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How Does the Recent Rally Affect Tesla's Capital Position?

Turning to the equity and debt markets gets easier as the share price rises. Take it from Zacks Strategist David Borun, who has chronicled Tesla (TSLA) over the past several weeks.

Oracle, FedEx Report Strong Fiscal Q4 Earnings

Both Oracle and FedEx posted earnings and revenue beats in their respective fiscal Q4 results, with after-market trading somewhat higher.

Both Oracle and FedEx posted earnings and revenue ...

Profit from Escalating Trade War Fears with Inverse ETFs

Investors could ride out the downbeat sentiment through inverse or leveraged inverse ETFs as investors go for big gains in a short span.

Investors could ride out the downbeat sentiment through ...

Rising Interest Rates Means Growing Profits for Consumer Lenders

Chairman Jay Powell indicated that there would be at least one more interest rate hike in 2018 and probably two.

Chairman Jay Powell indicated that there would be ...

Zacks Free Lunch: More Tariffs, Small Caps & Earnings

On today's episode of Free Lunch, Ryan McQueeney discusses the latest trade war concerns causing volatility globally, and speculates why small-cap stocks have fared better in recent weeks.

On today's episode of Free Lunch, Ryan McQueeney ...

3 Things to Watch for in Micron's Q3 Earnings

On today's Tech Talk Tuesday podcast, Ryan McQueeney previews the week’s hottest earnings report -- memory chip giant Micron (MU) -- with 3 keys to watch for when the company reports Wednesday.

On today's Tech Talk Tuesday podcast, Ryan McQueeney ...

Top Research Reports for UnitedHealth, Walmart & AT&T

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including UNH, WMT and T.

Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 ...

AWS 6/19: Global Markets Internalize U.S./China Trade Friction

President Trump decided to impose fresh new tariffs on $200 billion worth of additional Chinese goods at 10%, sending global markets into a tailspin.

President Trump decided to impose fresh new tariffs ...

PFP 6/19: Small-Caps Surge to New All-Time Highs Again!

The market at this stage does not believe we'll see a trade war and neither does Kevin Matras.

The market at this stage does not believe ...

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Featured Zacks Rank Stocks

Learn to Profit from the Zacks Rank

Bull of the Day

QuinStreet (QNST)

Short sellers need stocks to go down, but when estimates move higher, they start to cover and that drives prices higher.

Bear of the Day

Ambarella

This former high flier could be coming back to earth as estimates are cut in half

Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for Jun 19, 2018 Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers Zacks #1 Rank Top Movers for 06/19/18

Value
Growth
Momentum
VGM
Income

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Strata Skin...	SSKN	2.24	+7.18%
Town Sports...	CLUB	11.75	+6.59%
Echo Global...	ECHO	31.35	+3.45%
SolarEdge T...	SEDG	49.25	+3.25%
Geopark Ltd...	GPRK	20.05	+2.30%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Town Sports...	CLUB	11.75	+6.59%
Echo Global...	ECHO	31.35	+3.45%
SolarEdge T...	SEDG	49.25	+3.25%
Geopark Ltd...	GPRK	20.05	+2.30%
Cardtronics...	CATM	24.94	+1.94%

Company	Symbol	Price	%Chg
Salem Media...	SALM	4.45	+3.49%
Blue Hills...	BHBK	22.20	+3.00%
Kemper Corp...	KMPR	78.90	+2.86%
CenterState...	CSFL	31.47	+2.19%
SCANA Corpo...	SCG	37.55	+1.79%

Zacks #1 Rank Additions

Company (Symbol)	Report
ANSYS, Inc. (ANSS)	ANALYST REPORT
Advanced Energy Indu... (AEIS)	Quantitative Report
Akamai Technologies,... (AKAM)	ANALYST REPORT
Alcoa Corp. (AA)	Quantitative Report
American Public Educ... (APEI)	ANALYST REPORT

Investment Ideas

Stocks

Oil & Gas Stock Roundup: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Transocean & More

by Nilanjan Choudhury

Alphabet Roundup: JD Investment, Carrefour Partnership, Waymo

by Sejuti Banerjea

6 Winning Stock Strategies as Tariff Talks Take Ugly Turn

by Sweta Killa

Why Nike (NKE) Stock is Worth Buying

Banks to Raise Payouts Ignoring Tougher Stress Test

5 Top Stocks to Gain From Escalating Trade War Tensions

4 Undervalued MedTech Stocks to Consider Amid Volatility

5 Top-Ranked Small-Cap Stocks on Sale

Builder Confidence Slips in June: Is Housing on Shaky Ground?

5 Low-Beta Stocks to Buy as Trade Conflict Intensifies

Will OPEC Relax Output Curbs? Oil Stocks in Focus

Small Drugmakers Edging Out the Bigshots: 7 Stocks to Buy

ETFs

Airline ETF in Focus on Strong Growth Forecast

As Airlines expect to do brisk business this year, how will ETFs react?

Is $100-a-Barrel Oil Possible? ETFs in Focus

Time to Buy Defensive ETFs?

Inverse EM ETFs to Gain as Easy Money Starts Drying Up?

Mutual Funds

5 Low Beta Funds to Buy for Renewed Trade War Fears

Following U.S.-China trade-related concerns, it will be prudent to pick safe mutual funds that have low beta

3 Strong Buy Nuveen Mutual Funds for Striking Gains

Small Business Sentiment Best in Over 34 Years: 4 Fund Picks

Focus on 3 Large-Cap Value Mutual Funds for Good Returns

Options

Tesla Butterfly - Friday Afternoon Update

With a big winner, let's not get too greedy

Tesla Butterfly Update

A Simple Screen for Call Options

Selling Puts Post Earnings

Earnings Analysis

More Analysis

What Will Q2 Earnings Season Bring?

Earnings Preview

by Sheraz Mian

10 of the 16 Zacks sectors are expected to produce double-digit earnings growth in Q2.

Looking Ahead to the Q2 Earnings Season

Earnings Headlines

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FedEx (FDX) Tops Q4 Earnings & Revenue Estimates

Oracle (ORCL) Beats Q4 Estimates, Sees Double-Digit Earnings Growth in 2019

Jabil's (JBL) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates

Castle Brands (ROX) Q4 Earnings & Sales Miss Estimates

Reported Earnings Surprises

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Positive
Negative

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
ORCL	16:15	0.94	0.99	+5.32
EQH	18:17	0.80	0.83	+3.75
FDX	16:30	5.72	5.91	+3.32
LZB	16:31	0.64	0.66	+3.13
SECO	07:23	0.10	0.10	+0.00

EPS Positive Surprises for Jun 19, 2018

Symbol	Time	Expected	Reported	%Surprise
ASHTY	06:58	1.50	1.38	-8.00

EPS Negative Surprises for Jun 19, 2018

Upcoming Earnings ESP

Symbol	ESP	Most Accurate Estimate	Consesus Estimate
NJR	3,700.00%	0.09	-0.00
QTWO	414.27%	0.04	0.01
IRDM	211.11%	0.04	-0.04

Video Commentaries

Billion Dollar Secret Full Series 1

Watch the full series to learn how the Zacks Rank works.

Watch the full series to learn how the ...

More Trump Tariffs, Small Cap Stocks, Earnings from ORCL & FDX | Free Lunch | 6/19/18

On today’s episode of Free Lunch, Associate Stock Strategist Ryan McQueeney discusses the latest trade war concerns causing volatility throughout global markets and speculates as to why small cap stocks have fared better in recent weeks. Later, he is joined by Zacks Strategist Dave Bartosiak to preview upcoming earnings reports from Oracle (ORCL) and FedEx (FDX).

On today’s episode of Free Lunch, Associate ...

Top Stock Picks for the Week of June 18, 2018

Tracey Ryniec and Kevin Cook look at a big energy explorer and one of the hot gene editing biotechs. Occidental Petroleum: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/OXY?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID CRISPR Therapeutics: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CRSP?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch

Tracey Ryniec and Kevin Cook look at a ...

Why Stocks Opened Lower & JD.com and Google Made Headlines | Free Lunch | 6/18/18

On today’s episode of Free Lunch, Associate Stock Strategist Ryan McQueeney recaps the morning’s trading activity, touching on the latest trade war news and why it is impacting major indexes like the Dow. Later, the host explains the new partnership between JD.com (JD) and Google (GOOGL) and what it could mean for the Chinese e-commerce company’s future.

On today’s episode of Free Lunch, Associate ...