Good MorningEquity markets were able to advance on Friday after a week of consolidation. The S&P 500 moved up through the 4300 level to set a new 12-month high and it may keep going higher. However, the move is not driven by any fundamental factor that can be pinned down, so the bottom could fall out of the market at any time. This week's risk is multi-faceted and could be the difference between a summer rally and a quick reversal.
Topping the list of market-moving events is the FOMC meeting. The FOMC is not expected to hike rates but may surprise the market with its statement. The CPI is another market-moving event, and it comes out ahead of the FOMC announcement. whatever the market thinks will happen at the meeting could change, given the CPI news. After that, it's the retail sales figure which is due out on Thursday. Retail sales are expected to rise YOY but not enough to offset inflation; the takeaway is that demand is in decline only we're paying more for what we get. Featured: Exposing America’s new national emergency… (Ad) 
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Stocks | | Stocks inched higher Friday to close out a listless week for Wall Street, as investors wait for next week’s slate of potentially market-moving updates. The S&P 500 rose 4.93, or 0.1%, to 4,298.86 to cap its fourth straight winning week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 43.17, or 0.1%, to 3... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | North Korea has tolerated the widespread use of more stable foreign currencies like U.S. dollars and the Chinese yuan since a bungled revaluation of the won in 2009 triggered runway inflation and public unrest Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Nasdaq is buying Adenza, a company that makes software used on Wall Street, for $10.5 billion in cash and stock.The acquisition from owner Thoma Bravo, an investment company, includes $5.75 billion in cash and 85.6 million shares of Nasdaq common stock.Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman has been pushing the ... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy and a cost-of-living crisis that experts say are exacerbated by his unconventional economic policies. The longtime leader appointed an internationally respected former banker as finance and treasury minister ... Read the Full Story |
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This month, London-based Rio Tinto Group (NYSE: RIO) became the first mining company to operate an open pit mine solely with renewable diesel fuel. A shift from using fossil diesel to renewable diesel in heavy machinery at its California borax mine marked a significant milestone in a quest t... Read the Full Story |
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Cactus (NYSE: WHD) expected the acquisition of Flexsteel to be accretive in the first year, and the execs were more than right. The Q1 results were good enough but came with solid guidance for Q2, which is now improved. The company issued a new investor presentation outlining the company’s p... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head the central bank Friday, sending the strongest signal yet that the newly reelected leader might pivot from his unusual economic policies that many blame for worsening a cost-of-living crisis.Hafize Gaye Erkan... Read the Full Story |
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