Good MorningThe S&P 500 rebound on Friday to gain more than 1.25% and close the day at a new all-time high. The market shrugged off the threat of higher taxes in favor of earnings and economic data. On the earnings front, with 25% of the S&P 500 reports in the bag, the season is better than expected and coupled with rising guidance.
On the economic front, the Markit Flash PMI readings came in much hotter than expected and at a record high. The data improved on strength in both the services and manufacturing sectors and points to a robust and accelerating economic recovery in 2021. This week, earnings season continues with 181 S&P 500 companies reporting or nearly 40% of the index. If there’s going to be bad news we’ll know it by the end of the week.
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Retail/Wholesale | | Retail department store chain Macy’s (NYSE: M) stock has been consolidating in a tightening range setting up for a potential breakout. The Company was an epicenter stock that suffered drastically during the pandemic as brick-and-mortar stores faced mandated closures and consumers were under lo... Read the Full Story |
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Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report its fiscal Q2 2021 earnings tomorrow; the coffee giant’s business collapsed in fiscal Q3 2020, but sales have improved each of the last two quarters.
Sales have still declined on a yoy basis in the last two quarters, but Starbucks’ fiscal 2021... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | | It’s a good sign when a stock finds support at its 50-day moving average, something we’re seeing now with Generac Holdings (NYSE: GNRC), Deere (NYSE: DE) and Popular (NASDAQ: BPOP).
The concept of the 50-day line is very simple: It’s the average of closing prices over the last 50... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Elon Musk's next major play may not be SpaceX. A radical 'light-speed' device is transforming standard AI into what insiders are calling 'Accelerated AI' - reportedly 100 times faster and 100 times more energy efficient.
The mainstream hasn't caught on yet, but related stocks have already posted gains of 133%, 217%, and as much as 320%. Early movers say this trend is just getting started. | | Click here to learn which Accelerated AI stocks to watch now |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Iconic Playboy brand owner PLBY Group (NASDAQL PLBY) stock has been on a parabolic squeeze-like rally up nearly 400% in a matter of months riding the non-fungible token (NFT) hysteria. The Company licenses products under the Playboy brand. Most notably, the Company is pursuing opportunities in the N... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Trying to buy stocks that have been in a steady downtrend for weeks or months can be a difficult endeavor. Everyone wants to pick the exact bottom, but more often than not bottom fishing can lead to big losses. The truth is that many of these stocks are in downtrends for a reason, whether it has to ... Read the Full Story |
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Time To Start Buying Bitcoin Again
With Bitcoin down more than 25%, we’re sure there are no few Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holders wondering if this is the beginning of the end. What we want to point out is that, historically, every time Bitcoin has corrected it has always bounced back to produ... Read the Full Story |
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The market giveth and the market taketh away. After surging to a record high at the end of last week, the S&P 500 index has had a rough week but is making a game attempt to reclaim its high water mark. A popular sentiment this week is that “the easy gains are gone.” That doesn&rsqu... Read the Full Story |
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Skechers Reports A “Wow” Quarter
Skechers U.S.A (NYSE: SKX) reported what we can only call a “wow” quarter. The Q1 results are an example of everything we like about a growth stock and include sequential growth, YOY growth, record-high revenue, profitability, margin expan... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Streaming entertainment specialist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has been shaping a consolidation after pulling back from its February 16 high of $486.72.
Roku is the largest streaming company in North America, selling more smart TVs last year than rivals. Industry analysts believe that dominance will give ... Read the Full Story |
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Auto/Tires/Trucks | | Shares of Ford (NYSE: F) recently had their one-year anniversary of the current rally’s starting point. This is the first consistent march north in years and marks a new departure for the automobile stalwart, whose shares for so long looked consigned to the dust heap of history.
Alongside Fo... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day Lam Research Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company offers ALTUS systems to deposit conformal films for tungsten metallization applications; SABRE electrochemical deposition products for copper interconnect transition that offers copper damascene manufacturing; SOLA ultraviolet thermal processing products for film treatments; and VECTOR plasma-enhanced CVD ALD products. It also provides SPEED gapfill high-density plasma chemical vapor deposition products; and Striker single-wafer atomic layer deposition products for dielectric film solutions. In addition, the company offers Flex for dielectric etch applications; Kiyo for conductor etch applications; Syndion for through-silicon via etch applications; and Versys metal products for metal etch processes. Further, it provides Coronus bevel clean products to enhance die yield; Da Vinci, DV-Prime, EOS, and SP series products to address various wafer cleaning applications; and Metryx mass metrology systems for high precision in-line mass measurement in semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The company sells its products and services to semiconductors industry in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Fremont, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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