Good Morning Equity markets were mostly muted on Monday but managed to scramble their way higher. The S&P 500 began the week with a gain of less than 0.25% but still set a new all-time high. Monday action was led by the tech sector, the NASDAQ Composite gained roughly 1% at the height of the session with some names making with larger moves. The FAANG stocks were in the spotlight with most gaining at least 0.9%, The day's leader was Facebook which advanced more than 4% on needed good news.
Market activity this week will focus heavily on the economic data. This week is the turn of the month which means we'll get the June reading of the non-farm payrolls report. The analysts are expecting job creation to pick up from the previous month but to remain well below the 1 million mark expected by many Wall Street participants. The biggest risk for the market now may be in the pace of job creation. Weak job gains could spell doom for the market.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 12.01% year-to-date, lagging the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, but Dow components such as American Express (NYSE: AXP), Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) are outperforming the index.
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From Our Partners | | BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Fidelity are reportedly accumulating a scarce blockchain asset - one that gets burned with every transaction on what analysts are calling America's new financial grid.
The Nasdaq has received SEC approval to move stocks onto blockchain rails, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink dedicated his entire 2026 annual letter to this infrastructure shift. Blockchain analyst Andy Howard is calling this asset 'Digital Oil' - and says institutional buyers are already positioned. | | Get the name, the ticker, and exactly how to buy it |
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More than a year into the pandemic, the reopening theme has been one of the most popular ways to play the economic recovery. Many companies battered by closures and restrictions have seen their stocks roar back to pre-COVID levels. The climb back for others has been slower.
Restaurants, theme par... Read the Full Story |
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Utilities | | Renewable natural gas (RNG) solutions provider Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE) stock has been riding the global decarbonization and clean energy tailwinds to lead the nation into the green era. With a name like Clean Energy Fuels, it’s easy to assume the objectives of the Company. The Compan... Read the Full Story |
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When you have a substantial portfolio, you might find yourself unable to keep from checking it regularly. After all, it's really exciting to watch it grow and grow. And even if you don't have much of a portfolio put together yet, you may still feel the pull toward checking your investments.
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e-Commerce Is Big Business For These Companies
Just because eCommerce has fallen out of the media spotlight don't think it's not a driving force of the global economy. If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic proved without a doubt that we need not only the Internet but e-Commerce. Today we're look... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | With OpenAI and Anthropic moving closer to the IPO spotlight, AI excitement could spill into several public-market sectors this summer - and most investors may chase the obvious names too late.
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Blowout Results Support CarMax Guidance
CarMax (NYSE: KMX) is the leader in used car sales in the United States. It is by far the single largest dealer of pre-owned vehicles and plans to capture 5% of the used car market within the next couple of years. The company's strategy is to build out an o... Read the Full Story |
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Paychex Is Levered For Success
Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) has been on our radar as a reopening play since the middle of last year. The entire labor market experienced a contraction that for labor market companies wasn’t nearly half as bad as it could have been. While the level of business per c... Read the Full Story |
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By itself, a stock purchase placed by a corporate insider can be a telling indication of the company's growth prospects. It can show that an executive in the know feels the shares are undervalued by the market.
When combined with a similarly bullish signal from a group of sell-side analysts, an i... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Videogame maker and interactive entertainment content producer Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) stock is trading at the low end of a 10-point consolidation range. The pandemic was a powerful tailwind as stay-at-home mandates caused a surge in gaming. Investors are nervous about the reversion effec... Read the Full Story |
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Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are two mega-cap S&P 500 stocks that have been increasing dividends over the past several years.
Although price appreciation gets the most attention from investors and the financial media, you shouldn’t overlook dividends as an important sourc... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day The Descartes Systems Group Inc. provides cloud-based logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Its Logistics Technology platform offers a range of modular, interoperable web and wireless logistics management solutions. The company provides a suite of solutions that include routing, mobile, and telematics; transportation management; ecommerce, shipping, and fulfillment; customs and regulatory compliance; global trade intelligence; broker and forwarder enterprise systems; and B2B messaging and connectivity services. It also offers its customers to use its modular, software-as-a-service, and data solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate, and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access and analyze global trade data; research and perform trade tariff and duty calculations; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and various other logistics processes. In addition, the company provides consulting, implementation, and training services, as well as maintenance and support services. It serves transportation providers, such as air, ocean, and truck modes; logistics service providers, including third-party logistics providers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers; and distribution-intensive companies, such as manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and mobile business service providers through subscription, transactional or perpetual license basis. The Descartes Systems Group Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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