Good MorningThe equity markets went on a wild ride on Thursday. The market was up, then down, then up and then down again all before the close of the session. The action was driven by a swirling vortex of news, data, and worry that promise to keep the markets moving in a similar fashion. On the one hand, there is evidence of a strong economic rebound while on the other worries about the virus and the upcoming election have investors on edge.
Among Thursday’s news bits was the latest read on New Home Sales. Sales of new homes defied the consensus and rose over the last month to top 1 million annualized units. The data is only the latest from the housing sector showing strength and it points to solid results from the home builders. Next week, investors will be looking for a raft of economic releases including Personal Income and Spending and the all-important Non-Farm Payroll report for September.
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There are so many advantages associated with Electric Vehicles, it’s only a matter of time before we see widespread adoption of them around the world. With benefits like lower costs, less maintenance, environmental tax credits, and eco-friendliness, it makes sense that there are plenty of in... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Elon Musk bought Super Bowl ad time at $266,000 per second - something he has never done before. 125 million Americans watched, but Whitney Tilson, former manager of a $200 million hedge fund, says most investors missed what it actually means.
With 1 in 3 Super Bowl viewers using buy-now-pay-later services and 40% of Americans carrying more credit card debt than savings, Tilson believes Elon's message reveals a major economic current - and a clear signal for where smart money should be positioned. | | Watch Tilson's free presentation to see what he thinks you should do now |
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Retail/Wholesale | | CarMax Beats, Accelerating Trends Support GrowthThe entire used car market has been in focus this year. The industry experienced a hiccup when the pandemic struck but quickly recovered and even began showing strength. The shift to pre-owned vehicles, driven by rising prices for new cars, was acceler... Read the Full Story |
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Finding a great dividend stock to hold in your portfolio over the long-term can be a challenge in today’s market. With many companies cutting their payouts or at risk of doing so shortly, the degree of difficulty for dividend investors has gone up thanks to the pandemic and its impact on cor... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | The U.S. Treasury still carries America's gold reserves at $42 per ounce — a price set generations ago. Buried in U.S. Code Title 31, Section 5117 is a provision allowing the Treasury to revalue those reserves to modern market prices. With gold now trading above $2,600 and record government debt putting pressure on the monetary system, attention is returning to this mechanism and what a revaluation could mean for the dollar and for private gold holders. Historically, when monetary systems shift, wealth doesn't disappear — it moves. The U.S. Gold Bureau has put together a complimentary Precious Metals IRA investor guide for Americans looking to understand how to position ahead of the next phase. | | Request Your Free Precious Metals IRA Guide from the U.S. Gold Bureau |
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Factset Research Systems (NYSE:FDS) may be one of the most under-loved U.S. mid-cap stocks—and this could be a good thing. The maker of analytical software for investment professionals has some of the best growth metrics in the information services space, although you wouldn't know it by the... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Fast food restaurant chain The Wendy’s Company (NYSE: WEN) shares sold off with the S&P 500 index (NYSEARCA: SPY) during the pandemic plunge commencing in late February 2020. Shares were able to recover back to pre-COVID highs but formed a double-top at the $23.98 price level. Shares are c... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | This feels like one of those ''where were you when Kennedy was shot'' moments. It felt like a moment in time, but that single shot started an avalanche of investigations, accusations, and conspiracy theories.
That's what you just witnessed with the death of the Ayatolla Khamenei.
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A lot of people have been following the healthcare market these days, if for no other reason than they now have a deeply personal connection to it thanks to Covid-19. But healthcare is more than one disease, as many hospitals discovered during the early days when few procedures were allowed to tak... Read the Full Story |
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After last quarter’s earnings report, you can’t fault investors for applying the “once you’re lucky, twice you’re good” mantra to Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) stock. The company was clearly a pandemic winner. Drugstores were deemed to be essential businesses during the l... Read the Full Story |
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Steelcase Cost Reductions Drive Results
At first glance, Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) might seem like a great pandemic-stock. It’s a furniture maker, after all, and the furniture industry is booming from strong home-improvement demand. Aaron’s, Inc (NYSE:AAN) recently guided its 3rd quarter h... Read the Full Story |
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In the 1950s, Charles Wilson the chief executive officer of General Motors (NYSE:GM) at the time is famously attributed with saying “As GM goes, so goes the nation.” The implication was that GM was so big and so important – dare we say essential – that the nation’s ec... Read the Full Story |
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Before 2020, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, were considered to be high-risk investments due to a lack of financial history and a variety of challenges that the companies face to comply with the SEC after they start trading. However, we have seen a lot of renewed interest in SPACs... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. provides drug discovery, non-clinical development, and safety testing services in the United States, Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Research Models and Services (RMS), Discovery and Safety Assessment (DSA), and Manufacturing Solutions (Manufacturing). The RMS segment produces and sells rodents, and purpose-bred rats and mice for use by researchers. This segment also provides a range of services to assist its clients in supporting the use of research models in research and screening pre-clinical drug candidates, including research models, genetically engineered models and services, insourcing solutions, and research animal diagnostic services. The DSA segment offers early and in vivo discovery services for the identification and validation of novel targets, chemical compounds, and antibodies through delivery of preclinical drug and therapeutic candidates ready for safety assessment; and safety assessment services, such as toxicology, pathology, safety pharmacology, bioanalysis, drug metabolism, and pharmacokinetics services. The Manufacturing segment provides in vitro methods for conventional and rapid quality control testing of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals and consumer products. This segment also offers specialized testing of biologics that are outsourced by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It also provides contract vivarium operation services to biopharmaceutical clients. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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