Good MorningThe major indices held steady on Monday in what was an otherwise uneventful day of trading. The S&P 500 fell about 0.50% on an intraday basis but reclaimed about half of the loss before the close of the session. The day’s action is a sign of caution and not a little indecision. With so much riding on the economic rebound and COVID cases on the rise, a little caution is more than warranted.
This week could be a volatile one for investors. The market is waiting for the next cue and it could come from Congress at any time. Hopes for a bipartisan COVID relief bill continue to grow despite a lack of commitment from Republican leadership. If passed the bill would send another surge of stimulus through the economy but there is another risk as well. That risk is a government shut-down. A stop-gap effort to keep the government running for a week is probably not enough to get the stimulus deal done. If the aid package falls apart like it did before the market could take a dive.
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Industrials | | Solid-oxide fuel cell systems provider Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) stock has seen a resurgence from the electric vehicle (EV) momentum. As momentum and money flow frantically shifts from EVs to EV fueling, power sources and materials, shares of former momentum flyers FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL)... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY) is grinding through all-time highs heading into year’s end as the pandemic ravages a third wave in a race for FDA COVID-19 vaccine approvals and distribution. While pundits argue the markets are disconnected with reality, this is the seasonal time of year where ... Read the Full Story |
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Healthcare | |
Every situation produces a certain number of winners. Even disastrous situations like the coronavirus pandemic produced a few winners, especially for segments with “from-home” somewhere in their concepts. “Work-from-home,” “exercise-from-home,” and “shop-f... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | A Changing Landscape For Mall-Based RetailersThe mall-based brick&mortar retail industry has been on the rocks for years. The pandemic didn’t cause this problem it only accelerated a shift to digital and non-mall retailers that was already in place. What this means for many mall-based reta... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Record Demand Drives Profit For Smith & Wesson Brands
Smith & Wesson Brands (NASDAQ:SWBI) reported a fantastic fiscal 2nd quarter and it looks like these gains could stick. Based on the number of federal background checks and the number of 1st-time buyers the stage is set for solid gains ac... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | The Misery Index, inflation rate plus unemployment rate, just rose for a fourth straight month to a three year high.
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Finance | | As if they hadn’t been performing well enough this year already, shares of mobile payment company Square (NYSE: SQ) have been on a fresh rally to all-time highs since reporting Q3 earnings a month ago. They had already rode the wave of this past summer’s hype around all things tech and w... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | For some companies, just about everything has broken right since the onset of the pandemic. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY), an online retailer of pet food and other pet-related products, is one of those companies:
E-commerce has boomed this year.
The remote work boom has resulted in people moving from city ... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Tilly’s Smashes The Consensus, Shares Fall 15%
Tilly’s Inc (NYSE:TLYS) is another mall-based retailer outperforming its expectations. The company reported 3Q earnings this week and smashed through the consensus producing not only sequential growth but positive earnings for the 2nd time ... Read the Full Story |
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Healthcare | |
When you consider the fact that we’ve been dealing with the largest global health crisis in recent memory, it makes a lot of sense to explore some of the best healthcare stocks heading into 2021. Hopefully, we will be able to put the pandemic behind us next year and return to normalcy, but t... Read the Full Story |
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Amidst a record IPO market, investors continue to add shares of new companies that have the potential to become huge winners in the coming years. While trading stocks that have recently gone public can be a volatile endeavor, that hasn’t stopped the money pouring into new companies with uniq... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day PagSeguro Digital Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial technology solutions and services for consumers, individual entrepreneurs, micro-merchants, and small and medium-sized companies in Brazil and internationally. The company's products and services include PagSeguro Ecosystem, a digital ecosystem that operates as a closed loop where its clients are able to address their primary day to day financial needs, including receiving and spending funds, and managing and growing their businesses; PagBank digital account, which offers payment and banking services through the PagBank mobile app, as well as centralizes various cash-in options, functionalities, services, and cash-out options in a single ecosystem; and PlugPag, a tool for medium-sized and larger merchants that enables them to connect their point of sale (POS) device directly to their enterprise resource planning software or sales automation system through Bluetooth. It also offers cash-in solutions; online and in-person payment tools; and online gaming and cross-border digital services, as well as issues prepaid, credit, and cash cards. In addition, the company provides functionalities, and value-added services and features, such as purchase protection mechanisms, antifraud platform, account and business management tools, POS app, i-Banking App, Super App, and e-commerce support and bill payment services; and PedeFácil, an order management and food delivery app. Further, it is involved in processing of back-office solutions, including sales reconciliation, and gateway solutions and services, as well as the capture of credit cards with acquirers and sub acquirers. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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