff UniCredit's €30.8 per share offer,...
Taiwan's Foxconn Forecasts Strong Revenue Growth Even as Profit Lags Forecasts
Foxconn said it expects strong revenue growth for Q1 and the full year, marking the first full‑year outlook it has issued for 2026. Despite robust AI product demand, the company posted a 2% drop in quarterly profit, missing consensus estimates....
Nigeria Seeks to Unlock Liquidity From Tightly Held Stocks
Nigerian regulators are reassessing free‑float rules for listed firms to increase market liquidity and attract capital. The current framework requires at least 20% public shareholding or 40 billion naira of tradable shares, but many large companies remain tightly held by controlling...
Hedge Funds Pump $600 Million Into Microsoft:
Hedge funds Altimeter Capital and Chilton Investment have markedly increased their Microsoft holdings, with Altimeter expanding to over $601 million and Chilton boosting its stake by roughly 4%, making the stock its largest position at about 10% of assets under management....
Sunway Healthcare Set to Join FBM KLCI, Replacing QL Resources
Sunway Healthcare Holdings Bhd is slated to debut on Bursa Malaysia’s Main Market on March 18 and become the newest constituent of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, replacing QL Resources. The demerger from Sunway Bhd positions Sunway Healthcare with an estimated...
Accenture's AI Bookings Surge, Fueling Services Upside
$ACN Q2 FY2026 drops Thursday before the bell. Consensus is $2.87 EPS on ~$17.8B revenue. Last quarter, Accenture beat by $0.21 on EPS with $18.74B in revenue, $2.2B in Advanced AI bookings, and $1.1B in Advanced AI revenue. Stock is...
Nvidia Targets $1T by 2027, 60% From Hyperscalers
Nvidia: $1 trillion through 2027. But note also that 60% of revenues to come from hyperscalers. https://t.co/evpntwphxH
Turk Telekom's Profit More than Doubles in 2025, Subscribers Near 57 Million
Turk Telekom reported a robust financial year, with consolidated revenues rising 16.2% YoY to TRY 69.3 billion in Q4 and 14.5% to TRY 242.2 billion for the full 2025 year. EBITDA climbed 20.2% to TRY 99.4 billion, delivering a 41% margin, while net income more than doubled,...
NVDA Beats Forecasts, Stock Barely Reacts, Investors Confident
The fact that Jensen guided CY27 revenue about 7% ahead of the Street, yet the stock only moved about 1% higher on the news, speaks to investors' willingness to believe. $NVDA
Meta Rises 3% Pre‑Market Amid Job‑Cut Rum
Meta +3% in premarket (note reuters report on 20% job cuts too) and Nebius +11%
Broadcom Inc. $AVGO Is Ameriprise Financial Inc.’s 5th Largest Position
Ameriprise Financial trimmed its Broadcom position by 6.6% in the third quarter, selling roughly 1.79 million shares and ending the period with 25.2 million shares, or 1.9% of its portfolio – the firm’s fifth‑largest holding. The sale values the stake at about...
Korea's Chip Duo Dependency Sparks Market Volatility
The risks of South Korean stock market’s reliance on two chip heavyweights have long been flagged, but few took them seriously until the nearly $4 trillion market was rocked by volatility after the Iran war https://t.co/wDZBlqSrsQ
Apple's AI Hardware Push Could Lift Stock 33%
Apple’s AI Hardware Blitz Could Send The Stock 33% Higher, Says Wedbush’s Dan Ives https://asymco.com/2026/03/09/apples-ai-hardware-blitz-could-send-the-stock-33-higher-says-wedbushs-dan-ives/
Weekend Round-Up: Oracle's Q3 Earnings, Adobe's CEO Transition, Meta's Potential Job Cuts And More
Oracle posted a strong Q3 fiscal 2026, delivering $17.19 billion in revenue and $1.79 earnings per share, beating forecasts and highlighting multi‑year AI tailwinds. Adobe’s first‑quarter results showed $6.40 billion in revenue, a 12% YoY rise, with subscription revenue up 13% as...
Big Tech Slumps Over 20% Amid Bear Market
Big Tech in bear market territory... Amazon -20% Tesla -22% Meta - 23% Palantir -28% Netflix -29% Microsoft -29% Oracle -55%
Magnificent Seven All Down, Lagging S&P 500
All 7 members of the Magnificent Seven are down on the year and underperforming the S&P 500. Video: https://t.co/P29a0c5vMR
JPMorgan Chase & Co. $JPM Shares Purchased by Alliancebernstein L.P.
AllianceBernstein L.P. increased its JPMorgan Chase & Co. position by 2.6% in Q3, adding 145,374 shares to total 5,775,648 shares worth roughly $1.82 billion, making the bank its 25th largest holding. Several other hedge funds also nudged up their JPM stakes...
Vanguard Predicts 4.8% Annual Return for US Large Caps
Vanguard forecasts US large caps to return 4.8% annually over the next decade. Large-cap growth: 3.9% https://t.co/THci6XvvJc
UBS Projects 9.5% Total Return for AV by 2028
'Investors' Chronicle' p39 this week mentions UBS expectation of a 9.5% yield from #AV. for 2028, comprising Dividend payment and Share Buybacks.
JPMorgan Says Higher Oil Prices Could Spark a 'Domino Effect' That Tanks the S&P 500 by 15%
JPMorgan warned that Brent crude staying above $90 a barrel could trigger a 10‑15% correction in the S&P 500, creating a domino effect across global equities. The bank estimates the equity decline would shave about 1% off U.S. consumer spending through...