How Much Will the Fed Cut Rates? Here’s How to Tell. on.barrons.com/4d8sgJh

Tech Growth Is Slowing. These 6 Companies Could Still Shine. on.barrons.com/47st8am

Starbucks’ North America Head to Retire One Week After New CEO Started on.barrons.com/3MPOuoE

3 Vanguard Funds to Own Ahead of the Fed’s Rate Cut on.barrons.com/3N8K9NP

Berkshire Hathaway’s Cash Could Hit $300 Billion This Quarter on.barrons.com/47ru6E3

Boeing Stock Faces Risks Beyond the Strike. Shareholders Beware This Threat. on.barrons.com/3XNRKYd

Microsoft Announces $60 Billion Share Buyback, Hikes Dividend. The Stock’s Rising. on.barrons.com/4et2Jvl

Nvidia Stock Gains. AI Is Still the Biggest Driver for Chips. on.barrons.com/3ZoX05x

Microsoft Raised Its Dividend 11%. These 3 Raised It More. on.barrons.com/3TAZs5h

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Stock Jumps. Why It’s the Best Performer in S&P 500 Today. on.barrons.com/4erC3Lz

No party here. Tupperware shares plunged 57.5% yesterday...to just 51 cents a share...on Bloomberg report saying bankruptcy filing is imminent. $TUP bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The kindest cut? Fed funds futures now pricing in 59% probability of a half-point cut vs. 41% for quarter-point. Not exactly a 50-50 tossup. But close. 25 or 50? cmegroup.com/markets/intere…

Intel up 6%. But its rally not boosting Dow much. Only 0.3% of price-weighted average. Smallest component. $VZ next at 0.7%. Still think Nvidia could eventually replace Intel. $NVDA up 23% since I wrote this in late May for Barron's. $INTC down 30%. barrons.com/articles/nvidi…

Betting on rate cuts? All-time highs today for $V $MA $AXP as well as builders/housing related stocks $CARR $LEN $TOL $PHM $MAS $SHW $TMHC $LII $NVR

Here’s What Happens When the Fed Starts Cutting Rates With the S&P 500 Near a Record High on.barrons.com/3zcuR7j

Housing starts/builder permits data comes out tomorrow morning before the Fed decision. Economists forecasting solid rebound in starts from July and slight uptick in permits.

Jeff Bezos and Oracle’s Larry Ellison Are Jockeying to Be World’s Second-Richest on.barrons.com/3N9J8Ff

Forget the Fed. This is the Stock Market’s Biggest Risk. on.barrons.com/3XLfKLp

Better eat your Wheaties? Cereal and pet food giant General Mills reports results tomorrow. Analysts expect slight decline in earnings and sales. But $GIS holding up well this year along with other food/staple stocks. Dividend yield above 3%. $GIS up 14% YTD. $XLP up about 16%.

🎶The Fed'll cut rates tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar (or bitcoin), that tomorrow there'll be a cut Just thinking about tomorrow Clears away the inflation hawks, and the sorrow 'til there's none Sorry. Not sorry. So how big will the cut be? Good night!