Good MorningEquity markets fell on Wednesday after a hotter-than-expected CPI report affirmed the growing fear there would be no interest rate cuts this summer. The CPI accelerated at the headline level and was flat at the core, hotter than forecast on all counts, indicating the Fed's work is far from over. Because the labor market data remains resilient and economic conditions healthy, the FOMC will unlikely cut rates until inflation is tamed, which could be a long way off. The cost of gasoline was a leading cause of inflation, and gasoline, along with diesel and other fuels, has a compounding influence on prices throughout the economic system.
The S&P 500 fell more than 1.3% at the session's low to set a two-week low. This is the longest and deepest pullback in the S&P 500 index, and the decline may not be over. Because the inflation outlook is heating up and the outlook for rate cuts is cooling down, the forecast for S&P 500 earnings growth in the second half is garbage. In this scenario, a reduction in the consensus forecast could undercut market action and lead the S&P 500 to a significant sell-off. Featured: The case for trading fewer setups, not more (Ad) 
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Construction | | The U.S. housing market is just getting over the hump of a recent scare. According to data from the Intercontinental Exchange Inc., most homeowners currently hold mortgages at rates of around 3.2%, and only a few are willing to let go of this generational low financing rate.
On the buyer side, few ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Oracle runs 15,000 stocks through the same filter every single day, scanning for precise setups before the opening bell - no emotion, no guesswork.
Tim Bohen, Lead Trainer at StocksToTrade, is walking through this week's flagged setups and showing exactly how the scanner works in a live training right now. | | Watch the scanner in action and join the live training now |
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Technology | | As far as first quarters go, Q1 has got to be one of the greatest ever for Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU). The semiconductor stock had already logged a solid 2023, gaining close to 70%, but from the middle of February through the middle of last week, it went on to gain just as much again.
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Consumer Staples | |
WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) is a multi-faceted investment thesis centered on growth and operational quality. The company has worked hard to invigorate growth and improve margins and made another significant step forward in Q2. Not only did the company improve operational quality compared to last ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Every morning before the market opens, a scanner called Oracle runs through 15,000 stocks and scores the setups — so there's already a plan in place by 6:15 a.m.
Lead Trainer Tim Bohen of StocksToTrade is walking through exactly how Oracle works and how regular traders are using it in a training running right now. | | Watch the Oracle training now and see how the scanner works |
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Finance | |
Stocks never really stay put. Every once in a small timeframe cycle, they tend to jump and have little ‘hiccups’. These hiccups are characterized by spikes in the volatility index (the VIX), which may bring ample opportunity for traders to make a relatively quick buck but is also the s... Read the Full Story |
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Transportation | |
Despite persistently high demand, rapidly improving internal economics and record profits, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) stock has struggled to gain traction. The company’s efforts are reducing debt and lowering the leverage ratio, and has it on track to regain investment-quality debt ratings.... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | The U.S. government has taken roughly a 10% stake in Intel, negotiated a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and reportedly received a 5% ownership offer - worth around $40 billion - from the most valuable AI company on earth.
Porter Stansberry calls it the New U.S.A.I. - a state-backed arrangement where Washington and a handful of tech giants are fused at the balance sheet. A small number of companies get pulled inside. Everyone else gets frozen out, including names sitting in your index fund right now. | | Watch the documentary to see which companies are on the right side |
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Consumer Discretionary | | Fashion apparel brand Guess? Inc. (NYSE: GES) stock recently surged on its fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 results. The consumer discretionary sector company saw its shares spike 20% on strong results accompanied by a $200 million stock buyback authorization and a special dividend of $2.25 per share. Gue... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Discretionary | |
PVH Corp (NYSE: PVH) is a global apparel company best known for its Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brand clothing, apparel and accessories. The consumer discretionary sector company is segmented into 6 departments, including Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein North America and International division... Read the Full Story |
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Consumer Staples | | The avian flu (H5n1) is making headlines again as it spreads through livestock, including cattle and hens -- and even humans are catching the disease. The nation's egg supply is facing tighter supplies as a result of the depopulation (termination) of egg-laying hens that were caught in the outbreak.... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | In recent years, the U.S. stock market has given significant attention to technology stocks, particularly to companies leading the artificial intelligence revolution like NVIDIA. After making new all-time highs, NVIDIA is now the "consensus" investment today, which leaves investors looking for the n... Read the Full Story |
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Medical | |
Tilray Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) is a leading player in the global cannabis industry. The company's earnings report was recently released for the fiscal third quarter of 2024. The report was mixed, with revenue posting substantial growth but falling short of Tilray's analyst expectations and a na... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Avinger, Inc., a commercial-stage medical device company, designs, manufactures, and sells a suite of image-guided and catheter-based systems used by physicians to treat patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) primarily in the United States and Germany. The company develops lumivascular platform that integrates optical coherence tomography visualization with interventional catheters to provide real-time intravascular imaging during the treatment portion of PAD procedures. Its lumivascular products comprise Lightbox imaging consoles; the Ocelot and Tigereye family of devices, which are designed to allow physicians to penetrate a total blockage in an artery; and Pantheris, an image-guided atherectomy device that allows physicians to precisely remove arterial plaque in PAD patients. The company is also developing IMAGE-BTK for the treatment of PAD lesions below-the-knee. It markets and sells its products to interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, and interventional radiologists. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Redwood City, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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