Good MorningEquity markets are hoping for a Santa Claus Rally and may not get one. The Holiday was as cheery as ever but fraught with icy weather, travel delays, canceled airline flights and what looks to be a tepid spending season. The first look at post-holiday shopping has stores mostly empty as consumers cut back on spending in the face of rising inflation.
There will not be many catalysts for the market this week so investors should be prepared for the possibility of volatility and big moves depending on what news comes out. The next major hurdles won't come until the first week of the New Year when the next round of labor data is due. Also on tap for next week is the start of the Q4 earnings reporting season although it will still be another week before the season's peak gets underway. Featured: See the Daily 10AM setup for 4PM payouts (Ad) 
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Penny stocks are attractive to many investors because they are cheap. However, many of these stocks are new and/or volatile, so while they may be a quick and easy addition to any portfolio, picking ones with a lot of long-term potential is important. And regarding the healthcare sector, here are a... Read the Full Story |
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It’s not the warmest or most cuddly holiday-season image, but steel stocks, including Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) and Steel Dynamics Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD), are bringing some cheer to investors.
As a group, steelmakers have been rising quickly, led by those two S&P 500 components, along ... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks are edging higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday and headed for weekly losses following a batch of mixed news on the economy.
The S&P 500 shook off an early loss and inched up 0.4% as of 3:27 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 114 points, or 0... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks closed higher on Wall Street following a batch of mixed news on the economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Friday. The benchmark index still wound up with its third weekly loss in a row. A key measure of inflation continued to slow, but it’s still far higher than anyone wants to see. Also, growth... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Europe, some Asian cities and the U.S. closed.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.7% to 26,405.87 and the Kospi in Seoul added 0.2% to 2,317.14. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.7% to 3,065.56 and the... Read the Full Story |
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Memory and storage chip giant Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: M.U.) has fallen (-46%) in 2022. This is because dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip demand has been weak. Nevertheless, it is the third largest player in the DRAM market, with a 23.5% global market share behind Samsung Electron... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system. The strategy is not only threatening a democracy once seen as a model for the Arab world, experts say it is also sending the economy toward a tailspin.
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Markets | | | As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she’ll feed her family over the holidays.
Scarcity and economic turmoil are nothing new to Cuba, but Fajardo is among many Cubans to note that this... Read the Full Story |
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Low-cost airline carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is the first U.S. airline to reinstate its dividend and at its pre-pandemic levels of $0.18. Shares are still trading down (-18%) on the year as the whole travel and leisure sector got hit with a wave of heavy year-end selling. Southwest ... Read the Full Story |
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The heatmap determines liquidity is in the market and how liquidity providers behave. In other words, it helps traders determine where the actual orders in the market are being made.
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day PDD Holdings Inc., a multinational commerce group, owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. It operates Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform that offers products in various categories, including agricultural produce, apparel, shoes, bags, mother and childcare products, food and beverage, electronic appliances, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care, sports and fitness items and auto accessories; and Temu, an online marketplace. It focuses on bringing businesses and people into the digital economy. The company was formerly known as Pinduoduo Inc. and changed its name to PDD Holdings Inc. in February 2023. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Dublin, Ireland. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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