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Major Indexes Set to Surpass 2013 Returns This Year: 5 Picks

Year to date, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite have rallied 20.1%, 25.5% and 30.5%, respectively. In 2013, these indexes returned a respective 26.5%, 29.6% and 38.3%.

PFP 12/9: Stocks Soar on Blowout Jobs Report

Friday's Employment Situation report showed a staggering 266,000 new jobs created last month. That was a huge beat.

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7 "Tricks of the Trade" for Beating the Market

Successful investors learn from their victories AND their defeats. Jeremy Mullin has been around the block countless times and boiled down his experience to these key lessons.

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Why These ETFs Under $20 Look Like Solid Picks for 2020

Let's dig into some of the ETFs that are below $20 and have AUM of over $50 million and average daily volume of at least 50,000 shares.

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Previewing Q4 Earnings Season

A big contributing factor holding growth back has been tough comparisons to the very high levels of profitability in 2018 when earnings were boosted by the tax cut legislation.

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Tax Loss Harvesting & Cap Gains: What Investors Need to Know

In this episode of ETF Spotlight, Neena Mishra speaks with Derek Horstmeyer, assistant professor at George Mason University School of Business, to talk about tax-loss harvesting.

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Top Research Reports for Apple, PepsiCo & BHP

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including AAPL, PEP and BHP.

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New Strong Buy Stocks for December 6th

This company that develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes bedding products has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 8.9%.

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AWS 12/6: Incredible New Jobs Number: 266K!

In November, 266K new jobs were created -- way ahead of the 180K expected and the ADP print of just 67K new private-sector jobs.

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Featured Zacks Rank Stocks

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Bull of the Day

Guardant Health (GH)

Cancer diagnostics provider just delivered 181% revenue growth and 18,500 tests to patients and labs

Bear of the Day

Gap Inc. (GPS)

This stock has been a falling knife for some time now, and the continued negative earnings justify its downward trajectory. I would stay away from these shares as they have fallen victim to the retail apocalypse.

Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for Dec 9, 2019 Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for 12/09/19

Value
Growth
Momentum
VGM
Income

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Macro Bank...	BMA	28.41	+5.53%
Sonic Autom...	SAH	32.37	+3.78%
Shoe Carniv...	SCVL	37.63	+3.21%
Balfour Bea...	BAFYY	5.99	+2.88%
Enova Inter...	ENVA	23.35	+2.73%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Orion Energ...	OESX	3.38	+7.64%
VirTra Syst...	VTSI	3.72	+6.90%
Shoe Carniv...	SCVL	37.63	+3.21%
NeoPhotonic...	NPTN	7.72	+2.80%
Enova Inter...	ENVA	23.35	+2.73%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
VirTra Syst...	VTSI	3.72	+6.90%
Macro Bank...	BMA	28.41	+5.53%
Shoe Carniv...	SCVL	37.63	+3.21%
Balfour Bea...	BAFYY	5.99	+2.88%
Enova Inter...	ENVA	23.35	+2.73%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
GreenTree H...	GHG	11.65	+6.49%
Macro Bank...	BMA	28.41	+5.53%
Sonic Autom...	SAH	32.37	+3.78%
Shoe Carniv...	SCVL	37.63	+3.21%
Balfour Bea...	BAFYY	5.99	+2.88%

Zacks #1 Rank Additions

Company (Symbol)	Report
MASTERCRAFT BOAT HOL... (MCFT)	Quantitative Report
Tilly's, Inc. (TLYS)	Quantitative Report
Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS)	ANALYST REPORT
H&R Block, Inc. (HRB)	ANALYST REPORT
Cyclacel Pharmaceuti... (CYCC)	Quantitative Report

Investment Ideas

Stocks

Computer Software Stock Outlook: Growth Prospects Bullish

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Import Tariffs Mar Solar Prospects Amid Investment Drive

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Insurance Stocks to Pick on a Resilient U.S. Jobs Report

by Sapna Bagaria

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U.S. Shale Producers to Gain as OPEC+ Deepens Output Cuts

5 Top Stocks to Buy on Blockbuster Jobs Data

IDC Posts Q3 Server Market Data: Dell, HPE & More in Focus

Major Indexes Set to Surpass 2013 Returns This Year: 5 Picks

3 Income Stocks to Consider as Jobs Data Bolsters Stock Market

Buy Apple (AAPL) Stock on Analyst Optimism Heading into 2020?

5 Cheap Stocks Under $10 to Buy for December Heading into 2020

Gold Mining Stocks' Near-Term Prospects Shine Bright

ETFs

Best & Worst ETF Areas of Last Week

Inside the ETF gainers and losers of last week.

A DIET-Friendly ETF From Defiance

Is Trade Scaring You? ETF Strategies for 2019 Holiday Season

Why These ETFs Under $20 Seem Solid Picks for 2020

Mutual Funds

4 Funds to Make the Best of November's Hearty Job Additions

New positions created across major sectors call for betting on related mutual funds.

3 BlackRock Mutual Funds to Snap Up

3 Best-Performing Vanguard Mutual Funds for December

3 Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds for Splendid Returns

Options

A Different Take on a Popular Strategy

Options volumes may be a good signal, but not necessarily how you might think.

Understanding Options During a Marijuana Stocks Rally

Playing Offense when Volatilities are Low

Pay Attention to Hard to Borrow Rates, Even in Options Trades

Earnings Analysis

More Analysis

Previewing the Q4 2019 Earnings Season

Earnings Preview

by Sheraz Mian

The December-quarter reporting season will not take the spotlight till we get into the New Year and the big banks start reporting results in mid-January. But the reporting season will actually get underway this week...

Looking Ahead to the Q4 Earnings Season

Earnings Headlines

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Big Lots (BIG) Stock Surges on Narrower-Than-Expected Q3 Loss

Ferrellgas Partners' (FGP) Q1 Loss Narrows, Revenues Drop Y/Y

CrowdStrike (CRWD) Q3 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates

Methode Electronics (MEI) Q2 Earnings & Sales Miss Estimates

Reported Earnings Surprises

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Positive
Negative

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
SONG	07:27	-0.12	0.04	+133.33
THO	07:14	1.23	1.50	+21.95

EPS Positive Surprises for Dec 9, 2019

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
MMMB	07:41	0.02	0.01	-50.00

EPS Negative Surprises for Dec 9, 2019

Upcoming Earnings ESP

Symbol	ESP	Most Accurate Estimate	Consensus Estimate
LULU	1.32%	0.95	0.93
ADBE	0.12%	2.26	2.26
AZO	0.80%	13.80	13.69
THO	4.88%	1.29	1.23

Video Commentaries

Billion Dollar Secret Full Series 1

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Target (TGT) and Gap (GPS): 12/6/2019 Bull & Bear

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SDC: Growth Stock Trading At Value Multiples

Smile Direct has seen an unprecedented amount of growth in the past two and a half years. The company demonstrated almost 200% year-over-year revenue growth in 2018, and expected to grow roughly 80% through 2019. Smile Direct: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SDC?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: https://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch

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Fourth Quarter & 2020 Earnings Previews & Buy RH Stock at New Highs? – Free Lunch

On today’s episode of Free Lunch here at Zacks, Associate Stock Strategist Ben Rains discusses the latest U.S.-China trade war updates and looks at some recent positive U.S. economic data. We then dive into third quarter 2019 earnings and see what to expect from Q4 and 2020. The episode closes with a look at why RH is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock right now.

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