Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the market Monday: Industrials, Salesforce activists, semis

Published Mon, Jan 23 20239:17 AM ESTUpdated Mon, Jan 23 20239:33 AM EST

My top 10 things to watch Monday, Jan. 23 1. Stocks on offense. Or has speculation taken over just like two years ago? Anniversary this week of January 2021 epic short-squeeze of GameStop (GME). Don't be fooled by tech sideshow, as I wrote Sunday in my weekly commentary . The Nasdaq is on a three-week win streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S & P 500 dropped for the first week in three. I like industrials. 2. Another activist investor, Elliott Management, takes a big stake in Club holding Salesforce (CRM), according to media reports . What do they really want? Co-founder and soon-to-be sole CEO Marc Benioff under siege or do they love the company? Starboard Value, and two others, are already in there. Remember, huge Covid pandemic ramp-up from 49,000 employees in 2020 to 80,000. So, already announced 10% staff cut not enough. 3. More tech layoffs: Spotify (SPOT) cuts 6% of its workforce — about 600 positions. Head of content and advertising Dawn Ostroff out. Earnings-per-share not impacted. Not much besides Joe Rogan podcast working in talk. 4. PayPal (PYPL) earnings may be derisked, says Bernstein. Multiple is under siege given the competition, and I think the numbers are still too high. The Wall Street Journal reports on new competition from large bank creating their own digital wallet, which would also go after Apple Pay. 5. Barclays likes component semiconductor companies, including Club holding Qualcomm (QCOM). Goes to overweight from equal weight (buy from hold); raises price target to $150 per share from $120. Same upgrade for Club holding Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); PT increase to $85 from $70. Barclays keeps a buy on Club holding Nvidia (NVDA); raises PT to $250 from $170. 6. Club holding Ford (F) will have to lower prices for Mustang Mach-E. Not much competition for F-150 Lightning EV pick-up. Checks prices every day because of recent Tesla (TSLA) sticker reductions. 7. Wayfair (W) doubled-upgraded to overweight from underweight (buy from sell) at JPMorgan; increases price target to $63 per share from $35. Major PT bump for a stock that's soared 42% in 2023. Shares indicated to open up another 12% in Monday trading. Analysts cite a newfound commitment to controlling expenses. 8. JPMorgan downgrades Levi Strauss (LEVI) to neutral from overweight (buy); cuts price target by $2 to $17 per share. Analysts on Dow stock Nike (NKE): overweight with a $128-per-share price target. 9. Deutsche Bank likes Shopify (SHOP): upgrades to buy from hold and lifts price target to $50 per share from $40. Commerce components growing ecosystems. 10. JPMorgan raises price target on Capri (CPRI), the company behind Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors, to $72 per share from $56; keeps overweight (buy) rating. Barclays downgrades Tapestry (TPR), owners of Coach and Kate Spade, to equal weight from overweight (hold from buy). Demand risk in accessories and handbags. (Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust is long CRM, QCOM, AMD, NVDA, F. See here for a full list of the stocks.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. 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.

My top 10 things to watch Monday, Jan. 23

1. Stocks on offense. Or has speculation taken over just like two years ago? Anniversary this week of January 2021 epic short-squeeze of GameStop (GME). Don't be fooled by tech sideshow, as I wrote Sunday in my weekly commentary. The Nasdaq is on a three-week win streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 dropped for the first week in three. I like industrials.

2. Another activist investor, Elliott Management, takes a big stake in Club holding Salesforce (CRM), according to media reports. What do they really want? Co-founder and soon-to-be sole CEO Marc Benioff under siege or do they love the company? Starboard Value, and two others, are already in there. Remember, huge Covid pandemic ramp-up from 49,000 employees in 2020 to 80,000. So, already announced 10% staff cut not enough.

3. More tech layoffs: Spotify (SPOT) cuts 6% of its workforce — about 600 positions. Head of content and advertising Dawn Ostroff out. Earnings-per-share not impacted. Not much besides Joe Rogan podcast working in talk.

4. PayPal (PYPL) earnings may be derisked, says Bernstein. Multiple is under siege given the competition, and I think the numbers are still too high. The Wall Street Journal reports on new competition from large bank creating their own digital wallet, which would also go after Apple Pay.

5. Barclays likes component semiconductor companies, including Club holding Qualcomm (QCOM). Goes to overweight from equal weight (buy from hold); raises price target to $150 per share from $120. Same upgrade for Club holding Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); PT increase to $85 from $70. Barclays keeps a buy on Club holding Nvidia (NVDA); raises PT to $250 from $170.

6. Club holding Ford (F) will have to