Good MorningEquities began the week on solid footing with the S&P 500 rising more than 1.85% at the high of the day. Investors are warned not to read too much into the move, however, because there are at least two major catalysts this week that could drive the market lower. The first is the release of the FOMC minutes on Wednesday, minutes that could reveal a very hawkish Federal Reserve, and the second is the PCE price index on Friday.
The PCE price index is not expected to subside substantially from the previous month and could even come in hotter than expected. A hot figure will seal the deal on a series of 50 basis point rate hikes and could even lead to a 75 basis point hike at the June meeting. The takeaway for investors is that there are many risks on the horizon and that selling in May and going away until the fall could be the best strategy for the summer. Featured: 100% overnight gains? (Ad) 
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Crowdstrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) operates in an intensely competitive cloud environment, with its main rival freemium model provider Cloudflare (NET). Despite the intense level of competition from its main rival, Crowdstrike continues to make strong gains in YoY revenue growth and most importantly, in f... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Palantir, Micron and SanDisk show how fast a stock can become the trade everyone suddenly wants. That's often when investors make their costliest mistake: arriving after the easy part of the move is gone.
A new premium eBook flags 7 stocks that may be worth knowing about before the broader crowd catches on. You don't need to buy any of them - just knowing what's quietly gaining attention can be useful. | | See the 7 stocks on the watchlist while it's still free |
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Don’t Go Bottom-Fishing For These Names Just Yet
Price weakness, particularly post-earnings release price weakness in what is otherwise a good, healthy company is often a good time to buy stock. The problem is that all too often bottom-fishing turns an investment into dead money or worse, ... Read the Full Story |
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Digital marketplace Farfetch (NASDAQ: FTCH) stock has collapsed over (-75%) off its highs down to pandemic lows while revenue tripled since its IPO. The largest global luxury fashion e-commerce platform was a hot marketplace for sneakerheads and continues to drive double-digit top-line growth. The... 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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Steakhouse operator Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH) stock has been cascading lower as sells off (-21%) on the year. The popular casual dining firm operates brands including Texas Roadhouse, Bubba’s 33, and Jaggers. Inflationary pressures have led to higher prices which helped to bolster sales... Read the Full Story |
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How do you buy dividend stocks on margin, and should you? These are great questions, especially for beginning investors. If you think you might want to buy stocks on margin, how might you decide and get started on the process? Let's go over the definition of dividend stocks, an overview of margin,... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Porter Stansberry flew the Porter and Co. team 3,300 miles to Dublin to investigate a 17-year investing experiment called Project Prophet - and documented everything on film.
Rooted in the laws of physics, this quantitative approach challenges conventional wealth-building wisdom. With 17 years of verified data behind it, Porter calls it unlike anything he has seen in nearly 30 years in the business. | | Watch the full investigation and decide for yourself |
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For a group that led the market out of the March 2020 crash, mega caps sure haven’t pulled their weight lately.
With growth-oriented technology and consumer names bearing the brunt of this year’s downturn, the impact on capitalization weighted indices has been apparent.
Take the S&a... Read the Full Story |
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From homes and cars to groceries and gas, everything is more expensive these days. Well, not everything.
Stock prices have come down considerably. Inflationary pressures and mounting fears of a recession have the market on the brink of bear market territory. The major averages are stringing toget... Read the Full Story |
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Palo Alto Networks Is A Highly Valued Stock
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) had such a good quarter the results are lifting the entire cybersecurity industry. The problem for us is the results aren’t that strong, the growth is largely priced into the market, and trading at over 65X its e... Read the Full Story |
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Equities Under Pressure, Margins Tighten, And Outlook Dims
It is no secret that equities have increased pressure due to tightening margins. While the split between companies is about 50/50 in terms of how many S&P 500 companies (NYSEARCA: SPY) could widen their margin the net result was 30 b... Read the Full Story |
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Pop culture toymaker Funko Pop (NASDAQ: FNKO) stock saw a resurgence defying the macro bear market to provide exit opportunities for investors. The toy and entertainment segment has been notably resilient in the market sell-off. The Company hit record first-quarter sales and raised its fiscal full... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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