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CNBC
2 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
Private equity stocks to buy on the dip, and finding buying opportunities in small caps
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors on Thursday are looking at alternative asset manager names as potential rebound plays, along with small-cap stocks. Another investor is looking at how to play the quantum computing space. Worldwide Exchange picks: Apollo Global and Blackstone Storm Uru of LionTrust Asset Management sees upside in alternative asset managers Apollo Global and Blackstone that are both more than 30% off their 52-week high. "The long term structural case for these companies is really exceptional," Uru said. "We need long term structural build out both in compute and the data center." "We know over the next 10 years a significant amount of capital is needed to build out these assets. Apollo and Blackstone are going to be the companies that enable this build out. There has been a pull back over the last 3 months from a stock price perspective that gives us the ability to make investments in these particular companies," Uru said. Worldwide Exchange pick: small caps Greg Tuorto of Goldman Sachs sees continued upside for the Russell 2000 , which has been higher for eight of the past nine weeks but is still underperforming the S & P 500 in 2025. "It's been a sum of all fears for everything, the economy, tariffs, everything that you worry about have really found a home in small caps," said Tuorto. However he added, that trend is changing. "We are starting to see money flow back in… and technicians are calling for a more sustained move from here." Tuorto's top picks in the space include: Ollie's Bargain Outlet , Shake Shack and Piper Sandler . Robert Smith on Quantum Computing Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert Smith said quantum computing will become increasingly important as software become more agentic. "When you create agents, one user now goes to multiple agents … you have now increased the surface area of attack as a user we have to protect you from cyber attack," Smith said. "With agents you have a multiplicity of surface area for attack vectors. Quantum encryption will become … a very unique way in which we can protect our agents." "In some cases in an environment in a virtual machine, in other cases it's going to protect specific and individual agents in the environment in which they operate. Those are the two phases we are already working on today with very specific partners. How to use quantum computing as a protecting agent for our agents," he added.
CNBC
3 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
A cybersecurity stock to play the AI trend, and why U.S. exceptionalism in markets isn't over
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors on Wednesday are looking at cybersecurity stocks as a way to play the next phase of the artificial intelligence trade. Plus, one investors breaks down his bond market forecast as hopes for Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025 grow. Worldwide Exchange Pick: Cloudflare Sevasti Balafas, CEO Goalvest Advisory sees Cloudflare as a broader way to play the AI an tech trade. "A big part of the reason that we like them is that 80% of their revenue is stable subscriptions based and secure," said Balafas. "They are a broad platform it's not just cybersecurity that they are focusing on, they make our websites faster and more secure but it's not just security. They have a broader platform that we like. " Cloudflare shares are more than 60% higher year to date. The stock also makes up 5% of the Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (HACK) and 4% of the First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) . Both funds are trading near all-time highs this week. Fed impact on the bond market With fed funds futures pricing in as many as two rate cuts in 2025, Ben Emons of FedWatch Advisors is seeing dovish signs. "The Fed has room, but the timing seems to be challenged because of the uncertainty ... I think the Fed is in a position to cut and will likely follow through," said Emons. But Emons believes rates will also stimulate the economy enough to significantly boost yields. "Yields should go higher from here as opposed to lower at least at the initial phase. I think we are going to test close to 5% (yield) on the 10-year simply because the economy is picking up," he said. Global market view from the SuperReturn Conference Julian Salisbury, co-CIO of Sixth Street Capital, shared his view of the global markets and U.S. exceptionalism. "I don't think the U.S. exceptionalism story is done; it's still the best investible market in the world," said Salisbury. "A lot of people are starting to say I have kind of gotten overweight just given the outperformance of my U.S. assets over the last five-to-10 years and maybe there is a chance to rebalance."
CNBC
4 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
Investors focusing on ways to play a slowdown in consumer spending as tariff impact begins
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors are looking for ways to play the tariff uncertainty. Also a look into the quantum computing space with a start-up with high profile customers like Nvidia and JPMorgan. Worldwide Exchange Pick: TJX Nimrit Kang of NorthStar Asset management said off-price retailer TJX is a smart way to play the tariff uncertainty and a potential slowdown in consumer spending. "The consumer is feeling the pain, the consumer across every single demographic across every household level is continuing to look for value, that's where a model like TJX really shines," said Kang on Worldwide Exchange. On Monday, Jim Cramer called TJX an 'anomaly' and a 'bargain'. JPMorgan raised its price target for the discount retailer to $145 from $130 on Monday as well. Insight into quantum computing Dr. Rajeeb Hazra CEO of Quantinuum, a spin-off from Honeywell says there are enterprise uses for quantum computing technology today for its customers like Nvidia, JPMorgan and BMW. "Quantum computers generate data about processes that are commonplace, but we cannot model them very effectively with classic compute. What it does is it takes generative AI, this tremendous engine, and gives it the training that it needs to solve problems from discovering a new material, whether it's discovering a new drug , whether it is actually coming up with a solution to an optimization problem," said Hazra on Worldwide Exchange. Quantinuum is a private company with a roughly $5 billion valuation, however quantum stocks have outperformed the market over the last month. Trading the Tariff Uncertainty Malcom Ethridge of Capital Area Planning Group says he's trimming investments in consumer focused stocks. "I prefer to own things that are based on business spend and enterprise spend versus relying on the consumer. A company who buys from Microsoft or Alphabet is going to be much more long term focused and less reactive to tariffs," Ethridge said to CNBC. He added he would look to take profits on a stock like Walmart that has seen strong gains in 2025 and is dependent on consumer spending. Watching the Dollar The Dollar index has fallen more than 5% since April 2 tariffs were announced. Phil Streible of Blue Line Futures says the so-called 'Sell America' trade remains in place in the currency market. "We see great strength in the Euro, the British Pound, Swiss Franc and even the Australian dollar is starting to perform to the upside, it seems there is a lot of repatriation going on where you are seeing other economies doing well from a weaker dollar," Streible said to CNBC.
CNBC
28-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Three ways investors are playing the AI trend — including one very contrarian view
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) AI is dominating the Wall Street conversation Wednesday as trade war fears recede. Investors were discussing three ways to play AI amid two big earnings reports from major tech companies leading the trend. Nvidia after the bell Nvidia reports after the bell, the options market is implying a 7.5% move in either direction after earnings. Ross Mayfield of Baird is bullish on the report and expects it to give a boost to other parts of the 'AI trade', "It's massive for the market and it's massive for this narrative around AI even if materially not all that much changes" said Mayfield on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" . Sarah Kunst from Cleo Capital believes the report will be highly influenced by tariffs, "Tariffs are still causing a lot of uncertainty, what we are really going to be seeing in this quarterly earnings, how much did their customers say 'Wow if these tariffs come in hard this could add a ton of costs to our chips' and how much did they pre-buy," said Kunst. "If they pre-bought a lot we are going to see great numbers, if they decided to wait it out al ittle bit because they are concerned about their cash flows elsewhere we could see something lackluster. Salesforce also after bell Salesforce is also set to report after the bell. The software stock has a consensus overweight rating and a price target of $362 implying a roughly 30% increase over the next 12 months, according to analysts tracked by FactSet. Salesforce investor James Demmert of Main Street Research is equally as bullish. "We think the stock is cheap at 24 times earnings…and investors are frustrated with Capex spending, not just with Salesforce. They want to see AI come out the other side and we think this might be the quarter we see it," said Demmert. Small caps as a contrarian call Nancy Prial of Essex Investment Management sees a major opportunity in small-cap stocks. "The small cap segment is undervalued relative to large caps," said Prial on Worldwide Exchange. "What we are particularly exited about are two things: One, we are seeing an acceleration in earnings growth… in addition we think AI has the potential to boost the case broadly for smaller companies as it democratizes the way smaller companies can do business." The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 is down 6% this year, badly underperforming the S & P 500 which is back into the green after a big rally in the last month. "When you can use technology to drive productivity you don't need to spend as much on people an that will level the playing field" for small caps, added Prial.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) – UBS Flags Delivery Risk as TSLA April Sales Show No Upward Inflection
We recently published a list of . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) stands against other AI stocks surging on news and ratings. According to Daniel Ives, global head of technology research at Wedbush Securities, the US- China agreement is once again creating a bull market environment for tech. 'If you are a tech investor, this is a dream scenario,' Ives noted on CNBC's 'Worldwide Exchange.' On Monday, the U.S. and China announced that they would temporarily reduce tariffs on each other for 90 days. Following the news, Wall Street's three major indexes surged sharply on the same day, with the S&P 500 marking its highest level since early March. READ ALSO: and The U.S. said it will cut tariffs imposed on Chinese imports to 30% from 145% while China said it would cut duties on U.S. imports to 10% from 125%. Investors saw this as a big positive surprise. 'It's a relief rally because there was a lot of anxiety and angst about tariffs between the U.S. and China. They are going to scale it down to much more reasonable levels so the fall-out from tariffs will probably be more manageable and limited.' Unfortunately, the rally in US stock futures paused as investors focused on a key inflation report and lingering economic concerns. 'The challenges are not over. The de-escalation was a lot stronger than even the best hopes, but you have to remember that the US economy still faces average of effective tariffs of more than 13%.' For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds. The hedge fund data is as of Q4 2024. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter's strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points ().Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is an automotive and clean energy company that leverages advanced artificial intelligence in its autonomous driving technology and robotics initiatives. On May 13, UBS reiterated the stock as 'Underweight.' The firm said it's standing by its underweight rating on the EV maker. 'Available TSLA April sales data shows no signs of upward inflection from Q1. Of the 3 major markets we track, TSLA deliveries are trending down 18% y/y and 49% m/m. It's still early, but the weak start implies risk to Q2 consensus deliveries.' Analysts on Wall Street currently have a consensus 'Buy' rating on the stock. The average price target of $307 implies a 7.8% upside, however, the Street-high target of $470 implies an upside of 41%. Overall, TSLA ranks 6th on our list of AI stocks surging on news and ratings. While we acknowledge the potential of TSLA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than TSLA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this . READ NEXT: 20 Best AI Stocks To Buy Now and 30 Best Stocks to Buy Now According to Billionaires. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.
