Top Wall Street analysts say these stocks have the best long-term value

In this article NTRS SNX MU GOOGL Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, Micron Technology Scott Mlyn | CNBC Volatility in the stock market appears to be far from over. Market churn is still very high amid hot inflation and a worrisome economic outlook. Although the near-term perspective may be blurry, investors may scoop up healthy returns in…

Top Wall Street analysts see strong upside potential in each of these stocks

A Citibank sign in front of one of the company’s offices in California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Investors just can’t seem to find a trough in this bear market, and are struggling to hold on to any optimism amid growing concerns of a possible recession.  However, the key to surviving a bear market successfully…

Investors see little to be gained in stocks the rest of the year, favor dividend payers now, CNBC survey shows

Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 29, 2022. Source: NYSE (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A majority of Wall Street investors believe the market stands pretty much dead in the water for the rest of 2022 and, as a result, think it’s time to buy dividend-paying stocks, according to the…

SPACs wipe out half of their value as investors lose appetite for risky growth stocks

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, June 16, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters SPACs, once Wall Street’s hottest tickets, have become one of the most hated trades this year. The proprietary CNBC SPAC Post Deal Index, which is comprised of SPACs that have completed their mergers…

Top Wall Street analysts stand by these stocks as the first half of 2022 wraps up

In this article IMO-CA SU-CA ADBE AVGO KLAC A sign on the campus offices of chipmaker Broadcom Ltd is shown in Irvine, California. Mike Blake | Reuters As the first half of 2022 winds down, investors can be certain of at least one thing: This year will likely continue to be difficult. Economic risk is…

Coinbase shares fall after rival Binance.US drops spot bitcoin trading fees

Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase shares fell on Wednesday after rival crypto exchange Binance.US said it’s dropping certain trading fees for customers. Binance.US, the U.S. affiliate of the…

Top Wall Street analysts say these are the best stocks to beat the volatile market

In this article NTAP ORCL IHS BAC AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022. Peter Dasilva | Reuters It’s just about the middle of the year, and there’s no end in sight for stock market volatility. Investors, already reeling from sharp declines in…

Top Wall Street analysts are bullish on these stocks for the long run

Pedestrians pass by a Lululemon store. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Markets are tense, and May’s hot inflation report has only worsened the situation. Last month’s consumer price index rose 8.6% from a year ago, making it the highest increase since December 1981. The reading spurred further worries about a recession and bond yields jumped on…

JANA wins two board seats at software firm New Relic. This is what may be ahead

In this article NEWR Delmaine Donson | E+ | Getty Images Company: New Relic (NEWR) Business: New Relic is a software-as-a-service company, delivering a software platform for customers to collect telemetry data and derive insights from that data in a unified front-end application. It offers a suite of products on its open and extensible cloud-based…

Behind the automation boom coming to the hotel industry, from 24-hour check-in to texting for towels

Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images For years, hotel operators have under-invested in technology, but persistent labor challenges are forcing a reckoning in the industry. “The labor issue is a big driver for investments in technology,” said Mark Haley, a partner at Prism Hospitality Consulting, which specializes in hospitality technology and marketing. “You can’t…

Why remaining private is a competitive advantage for PE firm Bain Capital with $160 billion

In this article BCSF (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Bain Capital, with $160 billion in assets, is one of the largest private, private equity firms. Despite many of its peers going public, like TPG earlier this year, Bain has no immediate plans to join them.  John Connaughton is Bain Capital’s global head of…

This SPAC is merging with an already-public company as sponsors get creative before time runs out

In this article FOUN Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 8, 2022. Source: NYSE SPACs are known to be a roundabout investment vehicle to take private companies public. Not this one. Bull Horn Holdings is merging with biotech Coeptis Therapeutics, a public company traded over the counter. The SPAC sponsors told CNBC they went for…