Good MorningU.S. stock futures fell Monday after President Trump threatened a 10% tariff on imports from eight European countries, rattling markets and sending the S&P 500 about 1% lower in midmorning trading. Geopolitical friction and talk of retaliatory measures out of Brussels added pressure, while domestic trading was muted because U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Markets also sharpened their focus on the Federal Reserve after reports that Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court oral argument over President Trump’s attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook. Powell’s presence underscores concerns about central bank independence, and any legal or political fallout could weigh on investor expectations for policy certainty and interest rates.
Meanwhile, the precious-metals rally that began in 2024 carried through into 2026, with gold up roughly 70% and silver up about 194% over the past year. That surge has boosted interest in ETFs that hold both metals as investors seek safe havens amid heightened geopolitical and policy uncertainty highlighted by Davos and ongoing global tensions. Featured: The case for trading fewer setups, not more (Ad) 
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After a lackluster first half of 2025, healthcare stocks staged a comeback, posting the best performance among the 11 S&P 500 sectors over the past six months.
In large part, that rebound was fueled by increasing demand for weight-loss drugs such as GLP-1 agonists and semaglutide treatments,... 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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Dividends are on the rise for three stocks that are benefiting significantly from data center demand. Their expertise spans energy generation, server supply, and construction management. Some have raised dividends as much as 60%, signaling earnings stability and potential for income investors. Let... Read the Full Story |
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The global defense landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past decade. High-cost, legacy platforms are increasingly being replaced by autonomous systems, low-cost drone swarms, and AI-integrated intelligence networks. What was once viewed as speculative future technology is ... 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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Some of the market’s most volatile stocks have seen significant insider selling recently. This includes notable names across rare earth metals, nuclear energy, and aerospace industries. While insider selling is often labeled a bearish signal, each trade must be examined to determine its true... Read the Full Story |
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Last year, the biotechnology industry leaned heavily into the power of artificial intelligence (AI), using machine learning models to identify drug targets, to optimize molecules, and to make key predictions about trial outcomes. Alongside the continued proliferation of technology within the drug ... 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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With so much volatility in the market, it’s a good time for investors to consider stocks that they can hold for the long haul. These compounders don’t have to make up a large part of your portfolio, but they’re good stocks to have for investors who like to step away from their sc... Read the Full Story |
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After Bitcoin's tremendous rally to new highs around $126,000 last year, it shed essentially all of those gains in the final months of 2025 and is now down about 4% on a trailing-12-month basis. Still, with new legislation surrounding stablecoins, encouraging developments in regulation, and a host... Read the Full Story |
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Warren Buffett made some substantial changes to the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio in the first quarters of 2025, including selling off some $4 billion in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares in order to amass a major cash and Treasuries reserve.
While investors chasing Berkshire's 1... Read the Full Story |
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The precious metals rally that began in 2024 has carried into 2026. Over the past year, gold has gained more than 70% while silver has gained more than 194%.
For gold, there were global catalysts at play, including ongoing geopolitical conflict, renewed buying from central banks and institutional... Read the Full Story |
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With the S&P continuing its upward climb into 2026 despite broad economic uncertainty, investors who feel bullish may be able to capitalize on ascending stocks and commodities with the help of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
At the same time, these ETFs present an unusually high level... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets branded food and beverage products worldwide. It operates in three segments: U.S. Retail Pet Foods, U.S. Retail Coffee, and U.S. Retail Consumer Foods. The company offers mainstream roast, ground, single serve, and premium coffee; peanut butter and specialty spreads; fruit spreads, toppings, and syrups; jelly products; nut mix products; shortening and oils; frozen sandwiches and snacks; pet food and pet snacks; and foodservice hot beverage, foodservice portion control, and flour products, as well as dog and cat food, frozen handheld products, juices and beverages, and baking mixes and ingredients. It provides its products under the Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Canine Carry Outs, Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Folgers, Café Bustelo, 1850, Jif, Smucker's, Smucker's Uncrustables, Robin Hood, and Five Roses. The company sells its products through direct sales and brokers to food retailers, club stores, discount and dollar stores, online retailers, pet specialty stores, natural foods stores and distributors, drug stores, military commissaries, and mass merchandisers. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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