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Target vs. Walmart: Which is the Best Retail Stock as Q2 Results Approach?
by Shaun Pruitt
Ultimately, the decision of which retail stock may be the better investment comes down to whether investors want to bet on value for the long-term or growth and defensive safety at the moment.
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Hot & Cold Data on Retail Sales, Imports/Exports, Manufacturing
by Mark Vickery
Retail Sales have cooled following hotter revisions, while Imports turned up the heat in July.
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Market Indexes Fight Back to Flat for the Day
by Mark Vickery
Markets were mostly flat for the day, aside from the small-cap Russell 2000, which gave back the majority of its +2% gains yesterday.
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Economic Data at 3-Year Highs: PPI, Jobless Claims
by Mark Vickery
PPI prints soared +90 bps month over month, sending pre-markets from flat into the red.
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Time to Buy JPMorgan & Citigroup Stock for Potential Rate Cuts
by Shaun Pruitt
With investors starting to clamor for a September rate cut, the outlook for JPMorgan and Citigroup may become even more appealing thanks to their strong capital positions.
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Rate-Cut Bonanza Keeps Markets at Record Highs
by Mark Vickery
Market participants continue to ride the narrative that interest rate cuts will be coming down.
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Pre-Markets Up on Rate-Cut Excitement
by Mark Vickery
Right now we're looking at 2-3 rate cuts for the remainder of 2025; this roughly would equate a 3.50-3.75% Fed funds rate by the end of the year.
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Do Lower Rates Suggest Small Cap Stocks are in Favor?
by Andrew Rocco
The current market environment, characterized by easing inflation fears and a potential shift in Federal Reserve policy toward lower interest rates, is a favorable backdrop for small cap stocks.
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Jobs Shrink in the Summer of '25, Pre-Markets Lower
by Mark Vickery
+73K new jobs were filled last month, lower than the +100K expected. The Unemployment Rate ticked up 10 bps.
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Markets Sink on Powell Presser Message, Plus Earnings: MSFT, META & More
by Mark Vickery
Once Fed Chair Powell started talking about using the Fed funds rate to thwart tariff-led inflation in the U.S. economy, and they all dropped significantly.
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ADP, GDP & FOMC: Alphabet Soup of Market Data
by Mark Vickery
Both ADP jobs and Q2 GDP outperformed estimates this morning. The FOMC meeting concludes later today.
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S&P 500 & Nasdaq Notch New All-Time Closing Highs
by Mark Vickery
Markets lost a bit of steam mid-session this Monday, but a late surge into the close brought the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes to new record closing highs.
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Big Week for Jobs, Earnings and the Fed
by Mark Vickery
There's only a 2% chance the Fed has enough votes to cut to outstrip Fed Chair Powell's opinion to keep interest rates where they are.
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Pre-Markets Moderate in the Green for Another Up-Week
by Mark Vickery
Over the past week of trading -- which has been positive across the board -- we're seeing a bit of moderation at or near all-time highs.
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2025: Wall Street's Steep Ascent Up the Wall of Worry
by Andrew Rocco
It's been a turbulent year, but 2025 has once again proven Wall Street's ability to climb the proverbial "wall of worry." From the initial DeepSeek shock and the tariff scares, the market has demonstrated remarkable resilience.
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Markets Fight Off Powell Rumor, Close in the Green
by Mark Vickery
A report that President Trump intended on firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent all major indexes into the loss column temporarily.
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Pre-Markets Shrug Off Trade Deadline, FOMC Minutes Out Today
by Mark Vickery
Without a major catalyst to push market indexes to new levels higher, we might expect this sideways chop to continue.
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A Relaxing Week Ahead in the Stock Market?
by Mark Vickery
Pre-market futures are taking a little off the top this morning: -18 points on the S&P 500, -31 points on the Dow and -98 points on the Nasdaq.
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"Jobs Week" Continues Thursday to Close Out the Week
by Mark Vickery
Both Weekly Jobless Claims and the BLS report will hit the wires around the same time tomorrow.
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Trading Rotation Kicks Off 2nd Half of 2025
by Mark Vickery
Tech stocks lagged after a very strong first half of the year, while healthcare led the way.
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Through 1H 2025, U.S. Economy Threads the Needle
by Mark Vickery
It was a turbulent first half of the year, but we are closing strong.
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Zacks Profit Secrets: Low-Risk Strategy Produces 127% Average Return
by Bryan Hayes
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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Pre-Markets Flattish Ahead of Late-Week Economic News
by Mark Vickery
Fed Chair Powell addresses the Senate today, and Micron reports earnings after today's closing bell.
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Markets Approach New Highs on Cooling Tensions
by Mark Vickery
Tech stocks reached new record highs, and the S&P 500 is currently about -1% below all-time highs.
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The Market's Latest Scare Tactic: Trade the Reaction, Not the Headlines
by Bryan Hayes
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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