Good MorningEquities markets dipped last week but rebounded strongly to set a new all-time high for the S&P 500. The move looks solid, but divergences in the indicators suggest weakness continues to build within the market. Among the many risks facing traders and investors is the outlook for interest rate cuts, which continues to be pushed off. At best, the market should expect the first cut by early summer, contrary to the May target indicated by the Fed Funds Futures.
The week ahead will be a busy one. The Q4 reporting season will ramp into full gear with roughly 100 S&P 500 companies set to report. Among the most important are Netflix and Tesla, which have been leading the market. The caveat is that Netflix is expected to post a solid improvement in earnings, but Tesla may suffer. Price cuts intended to keep volume up are cutting into the top and bottom lines and causing the company to underperform. The entire EV complex may struggle this year because the EV market appears to have topped years ahead of forecast. Featured: Elon’s big $266,000 per second purchase (Ad) 
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The best part of waking up isn't Folgers in your cup — it's seeing stock futures up. But coffee is important too, as many investors start looking at charts or market news daily over a fresh hot cup of their favorite caffeinated beverage.
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Almost every time you make a sandwich, you consume one of the world's most common grains: wheat. Investing in this ubiquitous dietary staple can reap various benefits, from helping you diversify your portfolio to earning high yields if the market's right.
Wheat is a versatile commodity used in n... Read the Full Story |
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Investing in the healthcare sector is like having a prescription for long-term wealth. As the demand for innovative treatments, life-saving drugs and cutting-edge medical technologies continues to soar, so does the potential for lucrative returns. But what if we told you there's a secret remedy fo... 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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Consumer spending is the economy's lifeblood. It's easy to look around and see the numerous brands, products and services circulating in your household. Companies that produce these products employ workers who are also consumers who spend money. What goes around comes around when it comes to the e... Read the Full Story |
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The price action in SLB (NYSE: SLB) entered a correction last fall, but it has ended. Within a sustained uptrend, the correction has drilled to critical levels and rebounded after the Q4 earnings release. The release was better than expected, confirming the global oil-field supercycle is in place.... Read the Full Story |
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In the early days of 2024, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is soaring near its all-time high, primarily driven by the impressive rally in the technology sector. Over the past month, it has surged by over 1.5%, firmly establishing itself in positive territory for the year after a somewha... Read the Full Story |
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They’re not the most glamorous or high-profile stocks, but in the past month, big defense companies like TransDigm Group Inc. (NYSE: TDG), RTX Corp. (NYSE: RTX), the company formerly known as Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) outperformed the S&P 500 as geopolitical worries... Read the Full Story |
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If Bullfrog AI (NASDAQ: BFRG) is not on your radar yet, it should be. This company is an emerging leader in a subset of AI that will have one of the furthest-reaching impacts on humanity: drug discovery. AI drug-discovery market is expected to grow at a 30% CAGR through 2030, driven by discoveries... Read the Full Story |
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Ever since the prospect of rate cuts became suddenly very real last November, equities as a whole have been enjoying some of their best weeks in years. The benchmark S&P 500 index is flirting with all-time highs and is now up more than 16% in less than three months.
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) struggled in Q4, which will continue in the year's first half, but an inflection point is at hand. The timing of the inflection is uncertain, but volumes are rising in critical segments and are a leading indicator of pricing for the transportation sector... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Riot Platforms, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a bitcoin mining company in North America. The company operates through three segments: Bitcoin Mining, Data Center Hosting, and Engineering. It also provides co-location services for institutional-scale bitcoin mining companies; critical infrastructure and workforce for institutional-scale miners to deploy and operate their miners; operation of data centers; and maintenance/management of computing capacity. In addition, the company engages in the design and manufacturing of power distribution equipment and custom engineered electrical products; and electricity distribution product design, manufacture, and installation services primarily focused on large-scale commercial, and governmental customers, as well as a range of markets, including data center, power generation, utility, water, industrial, and alternative energy. The company was formerly known as Riot Blockchain, Inc. Riot Platforms, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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