Good MorningStocks pulled back on Wednesday despite a much better than expected ADP report. The ADP report says more than 800,000 new jobs were created in December which is more than double the consensus estimate. The news is great for the economy as it means much-needed positions are getting filled and log-jams in the supply chain will begin to ease but it also means hiring. Wages are on the rise as well and expected to accelerate in this month’s NFP report. The buzz on Wall Street is that wage inflation will run in the mid-teens this year.
The reason for the pullback was the FOMC minutes which revealed a much-more hawkish Fed than the market was looking for. The FOMC minutes indicate the committee could hike rates for the first time by March and begin trimming the balance sheet soon after. The yield on the ten-year treasury advanced to an 8-month high on the news while the NASDAQ Composite shed more than 2.75% at the low of the day.
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When you consider all your options, you may wonder what stock sectors you should jump on in this "new day and age." After all, with elevated inflation, turtlelike economic growth, and interest rate hikes, what should we look forward to?
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After a strong 2020, China’s stock market had a rough go of it last year. Beijing’s regulatory action and tight monetary policy led to a 29% decline in the MSCI China index. Most U.S. listed Chinese companies didn’t fare well either.
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Tech | | | Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting raised expectations that the central bank will move faster to raise interest rates to fight inflation Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | Stocks edged lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as technology companies slipped and weighed down major indexes again.
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Politics | | | The former chief financial officer for the New Mexico Spaceport Authority filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that he was forced to resign after raising concerns about financial malfeasance that he said cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
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Markets | | | A preliminary voting report in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy indicates the group’s reorganization plan has failed to win the desired support from tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city stormed the presidential residence and the mayor's office on Wednesday and set both buildings on fire, according to new reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in fuel prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply.
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Markets | | | Small-cap Richardson Electronics (NASDAQ: RELL) caught our attention last earnings cycle when it reported earnings. Strengthening trends across all end markets were driving results and indicated strength would continue in the current quarter. Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Domestic casino operator Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) shares have fallen by (-60%) off the 2021 highs into year’s end despite being one of the few profitable publicly traded casinos. The Company has virtually no exposure to Macau which is undergoing intense China scrutiny with pot... Read the Full Story |
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