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The Fed Is Deftly Walking the Razor's Edge

With strong growth and low inflation, the Fed aims to gently guide the economy. Zacks Strategist David Borun does a deep dive ahead of the latest FOMC meeting.

Top-Performing Active ETFs & Tesla's Best-Case Scenario

In the latest ETF Spotlight Podcast, Neena Mishra talks with Tom Staudt, COO at ARK Investment Management, about the top ETFs today & his company's open letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Full-Court Finance: How Will Nike (NKE) Fare on Q1 Earnings?

Associate Stock Strategist Ben Rains dives into what to expect from Nike's fiscal Q1 financial results, then evaluates the latest announcements from Gap (GPS) and Under Armour (UAA).

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Merger Mania: Examining the Latest M&A News, Trends

On today's episode of Free Lunch, Ryan McQueeney breaks down the latest merger & acquisition news involving Comcast and Sky, Pandora and Sirius XM, and Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources.

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NAFTA Players Barter as Market Trades: Global Week Ahead

In the Global Week ahead, NAFTA talks may become a big item. Our neighbor to the North is keenly focused on this, and Chief Strategist John Blank explains.

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Top Stock Reports for Boeing, NVIDIA & Medtronic

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including BA, NVDA and MDT.

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New Strong Buy Stocks for September 24th

This business development company has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 20% over the last 60 days.

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AWS 9/24: The Return of Merger Monday: CMCSA, SIRI & More

Two deals this morning allow us to bring back the term "Merger Monday" once again.

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PFP 9/24: Stocks Up Sharply Last Week, Expect More to Come

Stocks closed mixed on Friday, but up sharply for the week as both the Dow and the S&P made new all-time highs.

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Featured Zacks Rank Stocks

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Bull of the Day

Titan Machinery (TITN)

This stock recently crushed earnings and with rising estimates, the future looks bright.

Bear of the Day

Pilgrim's Pride Corp (PPC)

Don't be a chicken and shy away from looking at why this stock is a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell).

Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for Sep 25, 2018 Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for 09/25/18

Value
Growth
Momentum
VGM
Income

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
W&T Offshor...	WTI	8.09	+5.31%
Cardtronics...	CATM	33.13	+3.73%
Verso Corpo...	VRS	29.67	+3.20%
Jason Indus...	JASN	3.24	+2.87%
Arch Coal I...	ARCH	92.61	+2.29%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
W&T Offshor...	WTI	8.09	+5.31%
General Fin...	GFN	15.20	+4.66%
Weight Watc...	WTW	72.89	+4.49%
Callaway Go...	ELY	23.50	+3.48%
Verso Corpo...	VRS	29.67	+3.20%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
General Fin...	GFN	15.20	+4.66%
Callaway Go...	ELY	23.50	+3.48%
Arch Coal I...	ARCH	92.61	+2.29%
Salesforce....	CRM	158.78	+2.10%
America's C...	CRMT	79.40	+2.06%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Callaway Go...	ELY	23.50	+3.48%
Verso Corpo...	VRS	29.67	+3.20%
Arch Coal I...	ARCH	92.61	+2.29%
DSW Inc.	DSW	32.66	+2.06%
Vishay Prec...	VPG	38.15	+2.01%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Arch Coal I...	ARCH	92.61	+2.29%
DSW Inc.	DSW	32.66	+2.06%
TriplePoint...	TPVG	13.35	+1.83%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	220.79	+1.57%
Nu Skin Ent...	NUS	85.46	+1.34%

Zacks #1 Rank Additions

Company (Symbol)	Report
ARC Document Solutio... (ARC)	Quantitative Report
Alcoa Corp. (AA)	Quantitative Report
Americold Realty Tru... (COLD)	Quantitative Report
Arch Coal Inc. (ARCH)	Quantitative Report
Avaya Holdings Corp.... (AVYA)	Quantitative Report

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U.S. Retail Brokerage Industry Faces Regulatory Probes

Medical Instruments Stock Outlook: Long-Term Prospects Bright

ETFs

Dollar ETFs: Is the Run Over?

Dollar ETFs fall as currency slips by 0.6%.

Norway Hikes Rate for First Time in 7 Years: ETFs in Focus

Vanguard Jumps on the ESG ETF Bandwagon

Top Foreign ETFs of Q3

Mutual Funds

Iran Sanctions, Low Inventories Aid Oil Prices: 5 Fund Picks

Following the recent recovery in oil prices, mutual funds that have significant exposure to the energy sector could be solid investments

3 Best California Muni Bond Funds to Grab Now

3 Funds to Buy as U.S. Manufacturing Gathers Steam

Bet on These 3 Municipal Bond Mutual Funds for Healthy Gains

Options

What's Happening to Option Prices During the Tilray Short Squeeze?

A tiny public float and a short squeeze result in very strange-looking options prices

AMD Update: "Up and Out" is Not a Good Idea Here

Be a Contrarian and Sell What Others are Buying

Rolling Up and Out on Covered Calls

Earnings Analysis

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Q3 Earnings Season Preview

Earnings Preview

by Sheraz Mian

We have to wait another few weeks before Q3 earnings season really takes the spotlight, but the reporting cycle has gotten underway already, with results from 8 S&P 500 members out and another 8 index members on deck to report this week.

Q3 Earnings Season Gets Underway

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Micron (MU) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Guidance Disappoints

United Natural (UNFI) Q4 Earnings Up Y/Y, Stock Declines

Thor (THO) Earnings Miss Estimates in Q4, Revenues Beat

Darden's (DRI) Stock Up on Q1 Earnings Beat, Raised View

Reported Earnings Surprises

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Positive
Negative

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
ASNA	16:17	0.03	0.07	+133.33
DAC	16:56	0.23	0.27	+17.39
DMPI	10:08	-0.11	-0.10	+9.09
AMAL	10:08	0.38	0.40	+5.26

EPS Positive Surprises for Sep 25, 2018

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise

EPS Negative Surprises for Sep 25, 2018

Upcoming Earnings ESP

Symbol	ESP	Most Accurate Estimate	Consesus Estimate
TPIC	1,100.00%	0.15	-0.02
ACOR	450.00%	0.07	-0.02
PEGI	335.29%	0.10	-0.04

Video Commentaries

Billion Dollar Secret Full Series 1

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Merger Monday: Examining the Latest M&A News & Trends | Free Lunch | 9/24/18

Ryan McQueeney breaks down the latest merger & acquisition news involving Comcast and Sky, Pandora and Sirius XM, and Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources. He also highlights an interesting new marijuana play from biotech DNA expert Intrexon. Later, he discusses recent M&A trends and data.

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$Titan Machinery (TITN) and Pilgrim\'s Pride (PPC): Today\'s Bull & Bear$

Titan Machinery (TITN) and Pilgrim\'s Pride (PPC): Today\'s Bull & Bear

Learn more about the Bull and Bear of the day go to https://www.zacks.com/bull Titan Machinery: https://www.zacks.com/commentary/183060/bull-of-the-day-titan-machinery-titn Pilgrim\'s Pride Corporation: https://www.zacks.com/commentary/183066/bear-of-the-day-pilgrims-pride-corp-ppc

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$Salesforce.com (CRM) and Campbell Soup Company (CPB): Today\'s Bull & Bear$

Salesforce.com (CRM) and Campbell Soup Company (CPB): Today\'s Bull & Bear

Learn more about the Bull and Bear of the day go to https://www.zacks.com/bull Salesforce.com: https://www.zacks.com/commentary/182912/bull-of-the-day-salesforce-crm Campbell Soup Company: https://www.zacks.com/commentary/182915/bear-of-the-day-campbell-soup-company-cpb

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