Good MorningAll the major indexes closed at, or near, all-time highs on Monday. For now, the expectation for strong earnings in the tech sector outweigh concerns about the Delta variant. Cases of Covid-19 continue to rise throughout the United States. However, market analysts believe that only a return to restrictive lockdown policies will be enough to spook the markets.
Of greater short-term concern to investors is what the Federal Reserve will say when it conducts its open market committee meeting this week. Specifically, the markets will look for any indication that the Fed will tighten its accommodative money policy sooner than the committee has previously stated.
Meanwhile, investors heard from Tesla after the market closed on Monday. The timing of Tesla’s report is particularly interesting as shares of Lucid Motors jumped 8 percent on its first day as a publicly-traded company. Lucid is seen by many analysts as a competitor to Tesla in the premium electric vehicle market.
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Consumer Discretionary | | Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Q2 earnings were released after the bell rang to end yesterday’s session, and gave Main Street and Wall Street alike a much-awaited look under the hood. Compared to their dizzying performance in 2020, shares of the electric car maker have been sluggish at best in t... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | While many investors haven’t had a big appetite for restaurant stocks since the pandemic began, there are still some standout companies that could become staples in your portfolio. As people continue feeling more comfortable about dining out again thanks to vaccines, we could see some very str... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Cloud content management and storage platform Box (NYSE: BOX) stock has been a turnaround story during the pandemic and is becoming a recovery play. The Company is back on track with growth as the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way workforces operate. The migration to cloud-based applications and... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Moderna's stock doubled in a single day after its cancer vaccine hit key Phase 3 goals, and Merck jumped too. But according to a former Steve Cohen fund manager, the next big opportunity is not Moderna or Merck.
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I can't believe my husband and I have started attending 40th birthday parties! How the heck did that happen? (We're not quite there yet ourselves, but it's getting closer… Eek!)
When you celebrate your 40th birthday, you probably don't feel like you're closer to retirement than your high s... Read the Full Story |
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Weak Guidance Weighs On RPM International
RPM International (NYSE: RPM) has had a great year supported by both pandemic trends and its own MAP to Growth strategy. The company says it has completed the MAP to Growth and exceeded its original target of $290 million IN annualized savings by $30 mil... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Staples | | Plant-based meats producer Beyond Meat (NASDAQ: BYND) stock is flat on the year compared to the S&P 500 (ASX: SPY) index year-to-date performance up +17.7% for 2021. The Company that introduced financial markets to the plant-based food revolution has become mainstream as its natural products rea... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | The S&P 500 (ASX: SPY) has been making new highs it seems almost every week with a performance of over 16% year-to-date (YTD) in 2021. The question on investor’s minds is how long this strong uptrend can go and where it will go. Despite the fears of inflation, interest rate hikes, overvalu... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | | American Express (NYSE: AXP) Amex was among stocks helping to propel the Dow higher Friday, following a better-than-expected earnings report.
American Express, which comprises 3.23% of the price-weighted index, provides a good illustration of the rebound in business and consumer spending after pan... Read the Full Story |
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Should you blindly sign up for your company's 401(k) plan? No way! Not without some serious consideration, anyway.
It's easy to assume that your employer has your best interests at heart and will "take care of you." However, that's not always the case.
Let's take a look at three signs you'll ne... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Entertainment and toy products maker JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) stock is awakening and recovering as it surges through pre-COVID price levels. The licensor of popular brands like Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Brothers, Apex Legends, Disney (NYSE: DIS) Frozen, Mulan, Princess, and Raya IPs is exp... Read the Full Story |
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The Early Bird Stock Of The Day CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, urbanization solutions, and other construction materials and services worldwide. The company offers gray ordinary portland, white portland, oil-well, and blended cement products; mortar; and standard ready-mix, architectural and decorative, rapid-setting, fiber-reinforced, fluid-fill, roller-compacted, self-consolidating, pervious, and antibacterial, and other concrete products. It also provides crushed stone, sand, gravel, and recycled concrete products; performance materials, such as admixtures, mortars, special mortars, and asphalt; and waste management services comprising municipal and industrial, construction, demolition and excavation, and alternative raw materials. In addition, the company construction related services, including logistics and transportation, retail, pavement services, design and engineering, and others; and industrial construction products consist of precast components, 2D panels, 3D modules, and complete structures. CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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