Good MorningThe equities market rebound from Tuesday’s sell-off on Wednesday and continue to hover near the freshly set all-time high. Although positive, traders and investors should not read too much into the move because of light trading volume and holiday market conditions. The S&P 500 gained less than 0.25% on an intraday basis and held within a very tight 13-point range all session. The real test for the market will come next week and the first trading day of the New Year.
Looking to next week and the first trading day of the New Year there are several things that could move the market. The number one is COVID-19. The spread of COVID-19 accelerated over the holiday and is sparking a growing round of shutdowns. While less severe than those put in place earlier in the year the new shutdowns will have an impact on the economic recovery and corporate earnings.
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Markets | | Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Star Peak Energy Transition Corp (NYSE: STPK) will reverse merge with Stem. Inc., an AI-driven smart energy storage optimization platform, in Q1 2021. The stock has some powerful themes embedded into the narrative including SPAC, artificial intelligence (AI... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | More than 25 candidates were screened for share price between $1 and $5, market cap above $100 million, daily volume over 500,000 shares, and over $10 million in trailing revenue.
Only five stocks cleared every filter, spanning five different sectors. Two are profitable today, and one pays a substantial dividend.
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As investors start to look ahead at the companies that could be in for a big 2021, it’s easy to get caught up in trying to find the next big thing. While there’s certainly something to be said about investing in up-and-coming businesses that could turn into massive winners, it’s ... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | |
Lockheed Martin Is A Compelling Investment
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) is one of those companies quietly going about business while the market is focused on higher-profile and more pandemically-centric names. While Lockheed Martin’s defense and aerospace-centric business is neither fueled no... Read the Full Story |
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As the holidays wind down, consumers often hit the stores and Internet to hunt for good bargains. Similarly, despite the stock market's climb to record highs, there are still some compelling buys out there.
Let's take a look at a few of the more intriguing sub-$20 stocks that have the growth driv... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Levi Strauss Is A Post-Pandemic Winner
Levi Strauss (NYSE:LEVI) did not have a great year despite the strong rebound that is already underway. The company saw its revenues decline more than 60% in the 2nd quarter of the year and they have yet to regain the pre-COVID levels. And yet the analysts con... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Tobacco, telecom, pipelines, and healthcare real estate trade at 10 to 15 times earnings while the index yields about 1 percent.
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Markets | | Tailwinds Will Drive Growth For Retail In 2021
Retail (NYSEARCA:XRT) has been one of the hottest and most unexpected trends of the pandemic. The shut-downs forced us to stay home, in response we spent our travel and leisure money on stay-at-home consumer goods, and there has been nothing but positi... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | LIDAR technology company Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLDR) stock has been a rollercoaster after its SPAC reverse merger on Sept. 29, 2020. The premier maker of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor systems has seen a momentum surge in the segment as sentiment for autonomous vehicles improved.... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Information technology infrastructure company SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE: SWI) stock has been punished heavily from security and breaches on its Orion platform linked to Russian hacker groups. Shares have collapsed more than (-30%) since the first report on Dec. 13, 2020. Shares are down (-15%) mi... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | | A Long Road For Boeing
Boeing (NYSE:BA) is going on watch today as it’s best-selling plane returns to the skies. The first commercial flight in the U.S. resumed today with flights from American Airlines. The first flight is between New York and Miami with the return flight projected to be ful... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Having watched their shares fall 90% in the six years prior to 2020, and then watching them slip under the $3 mark in April, investors in GameStop (NYSE: GME) must have surely been expecting to see their stock trade at $0.20 before it traded at $20 again.
But the stock market works in mysterious wa... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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