Good MorningEquity markets reached a point of maximum uncertainty on Wednesday as mixed signals about tariffs clouded the outlook. Action in the S&P 500 was also mixed, with early losses reverting to gains later in the day. The question now is which way the market will run, and it could go either way, depending on the tariff and trade war news over the next few days.
Meanwhile, the economic picture remains cheery. While there are signs of spotty weakness in the economy, the labor data aligns with generally healthy conditions and rising wages. That scenario aligns with the outlook for S&P 500 earnings growth and capital return, the ultimate driver of stock market prices. The takeaway is that volatility will continue to impact the market, but this pullback and a deeper one, if it happens, are opportunistic buying opportunities for high-quality stocks. Featured: Recession Fears Mounting? 2 AI Stocks to Watch Now (Ad) 
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Markets | | | The trade war that U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large and small, in an era when the most populous region of the world is expected to drive global economic growth.Export manufacturing and free trade helped transform China and oth... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | President Donald Trump announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.Trump, in a Rose Gard... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.The S&P 500 sank 4.8%, more than in ma... Read the Full Story |
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WallStreetBets (WSB) burst onto the investing scene in early 2021 as retail investors banded together to take on institutional players. The popular trading subreddit led a short squeeze against hedge funds with large short positions in GameStop (NYSE: GME). GameStop shares soared due to the collec... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | U.S. stocks whipped through another dizzying day of trading, but the mood on Wall Street turned sour after President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs against nearly all U.S. trading partners, an action that could drastically remake the global economy Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Asian shares were mostly falling Wednesday, shaken by jitters over what President Donald Trump will announce about tariffs on what he referred to as “Liberation Day."Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 recouped early losses and was down less than 0.1%, at 35,618.04 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/... Read the Full Story |
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The fact that CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) is beating the broader market in 2025 isn’t particularly noteworthy. It is noteworthy that, after an infamous outage in July 2024, CRWD stock didn’t just recover; it soared to an all-time high in February 2024. And even after a dro... Read the Full Story |
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Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) is a good buy for many reasons, but several stand out for 2025, including improving market sentiment, cash flow, and capital return. This is a look at five of them and what they mean for the share price. The bottom line is that the oilfield services company is well-positi... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Defense and aerospace stocks have had a fairly strong first quarter of 2025. As of March 31, the benchmark iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS: ITA) has climbed 17% in the last year and nearly 6% year-to-date (YTD), beating the S&P 500 over both timeframes given the recent correc... Read the Full Story |
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The homebuilders sector has recently come under significant pressure, with the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA: XHB) officially entering bear market territory.
At the start of this week, the ETF is down nearly 24% from its 52-week high and over 8% year-to-date (YTD).
With the sect... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Okta, Inc. operates as an identity partner in the United States and internationally. The company offers Okta's suite of products and services used to manage and secure identities, such as Single Sign-On that enables users to access applications in the cloud or on-premises from various devices; Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication provides a layer of security for cloud, mobile, web applications, and data; API Access Management enables organizations to secure APIs; Access Gateway enables organizations to extend Workforce Identity Cloud; and Okta Device Access enables end users to securely log in to devices with Okta credentials. It also provides Universal Directory, a cloud-based system of record to store and secure user, application, and device profiles for an organization; Lifecycle Management enables IT organizations or developers to manage a user's identity throughout its lifecycle; Okta Identity Governance provides identity access management and identity governance solutions; Advanced Server Access offers access management to secure cloud infrastructure; Okta Privileged Access enables organizations to reduce risk with unified access and governance management for on-premises and cloud resources; and Okta Workforce Identity Workflows. In addition, the company offers Universal Login, which allows customers to provide login experience across different applications and devices; and Attack Protection, a suite of security capabilities that protects customers from different types of malicious traffic. Further, it provides Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication, Passwordless, Machine to Machine, Private Cloud, Organizations, Actions and Extensibility, and Enterprise Connections. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as Saasure, Inc. Okta, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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