Good MorningEquity markets tried to advance but failed to close at a new high for the 2nd consecutive week. The rally has stalled, and the market may enter consolidation, but there is also the risk of a correction. Last week's CPI, PPI, and Import Price Indexes confirmed that inflation is still hot and accelerating. In this environment, it is unlikely the FOMC will cut rates before summer, and the odds that it will cut in Q3 are diminishing. The risk for markets is the impact on earnings and how the next two-quarters of results play out. The market expects reinvigorated economic activity and accelerating earnings growth in Q3 and Q4.
The FOMC will reveal its next policy move on Wednesday, which will likely be no move. The most important details will be in the statement and commentary, which are hoped to reveal a softening stance among Fed members. In that event, the S&P 500 could rise sharply over the next few weeks. Featured: Buy Friday, Sell Monday, No Exceptions (DTI) 
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Investors tend to focus on two significant aspects of their stock holdings, especially when measuring whether they're winning or losing. One is undeniably price appreciation—or the lack of it—and another is whether they are getting paid a relatively steady dividend.
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Oil is – and has always been – the primary driver in energy stocks. When prices swing as aggressively as they are about to, investors tend to position themselves with more than clear expectations. However, it doesn't all start and end with oil prices; there are plenty of ways that you ... Read the Full Story |
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Prior to the approval of the spot bitcoin ETFs like iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT), traders would trade the Bitcoin miners and the cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) to benefit from the rise in Bitcoin prices. When the price of Bitcoin spiked, so did the stocks... Read the Full Story |
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Department store chain Kohl's Inc. (NYSE: KSS) has swung back into profitability after its multi-year-long normalization period. Shares rocketed higher on the pent-up demand during COVID-19, but rising inflation and weakening consumer discretionary spending caused inventories to swell up. Most ret... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Wall Street closed out its second straight losing week Friday, giving back some of the gains that helped push the stock market to an all-time high earlier in the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, its third straight loss. The benchmark index hit a record high on Tuesday, but mostly wavered in the days... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | China’s markets regulator on Friday renewed its efforts to pep up the stock market, pledging to raise the quality of companies listed on domestic markets. The China Securities Regulatory Commission issued draft guidelines to more strictly vet applications for share listings and to more closely overs... Read the Full Story |
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This week, Dollar General Inc. (NYSE: DG) and Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) issued earnings reports showing that the lower-income consumers that comprise a significant part of their customer base remain under pressure. Both retail stocks are down after their respective reports.
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Markets | | | Steven Mnuchin is a former U.S. Treasury secretary who said this week that he is interested in buying TikTok, just days after his investment firm led a $1 billion deal to inject life into a beaten-down bank Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | China's manufacturing and investment improved in the first two months of the year, while weakness in the property sector weighed on the economy, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The report said industrial output rose 7% from a year earlier in January-February, better than analysts had ... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Consumers became slightly less optimistic about the economy this month, though they continue to expect inflation to cool further, a potential sign that price increases will keep slowing. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday in a preliminary version, slipped to 76.5 ... Read the Full Story |
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