Joel South, Author at 24/7 Wall St.

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SPX Technologies: JPMorgan Initiates With Overweight Citing Data Center Demand and Capacity Expansion

JPMorgan’s Stephen Tusa just initiated coverage of SPX Technologies SPXC | SPXC Price Prediction with an Overweight rating and a $260 price target, and the signal is unambiguously bullish. The thesis is straightforward: SPX…

Joel South · 8 months ago

An image split into two distinct halves, depicting Bank of America's divergent bullish bets on the transportation future. The left half, in cool blue and purple hues, features a sleek, futuristic silver Tesla electric vehicle, a stock chart for TSLA showing an upward trend towards a $460 (Buy) target, and text indicating a Q4 '25 Gross Margin of 20.1%. The right half, in warm orange and red hues, displays two red Chevrolet-style pickup trucks, a stock chart for GM also showing an upward trend towards a $105 (Buy) target, and text indicating a Q1 '25 Truck Share of 32.7%. The top center banner reads 'BofA's DIVERGENT BULLISH BETS: TRANSPORTATION FUTURE'.

Tesla and General Motors: BofA Bets Big on Autonomy and ICE Dominance With Bold Price Targets

Bank of America is making two bold, contrasting bets on the future of transportation: BofA reinstated Tesla with a Buy rating and a $460 price target, calling it the current leader in consumer autonomy,…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Ford and Rivian: BofA Reinstates Both as Regulatory Shift Reshapes the Auto Landscape

Bank of America just put its name behind two of the most polarizing auto stocks on the market, and the signals point in opposite directions. BofA reinstated Ford (NYSE: F) | F Price Prediction…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Canaccord Slashes AeroVironment Target From $400 to $330 but Holds Buy — Here’s What That Contradiction Means

The smart money on AeroVironment (Nasdaq:AVAV) | AVAV Price Prediction is split right down the middle, and the recent Canaccord price target cut crystallizes exactly why. Canaccord lowered its target from $400 to $330…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Liberty Energy and Patterson-UTI: Goldman Sachs Sees Early Dislocation Opportunities in Pressure Pumping and Drilling

Goldman Sachs is sending a clear directional signal on two battered oilfield services names: it raised its price target on Liberty Energy (LBRT) to $30 and kept its Buy-equivalent Neutral stance, while lifting Patterson-UTI…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Wall Street Just Sent a Clear Signal on GTLB — Nine Analysts Cut Price Targets After FY27 Guidance Disappoints

Gitlab (Nasdaq: GTLB | GTLB Price Prediction) walked into earnings with a strong quarter and walked out with nine analyst price target cuts. Wall Street’s verdict on GitLab is clear: the Q4 beat is…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Wall Street Just Sent a Split but Bullish Signal on CRWD — Here’s What Four Major Firms Actually Said

Wall Street is sending a split but net-bullish signal on CRWD after CrowdStrike’s record fourth quarter. Two firms raised price targets following the print, two trimmed theirs, but every analyst on the list sees…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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This Vanguard ETF Has Paid Dividends for Years — Here’s What $10,000 Invested at Launch Is Worth Today

Invest $10,000 in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) at its November 10, 2006 launch and, based on verified historical data, that position would be worth meaningfully more today — with dividends doing much…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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CoreWeave Lands Perplexity in New AI Cloud Deal, Stock Jumps 5.7% Pre-Market

CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) is adding another high-profile name to its customer roster. Perplexity, the AI-powered search company, has signed a multi-year partnership to run AI inference workloads on CoreWeave’s cloud infrastructure, with CRWV shares rising…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Prediction: Costco Will Surge After March 5th

Costco shares have climbed 17% year-to-date, reaching $1,007.77 to close out March 3rd, a stark contrast to the S&P 500, which is essentially flat at -0.24% YTD. Yet despite that outperformance, broader sentiment around…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Vanguard’s VTI ETF Turned $10,000 Into $38,000 Over the Last Decade — Can It Do It Again?

Invest $10,000 in VTI today and here’s what the numbers say it could be worth by 2036 — history already answered this question for the last decade. $10,000 invested in VTI ten years ago…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Broadcom (AVGO) Is Trading 25% Below Its Recent High: Here’s Why $454 Is the 12-Month Price Target

Broadcom (Nasdsaq:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) is set to reach $454 by March 2027 — the analyst consensus price target, as AI semiconductor revenue growth compounds into a fundamental re-rating that the current pullback…

Joel South · 8 months ago

I Thought Retirement Was a Pipe Dream… Until I Made These 3 Changes

For years, I thought retirement was nothing more than a distant dream. I had always envisioned a future where I could finally enjoy the fruits of my labor, travel the world, and spend quality…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Why Linde, Southern Copper and BHP Group Are Down Big Today

A rapidly escalating military conflict in the Middle East is rattling global markets Tuesday, sending materials and mining stocks lower even as oil surges. US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran have prompted Iran’s Revolutionary…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Thor Industries Delivers 860% EPS Surprise — Stock Still Lags

THOR Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO | THO Price Prediction) reported fiscal Q2 2026 diluted EPS of $0.34 against a Yahoo Finance consensus estimate of $0.04, representing a surprise of approximately 750%. Net sales came in…

Joel South · 8 months ago

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Archer Aviation Is Putting NVIDIA’s IGX Thor at the Core of Its Air Taxi’s Brain

Archer Aviation’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call contained a statement that deserves more attention than it received: the company is integrating NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) IGX Thor compute platform directly into Midnight, its…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Target’s $4.48B Free Cash Flow Strengthens Dividend Case

Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT | TGT Price Prediction) delivered a meaningful earnings beat this morning, reporting fourth quarter adjusted EPS of $2.44, surpassing the Yahoo Finance consensus estimate of $2.16 by approximately 13.0%. The beat…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Best Buy’s Leaner Cost Structure Drives Post-Earnings Rally

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY | BBY Price Prediction) delivered a split decision this morning, reporting fiscal Q4 2026 earnings before the open on March 3. Adjusted EPS of $2.61 beat the $2.47 consensus estimate by…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Kontoor Crosses $1B Revenue Mark as Profitability Slips

Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KNG) | KTB Price Prediction delivered a clean double beat to open fiscal 2026, reporting Q4 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.73 against a consensus estimate of $1.67, a +4.85% positive surprise. Revenue…

Joel South · 8 months ago

Margins Crack at AutoZone — Investors React Swiftly

AutoZone‘s (NYSE: AZO | AZO Price Prediction) fiscal Q2 2026 results landed with a thud this morning, as a meaningful revenue miss overshadowed a slim earnings beat and sent shares sharply lower. The stock…

Joel South · 8 months ago