Good MorningEquity markets closed out a strong January on a sour note, falling more than 1.5% at the session low on the last trading day of the period. While the January Indicator is bullish, the plunge on the last day of the month could mark a top for the market that stays in place until the 2nd half. The plunge was caused by a double dose of bad news that included an expectation for earnings weakness and high interest rates in the first half before improvement in both for the 2nd.
On the earnings front, reports from Google, Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices failed to spark rallies. All three reported as expected for Q4 2023, providing no catalyst for higher share prices now, while weakness in the first-half 2024 outlook helped to undermine sentiment. Regarding interest rates, the FOMC held rates steady as expected but told the market a cut was unlikely in March and there may be fewer cuts this year than hoped. Featured: Sell these "safe" blue chips immediately (Ad) 
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American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) is pulling back after its January 25 post-earnings gap higher. However, Wall Street sees reasons to buy not only American Airlines but other stocks in its industry.
Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL), which reported earnings on January 12, and United Airli... Read the Full Story |
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Even when the stock market is moving in an overall negative pattern, it's normal to see short periods when equities, options and other assets rise in price.
A bear market rally is a temporary period of positive price movement in an overall bearish market environment. While a bear market rally ca... Read the Full Story |
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During unprecedented times in financial markets, the term "bear market" can strike fear into even the most seasoned investor's heart. As economic tides come and go, the need for strategic planning becomes paramount, and that's where bear market ETF comes into play.
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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.
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India first produced sugar over 2,000 years ago as a fruit preservative. Today, sugar is one of the most important crops in the world and a critical export for countries like Brazil, India, China and Thailand.
Far from its original use of fruit preservation, you can find sugar in soft drinks, can... Read the Full Story |
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Despite suffering an 80% drop that only bottomed out a year ago, shares of Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) have been undergoing something of a resurgence in the twelve months since. Like many other growth-focused tech companies, they were caught up in the tech implosion that followed the rais... Read the Full Story |
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Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) share price is driven by its growing position in the cloud. Late to the game, Microsoft has leaned hard into cloud and cloud services and AI, gaining share from Amazon Web Services, Google, Alibaba and others. The stock price is pulling back following the Q4 result... Read the Full Story |
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With expectations rising for the Fed to cut rates sometime this year, banking stocks are very much back in focus. While it was looking like 2023 was going to go down as one of the poorer years in the recent past, improving inflation readings in Q4 sparked a broad rally across all equities, includi... Read the Full Story |
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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) share price imploded following the Q4 release, but investors should not fear the move. The decline is a knee-jerk reaction to expected news, setting the market up for another run. The Q4 results did not catalyze a rally but highlighted a bifurcation in the semi... Read the Full Story |
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If this week ends the way it started, the U.S. stock market will head into the weekend at fresh all-time highs.
Despite light news flow, the major indices posted heavy gains on Monday before taking a breather on Tuesday. Call it the calm before the storm.
Signs of a soft economic landing and hop... Read the Full Story |
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You don't hear as much about the Dow Jones Industrial Average as investors did a few decades ago, as the broad consensus has deemed the S&P 500 a better indicator of market conditions.
But the Dow is rallying to all-time highs, led by International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), Verizon Commu... Read the Full Story |
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