Good MorningEquity markets ended a mixed week on a down note Friday, falling more than 1.0% at the day's low. The S&P 500 enters this week on an uncertain footing with an FOMC meeting on tap. The market is pricing in a 25 basis point interest rate hike, which is likely, but it is also pricing in a lower peak than last week. This is a risk, given the state of inflation and the most recent FOMC commentary. Given the Fed's stance, the new policy statement is more likely to support the idea of higher rates for longer.
Ultimately, the outlook for earnings will keep the market moving in one direction or another. As it is, the consensus figures for the year continue to decline and weigh heavily on the S&P 500. Some stocks are set up to rebound during the spring, but more will remain range bound or fall to new lows. Featured: BofA Reveals New $1.4 Trillion Opportunity (Ad) 
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Markets | | | Video games have been around for decades, but esports is a relatively new outcropping of the industry. Unlike recreational gamers who buy consoles or play online with (or against) friends, esports has professional gamers competing in large-scale tournaments for cash prizes. Not only do the participa... Read the Full Story |
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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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Warren Buffett has explained market cycles and overall sentiment views toward stocks by expressing that interest rates act as a gravitational pull affecting equities. In this sense, when interest rates increase, gravity affects stocks, thus pulling them down or making it much harder to continue an... Read the Full Story |
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The Silicon Valley Bank disaster has spread contagion fears throughout the regional banking industry. Regional bank Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) stock has been pummeled with the rest of the regional banks. Shares are trading down (23.5%) for 2023. The banks are facing a “throw the baby... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But European bank stocks and the wider market gained as investors watch whether moves to shore up banks will stem further upheaval in the global finan... 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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Markets | | | While Wall Street works to contain the biggest American bank failure since the 2008 financial meltdown, founders of startups who are people of color worry it could become even harder to secure financial support Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Two large banks that cater to the tech industry have collapsed after a bank run, government agencies are taking emergency measures to backstop the financial system, and President Joe Biden is reassuring Americans that the money they have in banks is safe Read the Full Story |
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Shares of PagerDuty Inc. (NYSE: PD), which makes monitoring software, are approaching a cup-with-handle buy point above $33.77.
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This company has several traits of stocks that rise... Read the Full Story |
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The apparel sector has experienced a push on all fronts for most of 2022 and the current year, as indicated by the expanding apparel readings in the United States ISM manufacturing PMI index. The survey results of the index suggest an accelerated expansion in apparel employment, production, prices... Read the Full Story |
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