Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Nvidia — Shares slipped roughly 2%, putting the artificial intelligence chipmaker officially in correction territory after tumultuous trading over the past month. MicroStrategy — The bitcoin proxy stock rose more than 6% after Nasdaq announced MicroStrategy will be added to the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index . This means the stock will be included in the popular Invesco QQQ Trust ETF . The index inclusion takes effect on Dec. 23. Crypto stocks — Shares of crypto-linked stocks rallied, with Coinbase and Robinhood gaining 4.7% and 7%, respectively. Mara Holdings shares soared more than 11% after MicroStrategy Chair Michael Saylor said in a Dec. 14 post on social media site X that he expects the crypto miner to be next in joining the Nasdaq 100. Ford Motor — Shares of the automaker declined nearly 4% after Jefferies downgraded shares to underperform from hold. The firm cited concerns of an inventory overhang next year. Broadcom — The semiconductor company’s stock price jumped more than 9%, adding to its sharp gains from the previous session. Broadcom surged more than 24% on Friday after it reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, pushing its market cap above $1 trillion for the first time. Keysight Technologies — The electronics stock rose about 3% after an upgrade to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan. The investment firm said Keysight should enjoy a cyclical recovery in 2025 after struggling this year, with the stock underperforming the broader market. Capri Holdings — Shares rose 5% after Women’s Wear Daily reported that the luxury fashion retailer was working with Barclays to find potential buyers for its Versace and Jimmy Choo businesses. Super Micro Computer — Shares tumbled nearly 7%. The action follows a Friday report from Bloomberg News , citing sources familiar, that Super Micro had hired investment bank Evercore ISI to help it raise equity and debt capital. Super Micro has already missed deadlines to file its annual and quarterly financial reports, adding to concerns that the beaten-down data center company might be delisted by the Nasdaq, despite CEO Charles Liang’s reassurance that this will not happen. Honeywell — Shares added 3% after the industry giant said its board is exploring the potential separation of its high-margin aerospace division, a plan backed by activist investor Elliott Management, which had called for Honeywell to break itself up into two companies in November. Micron Technology — Shares rose 7% ahead of the semiconductor manufacturer’s quarterly earnings due later this week. JPMorgan said in a note Monday it expects strong results. Berkshire Hills Bancorp , Brookline Bancorp — Shares of the Boston-based regional banks edged lower. The Wall Street Journal reported , citing people familiar with the situation, that the firms are in talks to merge in a deal that could be announced as soon as next week. Berkshire Hills stock slid 1%, while Brookline Bancorp was trading marginally lower. Drone stocks — Shares of several drone makers rallied , with interest in the sector fueled by recent mysterious drone sightings over Northeast states and a new Palantir partnership announcement. Red Cat Holdings said on Monday it is working with Palantir Technologies to integrate visual navigation tech into Red Cat’s Black Widow drones. Red Cat shares jumped 15%. Donald Trump Jr.-affiliated Unusual Machines jumped 12%. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and AeroVironment added 6.7% and 8.6%, respectively. Alphabet — The tech giant jumped more than 4% on Monday, touching a new 52-week high. Alphabet’s advance, alongside that of Broadcom, helped lift the Nasdaq Composite to a new record, even as Nvidia shares slid. Jefferies also named Alphabet as one of its top tech and internet stock picks for 2025. — CNBC’s Hakyung Kim, Jesse Pound, Sean Conlon, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han and Michelle Fox contributed reporting.
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Applied Materials — Shares of the semiconductor manufacturer dropped 6% after Applied Materials posted disappointing fiscal second-quarter revenue. The company’s revenue of $7.10 billion was below the LSEG consensus of $7.13 billion. Semiconductor revenue of $5.26 billion also disappointed the $5.31 billion analysts were looking for. Take-Two Interactive Software — The stock slid 1.8% after the video game company gave weaker-than-anticipated guidance for full-year bookings, expecting the figure to come between $5.9 billion and $6 billion. That missed the $7.82 billion StreetAccount consensus. Take-Two also projected bookings of between $1.25 billion and $1.30 billion for the current quarter, while analysts had penciled in $1.28 billion. Vistra — Shares of the power producer gained 3% after the company purchased seven natural gas facilities from Lotus Infrastructure Partners for $1.9 billion. The gas plants are located in the PJM market, New England, New York and California. Constellation Brands — Shares of the Corona and Modelo importer climbed 1.4% after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed doubling its stake in the company, putting its position at around $2.2 billion in value. Galaxy Digital — The Mike Novogratz-led crypto firm began trading at the Nasdaq on Friday, opening at $23.50 per share in a direct listing. Galaxy Digital has traded in Canada since 2020 . Cava — The eatery chain’s stock dropped more than 2% after the company reiterated its full-year guidance for same restaurant sales, implying a slowdown from first-quarter results. Cava said it achieved 10.8% same store sales growth. However, it maintained a full-year projection of 6% to 8% improvement in that category. Cava’s earnings per share of 22 cents for the period was ahead of projections for 14 cents per share, according to LSEG. Fiserv — The financial services provider jumped more than 4% as the stock recovered some of its steep losses for the week. Fiserv is down more than 9% this week and is one of the most oversold names on Wall Street, with a relative strength index below 30. Coinbase — The crypto exchange jumped more than 9%, recovering losses from the previous session. Some Wall Street analysts called the sell-off overdone and a buying opportunity . On Thursday, the company confirmed the Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating whether it has misstated its user numbers , sending the stock down 7.2%. Novo Nordisk — Shares stumbled 3% after the pharmaceutical company announced that CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen would be stepping down from his position , citing recent market challenges. Jørgensen, who was in the position for the last eight years, will remain “for a period to support a smooth transition to new leadership” as Novo Nordisk searches for a successor. Doximity — The health care platform issued weak guidance, sending the stock down 11.8%. Doximity expects adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter to come in between $71 million and $72 million. That’s short of the $74 million expected from analysts polled by StreetAccount. Revenue guidance for both the first quarter and full year also missed expectations. — CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel, Lisa Han, Jesse Pound and Michelle Fox contributed reporting.
Gold has cooled after a year-long rally that sent the commodity to a gain of 35%, but even with stocks in rebound mode, the market hedge has room to move higher, according to David Schassler, head of multi-asset solutions at fund manager Van Eck.
“I couldn’t imagine a better backdrop for gold,” said Schassler on this week’s CNBC “ETF Edge.”
The U.S. government has “huge debt, huge spending and huge chaos” Schassler said, adding that he doesn’t see that changing anytime soon.
Hedge fund icon David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital echoed that sentiment on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” in an appearance Wednesday from the Sohn Investment Conference. “There’s a bipartisan agreement to do nothing about the deficit until we get to the next crisis,” he said.
Einhorn is long gold and said he thinks it could reach $5,000 in 2026.
Schaasler also called for the price of gold to hit $5,000 next year.
Gold has seen a big jump in the last year, despite a recent downturn.
Schassler is also bullish on the market’s newer hedge, crypto, and sees the two asset classes moving in the same direction. “Bitcoin is the risky cousin of gold” he said.
While it is subject to big swings in sentiment and can trade in tandem with a risk-off move in stocks, bitcoin is up about 60% in the last year, and in contrast to gold’s recent dip, bitcoin is up 10% over the last month.
There are new tools from the ETF industry investors may want to consider to capture upside in bitcoin while limiting risk, according to VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth. “I’m impressed with what’s happening in the options-based world with ETFs,” he said about crypto ETFs with built-in protection on this week’s “ETF Edge.”
The use of options to limit volatility in returns has become popular with equity ETFs, but Rosenbluth also recommends investors consider ETFs like the Calamos Bitcoin 80 Series Structured Alt Protection ETF (CBTJ). There is an upside cap, but if the underlying assets fall more than 20%, an investor’s maximum loss stops there.
Performance of bitcoin over the past one-year period through May 15, 2025.
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Charter Communications — The cable stock rose 7% after Charter agreed to merge with rival Cox Communications . The combined company will change its name to Cox Communications within a year. Constellation Brands — Shares popped 3.4% after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed doubled its stake in the beer importer. Warren Buffett’s position is now worth around $2.2 billion. Applied Materials — The semiconductor manufacturer shed 5% after reporting fiscal second-quarter revenue of $7.10 billion, which came below the $7.13 billion analysts polled by LSEG had expected. Semiconductor revenue of $5.26 billion also disappointed the $5.31 billion analysts were looking for. Take-Two Interactive Software — Shares fell 1.3% after the video game company issued weaker-than-expected guidance for full-year bookings. The company expects the figure to come between $5.9 billion and $6 billion, missing the $7.82 billion StreetAccount consensus. For the current quarter, Take-Two projected bookings of between $1.25 billion and $1.30 billion, while analysts had penciled in $1.28 billion. Cava — The company said it expected same restaurant sales growth to moderate during the year. Cava reported 10.8% sales growth at comparable locations in the first quarter, but maintained a full-year projection of 6% to 8% improvement in that category. The decline came even though first-quarter earnings per share of 22 cents came in above analyst estimates of 14 cents, according to LSEG. Shares were little changed. Doximity — The stock tumbled 19% after the health-care platform issued disappointing guidance. Doximity anticipates first-quarter adjusted EBITDA to range between $71 million and $72 million, less than the $74 million consensus estimate, per StreetAccount. Revenue guidance for both the first quarter and full year also fell short of expectations. Vistra Corp – The independent power producer’s stock jumped more than 5% after it bought seven natural gas facilities from Lotus Infrastructure Partners for $1.9 billion. The gas plants are located in the PJM market, New England, New York and California. Novo Nordisk — The pharmaceutical stock slipped 5% after CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen announced he would step down from his position , citing recent market challenges. Jørgensen will remain in his position “for a period to support a smooth transition to new leadership” as Novo Nordisk searches for a replacement. — CNBC’s Michelle Fox, Spencer Kimball and Jesse Pound contributed reporting.