Good MorningThe slide continued on Wall Street Thursday with the major indices reversing early gains and posting losses for the day. The move was driven by better than expected GDP numbers early in the session but fear of rising inflation capped the gains and caused the late-day selling. As good as the GDP figures were they are rear-looking and ultimately underpin the need for aggressive FOMC rate hikes. The S&P finished the session near the lows of the day and poised to move lower should the PCE Price Index come in hot today.
Next week brings another round of earnings, the busiest of the reporting season so far, and the monthly read of the NFP data. The NFP should show another substantial increase in employment, a downtick in unemployment, and rising wages which also point to the need for a rate hike from the FOMC. The market is still expecting a single hike in March but there is risk of two or more hikes with inflation running as hot as it is. Featured: We ran 232 new listings through one filter (Ad) 
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Biotechnology firms have attracted billions in capital due to the belief that biotech can transform health care. More flexible than traditional big pharma, biotech drives past basic and applied science and creates huge rewards for investors.
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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.
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Industrials | |
This week’s Q4 earnings from General Electric (NYSE: GE) probably weren’t what the company was hoping for, let alone needed. Shares of the one-time industrial titan have been trading sideways for the past year which isn’t that bad considering the selling that went on before it. L... Read the Full Story |
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Build A Comfortable Portfolio With Ethan Allen Interiors
Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE: ETD) is one of the best-positioned stocks in an industry experiencing strong secular tailwinds. While others in the industry are hindered or struggling with supply chain issues and shipping disruptions Ethan Al... Read the Full Story |
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Have you heard about the $1.85 trillion Build Back Better Act? More than a trillion dollars in new spending across eight years will sink into the nation's roads, bridges, rail, internet, water systems and more.
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Technology | |
Consider Adding These 3 Stocks Next Month
With the stock market off to one of the worst starts to a year in recent memory, the idea of adding new positions in February might be met with some hesitancy among many investors. It will certainly be interesting to see if equities can finally bottom an... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Hedge funds are rotating out of AI hype and into the hardware layer powering it. New research identifies three profitable U.S. infrastructure companies leading this shift.
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Industrials | |
Vehicle and parts online auction platform Copart (NASDAQ: CPRT) stock is has been plunging with the benchmark indexes despite blowout earnings. The Company is capitalizing on the global chip shortage leading to supply chain disruptions in new and user vehicles. The inflation in car prices have bee... Read the Full Story |
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Tractor Supply Is Dominating In Underserved Markets
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT) need to pay attention to Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO). While the two larger competitors are focusing on the more-urbanized and higher-density population zones Tractor Supply is focused on &ldq... Read the Full Story |
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Inflation Cuts Into Whirlpool’s Outlook
Shares of Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) are moving higher in the wake of the Q4 earnings report and guidance for 2022 but we aren’t betting the house on this move. The company is still in good shape and on track to continue increasing its capital retur... Read the Full Story |
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Industrials | | After bouncing off a decent support level in November of last year, shares of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) look like they’re ready to start testing the upper levels of resistance in the coming sessions. The aerospace and defense company hit those highs this time two years ago, right before the ... Read the Full Story |
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Just as there are many moving parts to a fundamental analysis of a stock, an expansive list of technical indicators also lie at investors’ disposal to make their next winning pick.
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension. The MedTech segment includes a portfolio of products used in the interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, and vision categories. The company was founded by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson Sr. in 1887 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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