Good MorningSummer is officially over, and equity markets will look to begin the week on a fresh footing. After rallying all summer, the question is if the S&P 500 can continue to rally this fall. Based on the outlook for oil prices, inflation, and the Fed, the market is heading for a ceiling regardless of how high it is. This week, items of interest on the economic calendar include the Fed's Beige Book and speeches from at least 6 Fed members. Hence, the odds are high that volatility will be present this week whether the market moves higher or lower.
The Vix is the market's preeminent tool for gauging fear. The VIX index fell to the lowest levels since 2020 last week, indicating the market is less fearful than it has been in years. This indicates the stock market could rally but discounts several upcoming catalysts. Among them are the August read on CPI and the September FOMC meeting, about 2 weeks away. Another hot read of inflation could lead the market to believe what the Fed's been hinting at all summer: another rate hike is coming in 2023. Featured: Wall Street’s quietly buying these 3 AI infrastructure plays (Ad) 
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If you're interested in the developing world of artificial intelligence, you've undoubtedly heard of human-like chatbot ChatGPT.
Created by AI research firm OpenAI, ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model that can understand and generate human-like text based on input. But OpenAI isn’t th... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Fidelity are reportedly accumulating a scarce blockchain asset - one that gets burned with every transaction on what analysts are calling America's new financial grid.
The Nasdaq has received SEC approval to move stocks onto blockchain rails, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink dedicated his entire 2026 annual letter to this infrastructure shift. Blockchain analyst Andy Howard is calling this asset 'Digital Oil' - and says institutional buyers are already positioned. | | Get the name, the ticker, and exactly how to buy it |
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CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) is within striking distance of the stock’s best levels since November.
Is the stock ready to stage a new rally after lagging the S&P 500 tech sector on a one-month and three-month basis, and is CrowdStrike’s uptick a good omen for other cy... Read the Full Story |
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It wasn’t so long ago that Wedbush analyst Dan Ives lavished praise on Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR), waxing ecstatic over the company’s future as an undiscovered AI play, adding the company is on track to monetize what’s potentially a trillion-dollar opportunity.
In m... Read the Full Story |
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The second quarter of the 2023 earnings season has drawn to a close. There were many surprises in every sector. However, there were some standout surprises with upcoming catalysts to watch. These 2 stocks have been under the radar and surprised with exceptional earnings blowouts that exceeded EPS ... Read the Full Story |
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Finance | | The automotive industry tends to be a very saturated place for consumers, with endless choices of brands and models; spoiled for choice, they can balance their selection between their needs. Today, investors face a similar dynamic when choosing the right automotive stock to buy potentially. However,... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | With OpenAI and Anthropic moving closer to the IPO spotlight, AI excitement could spill into several public-market sectors this summer - and most investors may chase the obvious names too late.
A free report identifies 7 stocks positioned around themes that could matter most this summer: AI infrastructure, energy demand, travel, entertainment, home improvement, and more. Built for a market where leadership may rotate quickly. | | Download 7 Best Stocks to Own in Summer 2026 for free |
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AI is hot, and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is getting most of the spotlight. While the market is focused on its dominating position with GPUs, data centers, and generative AI, companies like MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) quietly perform equally well. MongoDB, Inc.'s Q1 results were an early indication of the co... Read the Full Story |
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It’s that time of year. Students are returning to classes again. NFL season is kicking off again. This means demand rises again for transportation. After a three-year hiatus, student loan repayments with interest resume. Football season starts again, which means wagering on games with more b... Read the Full Story |
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Major pharmaceutical companies including Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) and Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) were trading normally following news that their drugs would be sub... Read the Full Story |
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One of the most astonishing and widely discussed subjects in individual stocks revolves around the unpredictability and volatility of a Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer.
VinFast Auto Ltd. (NASDAQ: VFS) plunged into the public market through a SPAC IPO at the beginning of the month. Merely... Read the Full Story |
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Insider buying is a good sign that a company is heading for better times, but it is often unreliable. The signal is more robust if institutions and analysts are as supportive as they are with the stocks on this list. Aside from insider buying, these companies relate to each other in other ways.
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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