Good MorningEquity markets rose last week, but bank earnings capped the gains. The banks reported better than expected top and bottom line results due to the rise of interest rates. The news is good for them because they make money when rates are high or low; the bad news is that the rest of the economy is paying more for credit and loans, which impacts demand.
The inflation data helped to lift markets last week, but that lift may be short-lived. Oil prices are rising and will underpin another acceleration of inflation if not capped soon. Based on the IEA's demand outlook and OPEC+ production cuts, oil prices will likely move higher in 2023. Featured: Gold to $4,900—Here’s the Real Play (Ad) 
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The topic of weight loss drugs has been making recent headlines. The positive phase 1 clinical trial for Viking Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) GLP-1 treatment VK2735 caused its shares to rally more than 50%. It found that participants lost up to 8% of body weight using single and weekly doses in... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | One of the most successful fund managers of the past 50 years put more than $4.5 billion - over half his fund - into a single, little-known company. His firm then bought more shares for 61 straight trading days, and the former CEO of Google soon struck a nine-figure partnership with the same company.
This company controls nearly a million acres of scarce, irreplaceable minerals now protected by a White House executive order signed January 14, 2026. It has already outperformed Apple, Amazon, and the S-P 500 combined - and Whitney Tilson believes the biggest gains are still ahead. | | Watch the free presentation and get the name and ticker now |
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Earnings season for the banking sector stocks is typically a reliable indicator, a window perhaps, into the state of economic affairs and how the industry that "does" money is positioned as the banks reflect their future outlooks in their operations and financials. In the case of Citigroup (NYSE: ... Read the Full Story |
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Historically speaking, lower interest rate environments favor (price appreciation-wise) certain banking stocks rather than others, and vice versa when rates are raised such as they are now. Banks can be divided into two main categories. Investment banks focus on their corporate business franchises... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Trump just returned from Beijing with the most powerful business delegation in American history - Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, and the CEOs of BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and CitiBank. The media covered the handshakes. But what was really being negotiated behind closed doors?
Porter Stansberry has connected the Beijing trip to a landmark pact signed by 13 nations in Washington - a pact designed to cut China out of a $3 trillion investment wave tied to the most critical resource of the 21st century. His new documentary exposes the five assets at the center of it all. | | Watch the full documentary and see which assets are positioned to benefit |
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The hot word of the day for technology companies across the industry spectrum is artificial intelligence focusing on creating user-friendly responsive chatbots that can successfully compete with ChatGPT and its capabilities. Once Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) expressed its interest in the technology by... Read the Full Story |
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Mobileye Global Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLY) was among the largest IPOs of 2022, admittedly a weak year for public-company launches, as markets declined and tech, in particular, got slammed.
The stock has shown strong price appreciation, as well as earnings and revenue growth. It beat expectations on both... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Gold just broke another record - a classic flight-to-safety signal that the smartest money on Wall Street is already acting on. With the NASDAQ pricing in optimism over fundamentals and global tensions continuing to rise, a market correction could arrive without warning.
Our research team just released a free crash-protection guide identifying which stocks and sectors can hold strong even when the broader market crumbles. | | Download your free crash protection guide today |
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UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a healthy investment, but that doesn’t mean its share prices won’t fall. The company’s Q1 results were better than expected and driven by strength in both segments, but guidance was tepid. The takeaway is that this company is growing, but its rel... Read the Full Story |
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Wondering why Enphase (NASDAQ: ENPH) is up 7%? Because it is because the stock is the leading solar play on the market, at least according to Deutsche Bank, but they may be right. The company offers a full range of home-based solar solutions that begin with its micro-inverter design. The micro-inv... Read the Full Story |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) blew past the Marketbeat.com consensus estimates, which is good news for the bank. Its core business is performing strongly in the high-interest rate environment, but this may not be good news for the broader market. A surprise gain in NII underpins JPMorgan&rs... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO) have steadily plowed new highs over the last few years, and it is on track to harvest another. The Life Out Here strategy by CEO Hal Lawton produced a bumper crop of growth the company will ride to new highs over the coming years. That might be why ... Read the Full Story |
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While headwinds persist for the semiconductor industry, signs within the industry suggest not all is lost for Kulicke and Soffa Industries (NASDAQ: KLIC). High inventory and weak demand are plaguing some sections of the semiconductor market, and that is bad news for companies like AMD (NASDAQ: AMD... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, institutional organizations, governmental entities, and other financial institutions in the United States. It operates through Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking; Consumer and Business Banking; Payment Services; and Treasury and Corporate Support segments. The company offers depository services, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts; and lending services, such as traditional credit products and credit card services, lease financing and import/export trade, asset-backed lending, agricultural finance, and other products. It also provides ancillary services comprising capital markets, treasury management, and receivable lock-box collection services to corporate and governmental entity customers. In addition, the company offers asset management and fiduciary services for individuals, estates, foundations, business corporations, and charitable organizations. Further, it provides investment and insurance products to its customers principally within its domestic markets, as well as fund administration services to mutual and other funds. Additionally, the company provides corporate and purchasing card, and corporate trust services. Furthermore, it offers trust and investment management, merchant and ATM processing, mortgage banking, insurance, and brokerage and leasing services. U.S. Bancorp was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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