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CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer has picked Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) as his top mega-cap tech stocks, stating that both are ready to run. Alphabet's NFL Sunday Ticket deal and Nvidia's strong Q2 results and upbeat outlook are seen as key drivers. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLK) also rose 0.82% to $170.09.

Portfolio Pulse from Shanthi Rexaline

August 29, 2023 | 6:35 am

DOGEUSD

ELONUSD

SHIBUSD

Dogelon Mars (ELON) experienced a 14% surge within the past 24 hours, outperforming other meme coins like Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE). The surge was primarily driven by activity on the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange and a whale's purchase of nearly one trillion ELON tokens for 78 ETH (approximately $125,000).

Portfolio Pulse from Mehab Qureshi

August 29, 2023 | 6:08 am

EWG

VGK

Germany's GfK Consumer Climate for September is reported at -25.5, which is lower than the estimated -24.3 and the prior -24.6.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 29, 2023 | 6:06 am

BBY

HPQ

MMM

SJM

The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed a slight decline in overall sentiment among U.S. investors on Monday, remaining in the 'Neutral' zone. U.S. stocks recorded gains, with 3M Company shares gaining over 5% amid reports of a $5.5B settlement over faulty military earplugs. Investors are awaiting the release of jobs data and earnings results from Best Buy, HP Inc., and The J. M. Smucker Company.

Portfolio Pulse from Lisa Levin

August 29, 2023 | 5:58 am

TSLA

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has rolled out its full self-driving (FSD) software for Tesla vehicles equipped with hardware 4, a day after CEO Elon Musk warned of a six-month delay for FSD on hardware 4. The software was made possible via a firmware update version 2023.26.11. Hardware 4, which has better cameras and a new FSD computer, started to be integrated into new vehicles earlier this year.

Portfolio Pulse from Anan Ashraf

August 29, 2023 | 5:46 am

NOAH

Noah Holdings has announced plans for a share subdivision and adjustment of the board lot size. The move is expected to increase liquidity and make the stock more accessible to investors.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 29, 2023 | 5:29 am

TSLA

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reiterated his criticism of LiDAR technology for road vehicles, stating that digital neural nets and cameras are more suitable. Musk's comments come despite his SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft using LiDAR for docking with the International Space Station. Tesla uses camera vision and neural net processing, known as Tesla Vision, for its Autopilot and full-self driving features. Other companies, including Alphabet's Waymo and General Motors' Cruise, continue to use LiDAR in their autonomous vehicles.

Portfolio Pulse from Anan Ashraf

August 29, 2023 | 4:39 am

TOYOF

TSLA

VFS

Vietnamese EV manufacturer VinFast's shares surged 20% in the U.S. market, making it the third largest automaker by market capitalization globally, after Tesla and Toyota. Despite not being fully operational in the U.S., the EV boom has prompted a buying frenzy among individual investors. VinFast, which was listed on the Nasdaq in mid-August, overtook the market cap of General Motors and Ford Motor on its first trading day.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Neuro

August 29, 2023 | 4:35 am

DOGEUSD

FLOKIUSD

SHIBUSD

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) saw a 3% increase in the past 24 hours as the token withdrawals from the Shibarium bridge became operational. Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) observed a 0.88% increase, while Floki (CRYPTO: FLOKI) saw a 2% decline. A significant amount of 106 million SHIB tokens were burned and permanently removed from circulation.

Portfolio Pulse from Mehab Qureshi

August 29, 2023 | 4:05 am

NVDA

TSLA

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reiterated the company's continued reliance on Nvidia and its own AI supercomputer platform, Dojo, for AI processing. Musk clarified that Tesla will use both Nvidia and Dojo to process data from its growing fleet of vehicles. However, Tesla will also be spending over $1 billion on Dojo over the next year. Nvidia recently reported Q2 revenue that exceeded expectations, thanks to the AI boom.

Portfolio Pulse from Anan Ashraf

August 29, 2023 | 3:30 am