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John Blank

Tariff Effects Have Landed: Zacks JULY Strategy

"Business has notably slowed in last four to six weeks. Customers do not want to make commitments in the wake of massive tariff uncertainty."

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John Blank

Stocks of Top U.S. Importers and Exporters: Zacks June 2025 Strategy

This month marks the start of summer trading. John Blank's stock strategy team at Zacks pulled together the major large-cap U.S. stocks facing 2025 tariff headwinds.

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John Blank

Should You Buy Tech Mega-Caps? Zacks MAY 2025 Strategy

For the bulls in 2025? E-commerce spending should continue to rise, as a percentage of U.S. retail spending. But only at the long-term trend growth rate.

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John Blank

Buy the Dip, or Stay Away? Zacks April 2025 Market Strategy

Regardless of the latest U.S. nonfarm jobs data from March, building global growth and U.S. recession worries turned down the major share indices. A correction is firmly in hand.

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John Blank

3 Top Stock Picks in March 2025 Landscape: Zacks Market Strategy

Growth gets enabled by AI data/cloud centers and ongoing tech mega-cap earnings strength, albeit in the face of a valuation pullback this month. Financials kept an Attractive rating.

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John Blank

Off to a Solid Start in 2025: Zacks FEB Market Strategy

Year to date, the narrow DJIA was up +4.41%, the broad S&P 500 was up +2.01%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 was up +1.36%.

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John Blank

A Holiday Season Investing Report: Zacks December Strategy

2024 was an excellent year to own stocks -- heeding no particular stock style over another (though Growth worked better), and without being too picky about market capitalization.

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John Blank

A Good Year for ALL Stocks: Zacks NOV Strategy

2024 has been an excellent year for stocks. Want a confirming fact? The S&P500 has been up +19.62% YTD to Nov 1st, 2024.

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John Blank

Tech EPS Growth Lights Up Q3: Zacks OCT Strategy

The Zacks Computer & Technology sector? It is leading the way on Q3 earnings growth. This month, we take a deeper dive into that all-important Q3 earnings growth area.

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John Blank

Conglomerates: An Overlooked Stock Group

A number of Conglomerate stocks are international firms. Zacks Chief Economist John Blank, Ph.D gives us a few examples worth buying.

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John Blank

Construction Drives Growth: Zacks August 2024 Strategy

The Construction sector in the USA has been a 'hot' area to invest in over the last two post-COVID years. Here's how this narrative played out, for both Residential and Non-Residential Construction.

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John Blank

U.S. Still the Cornerstone to Global Growth: Zacks July Strategy

With goods price inflation in our rear view, the remaining stubborn U.S. rent inflation, in y/y terms, is what is now running along at +3.36% y/y.

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John Blank

Strong Mega-Cap Profit Center in the S&P: Zacks JUNE 2024 Strategy

In Q2-24, Zacks expects total earnings for the Tech sector to be up +14.4%, on +9.3% higher revenues. What drives it? Keep internal Info Tech sector profit margins in mind.

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Kinjel Shah

The Underrated Global Consumer: Zacks MAY Strategy

It has been acknowledged for some time: the U.S. consumer is providing a major assist, keeping the U.S. economy???s growth up.

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John Blank

The Underrated Global Consumer: Zacks MAY Strategy

The strength of the global consumer, including the now-traveling Mainland Chinese population, remains an underrated force for global growth.

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John Blank

Tesla's Share Price Fade: Zacks APRIL Market Strategy

Want to know one very good global factor behind Tesla's (TSLA) notable late 2023 and early 2024 earnings and share price slide? Zacks Chief Strategist John Blank knows.

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John Blank

Time for a Big Small-Cap Run? Zacks March 2024 Strategy

Two-and-a-half years ago, traders saw a short-lived run-up in small-cap land. The broad blended small-cap RUT index peaked on Nov. 8th, 2021 at 2,458.

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John Blank

Stay Aggressive with a Cloudy 2024? Zacks FEB Market Strategy

Each month, in our monthly Market Strategy report, Zacks lists a short 1-pager, with suggested portfolio allocations for Conservative, Moderate, Aggressive & Income investors.

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John Blank

Homes for Sale Rise: Zacks JAN 2024 Market Strategy

With the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rates back down to 7.0% at year's end, the rise in Month's Supply at Current Sales Rates rose to 11.3 months.

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John Blank

The Return of the Risk-Chasers: Zacks DEC Market Strategy

In early 2023, Cathie Woods' 'Disruptive Innovation' ETFs started to rise. Then, across the middle section of 2023, that trading strength abated.

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John Blank

The Magnificent Seven: Zacks NOV Market Strategy

Multiple trillions of central bank liquidity and the trillion-dollar market caps of these top seven mega-cap tech stocks keep pushing the major U.S. benchmarks higher.

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John Blank

Time to Buy U.S. Stocks in Early October?

Zacks strategists (including John Blank) stay bullish. The S&P500 carries a 4,132 "fair value" estimate at YE 2023. Coming years show double-digit fundamental growth.

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John Blank

What's Alive for 2024 Pessimists? Zacks SEPT Market Strategy

After swift Fed Funds rate hikes, the U.S. Housing market cooling (in a curious way) and a higher 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, consider the following updates.

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John Blank

A Contrarian Call for Value & Income - Zacks JULY Strategy

This market cap-weighted large-cap index valuation gets held up by seven monster Info Tech stocks. But other S&P500 sectors are being hugely overlooked and under-bought.

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John Blank

Growth Stays in Favor: Zacks June Market Strategy

S&P 500 Info Tech and Consumer Discretionary sectors -- where the mega-cap tech stocks reside -- has been the sole source of the large-cap growth index rise.

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