Good MorningEquity markets rallied on Friday but don't read too much into that news. The market rallied, but it failed to reclaim the 4,000 level after confirming resistance earlier in the week. This move is consistent with consolidation within a downtrend and is not unexpected with Q4 earnings season about to crash upon the market. The news so far is that Q4 was better than expected, but the outlook for the 1st half of 2023 is still in decline.
Next week will be a key week for the S&P 500, with economic data and earnings as possible catalysts. On the earnings front, reports from at least 2 dozen S&P 500 companies are on tap, while the economic calendar includes the 1st look at Q4 GDP, the Index of Leading Indicators and the PCE Price Index. Of the 3, the PCE Price Index is the most important, but the takeaway for the week will be what the outlook for 1st half earnings looks like relative to today. Featured: Ready for your turning point moment? (Ad) 
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Stocks | | | Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Germany's DAX edged 0.1% higher, to 15,058.49 while the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1% to 7,002.30. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.2% to 7,786.30. The future for the S&P ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Bitcoin is breaking out — and one state just created a Strategic Crypto Reserve.
James Altucher says this marks the beginning of “Trump’s Great Gain,” a new crypto bull phase driven by emerging federal policies. He believes certain altcoins could turn $900 into $108,000 — and reveals everything in a new presentation. | | See Altucher’s Great Gain gameplan here |
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Stocks | | | Shares were higher Monday in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index added 1.3% to 26,906.04, shrugging off comments by Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki that Japan is facing an “unprecedentedly severe" financial situation after sp... Read the Full Story |
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You've seen the headlines about the artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT being able to write term papers and articles in a matter of minutes. 2023 looks to be shaping up as the year of AI, thanks to the mainstream frenzy over platforms like ChatGPT.
After initially investing $1 billion, ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Former CIA advisor Jim Rickards believes President Trump has just unlocked what the Bible foretold — a $150 trillion “birthright” tied to America’s untouched wealth.
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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) was one of the many chipmaker stocks that struggled through 2022. Not only did this stock drop as much as 70%, but its revenue has also been contracting for the past two quarters. Considering the major headwinds it’s faced, such as US-China tensions and supp... Read the Full Story |
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Solar panel maker Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) stock has shot up +38% in 2023 but is still in a weekly rectangle trading range since July 2021. Solar companies are all the rage as they've seen dramatic spikes in 2023 despite negative news like the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC... Read the Full Story |
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Robotic process automation (RPA) leader UiPath inc. (NASDAQ: PATH) stock has been rising with other artificial intelligence (AI) providers thanks to ChapGPT. The media coverage over the hype surrounding the AI platform ChatGPT has brought AI to the forefront again.
Unlike the frustrating chatbots... Read the Full Story |
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Pharmacy, insurance, and healthcare services provider CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) shares are trading near 52-week lows despite the recent rally in the benchmark indices. The Company has evolved from a drug store chain into an integrated healthcare company offering healthcare provider and pa... Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.
The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Br... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni arrived Sunday in Algeria for a low-key two-day visit as the two nations look to build up a strategic partnership and Italy works to further wean itself off Russian energy with help from the gas-rich North African country.
Algeria's state television anno... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | France and Germany committed Sunday to giving Ukraine “unwavering support” and to strengthening the European Union as they sought to overcome differences over defense, energy and economic issues on the 60th anniversary of their post-World War II friendship treaty.
The German governmen... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments; credit and interest rate products; and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including equity, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities; and provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, and private banking services, as well as invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for purchase of goods or services. This segment also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions for corporate and institutional clients. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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