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Sanghamitra Saha

4 Sector ETFs & Stocks to Gain Despite Lower-Than -Expected Inflation

September records lower-than-expected inflation! Energy (OIH), Restaurants (EATZ), Healthcare (XLV) and Transportation (XTN) ETFs may still shine in the near term.

DALPositive Net Change UHSNegative Net Change RRGBPositive Net Change MUSAPositive Net Change XLVPositive Net Change OIHNegative Net Change XTNPositive Net Change EATZNegative Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Buy Intel Stock After Favorable CPI Data & Q3 Earnings Beat?

Hitting a fresh one-year high of $41 a share in Friday's trading session, Intel stock has continued an attention-getting rebound from a 52-week and multi-year low of $17.

INTCNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change SFTBYPositive Net Change

Bryan Hayes

Year-End Rally Odds Increase: Stocks to Watch

The start to the third-quarter earnings season has been very positive, bolstering the case for a sustained rally in the final months of the year.

AMDPositive Net Change VRTPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Soar on Softer CPI Numbers

The Dow moved from +87 points immediately ahead of the release to +210 points now, the S&P 500 went from +23 to +41, and the Nasdaq shot up from +125 points to +222 points at this hour.

AMZNPositive Net Change GDPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change MSFTNegative Net Change PGNegative Net Change HCANegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Cornucopia of Q3 Earnings: GE, GM & More

Major market indexes rebounded into the green over the past month in what has so far been a fairly turbulent October, and are back to all-time highs.

LMTPositive Net Change GEPositive Net Change KOPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change MMMNegative Net Change GMPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Volatile as Q3 Bank Earnings Come Out

The market continues to work toward some equilibrium amid plenty of near-term challenges.

GSPositive Net Change WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change JNJPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Pre-markets Filling Gaps to Start New Trading Week

Pre-market futures are climbing this morning, filling in some of the deep holes dug Friday.

WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change FASTNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

Party Rally Running Out of Fuel

What can be expected to pull market trading interest back up to earlier levels? Tough to see.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Fresh Highs on FOMC Minutes

Market participants hadn't been sure we'd see additional rate cuts into the end of the year, but today's release of the September Fed minutes put that to rest.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up Ahead of Fed Minutes Release

Expected later today are the prepared minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in mid-September.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Take a Break from Setting New All-Time Highs

Red closes among all major indexes today snapped a seven-day winning streak on the S&P 500.

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Mark Vickery

No News Is Good News: Pre-markets Up on Dormant BLS Report

All major indexes are in the green for the trading week, plus-mid-single digits for the month, and double digits (except for the Dow, +9%) year to date.

QQQPositive Net Change SPYPositive Net Change DIAPositive Net Change

Bryan Hayes

Is Nike (NKE) a 'Buy' Ahead of Its Upcoming Earnings Announcement?

Despite rallying off the April lows, Nike shares are down roughly 7% this year and are underperforming the major indexes.

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Mark Vickery

PCE Delivers Goldilocks Numbers for the Stock Market

Inflation is still present, but not running out of control. Sounds like "Goldilocks" to pre-market traders.

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Bryan Hayes

Bull Market Set for Further Gains on Earnings: Stocks to Watch

Earnings have been the steady engine throughout this multi-year bull market, which has broadened out in 2025 and is now approaching its third birthday.

COSTNegative Net Change JBLPositive Net Change

Mark Vickery

Fed Speeches Today, PCE Report End-of-Week

We hear from a number of Fed members today, including its most-recent member, Stephen Miran.

MUPositive Net Change COSTNegative Net Change AZOPositive Net Change FDXPositive Net Change KBHNegative Net Change

Mark Vickery

A Late Summer Reflection on Growth, Inflation & Jobs

We know that the main concern for the Fed is now the weakening jobs market and not inflation.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Sees "Two-Sided Risk" in Lowering Interest Rates

We now have interest rates between 4.00-4.25% for the first time since December of 2022.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Numbers Down Ahead of Fed Rate Cut Today

With expectations high that interest rates will come down further in the near future, it keeps some homebuying prospects on the sidelines.

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Mark Vickery

Retail Sales, Imports & Exports Warmer Ahead of Fed Meeting

The new inflation figures out this morning are warmer than expected: will they matter to the Fed?

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Mark Vickery

New Record Highs on S&P, Nasdaq: Tech Stocks Still Lead

The (AI-based) tech trade joins a pending lower interest rate environment for a market-friendly blend.

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Mark Vickery

Moving Pieces Ahead of Fed Rate Decision

It is widely expected that the Fed will cut rates at this meeting for the first time in 2025.

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Mark Vickery

Stock Market On Top of the World Ahead of Fed Meeting

The Fed is data dependent, so that means a rate cut is ripe for the picking.

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Sanghamitra Saha

ETFs to Gain as Inflation Edges Higher in August

Inflation rose in August, but jobless claims rose, too, shaping Fed rate cut odds and boosting the appeal of large-cap blend ETFs like ITOT, EDOW and IVV.

SPHQPositive Net Change IVVPositive Net Change ITOTPositive Net Change OEFPositive Net Change EDOWPositive Net Change

Shaun Pruitt

Stocks & Index Items to Watch from August's CPI Data

Diving deeper into August's CPI summary, here is the breakdown of the main movers of individual item indexes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a strategic opinion of what stocks could stand to benefit or be affected.

CVXPositive Net Change XOMPositive Net Change MARPositive Net Change DALPositive Net Change WMTNegative Net Change CMGPositive Net Change RLPositive Net Change GMPositive Net Change TOLNegative Net Change CROXNegative Net Change