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How to Find Big Winners This Earnings Season

There's lots of money to be made this earnings season, but you can't just blindly buy anything. Zacks Strategist Dave Bartosiak will show how to increase your odds of success.

PFP 10/17: Stocks Near All-Time Highs, Earnings Season Underway

It's not uncommon to see individual stocks soar 10%, 15% or even 20% or more in one day after a report. The key is getting into the right stocks.

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Solid Start to Q3 Earnings Season

We knew all along that earnings growth would be challenged in Q3, as it had been in the first half of the year, and that’s what these results show.

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Trump May See Easy Win in 2020: ETFs to Bet On

A majority of U.S. business leaders expects Trump to be re-elected in 2020 as a recession is not in the cards, at least in the near term.

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5 Key Earnings Charts to Watch This Week

Third quarter earnings season officially kicks off this week with a handful of the big US banks leading it off. But there are also a lot of big cap companies reporting in numerous industries.

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Saddle Up & Ride 'Red Dead Redemption 2' to Earnings

Since its release, Red Dead Redemption 2 in a year has made $25 million on console sales alone.

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Top Research Reports for Southern Co, Applied Materials & Vertex

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including SO, AMAT and VRTX.

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New Strong Buy Stocks for October 16th

This media and entertainment company has seen the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 0.3% over the last 60 days.

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AWS 10/16: Retail Sales Miss to -0.3%, Bank Earnings Mixed

In the worst Retail Sales print since February, -0.3% on the headline was the reverse of the consensus estimate +0.3%.

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Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for Oct 17, 2019 Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for 10/17/19

Value
Growth
Momentum
VGM
Income

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Owens & Min...	OMI	6.89	+6.82%
Builders Fi...	BLDR	22.44	+4.20%
Realogy Hol...	RLGY	7.67	+3.93%
Matrix Serv...	MTRX	19.15	+3.40%
Aaron's, I...	AAN	71.25	+2.92%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
NGM Biophar...	NGM	10.28	+3.11%
Cesca Thera...	KOOL	5.07	+3.05%
Dermira, In...	DERM	5.46	+2.82%
KB Home	KBH	35.69	+2.71%
BRP Inc.	DOOO	41.07	+2.68%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Clean Energ...	CLNE	2.27	+8.10%
Owens & Min...	OMI	6.89	+6.82%
Builders Fi...	BLDR	22.44	+4.20%
Matrix Serv...	MTRX	19.15	+3.40%
Aaron's, I...	AAN	71.25	+2.92%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Owens & Min...	OMI	6.89	+6.82%
Silvercorp...	SVM	3.85	+4.05%
Realogy Hol...	RLGY	7.67	+3.93%
NetEase, In...	NTES	294.77	+2.96%
Aaron's, I...	AAN	71.25	+2.92%

Zacks #1 Rank Additions

Company (Symbol)	Report
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG)	Quantitative Report
Lithia Motors, Inc. (LAD)	ANALYST REPORT
Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD)	ANALYST REPORT
BioDelivery Sciences... (BDSI)	ANALYST REPORT
Alleghany Corporatio... (Y)	ANALYST REPORT

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ETFs

ETFs & Stocks to Defy Weak September Retail Sales

Despite the retail sales slump in September, play these ETFs and stocks that have come from the spaces exhibiting an expansion in sales.

Low-Volatility ETFs to Buy as IMF Cuts Global Growth Outlook

Here's Why You Should Invest in South Korea ETFs Now

Tap Revenue Growth With These ETFs & Dump Earnings Recession

Mutual Funds

Which Financial Mutual Fund to Buy: FIDSX or PRISX?

The financial sector is booming, which makes mutual funds from the sector ideal for purchase.

3 Mutual Funds From Nuveen's Portfolio

3 Technology Mutual Funds for a Steady Portfolio

3 Wells Fargo Mutual Funds for Superlative Returns

Options

What do Baseball and Options Trading Have in Common

Answer: The stakes are higher in October

Open Interest in Options Influuences Stock Movement

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Volatilities Sink, How do we "Buy Low"?

Earnings Analysis

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Solid Start to Q3 Earnings Season

Earnings Outlook

by Sheraz Mian

Total earnings for the 43 S&P 500 companies that have reported results already are down -3.8% on +3.7% higher revenues, with 83.7% beating EPS estimates and 60.5% beating revenue estimates.

What to Expect from Q3 Earnings Season with Big Banks Set to Report?

Earnings Headlines

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First Horizon (FHN) Stock Down Despite Q3 Earnings Beat

CSX Shares Rise on Q3 Earnings Beat, Revenues Miss Mark

ETFs & Stocks to Defy Weak September Retail Sales

KeyCorp (KEY) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Expenses Decline

Reported Earnings Surprises

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Positive
Negative

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
WNS	06:08	0.67	0.79	+17.91
TXT	06:34	0.85	0.95	+11.76
MS	07:44	1.10	1.21	+10.00
FNB	06:06	0.29	0.31	+6.90
SON	06:51	0.91	0.97	+6.59

EPS Positive Surprises for Oct 17, 2019

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
GTLS	06:27	0.78	0.77	-1.28
WSO	07:36	2.25	2.20	-2.22
EWBC	08:06	1.20	1.17	-2.50
UNP	08:04	2.29	2.22	-3.06
MTB	06:41	3.61	3.47	-3.88

EPS Negative Surprises for Oct 17, 2019

Upcoming Earnings ESP

Symbol	ESP	Most Accurate Estimate	Consensus Estimate
PG	0.76%	1.25	1.24
UTX	0.99%	2.05	2.03
SYF	0.24%	1.13	1.12
BIIB	0.60%	8.32	8.27

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5 Key Earnings Charts to Watch This Week

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Big Bank & Healthcare Earnings, Netflix Q3 Preview & Buy Lululemon Stock – Free Lunch

On today’s episode of Free Lunch here at Zacks, Associate Stock Strategist Ben Rains breaks down some of Tuesday’s major Q3 earnings results from giants such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and UnitedHealth (UNH). We then take a look at what to expect from streaming TV powerhouse Netflix’s (NFLX) third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, before we close with why Lululemon (LULU) is Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock right now.

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