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We're taking the funds we raised Wednesday through a trim in a tech holding to slowly scale into our newest industrials position.

This new addition will increase our position in stocks of companies that trade at reasonable price-to-earnings multiples.

California-based startup Moxion Power is building high-powered, mobile energy storage technology that can be used pretty much anywhere.

We're looking for opportunities to buy these stocks, but there's no guarantee when, or if, we'll start a purchase.

Caterpillar is being fined $145,000 due to a workplace accident where a new employee was “immediately incinerated” after falling into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Negativity is built in at Amazon. Apple's quarter is better than expected. Exxon and Chevron are solid.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a mixed session on Wall Street, where tech sector losses offset gains in other parts of the market.

A slew of stocks were moving in the premarket on the back of earnings, including Meta Platforms.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Caterpillar, Uber, Pinterest, and more.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

Although public pressure is building on major businesses to exit the country, a number of prominent players remain.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.

Caterpillar's beaten-down shares could make a comeback in the new year as demand for its products increases, Chantico Global CEO Gina Sanchez says.

Here are the companies making headlines before the bell on Monday, Nov. 8.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Caterpillar earnings are on deck Thursday morning, and one question on investors' minds could be how a slowdown in China has impacted the business.

Oil and gas executive compensation is increasingly being linked to climate change, and carbon reduction and energy transition goals.

Bexar County is focusing on creating a talented workforce for manufacturing in the area.

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that they recovered stolen machinery...

One industrial stock could be at risk if the dollar's hot streak continues, Fundstrat Global Advisors' Mark Newton warns.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

Caterpillar's stock is at a "crossroads" heading into earnings, says JC O'Hara, chief market technician at MKM Partners.

Bipartisan $953 billion deal to upgrade the nation's roads, bridges and other transport systems will spur growth, analysts say.

The four-year-old start-up retrofits industrial vehicles like dump trucks, dozers, and skid steers with autonomous systems. It just raised $21 million.

Plans to pump money into rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure could give companies that make machinery and materials a solid foundation for growth.

"These are the kind of companies that thrive when economies around the world are growing, and that's exactly what I expect," the "Mad Money" host said.

Investors who piled into value stocks, including cyclical names, appear to be rethinking that strategy.

CNBC's Jim Cramer said investors will eventually wish they "own more than just the red-hot stocks of the minerals, the oils and the banks."

The S&P 500 clinched a new intraday record after blowout earnings results from Apple and Facebook.

Caterpillar's implied earnings move could give investors a chance to buy into a fundamentally improving name, says Danielle Shay of Simpler Trading.

A few stocks tied to U.S. infrastructure could still build on their gains. "They benefit whether there's this big 'Rebuild America' package, but they also benefit if we're just in maintenance mode. Wireless connectivity is also likely to play a big role in a U.S. infrastructure revamp, said Todd Gordon, the founder of TradingAnalysis.com. You need a lot of towers, so there's going to be a lot of future demand." One key beneficiary could be Crown Castle International, a real estate investment trust focused on shared communications infrastructure, Gordon said.

The S&P 500 gave up earlier gains and closed in the red Wednesday as tech stocks sold off, continuing a market rotation out of high-flying growth names. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% to 3,889.14 after rising as much as 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped into the red in the final seconds of the session, closing 3.09 points lower at 32,420.06. On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appeared for a second day for virtual Capitol Hill testimony. Shares of Intel wiped out earlier gains and fell more than 2% even after the chip giant unveiled plans for a comeback.

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday in an afternoon slide led by shares of companies with the most to lose if there are any hiccups in the global economic reopening from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 308.05 points, or 0.9%, to 32,423.15 as Caterpillar slipped 3.4%. Travel and retail stocks sold off in lockstep amid fresh Covid restrictions globally. Brick-and-mortar retailer Gap slid nearly 8%. The U.S. is administering about 2.5 million Covid vaccine shots every day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is hovering at record highs and a handful of its components are performing even better. Walgreens, Chevron, Intel, Caterpillar and Boeing are among the stocks leading the blue chip index higher. Walgreens and Chevron are on track for their best quarters since the early 1980s, while Intel is seeing its best gain since 2003. "Look at some of these big winners like Chevron, Caterpillar. "While I certainly do not think e-commerce is going away, I do think you're going to see a rebound in in-person transactions," he said.

Caterpillar and Deere, for example, are less than 3% from record highs and have well outperformed the S&P 500 so far this year. Mark Tepper, president of Strategic Wealth Partners, said it may serve investors to look elsewhere for better value to ride a boom in manufacturing. So I think right now the play is trucking over tractors, I think there's more upside there." Schneider trades at 16 times forward earnings, lower than the more than 20 times multiple for Caterpillar and Deere. The PAVE ETF has risen more than 12% this year, better than the XLI industrial ETF's less than 7% gain.

The stock market staged another big intraday comeback on Wednesday as investors continued to pile into names sensitive to an economic comeback, while looking past the risk of inflation and rising interest rates. Higher interest rates could prompt investors to rotate out of high-flyers and into bonds, while they could hamstring growth companies, which benefited from the low-rate environment. Powell said Tuesday that inflation was still "soft" and that the U.S. economy was "a long way from our employment and inflation goals." Tesla shares advanced 6.2% after Ark Invest's Cathie Wood bought a ton more of her biggest holding during Tuesday's selling. Wood bought more than $120 million worth of Tesla shares for the flagship Ark Innovation ETF, according to the firm's website.

Big Tech stocks came under pressure with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft all dropping at least 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed a 200-point loss to close 27.37 points higher, or 0.1%, at 31,521.69. These same tech stocks also thrived during the pandemic, so some investors may be taking profits and rotating into names that will do well in a recovery. The 10-year Treasury yield rose again on Monday to around 1.35% after jumping 14 basis points last week to its highest level since February 2020. So far this month, the benchmark rate has moved up 27 basis points.

Some of Tuesday's winners are still worth watching for opportunity, according to one chart analyst. Looking at a chart of Microsoft, Baruch flagged "a nice wedge breakout here over the past couple weeks." Microsoft shares ended trading Tuesday at $243.70, down about half of 1%. The buying range Baruch was looking at on PayPal's chart was closer to $230-$265, he said in a Tuesday email to CNBC. The chart analyst also had his eye on Deere, which he noted has seen a "very steady climb" since May.

Caterpillar is one of the world's leading industrials companies, and it is poised for some growth in the next few years, industry analysts say. Shares of the company have hit record highs in recent weeks, most recently a high of $203.29 on Feb. 16. Rising commodity prices, expected construction activity growth, and possibly new infrastructure legislation in Washington are all positive signs for Caterpillar in the near future. The company bet heavily on expanding its mining equipment business about a decade ago when commodity prices were sky high, only to watch prices fall again. In the meantime, analysts say rising commodity prices are a sign at least some parts of the world are ready to get back to work again.

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo a Puckett Machinery Company technician walks past a new heavy duty Caterpillar excavator that awaits modification at Puckett Machinery Company in Flowood, Miss. The Deerfield, Illinois, company reported a profit Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, of $1.22 per share. Sales were $11.24 billion, down significantly from last year's $13.14 billion, yet far better than Wall Street projections of $11.18 billion, according to a survey of analysts by Zacks Investment Research. That is still well below the $1.1 billion, or $1.97 per share, that the company earned in the prior year. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the U.S. economy shrank in 2020 by the largest amount in 74 years, and the Labor Department reported that 847,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week.

Intel – The chip maker's shares remain on watch for a second day, following news that hedge fund Third Point had taken a significant stake in Intel and urged management to explore strategic alternatives. AT&T's CNN unit did beat Fox News in total day ratings for 41 straight days following the November 3 presidential election. Alibaba – Alibaba shares continue their rebound, moving higher in premarket trading after rising in the prior two sessions. ET, CureVac shares had gained 6% and Moderna shares had gained almost 3%. Levi Strauss – Guggenheim raised its price target on the stock to $24 per share from $20, with the apparel maker's stock having closed Tuesday at $19.83.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 73.89 points, or 0.2%, to 30,409.56. The S&P 500 climbed 0.1% to 3,732.04, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.2% to close at 12,870. Wednesday marked the fourth positive session in five for both the Dow and S&P 500. Disney rose more than 2% to lead the Dow higher. Energy and materials were the best-performing sectors in the S&P 500, jumping more than 1% each.

The Dow rose 1% this week. The S&P 500 gained 1.7% over that time period. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% to end the day at 3,699.12, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.7% to 12,464.23. Stocks rose to record levels on Friday , notching another weekly advance, as traders shook off a disappointing U.S. jobs report. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted the report "report shows the need for strong, urgent emergency relief is more important than ever."

There's a lot of buzz around self-driving cars, but autonomous driving technology could revolutionize the construction industry first. Canvas is one of several companies working on autonomous construction technology. Big players like Caterpillar and Komatsu, and start-ups like SafeAI and Built Robotics, see value in using autonomous machines to accelerate construction projects. Built Robotics puts autonomous machines to work on construction sites. Built Robotics is a San Francisco-based start-up founded by an ex-Google engineer that already has machinery out in the field.

Caterpillar — The farming equipment maker dropped more than 6% amid an investor rotation out of cyclical stocks into technology. Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet — Major tech-related companies jumped, with Amazon, Apple and Microsoft all up at least 3%. AMD — Shares of the semiconductor company jumped nearly 5% after Goldman Sachs added Advanced Micro Devices to the conviction buy list. Clean Harbors — Shares of Clean Harbors surged more than 10% after the waste management company reported a big earnings beat. Clean Harbors posted earnings per share of 90 cents in the third quarter, well above a FactSet estimate of 28 cents.

A rush of industrials earnings this week is shining some light on the health of the U.S. economy. Caterpillar reported a drop in third-quarter profit on weaker equipment demand, and 3M delivered an earnings beat on strength in its safety and health-care segments. As for Caterpillar, which experienced a 23% drop in sales, Wertheimer sees signs that sales can pick up over the long term. The industrials sector has underperformed the market so far this year, falling 5% compared with a 5% gain for the S&P 500. Both are set to report earnings Wednesday.

The company reported earnings per share of 78 cents on revenue of $964 million. Caterpillar posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.34 on revenue of $9.9 billion in the quarter. Chegg reported earnings of 17 cents per share on revenue of $154.0 million. Eli Lilly reported earnings of $1.54, below the $1.71 forecast by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Twilio reported earnings of 4 cents, topping the loss of 3 cents per share expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

People wearing face masks walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Asian shares headed lower Wednesday on worries about rising virus counts and Washington's inability to deliver more aid to the economy. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Asian shares headed lower Wednesday on worries about rising virus counts and Washington's inability to deliver more aid to the economy. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.3% in morning trading to 23,420.93, while South Korea's Kospi declined 0.2% to 2,325.22. The U.S. dollar weakened to 104.30 Japanese yen from 104.41 yen late Tuesday.

The group has managed to gain over the past month, though, as hopes of infrastructure spending after the U.S. election rose. The election could lift the entire industrials space no matter who wins, predicts Michael Bapis, managing director of Vios Advisors at Rockefeller Capital. "I think the irony here is we're in one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history and if there's one thing that both candidates agree on it's the infrastructure spend. "Industrials broadly ... have been a big part of this new leadership we've seen in the market since the March bear market low. "We think there's going to be a flight to safety and companies like Caterpillar will be beneficiaries of this.

Caterpillar — The farming equipment maker rose 3% after Wells Fargo upgraded Caterpillar to overweight from equal weight. Costco — Shares of the big box retailer popped 1.3% after Jefferies upgraded Costco to buy from hold. Chewy – Shares of Chewy climbed nearly 4% after Jefferies upgraded the online pet retailer to buy from hold. The company is developing the vaccine with BioNTech, whose shares rose 2.1%. Wynn Resorts — Shares of Wynn Resorts fell nearly 2% after Jefferies downgraded the casino and resort company to hold from buy.

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The Dow was also up more than 30% from its March low and about 18% from its February record. The maker of N95 medical masks reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.16 on revenue of $8.1 billion. Caterpillar shares rose Tuesday despite the heavy equipment maker reporting first-quarter earnings and revenue that missed estimates. US oil prices recover some lossesOil-storage tanks are seen from above in Carson, California, April 25, 2020 after the price for crude plunged into negative territory for the first time in history on April 20. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty ImagesWall Street's recovery continued as depressed U.S. oil prices recovered some of their earlier losses in a volatile session.