We recently compiled a list of the . In this article, we are going to take a look at where Maplebear Inc. (NASDAQ:CART) stands against Oppenheimer's other favorite stocks for the next 12 months.
The tail end of August is appearing to turn a fresh page for Wall Street. The highlight event of the month was the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Summit, where Fed Chair Jerome Powell was expected to set the tone for the central bank's interest rate cut cycle. Powell didn't disappoint and commented that the "upside risks to inflation have diminished.
And the downside risks to employment have increased" which leads him to conclude that the "time has come for policy to adjust. The direction of travel is clear, and the timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks." Naturally, investors took this in full stride and the benchmark S&P flagship index soared by 1.
01% to be just 1% shy of its record high in July. Before Chair Powell's comments, earlier in the month, investment bank Oppenheimer had released its latest list of 32 stocks for the next twelve months. These stocks have been picked on the basis of their fundamentals, say the firm's analysts, and are the "most timely" as per the firm's analysts.
This latest set of stock picks comes as the firm has grown progressively bullish about the stock market over the course of 2024. The year started out with a report that set a 2024 close target for the flagship benchmark S&P .