Good MorningThe equities markets started the week on relatively firm footing although Monday trading was a bit mixed. The NASDAQ Composite led the day’s gains with an advance near 1.75% with tech in the lead. Shares of Apple, undisputed tech-leader, rose more than 3.0% with Microsoft and Amazon close behind. The S&P 500 gained more than 1.0% at the high of the day, also led by tech, with the blue chips and industrials lagging. The transports, notably, set a new intraday all-time high.
This week’s trading will center heavily on economic data. The Monday release of Existing Home Sales already disappointed the market and other data could too. On the list this week are important reads on Durables Goods Orders, PMI, Personal Income, Spending, and the all-important core consumer inflation on Friday. If the data doesn’t support the idea that economic reopening is accelerating the market could be in for a shock.
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Materials | | One of the big problems with buying SPACs before they have identified a target company to bring public with a reverse merger is that you never know what type of business you are going to end up with. Some investors are willing to leave things up to chance and buy these stocks pre-merger, especially ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | A new tool called Oracle tracks insider bets hidden in the predictions market, flagging which stocks and options could be affected.
During beta testing, Oracle identified notable short-term moves including USO up 39% in four days, PLTR up 43% in a day, and WEN up 67% in two days, all through a regular brokerage account.
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Consumer Discretionary | | Auto repair and maintenance service company Driven Brands (NASDAQ: DRVN) stock has been plummeting since peaking nearly a month after its Jan. 15, 2021, initial public offering (IPO). The shares fell lower as pandemic winners tanked in the Nasdaq sell-off, but shares barely recovered during the dead... Read the Full Story |
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Healthcare | |
Small-Cap Healthcare Companies On The Brink Of Major Growth
The rush to end the COVID-19 pandemic put health care companies fully in the spotlight last year. While COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments are a big business we don’t expect it to last, at least not in its current form. With all... 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.
The report also flags what could go wrong with each pick, including dilution and convertible debt. | | See the five stocks that survived this strict revenue screen |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Domestic hydroponic retailer GrowGeneration (NASDAQ: GRWG) stock has been a volatile ride. The Company is executing a roll-up strategy that aims to be the Home Depot (NYSE: HD) of cannabis supplies serving professional growers to do-it-yourselfers. As marijuana legalization continues to gain tractio... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | RH (NYSE: RH), formerly known as Restoration Hardware, is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow after the bell. The luxury furniture retailer has seen accelerating yoy revenue growth over each of the last two quarters, but Q4 growth is expected to slow to 19.9% yoy from 24.6% yoy in Q3.... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | An 11% jump on Monday was enough to make shares of Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) among the best performing of US equities. The catalyst for the move, which sent shares of KSU to all time highs, was the news over the weekend that Canadian Pacific Railway (NYSE:CP) is set to buy them for $25 billio... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG) is trading at its best levels since October 2018. The stock has soared to a year-to-date return of 109.42% and a one-year return of 637.86%.
It closed Monday at $57.11 after slipping 6.32% in the session.
What’s going on with the big run-up? Investors are accust... Read the Full Story |
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When The Market Tide Is Rising All Ships Move Higher
It is true that when the market tide is rising, all ships move higher. What is not true is that all stocks within a group are worth your investment in such conditions. That’s why it pays to follow the money and see where it goes. Not bec... Read the Full Story |
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It’s Not The Analysts That Matter But Their Followers Who Count
The analysis and their upgrades are always a great place to find new investment ideas but not because of what any single analyst has to say. It doesn’t matter to us if analysts X is bullish on stock YZ but whether the tr... Read the Full Story |
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ESG Is A Hot Ticket, Even For Penny Stocks
ESG investing has been gaining importance over the years and making big headlines lately so we decided it was time to delve into the world of ESG penny stocks. Today’s lineup includes four company’s whose green-focused businesses are still t... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day The Cooper Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment provides spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, and myopia in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The CooperSurgical segment focuses on family and women's health care, which provides fertility products and services, medical devices, and contraception, as well as cryostorage, such as cord blood and cord tissue storage to health care professionals and patients worldwide. It offers surgical and office products, including endosee endometrial imaging products, fetal pillow cephalic elevation devices for use in cesarean sections, illuminated speculum products, lone star retractor systems, loop electrosurgical excision procedure products, mara water ablation systems, paragard contraceptive IUDs, point-of-care, and uterine positioning products, as well as cryostorage, such as cord blood and cord tissue storage; fertility products and services, such as fertility consumables and equipment, donor gamete services, and genomic services, including genetic testing. The company sells its products to distributors, group purchasing organizations, eye care and health care professionals, including independent practices, corporate retailers, hospitals and clinics, and authorized resellers. The Cooper Companies, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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