Good MorningEquity markets were steady on Monday as traders waited on key reports from the retail sector. The July reading of Retail is due today, along with reports from Home Depot and other major retailers. Walmart and Target are also expected to report this week and will indicate what to expect from the consumer in Q3 and Q4. The story so far is that shifting consumer habits are cutting into discretionary spending, but rising inflation continues to sustain solid spending.
The next major hurdle for the market comes on Wednesday when the FOMC releases the minutes from their last meeting. The committee is not expected to indicate a rate hike at the next meeting, but inflation trends suggest the rhetoric will be hawkish. The question is if the market will heed the warning, if any, that additional hikes are coming. As it is, the market is pricing in a low expectation for another hike in 2023. Featured: Elon’s big $266,000 per second purchase (Ad) 
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Fast Food stocks have a trying time in 2023, and their shares are under pressure. The problem is not that the companies can’t grow because they are or that they can’t improve profitability because they are doing that too. The problem is ... Read the Full Story |
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Despite landing a solid beat on analyst expectations for their Q2 earnings last week, shares of Trade Desk Inc (NASDAQ: TTD) have been on the defensive in the trading sessions since then. Having actually climbed to 52-week highs in the days before the report was released, the subsequent drop will ... Read the Full Story |
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The market breathed a sigh of relief when the July CPI data was released, but there is nothing in the data for bulls to cheer. The relatively cool nature of the data is a positive signal but 1 in which the news is less bad than before and not actually good. The takeaway is that inflation cooled du... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Trump is launching a new $250 bill - but that may be a distraction. Behind the scenes, Executive Order 14241 is orchestrating what analyst Porter Stansberry calls a total U.S. money reset, bypassing conventional legal channels under the guise of national security.
The last time America reset its currency - under Nixon in the 1970s - it created an average of 1,300 new millionaires a day for over 50 years. Stansberry has identified three asset categories connected to Trump's initiative that could surge, plus his single top investment move. | | Watch the documentary briefing and find out which side you land on |
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Digital sportsbook and gaming platform DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ: DKNG) stock is up 125% year-to-date (YTD) as new states continue to approve online sports betting and iGaming. The Company is still losing money, but revenues are ramping up. The Company had an 88% top-line growth spurt in Q2 2023.
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There’s an investing phenomenon called “home country bias,” which refers to the tendency of investors to disproportionately favor assets from their own country, despite the potential benefits of diversifying with overseas stocks.
U.S. investors who only look inward are missing o... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | Growth or value? Top or bottom line? While investing in stocks with both is preferable, they tend to be expensive. Stocks that meet one of the two priorities tend to be better priced.
During earnings season, investors get exposed to numerous stocks that fall into the growth or value category. If yo... Read the Full Story |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has been struggling below resistance near $119 as it forms a follow-on base after undercutting previous structure lows.
The stock has been quietly rallying in recent weeks, notching small weekly gains in above-average turnover. Its one-month return is 5.19%, which is... Read the Full Story |
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With earnings season well underway, investors are watching pretty much every industry closely. Banks, for example, need to show they can continue benefiting from the rising rates cycle, while tech needs to show it's finally returning to consistent growth. Both industries have seen just how exposed... Read the Full Story |
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There’s a reason why many investors own one or more pharmaceutical stocks. This is a $1.2 trillion industry that is essential to the quality of life for many people. And every year, companies in this sector are getting closer to real breakthroughs in areas like diabetes, cancer, even Alzheim... Read the Full Story |
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Plug Power's (NASDAQ: PLUG) share price fell more than 15% following the Q2 release and no wonder. The timetables for the full commissioning of its flagship green hydrogen-producing plants have been pushed out by at least 2 quarters. That and the mounting losses have raised questions and concerns ... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Applied Materials, Inc. engages in the provision of manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. The company operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation/nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective deposition and removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools. The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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