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Shaun Pruitt

Monitoring The Cape Ratio: Are Stocks Overvalued or Will the Bull Run Continue?

Amid a historic rebound, the S&P 500 has hit another all-time high after flirting with correction territory just three months ago in March.

Bryan Hayes

Zacks Profit Secrets: Low-Risk Strategy Produces 127% Average Return

In this video, I peel back the curtain and dive into some of the methods that enabled our subscribers to achieve a 127% average return with 100% open-trade winners.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Approach New Highs on Cooling Tensions

Tech stocks reached new record highs, and the S&P 500 is currently about -1% below all-time highs.

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Bryan Hayes

The Market's Latest Scare Tactic: Trade the Reaction, Not the Headlines

Today, the market's best tactic is to scare us from the coming rebound. Investors nearly always doubt new bull markets, often for years after they begin.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Look Toward Sunny Climes

Pre-market futures are mostly flat to start a new trading week, already off early morning lows.

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Bryan Hayes

Is Commercial Metals (CMC) A 'Buy' Ahead of Fiscal Q3 Earnings Announcement?

The steel recycler has seen its quarterly EPS estimate increase 3.9% ahead of Monday's release.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Climb on Rate Cut Visibility

Only the small-cap Russell is up over the past five trading days, but the other indexes are approaching.

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Mark Vickery

Israel Attacks on Iran Send Markets into the Red

This unprecedented event has immediately sent up oil and gold prices on the global market.

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Sanghamitra Saha

Sector ETFs Likely to Gain on May Inflation Data

Muted inflation in May keeps rate cuts on hold, spotlighting sector ETFs like XLK, IHI, EATZ, and XLRE for potential gains.

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Shaun Pruitt

Top Stocks to Watch After May's Optimistic CPI Data

Optimistically, May's much-anticipated inflation data came in better than expected amid ongoing concerns that President Trump's tariffs could cause a cost surge.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Keep Nudging Higher Ahead of Trade Deals, CPI

The S&P 500 is now at its highest level since February 20th.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Flat Ahead of CPI, PPI & Possible Trade Deals

Overall, indexes are roughly flat year over year, although the S&P 500 grew above 6K for the first time since late February.

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Shaun Pruitt

Stocks to Watch as May's Jobs Report Beats Economists' Expectations: PCTY, MMS

Driving the stock market's uptick on Friday, U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs, which came in above most economists' expectations of 125,000-130,000.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Slide to Flat on Jobs, Trade, Beige Book, Earnings

ADP payrolls and the Beige Book slipped today, ahead of earnings results from Five Below.

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Sanghamitra Saha

2 Inflation-Protection ETFs Climb to Yearly Highs: Here's Why

Inflation-protection ETFs RAAX and PPI recently hit a 52-week high as the OECD raised U.S. inflation forecasts.

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Bryan Hayes

Markets Start June Positive Despite US-China Tensions: Stocks to Watch

Declining volatility surrounding tariffs and a tame inflation trend suggest more gains are on the horizon.

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Andrew Rocco

Why the Market's Long-Term Outlook is Bullish

The confluence of strong economic indicators, the AI revolution, and the markets resilient behavior point to a market where bulls are in control.

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Yashwardhan Jain

Patience Pays Off: How to Play ETFs With Long-Term Goals

Fed flags long-term inflation risks as tariff chaos and debt woes fuel investor unease; value and quality ETFs emerge as safer long-term plays.

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Mark Vickery

Jobs Week Starts with More Trade Tensions

Currently both the blue-chip Dow and the tech-heavy Nasdaq are down -100 points, with the S&P 500 down -20.

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Mark Vickery

PCE for April Shows Economic Resilience

This is good news in terms of demonstrating economic strength, though not for those who'd like to see the Fed lower interest rates.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Drop Hard on New Trump Tariff Talk

President Trump is warning Apple (AAPL) will be facing additional +25% tariffs on iPhones, while flexing new +50% tariffs on the EU.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Inflation Rate at +2.3%, Earnings Reports Mixed

The Inflation Rate for April came in at a 4-year low to +2.3%, 10 bps beneath expectations.

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Mark Vickery

Tariff Talk Returns to Sink Markets; Plus Q1 Earnings

President Trump's return to tough tariff talk has informed today's market sentiment.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Slip Lower on Record Trade Deficit, Q1 Earnings

A new record-low trade deficit may be contributing to the sour mood this morning in pre-market trading.

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Bryan Hayes

Bullish Signals Mount as Q1 Earnings Surprise to the Upside

Tech giants Meta and Microsoft are surging; bulls would like to see further positive reactions to earnings.

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