Good MorningEquity markets fell to new lows last week despite the Fed's assurances a 75 basis point interest rate hike was not on the table. The S&P 500 fell to the lowest levels in months and could move lower in the coming week is the CPI data comes in hot again. There is an expectation for consumer-level inflation to cool in April for no other reason than tough comps to the prior year, the risk is that inflation rose at a hotter rate than the market is pricing in and will up the stakes in terms of the FOMC.
The FOMC has been incrementally increasing its outlook for inflation and rate hikes over the past two quarters, we will not be surprised to see it happen again following the CPI release. In other news, the non-farm payroll report came in as expected and points to ongoing health in the labor market. The bad news is a decline in the participation rate suggests unemployed workers have quit looking for jobs and wages continue to put upward pressure on inflation. Featured: Watch This Robotics Demo Before July 23rd (Ad) 
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Markets | | | In the wake of its first quarter earnings report, ChemoCentryx ran as much as 25% on Friday as the broader market fell. The move could mark an important inflection point for a stock that had been in a sharp downturn since October. Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Stocks are falling on Friday as Wall Street weighs how to interpret a strong U.S. jobs report amid worries the Federal Reserve may cause a recession in its drive to halt inflation.
The S&P 500 was 1.3% lower in afternoon trading after data showed U.S. employers continue to hire r... Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday authorized the shipment of another $150 million in military assistance for Ukraine for artillery rounds and radar systems in its fight against Russia’s invading forces.
Biden said the latest spending means his administration has “nearly exhau... Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | The forced sale of Chelsea is ending after attracting the highest price for a sports team of 2.5 billion pounds ($3.1 billion) from a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly.
There are still potential stumbling blocks to the sale of Roman Abramovich’s asset, f... Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | President Joe Biden pledged Friday that 3D printing technology would help return factory jobs to the U.S. and reduce inflationary pressures as he traveled to an industrial Midwestern state with a Senate seat in play to make his case for the future of manufacturing.
Inflation at a 40-y... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Shares of toy products and content creator Mattel, Inc. (NYSE: MAT) stock is a rare performer as shares are up 20% year-to-date reaching 52-week highs as benchmark indices plunge in the opposite direction. Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Chelsea will be sold to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the English Premier League club over the war in Ukraine.
T... Read the Full Story |
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Industrial technology manufacturer Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS) stock has staged a sharp reversal on a stellar fiscal Q1 2022 earnings. The maker of fuses and electronics protection products accommodates transportation and logistics, electronics, and industrial sectors. The Company achieved double-di... Read the Full Story |
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Hospital and healthcare facilities operator HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) stock has been performing relatively strong compared to the benchmark indices during this bearish market sell-off. The nation’s largest hospital operator felt inflationary pressures as labor costs cut into margins more th... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Consumer footwear and athleisure brand Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE: SKX) stock has fallen (-16%) for 2022 faring slightly better than the benchmark indices. The third-largest footwear maker hit all-time high quarterly revenues in its fiscal Q1 2022 results. It has grown its direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales ... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day HubSpot, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's CRM platform includes Marketing Hub, a toolset for marketing automation and email, social media, SEO, and reporting and analytics; Sales Hub offers email templates and tracking, conversations and live chat, meeting and call scheduling, lead and website visit alerts, lead scoring, sales automation, pipeline management, quoting, forecasting, and reporting; Service Hub, a service software designed to help businesses manage, respond, and connect with customers; and Content Management Systems Hub enables businesses to create new and edit existing web content. It offers Operations Hub, which is designed to unify customer data, automate business processes, data cleanup, and provide customer insights and connections; and Commerce Hub, a B2B commerce suite. In addition, the company provides professional services to educate and train customers on how to utilize its CRM platform; and customer success, as well as phone and/or email and chat-based support services. It serves mid-market business-to-business companies. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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