Good MorningPressure is building within the equity markets. Another round of better-than-expected data was released on Thursday, reinforcing that 1 or 2 more interest rate hikes are coming this year. The mounting fear has the S&P 500 down another 0.3% for the session and at the lowest levels in over a week. Friday's trading could be critical and determine the next big move, but risk is ahead. The next major catalyst for the market will come out next week, and it could be a big surprise.
The August read of CPI is due midweek and is expected to be hot. The question is how hot it could be, and it could be a more significant number than some wish. The price of oil has risen dramatically over the past 2 months, underpinning an increase in prices for airlines and truckers. That cost increase will be felt by other industries and bleed down to the consumer sooner or later. Featured: Sell these "safe" blue chips immediately (Ad) 
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Coming up with an investment idea is the hardest part of the job. However, investors can add some worthwhile names to their watchlists after much - if not all - of the homework has been done for them. Interconnected sectors and industries typically provide great opportunities simultaneously, such ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Porter Stansberry nearly canceled the entire project. When he first saw the claimed returns - only one down year in nearly two decades and total gains of almost 2,000% - his immediate reaction was disbelief.
It took a trusted friend's personal vouching for Emmet Savage and a face-to-face trip to Ireland to change his mind. The full documentary, Investigating Project Prophet, is now live. | | Watch the full story and see the verified track record for yourself |
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Observability is a strong theme in 2023. It refers to the ability to simultaneously monitor your information technology (IT) infrastructure and apps, like the proverbial "eye in the sky" found in Vegas casinos. The more complicated enterprise IT infrastructures get, the tougher it is to monitor ev... Read the Full Story |
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As we bid farewell to the sun-soaked days of summer, heralded by the Labor Day long weekend, and prepare to embrace the impending chill of winter, a curious phenomenon unfolds in the world of stocks. As nature transitions through its seasons, specific stocks, often cyclical and sensitive to the ch... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Moderna's stock doubled in a single day after its cancer vaccine hit key Phase 3 goals, and Merck jumped too. But according to a former Steve Cohen fund manager, the next big opportunity is not Moderna or Merck.
It is a different kind of company tied to a technology already backed by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Peter Thiel. Nvidia's Jensen Huang says it will have a dramatic impact on daily life, while Anthropic's CEO believes it could unlock a century of medical progress in just ten years.
Nature Magazine estimates its potential value at $367 trillion globally, and it is already rolling out across the United States. | | Click here to learn about this new era of medical technology |
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The times have changed, and many in our society have no idea how much. The FOMC increased interest rates at an historic pace over the past 18 months, and it will be years before the impacts have run their course. Economists estimate up to 2 years for a single rate hike to run its course, which mea... Read the Full Story |
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A significant but less-spoken or popular metric that investors should keep a watchful eye on is the institutional flow of capital into individual stocks. Institutional buying, often called "smart money," represents investments made by large, sophisticated financial entities such as mutual funds, p... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Gold is hitting record highs, but most investors are leaving income on the table. A $15 fund is quietly paying out up to $1,152 a month to regular investors - no mining stocks, no options, no physical metal required.
Chief Income Strategist Tim Plaehn calls it a breakthrough strategy that transforms gold's rally into reliable monthly payouts. The next distribution is just days away. | | Discover the gold income fund before the next payout date |
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You’re familiar with its products, including Tylenol, Neutrogena, Listerine and Johnson’s Baby Shampoo. Still, you may not be up to speed on Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE) and its status as a long-term dividend payer.
Kenvue is now a holding within the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristo... Read the Full Story |
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GameStop (NASDAQ: GME) reported Q2 earnings, and shares are moving. While the market is up in early premarket trading, there is no guarantee the market will continue to rally. As bullish as the bulls are, the bull-case thesis is sketchy, and the bears are equally sure they’re right.
The bot... Read the Full Story |
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The AI industry is in high gear, and the money flows fast into all segments. Among the most promising segments are AI apps and services, which will be the largest portion of the market over time. The estimates vary, but the AI industry will undoubtedly grow at a solid double-digit CAGR for at leas... Read the Full Story |
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One of the main questions that investors ask themselves when coming up with investment ideas is whether their bull case is already priced into the stock. If it is, then the upside to be had becomes relatively small, even if the thesis turns out to be correct.
Shares of Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHA... Read the Full Story |
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The digital payments revolution has reshaped the financial landscape, transforming the transactions are conducted and the management of money. In this dynamic era, three prominent contenders vie for the lion's share of the market: Block (NASDAQ: SQ), PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), and Visa I... Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Invesco Ltd. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to retail clients, institutional clients, high-net worth clients, public entities, corporations, unions, non-profit organizations, endowments, foundations, pension funds, financial institutions, and sovereign wealth funds. It manages separate client-focused equity and fixed income portfolios. The firm also launches equity, fixed income, commodity, multi-asset, and balanced mutual funds for its clients. It launches equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and balanced exchange-traded funds. The firm also launches and manages private funds. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. The firm also invests in alternative markets, such as commodities and currencies. For the equity portion of its portfolio, it invests in growth and value stocks of large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. For the fixed income portion of its portfolio, the firm invests in convertibles, government bonds, municipal bonds, treasury securities, and cash. It also invests in short term and intermediate term bonds, investment grade and high yield bonds, taxable and tax-free bonds, senior secured loans, and structured securities such as asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The firm employs absolute return, global macro, and long/short strategies. It employs quantitative analysis to make its investments. The firm was formerly known as Invesco Plc, AMVESCAP plc, Amvesco plc, Invesco PLC, Invesco MIM, and H. Lotery & Co. Ltd. Invesco Ltd. was founded in 1935 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia with an additional office in Hamilton, Bermuda. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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