Good MorningEquities started August on uncertain footing, trading in a very tight range just below July's closing level. The move smacks of indecision and now wonder; with the PCE index rising to the highest level in 30 years, the outlook for the FOMC has only gotten darker. The committee indicated a slowdown in the pace of interest rate hikes just a few days earlier, and now the odds are growing for another 75 basis point hike in September.
This week, all eyes will be on earnings and the NFP report on Friday. On the earnings front, the revisions to the outlook for Q3, Q4, and next year are in near-freefall, and more bad news is expected. On the economic front, the NFP is expected to show a slowdown in the pace of hiring and another month of low-single-digit increases in wages. Featured: The AI IPO window is opening fast (Ad) 
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onsemi (NASDAQ: ON) is outperforming the semiconductor industry (NASDAQ: SOXX) by 260 percentage points in the post-pandemic world, and that is no surprise. The company’s focus on intelligent sensing and power solutions make it a valuable partner for industrial purposes and IT infrastructure... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Elon Musk bought Super Bowl ad time at $266,000 per second - something he has never done before. 125 million Americans watched, but Whitney Tilson, former manager of a $200 million hedge fund, says most investors missed what it actually means.
With 1 in 3 Super Bowl viewers using buy-now-pay-later services and 40% of Americans carrying more credit card debt than savings, Tilson believes Elon's message reveals a major economic current - and a clear signal for where smart money should be positioned. | | Watch Tilson's free presentation to see what he thinks you should do now |
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While there is fear that growth in cyber-security start-ups like Check Point Software (NASDAQ: CHKP) and Crowdstrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) is slowing, the industry is still growing at a high-double-digit rate, and opportunities are developing. Check Point, for one, offers a deep value that makes it stand... Read the Full Story |
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Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) continued to produce record levels of cash during the second quarter, on the back of higher realized per barrel price of oil. During the quarter, the company increased production by 7%, producing over 616,000 BOE per day, as it looked to take advantage of global supply-sid... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | The U.S. Treasury still carries America's gold reserves at $42 per ounce — a price set generations ago. Buried in U.S. Code Title 31, Section 5117 is a provision allowing the Treasury to revalue those reserves to modern market prices. With gold now trading above $2,600 and record government debt putting pressure on the monetary system, attention is returning to this mechanism and what a revaluation could mean for the dollar and for private gold holders. Historically, when monetary systems shift, wealth doesn't disappear — it moves. The U.S. Gold Bureau has put together a complimentary Precious Metals IRA investor guide for Americans looking to understand how to position ahead of the next phase. | | Request Your Free Precious Metals IRA Guide from the U.S. Gold Bureau |
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Blooming Brands' (NASDAQ: BLMN) value is slipping away, but not for any bad reasons. The company’s results prove that the rebound in restaurants is still strong and that pricing power is driving cash flow and that shares are moving higher. With the stock trading at only 8.4X, its earnings co... Read the Full Story |
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Green energy stocks increasingly find their way into portfolios as the green economy becomes a major theme for investors. Adding to the momentum is climate-change policy, and as a result, green companies are likely to attract record levels of capital.
3 Green-Era Stocks To Consider
NextEra Energ... Read the Full Story |
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Global jewelry retailer Signet Jewelers Limited (NASDAQ: SIG) stock is attempting to reverse its downtrend as it trades down (-34%) on the year. The world’s largest jewelry retailer has taken a hit as consumers face a recession due to inflationary pressures not seen in 40 years. Rising inter... Read the Full Story |
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Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) represents a deep value and a high yield compared to the broad market and many of its peers in the consumer realm, and the stock price looks ready to bottom. After correcting more than 30% from the 2021 high, the company appears to be on track to grow the business and c... Read the Full Story |
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Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) is not a value compared to peers and it isn’t the highest-yielding dividend stock in the consumer staples universe but neither is it the most expensive or lowest yielding. Along with that, the outlook for margin improvement is brightening and that is good news fo... Read the Full Story |
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Retail/Wholesale | | 2008 was the last time there was a significant recession in the United States. And now with two consecutive quarters of declines in GDP and inflation continuing to run hot, investors may be worried about how their portfolios will hold up if the economy were to fall into a recession. The following st... Read the Full Story |
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Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) is an American electric and automotive maker, that is based out of Irvine, California. Rivian is a part of a growing number of electric car makers that have entered the competitive automotive market in the past decade, others include Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Lucid Motors (NASDAQ... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant. The Downstream segment refines crude oil into petroleum products; markets crude oil, refined products, and lubricants; manufactures and markets renewable fuels, commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives; and transports crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car. The company was formerly known as ChevronTexaco Corporation and changed its name to Chevron Corporation in 2005. Chevron Corporation was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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