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Mark Vickery

Q3 GDP +4.9%, Earnings Beats for UPS, Bristol Myers and Honeywell

In the preliminary Q3 GDP print, consumer spending jumped to +4.0% while private domestic investment roared ahead +8.4%.

AMZNPositive Net Change INTCPositive Net Change FPositive Net Change BMYPositive Net Change HONNegative Net Change UPSPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Big Q3 Earnings Headed Our Way: MSFT, GOOGL & More

The self-policing of high-bond-yield wariness is keeping equities from jumping ahead.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Struggle with Bond Yields, Fed Chair and Earnings

Powell said inflation is still too high, and that monetary policy -- at 5.25-5.50%, the highest in 16 years -- was still not too tight.

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Sanghamitra Saha

4 Sector ETFs to Win on Sticky Inflation

The consumer price index increased 0.4% sequentially and 3.7% year over year in September.

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Mark Vickery

CPI, Jobless Claims Send Pre-Markets Lower

The best news in this entire report comes from core CPI year over year, which arrives in-line with estimates at +4.1%.

DALPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy Stock in These Automotive Finance Leaders?

While every automaker won't have nearly the same success as Tesla (TSLA), investing in consumer lending companies that offer exposure to auto loans could be a rewarding option as well.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Warmer than Expected, Fed Minutes Later

Core year over year PPI reached +2.7%, 20 bps higher than the previous month.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Rise Again on Dovish Fed-Speak

Market indices posted another session in the green today, though off the highs we saw around midday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Stay in the Green; Pepsi Beats in Q3

Pre-market indices are slightly positive at this hour -- all but the small-cap Russell 2000.

DALPositive Net Change DPZPositive Net Change PEPPositive Net Change

Bryan Hayes

Jabil, Fabrinet Lead Breakout Stocks: Relief Rally Underway?

Wednesday marked the first day of a rally attempt for both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Mark Vickery

Manufacturing Data Improves, Bond Yields Stay Elevated

We got some slightly better September Manufacturing numbers than expected from the final S&P PMI and ISM reports.

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Mark Vickery

October Starts the Way September Ends

The downward momentum in pre-market activity continues: the Dow is -85 points at this hour, the S&P 500 is -10 and the Nasdaq -25 points.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Mostly In-Line, Pre-Markets Favorable

Core PCE year over year reached sub-4% for the first time in two years, and just as expected: +3.9%.

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Mark Vickery

Durable Goods Show Healthy Economy, but What About the Fed?

Business owners show in Durable Goods Orders that the future is bright enough to build-out company infrastructure, inventory, etc.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Down on Real & Projected Headwinds

Early trading is at low levels of the pre-market so far, less than half an hour before the first opening bell of the week.

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John Blank

The End of Policy Rate Hikes? Global Week Ahead

The Fed kept interest rates steady last week, but projected monetary policy will remain significantly tighter through 2024 than previously expected.

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Bryan Hayes

Charting the Course: Buying Opportunity or More Pain Ahead?

While a host of concerns remain, historical statistics support a rally into year-end.

AKAMPositive Net Change BKRPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

September Brings the Fall Once Again

Until this week, we looked as if we might buck the September doldrums. But it was not to be.

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Shaun Pruitt

Buy These Momentum Stocks as Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged but Markets Fall

Rising earnings estimates are an indication that these highly ranked Zacks stocks should outperform the broader market in the near future, especially when interest rate fears subside.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Tumble on Fed Rate Hold, New Dot-Plot

Investors were looking for significant rate cuts next year, and Powell is only suggesting we'll get down to where we were in May of this year by the end of 2024.

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Mark Vickery

Market Indices Close Gently in the Red

What was behind the selloff? The better question is: what's ahead of it?

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Mark Vickery

Housing Starts Depict Slowdown as Fed Meeting Begins

New Starts brought the lowest print since June 2020, and helps illustrate how 7%+ mortgage rates have thrown a wet blanket over the housing market as a whole.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Flat, with Homebuilders Turning Negative

Over the past five trading days, only the Dow clings to gains of -0.09% -- the other indices are slightly in the red.

ARMNegative Net Change ITBPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy These Attractive Steel Stocks

Several steel companies are attractive at the moment with their stocks largely outperforming the broader market over the last few years.

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