Good MorningEquity markets advanced on Thursday, gaining nearly a full percent at the session's high. The move was spurred by a retreating yield for the 10-year treasury and may indicate a bottom in the market, but investors should not chase prices. The yield on the 10-year treasury retreated, but it is still at historic highs, and there are risks for the market. The #1 is inflation, which is underpinned by higher oil prices.
The next major hurdle for the market will come next week. The monthly labor data is due and should continue showing a solid labor market and upward wage pressure. The wage gains are good for consumers but aid the rise of consumer-level inflation and are a risk for investors. With wages and oil prices rising, inflation will certainly remain a problem for the foreseeable future and continue to pressure earnings growth for S&P 500 companies. Featured: He started with $2,000. Now he's at $3 million. (Ad) 
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Industrials | |
Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) finished higher for the first time since September 19 after the company's CEO said it would make changes to its customer loyalty program.
The new round of changes was on the heels of unpopular updates Delta made two weeks ago. At that time, Delta said that in earl... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | A drilling crew near the Grand Canyon uncovered a clean energy well producing nearly eight times the output of Saudi Arabia's largest oil field, with potential to last two million years.
While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated federal credits for solar, wind, and EVs, this energy source was reclassified alongside oil and nuclear power and given eight years of tax credits. Google signed a 15-year contract, and Bill Gates committed $100 million.
One company controls the entire supply chain behind this discovery. | | See the ticker behind this Grand Canyon energy breakthrough now |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
For retailers and logistics firms, ’tis the season to begin staffing up for the holidays.
While nobody’s saying the Grinch is about to steal the holiday season, there are signals that hiring could be weaker than in 2022.
United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is among logistics com... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
As an Ivy League law student, Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan once wrote that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was anti-competitive because its prices were too low.
That’s a tough premise on which to base your anti-trust argument if, a mere six years out from being in school, you&rs... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Palantir, Micron and SanDisk show how fast a stock can become the trade everyone suddenly wants. That's often when investors make their costliest mistake: arriving after the easy part of the move is gone.
A new premium eBook flags 7 stocks that may be worth knowing about before the broader crowd catches on. You don't need to buy any of them - just knowing what's quietly gaining attention can be useful. | | See the 7 stocks on the watchlist while it's still free |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
Analyst ratings are not perfect, but they're one of the better ways for investors to forecast future stock price movement. Here are five stocks that analysts believe have massive upside for patient, long-term investors.
I found these stocks using the MarketBeat Analyst Ratings Screener tool. Th... Read the Full Story |
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Real Estate | |
Is it possible that nursing homes are the unsung heroes of the investment world?
Yes, it may sound preposterous, but take a look at some equities you probably aren’t familiar with: Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI), Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA), and LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC)... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Tobacco, telecom, pipelines, and healthcare real estate trade at 10 to 15 times earnings while the index yields about 1 percent.
A free report highlights seven cash-generating stocks with a 5 percent forward yield floor and roughly 6.5 percent average cash yield, capped at two picks per sector.
Each pick includes coverage numbers and an honest bear case. Five of the seven have raised payouts for 17 to 56 straight years. | | Get the seven high-yield dividend stocks free now |
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Bond yields are rising, which could make fixed-income attractive, but many investors prefer to hold dividend-paying equities as they have higher growth potential.
Those higher bond yields mean it’s tougher for stocks to prove their worth as income-generating alternatives, but investors sti... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | |
If you had to guess the largest S&P company outside of big tech stocks or Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), would you guess a healthcare stock?
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) has a market capitalization of $466.61 billion, ranking it as the tenth largest company in t... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
Shares of Micron (NASDAQ: MU) are down about 5% following the Q4 release and guidance, but this is not the time to trim positions. The stock is down on a lackluster report that points to industry normalization, a return to growth, and a record-high total addressable market for microchips. This mea... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | |
The AI revolution is upon us, and few sectors are better positioned to profit from it than the electronics manufacturing industry. These companies are already leaning hard into AI to improve their operations, increase productivity, and deliver returns for investors, and their clients are doing the... Read the Full Story |
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Communication Services | |
The markets just went through a relatively peaceful period. For the purpose of this article, I'll define that as a period where the VIX (volatility index) remained below 15 for more than a week. The last time markets enjoyed such a period was right before the shakeups brought on by the COVID-19 pa... Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Alpha Teknova, Inc. produces critical reagents for the research, discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, vaccines, and molecular diagnostics in the United States and internationally. The company offers pre-poured media plates for cell growth and cloning; liquid cell culture media and supplements for cellular expansion; and molecular biology reagents for sample manipulation, resuspension, and purification. It provides lab essentials which provides chemical formulations for use in biological research and drug discovery; and clinical solutions, a custom product used in the development and production of protein therapies, gene therapies, mRNA vaccines, and diagnostic kits. The company serves its products to life sciences market, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, contract development and manufacturing organizations, in vitro diagnostic franchises, as well as academic and government research institutions. Alpha Teknova, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Hollister, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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