Good MorningEquity markets went wild last week as stronger-than-expected data and a surge in the 10-year treasury yield drove market sentiment. Both data points suggest the Fed will keep interest rates high for a long time, making the New Normal normal. That means the rates on many consumer products are increasing to match the expectation that the FOMC will not be lowering interest rates any time soon.
This week could bring another round of increased volatility for the S&P 500. Not only is there inflation data coming out, but the peak of earnings season begins on Friday. PPI, CPI, and import prices are due on the inflation front. The CPI should be expected to accelerate compared to the previous month, given the sustained increase in oil prices since summer. The risk now is that the data will lead the FOMC to increase interest rates again and break the economy for real.
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Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock is within striking distance of clearing a cup-with-handle base, but with company news mixed, is there likely to be a catalyst for a breakout soon?
If investors seem undecided about Tesla at the moment, the same is true for Chinese EV maker BYD Co. Ltd. (OTCMKTS: BY... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Jeff Brown, founder and CEO of Brownstone Research, says he has uncovered what he calls one of the biggest discoveries of his career tied to the ongoing AI boom.
Brown is pointing to a key date, October 20, and is highlighting five AI-related opportunities outside the traditional stock market that most investors have never heard of. | | Click here to see the full research before October 20 |
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Regarding small-caps and low-float stocks, the market works in cycles. Traders often experience lull periods of hard-to-come-by movers with impressive volume and range. On the other hand, there are periods in the cycle where traders might think that everything will surge 100 to 500% higher. We&rsq... Read the Full Story |
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What is a value stock? What makes it a value stock? What is value? These questions date back before the initial 'Where do we come from?'. Today, you will get a sense of what constitutes investing in valuable, high-quality assets, taking a chunk of brains from Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and o... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Jeff Brown, the analyst who flagged Bitcoin, Tesla, and Nvidia early, is tracking Elon Musk's next move. He points to a new AI project tied to Musk's Cybercab reveal.
Brown says Musk has opened major investment windows before, with PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX marking milestones in tech history. He believes a fourth may open by October 30. | | See Jeff Brown's full analysis on Musk's new AI project |
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Levi Strauss's (NYSE: LEVI) price action is down more than 50% from the 2021 highs through no fault. The boom in pricing and subsequent correction resulted from the pandemic bubble, a bubble that had little impact on the underlying business. The takeaway from the Q3 release is that this business i... Read the Full Story |
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When markets find a moat in a business, the secret will likely be well-kept to avoid a price rally before all the big guys can get in on the action. While not necessarily a blockbuster name today, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is one of those resilient moat businesses.
Starbucks is considered a social... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | MindWalk Holdings (NASDAQ: HYFT) is applying AI to drug discovery, and its customer base already includes 19 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies.
The company's HYFT technology maps roughly 660 million biological patterns and 25 billion relationships. Q1 fiscal 2027 revenue hit $3.8 million, with gross margin improving to 59 percent in its fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
A new OpenFold3 deployment delivered about 5x faster antibody-antigen inference, and a $30 million revolving credit line, free of warrants or equity conversion, adds fuel for expansion. | | Take a closer look at HYFT before AI reshapes drug discovery. |
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Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) reported its best quarter ever for electric vehicle sales, but shares are still weighted down by the ongoing strike by United Auto Workers against the company.
Ford stock is down 20.34% in the past three months, but is retaining a year-to-date gain of 12.55%. A glimpse at... Read the Full Story |
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Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) shares moved up 0.67% in trading volume slightly higher than average after the company said it would begin reporting its programmable chip unit as a standalone business on January 1. That move is a prelude to spinning off the unit in an IPO, which Intel expects to do som... Read the Full Story |
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The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLV) is down 2.40% in the past three months, and down 4.67% year-to-date.
With the current sector-wide downturn, it’s not surprising that several large healthcare stocks are currently undervalued, relative to their intrinsic value, based o... Read the Full Story |
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If there's one thing that will continue to compound and swell for as long as there are cities, communities and towns, it’s garbage. Trash, waste, junk, litter, rubbish, muck, and refuse colorfully describe garbage. The garbage collection and recycling industry is fragmented, split between lo... Read the Full Story |
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) needs no introduction. After all, it's the second largest company in the world, only behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), boasting a staggering market capitalization of $2.36 trillion.
It might not come as a surprise that even though the shares of Microsoft are already up an imp... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day XPLR Infrastructure LP engages in the acquisition, management, and ownership of contracted clean energy projects with long-term cash flows. It owns interests in wind and solar projects in North America and natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas. The company was founded on March 6, 2014 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, FL. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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