Good MorningBearish momentum is building on Wall Street. Wednesday's market rebound was nothing more than a blip on the radar, possibly driven by short-covering, as traders and investors continue to move to cash. The move comes just a day before the fresh read of the PCE price index and put the S&P 500 at a new 22-month low. Assuming the PCE index comes out as expected, the sell-off could easily gain momentum and take the market down to the 3,500 level or lower.
The PCE index is expected to come in at 0.5% MoM and 4.7% YOY, which are both an acceleration from the previous month and a new high for the YOY comparison. The takeaway is the market is expecting the worst, and the data could be hotter than predicted. Regardless, the data is in support of the Hawkish FOMC, so investors should be prepared for at least another 50 basis points of interest rate hikes at the next meeting if not another 75. Featured: Elon’s big $266,000 per second purchase (Ad) 
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The used car dealership CarMax (NYSE:KMX) disappointed investors with a lemon of an earnings report. The company showed softer revenue than expected. But the headline number was the company’s profit decline. The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of 79 cents, nearly 50% below the aver... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | With the market continuing to hit the skids, despite Wednesday’s bounce higher, dividend-paying stocks like Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) may look more and more attractive.
But can it bubble to the top of investors’ watch lists, especially when compared to bigger rivals Coca-Cola (NYS... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
Labor market stocks like Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX), Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP), and even Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) have been sustaining growth and outperforming expectations in the face of sketchy economic conditions, and that trend is not ending. The latest reports from Cintas and Paychex s... Read the Full Story |
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Lightning has struck so many times for Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) it’s hard to count how many but it has happened once again. The company is still riding a wave of demand sparked by the pandemic and outperforming in all metrics. The only bad news is the evidence of peak RV sales is overwhel... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Staples | | Investors learned from Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) that consumers are shifting purchases away from discretionary items and toward groceries. One company benefiting from continued spending on food is JM Smucker (NYSE: SJM), famous for making jams and jellies, but also the parent compa... Read the Full Story |
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Medical | | Health insurance and wellness provider Humana (NYSE: HUM) stock has been outperforming the benchmark indexes trading up 4.6% for the year versus (-31%) for the Nasdaq (NYSEARCA: QQQ) and (-16%) for S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY). Healthcare is considered a recession proof business that continues to ris... Read the Full Story |
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Business Services | | Cintas (NASDAQ: CTAS) is down just over 1% the day after it reported strong earnings. On the top line, the company posted revenue of $2.17 billion which was up from the $2.08 billion forecast by analysts. The bottom line number was equally strong. Earnings per share (EPS) came in at $3.39 which was ... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Investors everywhere are worried about the future of their portfolios, and for a good reason - there’s a lot of talk about a looming recession. The Fed has hiked interest rates several times this year in a bid to bring down inflation, but the rate increases look set to continue as inflation nu... Read the Full Story |
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Business Services | | Investors love to learn about companies like Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ: CCRN) with a long history of profitability, and revenue growth, and one that’s bucking the market’s downtrend.
The Boca Raton, Florida company provides staffing and outsourcing services for health profession... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | “This was a solid second quarter for BlackBerry, where we delivered both revenue in line with, and EPS ahead of, expectations,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO, BlackBerry. “Our IoT business continues to gain market share, and design-phase revenue remained at near-reco... Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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