Good MorningEquity markets are bracing for what could be bad news from America's retailers. Walmart and Home Deport are set to report and will set the tone for retail earnings due over the next two weeks. The expectation is for Walmart's revenue to grow but for shifting consumer habits to cut into profits and impact top-and bottom-line results for Home Depot. The risk is that results will be weaker than expected or come with soft guidance to undercut the outlook for 2024.
Among the retail stars from Q3 are the off-price retailers. The off-price retailers benefited from trends expected to accelerate in Q4 and may sustain solid performance for the group. Whether that is enough to sustain a rally in the S&P 500 is yet to be seen. As it is, the market is set up for a correction that may begin this week. A 3% to 5% decline in the index would take it back to the previous all-time highs in a healthy correction, but there is a risk that support will fail. The market could fall 10% to 20% in that scenario before hitting bottom. Featured: Sell these "safe" blue chips immediately (Ad) 
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There aren't a lot of chances in the market quite like this one when a sophisticated investor like Carl Icahn, with his track record of successful dealings, comes to take a public interest in a stock. Known as activist investing, Icahn will acquire a significant stake in a stock, large enough to g... 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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Every market brings you a cycle to take advantage of, that is for sure, and there will always be cycles to come. Warren Buffett has been quoted saying that timing the market can turn out to be a futile attempt for the average investor; of course, he wasn’t talking about himself now that he h... Read the Full Story |
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Most investors have found investing in Chinese stocks an almost impossible task today. Some deem the nation as "uninvestable." However, some mega investors have started to find value to be had in some of the country's stocks; guys like Ray Dalio and Michael Burry (the one who called the 2008 finan... 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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Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA) is an enterprise software company specializing in helping companies unlock business-transforming outcomes with its suite of cloud-based tools on its Pega Platform. Its artificial (AI) decisioning and workflow automation platforms specialize in customer relationship ... Read the Full Story |
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JFrog Ltd. (NASDAQ: FROG) provides DevOps platform solutions that enable enterprise IT teams and developers to manage and automate their software delivery process. JFrog deems itself a Liquid Software company through its JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform.
DevOps platforms enhance and streamlin... 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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Agriculture is one of the oldest investments in the world. You'll find farms everywhere, raising everything from wheat to bananas to coffee to chickens.Curious about how to invest in agriculture? This article will discuss the different types of agricultural investments, where to find them and how ... Read the Full Story |
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Sinking your teeth into a juicy burger from your favorite fast-food chain is comfort food at its finest. But as an investor, capitalizing on a flourishing restaurant empire may prove even more delicious. When you understand the art of identifying the best restaurant stocks to buy, the rewards can ... Read the Full Story |
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Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR) delivered its fourth quarter earnings on February 5, 2024. The results themselves were unremarkable. The company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 53 cents on revenue of $5.10 billion. The revenue was flat year-over-year (YOY), but the EPS came ... Read the Full Story |
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The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA: SLV) exchange-traded fund has underperformed the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA: GLD) over the past year, but is it time for the situation to reverse?
Silver mining stocks listed on major U.S. exchanges include Newmont Corp. (NYSE: NEM), Wheaton Precious Metals Cor... Read the Full Story |
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Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) is an online brokerage and financial services company that offers commission-free stock, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and options trades with access to cryptocurrencies through its mobile app platform. The simplified interface caters to new and small investor... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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