A Tesla logo is pictured during the Brussels Motor Show on January 9, 2020 in Brussels . (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) KENZO TRIBOUILLARD | Getty Images Shares of Tesla are jumping yet again, up more than 8% on Wednesday to $930 per share. The catalyst for

Lending Club banners hang on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange for it’s IPO on December 11, 2014 in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images LendingClub, a fintech company that pioneered personal loans made online, is buying a U.S. bank to give it access to a stable and cheaper source

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that he thought Apple‘s stock would be down further after the iPhone maker announced it would not meet its quarterly revenue forecast due to the coronavirus outbreak. Shares of Apple closed down 1.83%, or $5.95, on Tuesday. Cramer said on “Squawk Box” he thought the stock would be down about

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla  Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley raised its “bull case” scenario for Tesla shares to $1,200 a share from $650 a share. Tesla shares have more than tripled in the past six months. Morgan Stanley’s most optimistic scenario would mean that rally continues,

A man runs past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bloomberg The portfolio manager who helps run a mutual fund that consistently beats the market and its peers said the key to his success is being able to wait for stocks to pop. The D.F. Dent Premier Growth Fund, which has returned over 15% annually

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla priced its secondary common stock offering at $767 a share, the company said Friday, in a move that will likely be seen as

Tesla has a long way to go before it justifies its current stock price, New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran told CNBC on Thursday. Damodaran, known as the “dean of valuation” for his company analyses, said the electric-auto maker would need to have revenues comparable to the Volkswagen Group in 10 years, margins similar

Thanks to record-breaking markets and more retirement savings, the number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires has reached a new record, according to Fidelity. Fidelity, the largest 401(k) provider in the United States, released its quarterly analysis Thursday. The report on retirement trends has become increasingly relevant as baby boomers retire in record numbers. The study

Tesla plans a $2 billion common stock offering, an announcement coming just two weeks after CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker would not take advantage of its surging stock price to raise more capital. Shares of Tesla fell as much as 6% in premarket trading and opened lower following the announcement. But the stock

Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives praised Tesla’s announcement on Thursday morning of a new $2 billion common stock offering. “It’s a smart, strategic move,” Ives said on “Squawk Box.” “It takes any doomsday scenario around cash crunch … off the table.” Shares of Tesla, which have skyrocketed recently, were under some pressure on Thursday after the

Charles Munger David A. Grogan | CNBC Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, issued a dire warning about the future on Wednesday. “I think there are lots of troubles coming,” he said at the Los Angeles-based Daily Journal annual shareholders meeting. “There’s too much wretched excess.” Munger —

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday blasted Bed Bath & Beyond‘s decision to announce disappointing same-store sales figures well ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings release. However, Cramer said investors could use the subsequent stock plunge as a buying opportunity. “I would buy it,” he added. Bed Bath & Beyond shares sank about 25% on Wednesday after

If you’re a CEO hoping to give your stock a boost over time, you may want to start mentioning “growth” and “expansion” more often on earnings calls. Shares of companies with chief executives who made liberal use of positive words to describe financials during earnings conference calls outperformed those at businesses with more reserved CEOs,

The Facebook analyst who downgraded the stock Tuesday told CNBC he is concerned about the growth of the social media giant’s advertising business. In particular, Pivotal Research Group analyst Michael Levine said he believes a slowdown in advertising from direct-to-consumer brands could spell bad news for Facebook. Instagram and Facebook are the most popular places

Tourists take a picture with the market bull near the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images For decades investing legend Bob Farrell was a top Wall Street strategist known for predicting changes in overall stock market direction. Farrell, 88, was the chief stock market analyst and senior investment

William “Bill” Gerstenmaier in his former role as NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations. NASA/Bill Ingalls SpaceX is only a couple of months away from its first attempt at launching astronauts and the company has brought in one of the foremost experts in human spaceflight to help it do so successfully. William Gerstenmaier,

Varo Money’s mobile banking application. Mobile-only finance start-up Varo Money just got one step closer to becoming a full-scale bank. After three years and multiple rounds of applications, the FDIC approved the fintech company’s national bank charter application, which allows it to take customer deposits. “We see it as a pretty big moat,” Varo Money

The outbreak of the coronavirus is a “true black swan” for the oil and energy market, and as crude prices continue to move lower the worst may not be over yet, Ned David Research said in a note to clients Monday. Analyst Warren Pies noted that the outbreak has reduced Chinese demand for oil by

A pigeon flies over a Exxon mobil gas station on October 25, 2018 in Gutenberg New Jersey. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images TD Ameritrade‘s millennial investors were attracted to a somewhat surprising stock in January: ExxonMobil. “One of the most bought stocks by our millennials,” JJ Kinahan, the brokerage firm’s chief market

As big endowment funds face mounting pressure to reduce their exposure to the fossil fuel industry, there’s one thing making their decision easier: the energy sector’s underperformance. In the last ten years, the S&P energy sector gained just 1% as low oil prices, high operational costs and shifting consumer sentiment set off a wave of

Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham Mayo van Otterloo, speaks at the ReSource 2012 conference in Oxford, England. Getty Images High-profile investor Jeremy Grantham warned in a letter that falling birth rates in the developed world could accelerate in coming years due to increasing chemical toxicity, allowing only wealthy people to have

CNBC’s Jim Cramer used his 65th birthday on Monday to illustrate why he always advises investors to buy Apple stock for the long term rather than trade it in the short term. “Let’s take a 10-year view — because I was 55, 10 years ago — Apple stock was at $27.87. So you may want

A new client recently told us that he didn’t want to own Boeing. He did not cite the two planes that crashed or Boeing’s enormous consumption of fossil fuels. His primary concern was the integrity of its management. We mentioned that a new management has taken over the company, but he responded that that there

A customer pushes a cart of outdoor items past a membership desk at a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Naperville, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | 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 .) The deadly coronavirus continues

Wall Street analysts are the most bearish they’ve ever been on Tesla following the stock’s steep surge, which has seen shares nearly double this year. Many are saying the valuation looks stretched and is not supported by the underlying fundamentals. Some 45% of analysts currently have a sell rating on the stock, while just 19%

A Tesla Model S is displayed during the London Motor and Tech Show at ExCel on May 16, 2019 in London, England. John Keeble | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla’s valuation has soared well past other automakers, even those which produce millions more cars each year, causing Morgan Stanley to take a look

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Amazon could potentially tag-team with the world’s biggest wrestling brand to gain an advantage in the streaming wars, according to a Needham. Not only could the Jeff Bezos-led tech retail juggernaut buy the streaming rights to World Wrestling Entertainment content, but it also could potentially buy the whole company one

Even as interest rates remain low and investor appetite is strong, the ever-rising high-yield corporate debt levels are continuing to raise concerns on Wall Street. The latest warning comes from Charles Schwab strategists, who are advising clients to reduce their exposure, or underweight, to a part of the market that will see a record number

As the ESG and sustainable investing movement grows, Societe Generale quantified the potentially large consequences for companies that don’t follow suit. The firm found that in two thirds of “high ESG controversy” cases a company’s stock experienced “sustained underperformance,” trailing the global index by an average of 12% over the course of the following 2

CNBC’s Jim Cramer expressed concerns about the fundamentals of Casper Sleep‘s business ahead of the online mattress start-up’s Thursday debut as a publicly traded stock. The company’s shares opened at $14.50, a more than 20% increase from the offering price, before closing at $13.50. “The losses here are staggering” for the business, Cramer said on