Good MorningThe equity market faces new challenges this week. Not only are escalated tensions in the Middle East impacting the outlook, but the FOMC is scheduled to make its subsequent policy adjustment on Wednesday. The committee is not expected to alter its policy, but may indicate when or if its next move will be to lower rates. Inflation is trending in the right direction but remains stubborn, with risks mounting daily. Escalated Middle Eastern tensions have spiked oil prices, positively influencing inflation.
Market attention has begun to turn toward the Q2 earnings reporting cycle. The S&P 500 is expected to have grown earnings in Q2, but the forecasts are diminished compared to earlier in the year. The risk for investors is that the outlook will continue deteriorating, undermining market sentiment. In this scenario, the S&P 500 can move higher, but significant gains are unlikely, and the risk of a correction is significant. Featured: SAGA Metals nears a key milestone in critical minerals race (Ad) 
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Shares of RH (NYSE: RH) rocketed nearly 20% higher after the company delivered mixed first quarter earnings. Revenue of $814 million missed expectations for $818.1 billion. However, the company posted positive earnings per share of 13 cents. Analysts were expecting negative earnings per share of... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Barrick Mining has spent decades building one of Nevada's richest gold districts, anchored by Fourmile, Goldrush, and Cortez Hills, deposits that could hold up to 60 million ounces of gold.
One overlooked explorer controls 142 claims bordering Fourmile and sitting less than a mile from Goldrush. New geological modeling aims to reveal what's beneath this largely untested ground, while a planned 5% royalty spin-off could give shareholders a separate stake in the project. | | Read the full report before the next catalyst hits |
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Despite receiving only a fraction of the attention of AI-chip designers, Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) is a company deeply important to the semiconductor industry. Synopsys’s electronic automation design (EDA) software is essential to developing these and many other chips, making it an important p... Read the Full Story |
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Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are officially back in bull market territory, having surged more than 25% off their 52-week low and reclaimed the key 200-day simple moving average (SMA). While geopolitical tensions, such as Israel’s recent strike on Iran and escalating fears of a broade... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Trader Chris Pulver says a new SEC document dropping the day-trading limit to $2,000 has created the biggest retail opportunity he has seen in over 30 years.
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Small-cap tech company Ouster (NYSE: OUST) just got a huge boost in its share price, courtesy of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). On June 11, Ouster saw its share price rise by 27% after putting out an important press release. The DoD has tested and approved one of the company&rsqu... Read the Full Story |
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Markets have staged a fierce rally in the last month, led by typical tech giants like NVIDIA, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, and… wait, is that IBM’s music? Yes, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has been one of the biggest winners lately and is riding a 10-day winning str... Read the Full Story |
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From Our Partners | | Lance Ippolito spent nearly two decades trading the markets, appearing on MoneyShow, Cheddar TV, CNN Money, and MarketBeat.
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Finance | |
The stock market has probably shaken out some investors with its recent swings in the S&P 500 index. This new volatility period has been born of President Trump's implemented trade tariffs on most of the United States' trading partners. As clear as these swings are, the effects of this uncerta... Read the Full Story |
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There comes a time in the economic cycle when investors need to dig deeper into fundamentals and stay true to the market’s nature of reflecting tomorrow’s expectations in today’s prices; some developments are acting as a tailwind behind the energy sector of the United States, tai... Read the Full Story |
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Healthcare | |
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a dominant force within the healthcare sector, a critical industry that should be included in a diversified long-term investment portfolio. The company’s stock has experienced recent market turbulence, trading down roughly 39% year-to-date as of mid-June. ... Read the Full Story |
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Lovesac Company (NASDAQ: LOVE) is emerging from legal issues involving former executives and is on track for its share price to stage a rebound.
The rebound will be driven by its growth, improving operational quality, and shift to sustainable profitability, but there are risks.
Among these are... Read the Full Story |
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has given investors a front-row seat to a market in conflict. The stock demonstrated significant volatility during the second week of June, surging nearly 8% on Tuesday before retreating by more than 6% on Wednesday, followed by another attempted rally during the... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day J&J Snack Foods Corp. engages in the manufacturing of nutritional snack foods and distribution of frozen beverages to the food service and retail supermarket industries. It operates through the following segments: Food Service, Retail Supermarkets, and Frozen Beverages. The Food Service segment includes soft pretzels, frozen novelties, churros, handheld products, and baked goods. The Retail Supermarkets segment offers soft pretzel products including Superpretzel, frozen juice treats and desserts, including Luigi's real Italian ice, Minute Maid juice bars and soft frozen lemonade, Whole Fruit frozen fruit bars and sorbet, Philly Swirl cups and sticks, ICEE Squeeze-Up Tubes and dough enrobed handheld products including Patio burritos. The Frozen Beverages segment provides frozen beverages to the food service industry primarily under the names ICEE, SLUSH PUPPIE, and PARROT ICE in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, as well as repair and maintenance services. The company was founded by Gerald B. Shreiber in 1971 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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