Jim Cramer's top 10 watchlist for Wednesday, Oct. 14 opens with a hotter-than-expected September CPI: headline inflation rose 3.7% year over year and core 2.6%, pushing bond yields up and raising the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month. Morgan Stanley beat on both profit and revenue, while Bank of America missed on revenue and faced a $1.2 billion Treasury penalty for money laundering violations, with shares down over 4%. Chip stocks extended their slump, with the iShares Semiconductor ETF on a six-day losing streak and Micron down almost 9% over the week. Barclays downgraded Dell and HP Enterprise to hold, citing full valuations and fading memory-price benefits, while Truist started coverage of Qnity with a buy rating and $170 target. Apple extended gains after a record-high close, and Jefferies upgraded Brinker International to buy.
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