Good MorningEquities rebounded on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin withdrew some of his troops from the Ukrainian border. The news was met with relief tensions seemed to be subsiding but the risk remains high in the region. It is doubtful Putin has given up on his hopes for taking Ukraine, we shall see.
The move in equities also comes despite some much hotter than expected inflation data. The Producer Price Index rose 1.0% in January, twice the expectation, with YOY gains approaching 10.0%. The news adds to the expectation of aggressive FOMC interest rate action but was shrugged off by the market. While the inflation data points at aggressive Fed action it also points to a hot economy and one not likely slowed by a few 25 basis points rate hikes. The risk for the economy now is that rising rates are going to add to inflationary pressures. Featured: Forget Nvidia, This “Ghost Town” Company Holds the Key to the AI Boom (Ad) 
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Politics | | | Oil refineries and other greenhouse gas-emitting companies that participate in one of California's core climate change-fighting programs have accumulated so many credits allowing them to pollute that it could jeopardize the state meeting its emissions goals Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Technology companies led a rebound for stocks on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed signs that tensions might ease over the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border.
The S&P 500 rose 1.6%. The gain snapped a three-day losing streak and nearly made up for all of its los... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Billions of dollars are already being committed to build the metaverse which makes Matterport a solid long-term speculative stock. But the future is not here yet, so investors should be realistic about the short-term growth of MTTR stock. Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday that an administrative law judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging the company's partnership with e-cigarette maker Juul Labs amounted to an anticompetitive agreement that hurt consumers.
The preliminary decision by the agency judge is subject ... Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012 Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Airbnb reported a $55 million profit for the fourth quarter, reversing a huge loss a year earlier, as its revenue soared above pre-pandemic levels.
The San Francisco-based short-term-stay company said bookings surged in small and towns and rural areas, and improved even in urban areas... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Roblox (NYSE: RBLX) came on to the scene with a fanfare of expectations that are still in the picture but more elusive than the market first priced in. Those expectations, and the subsequent dose of reality, sent shares first to the moon and then to the bargain basement where they are now. Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Domestic casino operator Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) stock made a spectacular rise from pandemic lows of $3.75 in March 2020 soaring to a high of $142 a year later only to collapsed to a low of $37.76 in January 2022. Read the Full Story |
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In the early 2000s, Virgin Galactic began the journey to open up space to paying customers. Finally, in July 2021, Branson and three crew members traveled to Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic’s human spaceflight headquarters in southern New Mexico on the VSS Unity.
In the same month,... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Those who’ve been reading Marketbeat.com for a while will know that we are fond of the U.S. furniture industry including Haverty Furniture Company (NYSE: HVT). Suffice it to say that these are, generally speaking, healthy companies, and industry fundamentals had them ahead of the game in terms of the supply chain log-jam, and business is supported by secular tailwinds. Read the Full Story |
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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