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In this photo illustration, the Disney + logo is displayed on the screen of an Apple MacBook Pro computer on November 08, 2019 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Credit Suisse raised its outlook for Disney shares after the company released the first-day numbers for

Netflix has a dominant position in the streaming wars but, while analysts believe the steadily increasing number of well-funded competing services will take a bite out of the company’s advantage, most do not expect Netflix will lose many subscribers. “Netflix is likely to see some incremental churn from new competition – but it should be

With the decade drawing to a close Bank of America has identified 10 important investing themes to watch over the next 10 years. Underpinning the list is the tectonic societal shifts that the firm anticipates will play out over the next decade. The firm said that the coming decade will be “unlike any before it”

Firefighters battle a wind driven wildfire in the hills of Canyon Country north of Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 24, 2019. Gene Blevins | Reuters California’s biggest utilities aren’t the only U.S. companies grappling with the increased force and frequency of wildfires. The number of S&P 500 firms flagging “wildfire” as a potential risk factor

Nike Lunar Flyknit HTM Milano Source: Farfetch (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, .) Here are some of the best analyst calls on Wall Street this week: Morgan Stanley- Nike, Overweight rating Morgan Stanley said it is “cautious” about the

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The massive rotation into value stocks that rocked investors two months ago is going to extend into 2020, according to J.P. Morgan’s quant guru Marko Kolanovic. The quant, whose reports have moved markets in the past, predicted rotation, going so

American companies are sitting on piles of cash, frustrating investors and leading some on Wall Street to wonder why they aren’t spending. Microsoft currently has the largest cash pile at $136.6 billion as of last quarter, according to estimates from FactSet. Berkshire Hathaway, Alphabet and Apple occupy the other top spots, with $128.2 billion, $121.2

Ray Dalio, billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Institute of International Finance (IIF) annual membership meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks have been giving cheap money to investors who have been injecting it into companies that are often

Some Robinhood users have been manipulating the stock-trading app to trade with what they’re calling “infinite leverage.” The cheat code was being shared on social media site Reddit, with one trader claiming he took a $1,000,000 position in stock using only a $4,000 deposit. Through Robinhood Gold, the start-up’s subscription service, users can borrow money

Brian Moynihan, CEO, Bank of America Scott Mlyn | CNBC Bank of America decided to move up an increase in the company’s minimum to early 2020 from 2021. The company announced Monday that its workers will earn a minimum of $20 per hour starting by the end of next year’s first quarter. Bank of America’s

TOPSHOT – A vehicle passes an anti-Brexit pro-Irish unity billboard seen from the Dublin road in Newry, Northern Ireland, on October 1, 2019 on the border between Newry in Northern Ireland and Dundalk in the Irish Republic. – Britain will give the EU new proposals for a Brexit deal “shortly”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said

(This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) We’re now more than halfway through earnings season, but there are still a number of companies set to report quarterly results in the coming weeks. When it comes to names on deck

People pass a sign for JPMorgan Chase at it’s headquarters in Manhattan, New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have asked for two civil cases against J.P. Morgan Chase be put on hold until they have finished a related criminal prosecution involving current and former precious metals traders at the nation’s largest

Exxon and Chevron report earnings on Friday before the bell as energy companies continue to struggle, pressured by falling oil prices, waning demand and squeezed margins. The Street is expecting Exxon’s earnings to plummet by more than 50% from a year ago. For Chevron, it’s a more modest 29% decline. Exxon Exxon is expected to

Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson said the company tried to understand the impact of climate change, and tried to accurately communicate the impact to shareholders, as he testified on Wednesday in New York during the second week of a trial against the oil giant. The case, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleges

More people could be in danger from rising sea levels than previously thought, a new study says. The report, published on Tuesday by Nature Communications, found that by the end of the century as many as 630 million people could live on land below projected flood levels. This is three times greater than prior estimates.

Virgin Galactic‘s leadership expects millions of space tourists will want to fly in the next decade, more demand than can be fulfilled by both Richard Branson’s company or Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, its closest competitor. “Ultimately we think this is going to be a capacity constrained market – more people are going to want to

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) greets an overflow crowd outside of a town hall event on August 17, 2019 in Aiken, South Carolina. Sean Rayford/Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) It’s been a tough

Tim Cook presents at the Apple launch event in Cupertino, Calif on Sept. 10th, 2019. Source: Apple (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, .) Here are the best analyst calls on Wall Street this week: Morgan Stanley- Apple, Overweight rating

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Friday that Amazon is not in trouble, despite missing on earnings and warning about holiday sales. “It’s a brilliant company,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” “This stock is a buy by next week, mid-week,” advising investors to wait until the selling clears out before getting in. Shares of

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaks during a press event at CES 2019 on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Payments giant Square is getting into stock trading. The San Francisco-based company will offer users the ability to trade individual stock on its Cash App, for

Paul Tudor Jones Leanne Miller | CNBC Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg has seen a marked uptick in support following his standout performance earlier this month at the Democratic debate in Ohio. And that includes billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones. “I love Pete, I love Mayor Pete, because I think he would be the best administrator

A customer pulls into a McDonald’s restaurant in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Generally, profits are topping expectations by a large margin this earnings season, but there were some notable misses on Tuesday. Some of the largest and most well-known companies in the U.S. — including McDonald’s, UPS and Lockheed Martin

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a 2020 US Presidential hopeful, speaks during the ‘We The People’ Summit at the Warner Theatre April 1, 2019, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images One Wall Street economist on Monday warned clients about the tax proposals touted by Democratic presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders,

Denver money manager Fred Taylor of Northstar Investment Advisors. Source: Northstar Investment Advisors Managing investments in a year fraught with headline risks requires a sound strategy and the conviction to stand by it, but also the flexibility to take advantage of fast-changing market conditions. Denver money manager Fred Taylor has long focused on companies that

Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is moving his

Pimco founder and bond industry legend Bill Gross is done with his previous life running huge investment bonds and making market headlines. But that doesn’t mean he’s done as an investor. Instead, the one-time “bond king” is putting money to work for his own sake rather than running what was once the world’s largest bond

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Thursday that the company is just starting to build out its consumer-facing digital banking offerings. “We’re building for the long term. I feel good about the progress that we’re making,” the Goldman chief said in an interview with CNBC’s Wilfred Frost. “I think we’re in the early stages of

In this photo illustration, an ‘Impossible Whopper’ sits on a table at a Burger King restaurant on April 1, 2019 in Richmond Heights, Missouri. Burger King announced on Monday that it is testing out Impossible Whoppers, made with plant-based patties from Impossible Foods, in 59 locations in and around St. Louis area. Michael Thomas |

Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Goldman Sachs was stung by its bet on WeWork — but not as badly as some analysts had feared. The bank lost about $80 million on its stake in the coworking company in the third quarter, CFO Stephen Scherr told investors Tuesday. While WeWork’s valuation plunged