Good MorningEquity markets advanced to close near the highest level on record Tuesday and may continue to a new record high today. The minutes from the latest FOMC meeting are due this afternoon and should confirm the market's expectation that the next policy move will be to cut rates. The only question is the timing of the first cut, which may be later than the market hopes. The economic data is mixed and suggests underlying strength despite pockets of weakness. In this scenario, the FOMC could cut rates but runs the risk of accelerating inflation.
The bottom line for equities is earnings, and the outlook for earnings growth is solid. Even with higher rates, the S&P 5&P 500 is expected to grow earnings this year. The risk is that growth is predicated on the idea that the FOMC will cut interest rates, which may not happen. This leaves the market in a precarious position, hoping for an event that may not happen, waiting for the FOMC to give it the green light. However, so long as the FOMC dangles the rate-cut carrot in front of the market it should keep advancing. Featured: The suits might come after me for showing you this (Ad) 
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Imagine an investment that not only offers growth but also yields a stable, 7%+ dividend. Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE: EPD) is the only stock with an "A" rating from Standard & Poor's that offers such a lucrative yield. Let's dive in.EPD provides essential pipeline services for trans... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Trader Graham Lindman has built a strategy around a repeating anomaly that appears in the first 60 minutes of every trading day - and it never requires holding positions overnight.
The setup has recently been refined to target up to 100% payouts by holding through the close, with 10 consecutive winning trades logged during one of the most volatile stretches since the Tariff Wars.
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Are there any safe stocks out there? Investors need to align their portfolios with fundamental factors more than ever as rotating industries pose a new set of risks (and rewards). While some may focus solely on technology stocks, namely those dealing with artificial intelligence trends, there's a ... Read the Full Story |
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Investors have been pouring into sports betting stocks like DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ: DKNG) and Fan Duel's parent, Flutter Entertainment plc (NYSE: FLUT). Streaming giants like Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are jockeying to keep and sign lucrative broadcasting deals wit... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Roger Scott just unveiled a day-trading tool designed to identify the first wave of institutional buying before a full order moves through the market - potentially in minutes.
On April 14th, the tool flagged early institutional buys on HOOD at 9:45 am, delivering a 24% return in 6 minutes. Minutes later, a signal on MSTR locked in a 33% return in 12 minutes. Free access is available now. | | Secure your free pass to the real-time institutional order tracker today |
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Doximity Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCS) is a social networking platform exclusively designed for U.S. healthcare professionals. It's a cross between Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) owned Facebook and Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ: MSFT) owned LinkedIn. The community has grown to over 580,000 medical providers as ... Read the Full Story |
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AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) share prices are declining because the Q3 results weren’t strong enough. The company says the timing of tax payments and cold weather impacted the results, which are one-off, non-recurring factors that have little to do with the outlook.
The outlook for AutoZone is the ... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Roger Scott spent twenty years on Wall Street moving billions through the market. Now he's exposing the 'empty chair' signal he says sits behind the most stunning stock moves retail investors rarely hear about.
The same signal reportedly triggered a 138% return on WMT in two weeks and a 157% return on Cencora in one week, according to his research. | | Watch Roger Scott reveal the empty chair signal today |
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When tracking the US stock market, you’ll usually see quotes from 3 major indices: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ Composite Index. All 3 are proxies for US stock market performance, but they don’t always share the same components and weigh their stocks... Read the Full Story |
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Palo Alto Networks' (NASDAQ: PANW) share price is down more than 5% following its FQ3 release, which provides an attractive buy-the-dip opportunity. The move is driven by an increase in billings that have no bearing on the underlying business. The increase in billings is due to customers choosing ... Read the Full Story |
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Technology | | It’s been a tough couple of weeks for investors of Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP). Indeed, while the broader market has been setting record highs since the final weeks of last year, shares of the e-commerce platform have been sinking some 40% from their high in February.
It's not a great look for... Read the Full Story |
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OneMain Holdings (NYSE: OMF) , a leading provider of personal loans and insurance products to subprime customers, stands out as a growing dividend stock with an attractive valuation. With a dividend yield of 8.40% and a P/E ratio under 10, OMF’s growing dividends are backed by reliable profi... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) corrected to critical support levels ahead of the Q1 release, setting up a buying opportunity confirmed in its aftermath. The results are not strong but highlight the differentiation between the company and its largest competitor, The Home Depot (NYSE: ... Read the Full Story |
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. is a financial technology company, which engages in the provision of technology solutions and payment processing services. It operates through the following segments: Core, Payments, Complementary, and Corporate and Other. The Core segment provides core information processing platforms to banks and credit unions which consist of integrated applications required to process deposit, loan, and general ledger transactions, and maintain centralized customer and member information. The Payments segment includes secure payment processing tools and services including ATM, debit, and credit card processing services, online and mobile bill pay solutions, ACH origination and remote deposit capture processing, and risk management products and services. The Complementary segment focuses on additional software, hosted processing platforms, and services including call center support, network security management, consulting, and monitoring. The Corporate and Other segment offers hardware and other products. The company was founded by Jerry D. Hall and John W. Henry in 1976 and is headquartered in Monett, MO. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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