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: The suits might come after me for showing you this (Ad) 
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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 Electronics C... Read the Full Story |
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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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From Our Partners | | OpenAI - the company behind ChatGPT - has begun filing confidential paperwork for what could be the largest IPO in American history.
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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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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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From Our Partners | | The Wall Street Journal is already raising the alarm about a potential market crash, and Weiss Ratings research points to the first half of 2026 as a particularly rough stretch for certain holdings.
Some of America's most popular stocks could take serious damage as a radical market shift plays out. Analysts at Weiss Ratings have identified five names you may want to remove from your portfolio before this unfolds.
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The PCE price index cooled on a month-to-month and YOY basis, precisely what the market wanted to see. The bad news is that the index cooled less than expected at the core level YOY and remains hot at 4.7%. At this level, inflation has peaked but is still trending in a range that is more than doub... Read the Full Story |
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Cintas Corporation (NYSE: CTAS) has something every business in the S&P 500 wishes it had right now; the operating leverage to improve margins despite the ongoing impact of inflation. The company just reported double-digit increases at all levels of operations, driven by a story that has been ... Read the Full Story |
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Well, it was fun while it lasted. Traders had some holiday fun with Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) stock a few days before the Christmas holiday. On December 21, PLTR shares went up 5% on the news that Palantir was awarded a multi-million deal with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense... Read the Full Story |
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You may think of equipment makers Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) and Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) as literally moving slowly, but these heavy equipment stocks outran the S&P 500 throughout 2022 and pulled into a sprint to end the year.
Despite its name, Caterpillar hasn’t exactly been c... Read the Full Story |
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Mullen Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) stock is up nearly 4% (3.95%) in midday trading on news that the company's first I-GO™ vehicles have arrived in Europe. The I-GO™ is an urban commercial delivery vehicle purposefully designed to meet the space constraints in dense cities throughou... Read the Full Story |
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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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