Good MorningEquity markets tread water on Thursday following a cooler-than-expected read on inflation. The October PCE price index came in at 0.2% for the month, cooler than the 0.3% expected and down from the previous month's 0.5%. The news, while good, is dubious in nature because YOY inflation is still running at a greater than 5.0% pace. At this level, the market should expect the pace of interest rate hikes to remain high if not at the 75 basis point clip it has been rising.
Friday's market will be driven by the NFP report. The NFP is expected to show a slowdown in hiring but the key data will be the wage gains. If wages continue to rise at the 5.0% pace they have set investors should expect core PCE prices to continue rising at an above 2.0% pace well into 2023 and cut deeply into S&P 500 earnings. Featured: Today's Stock of the Day (Ad) 
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From Our Partners | | Central banks spent nearly $130 billion on physical gold last year, on top of $145 billion the year before. Q1 2026 purchases rose another $3 billion, up 3% year over year.
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Although EV startups such as NIO (NYSE: NIO) and Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ: MULN) are grabbing attention, along with 800-pound gorilla Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), long-established automakers such as Ford (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM) are quickly ramping up EV production and marketing.
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Consumer Discretionary | | To say the short sellers were wrong about Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ: MULN) would be ludicrous. With the stock down 95% in the last year alone, it is obvious the short sellers were very, very right about Mullen Automotive stock.
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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.
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La-Z-Boy (NYSE: LZB) shares are reclining into a more comfortable price range following the Q2 earnings release and guidance but this is an opportunity for investors. The decline in share prices is driven by a cautious outlook for the 3rd quarter that does little to offset the value, quality or yi... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Sometimes there’s a lot to be said for just reading the tape. Back in the day, investors didn’t have access to breaking news, or even old news like we do today, but they still made money by looking at a stock’s chart and forming an educated opinion. Looking at Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL),... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | | A pause in student loan repayments and the crypto meltdown are among the problems affecting lender SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI).
But shares rallied along with the broader market Wednesday. Could it be that the bottom is in?
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China-based electric vehicle maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) powered more than 19% higher Wednesday. Shares were trading at $12.51 with an hour left in the session.
NIO, along with other Chinese EV manufacturers, rose in tandem with XPeng (NYSE: XPEV), which reported a third-quarter loss of $0.36, meeting... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Updated: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed Wednesday, Nov 30, that smaller interest rate increases are likely ahead even as he sees progress in the fight against inflation as largely inadequate.We are approaching that time of year when the stock market gets into a holiday mood trigger... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Cosmos Holdings (NASDAQ: COSM) stock are up 618% in November. This penny stock has gone from trading for actual pennies per share to 68 cents per share at the time of this writing. The company has had some favorable news to report. But this has all the earmarks of a short squeeze.
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Results from Crowdstrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) have brought dark clouds to the cloud-stock universe. While both companies had good CQ3 periods the outlook for the rest of the year is gloomy indeed. The news has both stocks down double digits but this may be an opportunity. Analy... Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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