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Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at the unveiling event by “The Boring Company” for the test tunnel of a proposed underground transportation network across Los Angeles County, in Hawthorne, California, December 18, 2018. Robyn Beck | Pool | Reuters Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Monday: Jefferies raised its price target on

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”

Traders work after the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 15, 2019 at Wall Street in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images Earnings in 2019 are setting a low bar to clear in 2020, paving the way for stocks to continue their record-setting rally, according to

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

SpaceX founder Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifted off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 2, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Tesla founder Elon Musk has fired

Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on October 3, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | 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.)

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

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon (L) and wrestler Triple H appear in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 Ethan Miller | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Nomura Instinet initiated Walmart

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

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 11, 2018. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images While Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google-parent Alphabet face significant antitrust risk before and after the 2020 election, the latter two

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The so-called “Santa Claus rally” is already upon us, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors’ head of research. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another new record on Thursday, bringing its gain for the year to 18%. Improving economic

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

Take one look at filmmaker Spike Lee’s outfit and you know he’s all about the New York Knicks. A lifelong fan, Lee, at age 14, watched Willis Reed’s amazing performance against the Los Angeles Lakers in the seventh game of the 1970 NBA finals from the “nosebleed” (upper tier) section. During the heated Knicks-Pacers playoff

A customer pays for his purchases inside a Lowe’s store in Cary, North Carolina. Jim R. Bounds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Wednesday: Raymond James initiated Lululemon & Nike as ‘outperform’ &  Footlocker as ‘underperform’ Raymond James said in its initiation of several retailers that overall

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

Bridgewater Associates co-Chairman Ray Dalio said Tuesday that the U.S. will have little choice but to raise taxes in the coming years to offset its mounting liabilities and debts. Dalio, who founded the hedge fund in 1975, told CNBC from the Greenwich Economic Forum that the national debt, pension liabilities and health-care liabilities will ultimately

Vertical Research Partners is the first firm to begin covering Virgin Galactic, initiating the space tourism venture’s stock with a “buy” rating and saying its risk “is misunderstood.” “We think the technical risk to SPCE’s human spaceflight program is less draconian than the stock appears to be pricing in,” analyst Darryl Genovesi said in a

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

A Beyond Burger, a vegan veggie burger, is seen at the Vedang fast food restaurant in the Mall of Berlin on May 18, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. With fast food chains such as Burger King, Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bell and Dunkin’ Donuts now offering ‘fake meat’ versions of their main meal options, the vegan burger industry

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman teared up on Monday as he discussed the political divide in the U.S. and his concerns about the American dream. “I care,” the hedge-fund manager answered on CNBC’s “Halftime Report,” tearing up after CNBC’s Scott Wapner asked why he has been so vocal about the 2020 election. Cooperman’s response came in