Dow Inc. CEO Jim Fitterling expressed optimism Monday about the U.S. economy’s ability to recover from the coronavirus, pointing to positive signs coming from Chinese market. “Our demand is good right now,” Fitterling told CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “In fact, the last two weeks we’ve seen our demand in China bounce back.” Fitterling, appearing on “Mad […]
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Falling bond yields on coronavirus may stunt bank profits
U.S. Treasury yields are sliding, and that could negatively impact financial institutions, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “Worries about a worldwide slowdown mean people will buy [U.S.] Treasurys, and when people buy Treasurys, interest rates go down,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Lower long-term rates translate to lower earnings for the banks, which is why […]
Jim Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ recap & stock picks Jan. 13, 2020
CNBC’s Jim Cramer warned the recent gains in Alphabet could be short lived when the company reports earnings in coming weeks. The “Mad Money” host broke down the movements in other stocks that he said aren’t “momentum” based. Later in the show he sat down with GlaxonSmithKline CEO Emma Walmsley and CVS Health CEO Larry […]
600 HealthHUBs will be opened by the end of 2020
CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo told CNBC Monday that the health retailer is on track to meet its goal of rehabbing more than one thousand of its stores and said the chain is seeing positive early results. CVS launched three of its HealthHUB concept stores in the Houston, Texas region near the end of 2018 […]
Cramer breaks down the rallies behind Tesla, Beyond Meat and Lululemon
CNBC’s Jim Cramer has been hammering home the difference between meaningless and meaningful gains on the stock market and on Monday laid out a basket of companies that are rising for good reason. “We don’t want to be in a situation where stocks keep roaring on the same old, same old information, so it’s a […]
IBM’s downgrade makes no sense
First Horizon National Corp.: “This stock is not down as well as I thought because I think that the acquisition was a brilliant acquisition. Others don’t. I think they’re wrong. [CEO] Bryan Jordan understands.” HollyFrontier Corp.: “I’m not going to disagree with you. I think it is a value play, as long as you accept […]
GlaxoSmithKline CEO seeks FDA approval for ‘at least’ six drugs in 2020
GlaxoSmithKline has made innovation its top priority as the drugmaker seeks to land federal approval of six drugs within the next 12 months, CEO Emma Walmsley told CNBC on Monday. Performance and trust round out the balance of GSK’s main priorities in 2020 as the British company labors to make advancements in treatments for a […]
Jim Cramer is skeptical of Google parent’s march toward $1 trillion
Alphabet is close to joining one of the most elusive clubs on Wall Street, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that he is skeptical of the progress. Shares in Alphabet, the tech giant that owns Google, rose almost $10 to an all-time closing high of $1,440.03, pulling within 1% of reaching $1 trillion of market […]
CNBC’s Jim Cramer praises Elon Musk for making Teslas exciting
CNBC’s Jim Cramer extended high praise to Elon Musk on Monday, calling the Tesla CEO “the new face of an auto executive” and extolling the enjoyment of riding in one of the company’s electric vehicles. “Your car becomes an exciting, an exciting place to be,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” just after Monday’s […]