Good MorningIt was a game-changing week for equities last week. Fed chief Jerome Powell's commentary walloped the market that inflation was not tamed, rates would continue to rise, and peak interest rates may be higher than the market is forecasting. The news caused the market to sell off more than 200 points and create the largest red candle in months. The signal is that S&P 500 stocks are unlikely to move any higher this year and that downward risk is increasing. The last several candles like this led to further declines from 5% to 10%.
This week will be another hurdle for the market. The CPI data is due out on Tuesday and is expected to be hot. Another hot read of inflation data will keep the Fed on track to raise rates at least another 100 basis points; the next hike could be 50. The Fed needs to get the market's attention; its only weapon is interest rates. Featured: This tool shows when a stock is about to explode (or collapse) (Ad) 
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Tech | | | After sweeping through battles in statehouses across the country, the war against ESG investing is heating up in Congress.
The Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making inve... Read the Full Story |
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We're witnessing the second-largest bank failure in United States history as regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ: SIVB). Nobody has any idea what the implications are. Will regulators step in and make uninsured depositors whole?
The response from regulators is up in the air. The Fede... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks are rising Monday, clawing back some of their losses from Wall Street’s worst week since early December.
The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in afternoon trading and on pace for just its second gain in the last seven days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 146 points, or 0.5%... Read the Full Story |
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Investors who want exposure to real estate, but who don’t want to deal with clogged toilets, leaky roofs, and late rental payments often turn to real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which are reliable sources of income.
The largest publicly traded REIT, by market cap, is Prologis ... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks steadied themselves Monday following Wall Street's worst week since early December.
The S&P 500 rose 12.20 points, or 0.3% to 3,982.24 for just its second gain in the last seven days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 72.17, or 0.2%, to 32,889.09, while the Nasdaq com... Read the Full Story |
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Let's face it, 2022 was an ugly year for the stock market, with the NASDAQ 100 falling (32.58%) and the S&P 500 falling (18.17%). Individual stocks performed even worse. The two bright areas of performance were in the energy and healthcare sectors. Rising interest rates sent bond yields higher... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks are opening higher, clawing back some of the losses from their worst week since early December. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% early Monday and is on pace for just its second gain in the last seven days. The Dow and the Nasdaq also rose. Stocks have struggled in February after a strong start to th... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Wall Street pointed toward gains before the opening bell Monday after last week's rout and ahead of another full slate of corporate earnings this week.
Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.5% and futures for the Dow Jones industrials moved 0.4% higher.
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Investors who are looking for a break from market volatility are understandably concerned about the collapse of SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ: SIVB) the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday, March 10. The instinct to push the panic button may be strong. But when it comes to your inv... Read the Full Story |
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Mortgage rates have risen to their highest levels in the past two decades, hovering at and above the 7% mark. The typical advice that mortgage lenders and real estate brokers give, and are doubling down on, during these challenging inflationary times is to 'Marry the house, date the rate'. However... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day International Business Machines Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated solutions and services worldwide. The company operates through Software, Consulting, Infrastructure, and Financing segments. The Software segment offers a hybrid cloud and AI platforms that allows clients to realize their digital and AI transformations across the applications, data, and environments in which they operate. The Consulting segment focuses on skills integration for strategy, experience, technology, and operations by domain and industry. The Infrastructure segment provides on-premises and cloud based server, and storage solutions, as well as life-cycle services for hybrid cloud infrastructure deployment. The Financing segment offers client and commercial financing, facilitates IBM clients' acquisition of hardware, software, and services. The company has a strategic partnership to various companies including hyperscalers, service providers, global system integrators, and software and hardware vendors that includes Adobe, Amazon Web services, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung Electronics and SAP, and others. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. International Business Machines Corporation was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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