Salesforce Stock Gets a Wall Street Boost, Cloud Businesses Back?

Many investors are going full macro mode right now, focusing too much on today's data and not on tomorrow's implications. The U.S. election is coming up in a little over a month, a new earnings season is underway, and lots of economic data is pending for the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to consider further interest rate cuts before 2024 is over.

So far, the path is set for more rate cuts, with other countries starting to follow this same view, China being the latest to cut by 50 basis points last week. Some are still pointing to economic data like unemployment and contracting manufacturing PMI index readings for the past 22 months to quote a ‘hard landing,' but sticking to this view might keep these investors 100% bearish and potentially miss out on some of the potential rallies that can still be had.

One potential rally can be found in shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM), especially now that Wall Street has reiterated a new boost on the stock's price target, pointing to further upside in the coming quarters. The reason behind the boost is exactly what retail investors should focus on in their portfolio strategy, and it has to do with the economy and business model for cloud businesses in the technology sector.

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