Good MorningEquity markets were relatively steady on Thursday. The FOMC meeting did little to alter the outlook, leaving the market in wait-and-see mode. The risk now is that wait and see means moving to the sidelines, which could result in another round of selling and lower prices for the S&P 500. Friday's action will be driven by emotions more than anything else, with no noteworthy economic data or earnings reports due.
Next week will bring new challenges for the market. Among them will be the February PCE price index, which is expected to confirm a slowdown in inflation. However, slowing inflation doesn't mean inflation is at target, leaving the FOMC in wait-and-see mode as well. The question is whether inflation will continue to cool or whether Trump's policy will sustain or accelerate it back to problematic levels. Featured: July 2025 Rule Change to Impact Retirement Investors (Ad) 
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Markets | | | U.S. stock indexes edged lower following another reminder that big, unsettling policy changes are underway because of President Donald Trump, along with more signals suggesting the U.S. economy remains solid for now Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said the economy still looks healthy enough to keep interest rates where they are. Wall Street also got a boost from easing yields in the bond market.The S&P 500 jumped 1.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 383 points, or 0.9%, and t... Read the Full Story |
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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock is currently down about 20% from its all-time high in February, placing it in bear market territory. While some of this decline is tied to the broader market’s downturn, the drop seems increasingly irrational given the company’s record-breaking ea... Read the Full Story |
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Many issues are creating uncertainty for investors, but tariffs are one of the main ones in 2025. In mid-March, the Trump administration announced 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum products entering the United States. The stated purpose of the policy is to level the playing field and reduce th... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak.The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month.The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the ... Read the Full Story |
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Five Below’s (NASDAQ: FIVE) stock price struggled in recent quarters as consumer headwinds and competition cut into the growth outlook.
However, those days are behind it as the influence of new CEO Winnie Park begins to show.
The takeaway in late March is that this company is on tr... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire is in the crosshairs after CK Hutchison Holdings chose to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium that includes U.S. investment firm BlackRock Inc., apparently angering Beijing Read the Full Story |
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While most investors favor bull markets, bear markets offer unique opportunities to buy strong companies at lower prices. As the Nasdaq pulled back on Tuesday, analysts evaluated tech stocks for buying opportunities and identified potential long-term investments.
Investors looking to take advanta... Read the Full Story |
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Chip giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) recently posted quarterly results that have many arguing that the AI party isn’t over. The market reaction to the company’s results stood in stark contrast to that of its rival, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL). Marvell released its Q4 2024 earn... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate unchanged at 4.50% even though the economy is barely growing and the nation faces more uncertainty in light of the tariff policies being enacted by the Trump administration in the U.S. The decision by the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday was widely expected, and comes a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged Read the Full Story |
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Friday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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