Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. Jobs information weighs on shares We’re shopping for extra JNJ Quick takes on our chip and pharma names 1. Jobs information weighs on shares Stocks slipped Friday morning as Wall Street digested a hotter-than-expected September jobs report , with the S & P 500 down greater than 2%. While Friday’s recent information from the Labor Department confirmed the U.S. economic system added fewer jobs than anticipated final month, the unemployment price slipped to three.5%, down from 3.7% the month prior, in an indication the job market continues to be gaining energy. The information comes amid efforts by the Federal Reserve to gradual the economic system — and inflation — by elevating rates of interest, and will additional incentivize the central financial institution to maintain mountaineering. At the identical time, oil costs continued to soar on the again of the OPEC+ resolution to chop manufacturing. West Texas Intermediate — the U.S. oil benchmark — was buying and selling up Friday morning by round 3.7%, at $92.2 a barrel. Bond yields additionally rose, with the 2-year Treasury yield at 4.3%. 2. We’re shopping for extra JNJ On Friday morning, we purchased extra shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) — an organization we imagine is a superb defensive enterprise that may develop even amid an financial slowdown. Meanwhile, we’re seeking to doubtlessly scoop up extra shares of Constellation Brands (STZ), which reported a strong fiscal second-quarter on Thursday earlier than the bell. Despite the earnings beat, the inventory was buying and selling down greater than 3% Friday morning, at $224.69 a share, giving us a doable shopping for alternative. 3. AMD’s preannouncement disappoints Club holding Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) pre-announced weaker-than-expected third-quarter income on Thursday after the shut, taking successful to its inventory and dragging down different chipmakers (and Club shares) like Nvidia (NVDA) and Marvell (MRVL). On the brilliant aspect, AMD’s gross margins are hanging on and we’re nonetheless bullish on the inventory long-term . (Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust is lengthy AMD, JNJ, MRVL, NVDA, STZ. See right here for a full record of the shares.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you’ll obtain a commerce alert earlier than Jim makes a commerce. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a commerce alert earlier than shopping for or promoting a inventory in his charitable belief’s portfolio. If Jim has talked a couple of inventory on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the commerce alert earlier than executing the commerce. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED.
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