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General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is set to report its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday before the market opens. Wall Street expects earnings per share of $2.73 on revenues of $43.15 billion. The stock has gained 2.65% over the past year but remains down 8% year-to-date, as tariff headlines and macro...

Market turmoil due to tariffs is shaking up stocks, but Hightower Advisors Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager Stephanie Link sees opportunity in the chaos. With $5.4 billion in assets under management, Link is putting money to work in four stocks she believes have strong upside:...

Hightower Advisors, a leading $130 billion asset management firm, has purchased $68 million worth of spot Bitcoin ETFs, according to a recent 13F SEC filing. What Happened: This substantial investment underscores the growing institutional interest in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as the cryptocurrency...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Stephanie Link of Hightower said that the stock of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) was down 4% after the company reported earnings on Friday. Benzinga's analyst ratings data shows that seven analysts have a Buy or Overweight...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management said A O Smith Corp (NYSE: AOS), which makes boilers, water heaters, and filters, is a “very defensive stock.” The stock has lost 29% year to date. The company is paying a 2%...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Stephanie Link of Hightower said Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) “had a great quarter” and “their margins are going on higher.” Although the “stock was up a lot,” it is a good time to take advantage of...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management said that it is becoming apparent that Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) is “going to dominate this space,” even as the company missed earnings. Lyft Inc’s (NASDAQ: LYFT)...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Joseph Terranova of Virtus Investment Partners said he had sold shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Shares of both tech majors lost close to 4% on Wednesday. “The hardest trade is the right...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Bryn Talkington of Requisite Capital Management said that each name is around 3% in the SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (ARCA: XPH). The pharma sector is a defensive strategy that also offers growth opportunities, she added. Liz Young of...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Stephanie Link of Hightower said that General Electric Company’s (NYSE: GE) stock has been under pressure, while the quarter “was pretty good.” The reason to own the stock is aviation, Link mentioned, adding that the...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Joshua Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management said Domino's Pizza Inc’s (NYSE: DPZ) stock could add 100 points “if we start worrying about anything to do with COVID once again.” “I think the stock’s way too...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Courtney Garcia of Payne Capital Management said that health care is going to be among the outperformers. She recommended iShares US Healthcare ETF (NYSE: IYH) as it includes some health care majors like UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Sarat Sethi said Lowe`s Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) could see “a lot of demand, unfortunately, over the next couple of weeks just with the hurricane.” Although their earnings have been “a little bit depressed,” this...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Stephanie Link of Hightower said UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is the “number one player in managed care.” “We’re gonna see a lot of synergies, double-digit organic growth as well and the stock is down 7% from...

On CNBC’s “Halftime Report Final Trades,” Stephanie Link of Hightower said Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has a “3.5% dividend yield and trades 13 times.” “They’re actually gaining share in trading,” Link mentioned. At a conference last week, the company...