Good MorningEquities wobbled last week and well off the recent lows but it looks like those lows will be tested again. The markets ended the week on a down note and at the low of the period after an escalation in the fighting over Ukrainian sovereignty. The key takeaway from the fighting is that Putin is bent on taking Kyiv and the Ukrainians aren't giving it up easily. What this means for the markets is for geopolitical tensions and oil prices to remain high. With Russian capacity off the market and OPEC sticking to its plans there is no top in sight for oil prices.
This week the market will be focused on the fallout from the fighting in Ukraine. While Russia is not a major economic power it is the tenth-largest nation by GDP and its exclusion from global financial systems will have far-reaching effects. In market news, traders and investors will be on high alert with the CPI due out on Friday. It is our expectation consumer-level inflation accelerated for the 11th month and will put added pressure on the FOMC. Featured: The 7 Stocks Quietly Gaining Attention Right Now (Ad) 
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Equity Markets Reverse On Spiking Volatility
Russian aggression in Ukraine remains unchecked and is driving volatility in global markets. The latest news has Putin manipulating ceasefire agreements in his efforts to push deeper into the embattled territory. The latest targets include population c... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Rumors are circulating that Elon Musk is preparing to acquire three publicly traded companies.
Dr. Mark Skousen, who met Musk in person and called the SpaceX listing months early, says he has identified all three targets in what he calls Elon's $2.1 Trillion Hit List.
See the three companies before the rumors become headlines. | | Get the details on all three companies now |
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Technology | | Cybersecurity networking firm Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) stock is one of the few companies recently hitting all-time highs this year despite the sell-off in benchmark indexes. The Company is running on all cylinders as the remote or hybrid work format underpins the demand for cyber security. ... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | | Investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) stock collapsed from its highs of $109.73 in just three weeks on fears of contagion from Russia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered swift sanctions against Russia and it’s banks including the Central Bank. The exposure to Russian banks has a... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | A drilling crew near the Grand Canyon uncovered a clean energy well producing nearly eight times the output of Saudi Arabia's largest oil field, with potential to last two million years.
While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated federal credits for solar, wind, and EVs, this energy source was reclassified alongside oil and nuclear power and given eight years of tax credits. Google signed a 15-year contract, and Bill Gates committed $100 million.
One company controls the entire supply chain behind this discovery. | | See the ticker behind this Grand Canyon energy breakthrough now |
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Technology | | Solar energy solutions provider First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) stock has been in a steady sell-off since peaking at highs of $123.13 in November 2021. While shares initially ramped up due to rising oil prices, they have decoupled as shares moved inversely. The surge in crude oil prices stemming from the... Read the Full Story |
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It is not a high flying software or biotech company, but Sprouts Farmers Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFM) is nevertheless one of the hottest stocks on the Nasdaq.
After a third straight convincing move higher on Friday, the up-and-coming grocery store operator finished the week up 15% while the Nasda... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | More than 25 candidates were screened for share price between $1 and $5, market cap above $100 million, daily volume over 500,000 shares, and over $10 million in trailing revenue.
Only five stocks cleared every filter, spanning five different sectors. Two are profitable today, and one pays a substantial dividend.
The report also flags what could go wrong with each pick, including dilution and convertible debt. | | See the five stocks that survived this strict revenue screen |
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These Hedge Fund Favorites Could Be Great Long-Term Plays
Although investors should never blindly follow the market moves of a hedge fund, there’s something intriguing about checking out the moves that “smart money” is making each quarter. This is especially true in 2022, as mar... Read the Full Story |
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Think of investing as growth stocks as adopting a pet from an animal shelter because they're great to keep forever. Growth stocks usually perform better when interest rates fall and company earnings go up. They tend to dip when the economy isn't doing super well. Does that sound familiar in this l... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | With the S&P 500 index currently down 10% from its all time high and struggling to get its mojo back, it can be a scary time for investors trying to pick new stocks. Aside from sitting on your hands and waiting for the volatility to subside, one of the better and more reliable ways to filter out... Read the Full Story |
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Commodities are raw materials either used directly such as food used indirectly to produce another product. For example, oil is a commodity that’s used in the production of many different goods and services. You can purchase physical goods, invest in stocks, purchase ETFs that track specific... Read the Full Story |
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These 3 Blue Chip Names Are Trading at Attractive Valuations
It’s not often that blue-chip stocks go on sale, but that’s exactly what has happened to a few of these iconic names in 2022 thanks to all of the market volatility. For the investors that are paying attention, these stocks c... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Zoom Video Communications, Inc. provides unified communications platform in the Americas, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers Zoom Meetings that offers HD video, voice, chat, and content sharing through mobile devices, desktops, laptops, telephones, and conference room systems; Zoom Phone, an enterprise cloud phone system; and Zoom Chat enables users to share messages, images, audio files, and content in desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile devices. It also provides Zoom Rooms, a software-based conference room system; Zoom Conference Room Connector, a gateway for SIP/H.323 endpoints to join Zoom meetings; Zoom Events, which enables users to manage and host internal and external virtual events; OnZoom, a prosumer-focused virtual event platform and marketplace for Zoom users to create, host, and monetize online events; and Zoom Webinars to provide video presentations to large audiences from many devices. In addition, the company offers Zoom Developer Platform that enables developers, platform integrators, service providers, and customers to build apps and integrations using Zoom's video-based communications solutions, as well as integrate Zoom's technology into their products and services; Zoom App Marketplace, which helps developers to publish their apps, as well as third-party integrations of Zoom; and Zoom Contact Center, an omnichannel contact center solution. It serves individuals; and education, entertainment/media, enterprise infrastructure, finance, government, healthcare, manufacturing, non-profit/not for profit and social impact, retail/consumer products, and software/Internet industries. The company was formerly known as Zoom Communications, Inc. and changed its name to Zoom Video Communications, Inc. in May 2012. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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