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Meta (META) Beats Earnings Estimates and Announces First Ever Dividend is it Time to Buy?
by Shaun Pruitt
Investors walked away from the busy investment week with a lot of news to digest including Meta Platforms (META) announcing its first-ever dividend after comfortably surpassing Q4 top and bottom-line expectations on Thursday.
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Jobless Claims & Productivity Leap Higher; CAH, IP, HON Report
by Mark Vickery
Once the market closes, we'll await earnings reports from three of the Magnificent 7 stocks: Apple, Amazon and Meta.
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Dotcom Deja Vu? 3 Data Points Suggest a More Bullish Horizon in 2024
by Andrew Rocco
In a recent report, JP Morgan's quant team highlighted a "persistently rising concentration" in the U.S. stock market, drawing parallels to the Dotcom Bubble Era. While the concerns are valid, there a three significant reasons to stay optimistic.
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Powell Dubious on March Cut, Markets Slide
by Mark Vickery
Indices jumped higher on the Fed's release initially, but in terms of forecasting a March cut, Fed Chair Powell said that this was "not the most-likely case."
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Big Earnings Afternoon: Microsoft, Alphabet, Starbucks & More
by Mark Vickery
Microsoft, Google-parent Alphabet, Mondelez and Skyworks all topped earnings expectations.
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Navigating the Storm: How Regional Banks Weathered the Crisis and Why the Worst is Behind Them
by Andrew Rocco
Though the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFB) is ending, there are five reasons to believe the worst is over for regional banking stocks. Look for them to be much higher 12 months from now.
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Markets Stroll Higher Ahead of Key Data; SMCI, FFIV, WHR Beat
by Mark Vickery
A sixth record closing high for the S&P 500 just this month/year alone ought to give a good impression of where the market's collective head is at presently.
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Markets Continue to Shine Amid High Interest Rates
by Mark Vickery
After today's close, United Airlines (UAL) outperformed expectations on both top and bottom lines in its Q4 report.
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Financial ETF Breaks Out to 52-Week High: Stocks to Watch
by Bryan Hayes
New yearly highs for banks are bullish and a sign of strength.
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Pre-Markets Continue Bouncing Back; TRV +5% on Q4 News
by Mark Vickery
We've actually been on a relative plateau at current high levels since mid-December.
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Small Caps Offer Big Potential in 24'
by Andrew Rocco
Mega-cap tech stocks enjoyed a positive outlier year in 2023. However, investors may want to explore other market areas in 2024, particularly small-cap stocks.
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Empire State Plummets; Goldman Beats, Morgan Mixed in Q4
by Mark Vickery
Empire State Manufacturing's -43.7 is a major step down -- more than 3x lower than the previous month's -14.5.
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Markets Closed in Remembrance of Dr. King
by Mark Vickery
Even though we're only just half way through the month, the lion's share of economic reports -- non-earnings-season-related -- have already happened for January.
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Presidential Cycle Takes Center Stage as 2024 Election Ramps Up
by Bryan Hayes
What does history say about stock market returns in election years?
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Pre-Markets Trim Monday Rally; Trade Deficit Comes Down
by Mark Vickery
The S&P 500 put up its best single trading day since early November, and is within striking distance of fresh all-time highs.
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Jobs +216K, Unemployment 3.7%: Better than Expected
by Mark Vickery
If you're looking for data that will allow the Fed to put some slack in interest rates near-term, these numbers are a disappointment.
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Early 2024 Markets Sweep Up Excesses
by Mark Vickery
All major indices are in the red so far in the first trading week of 2024, with the small-cap Russell down nearly -5% in just three days.
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On Inflation Management and High Expectations
by Mark Vickery
If there's one sure way for the Fed to instigate an economic recession, it would be by keeping rates abnormally high for too long of a time.
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Jobs Week to Kick Off with JOLTS; Fed Minutes Today
by Mark Vickery
We'll also get private-sector payrolls from ADP (ADP) for December along with Weekly Jobless Claims tomorrow, and the all-important Employment Situation report Friday morning.
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On the Last Trading Day of 2023, Looking Ahead to Jobs Week
by Mark Vickery
As always, we look for clues as to where things are headed in 2024, and next week brings a fresh Jobs Week.
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Labor, Housing Stay Healthy Going into 2024
by Mark Vickery
The Dow is striking new all-time highs (not seen in almost two years, by the way), and the S&P is too, but we're still off November 2021 all-time highs on the Nasdaq and Russell.
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2023 Rewind: Technicals (Part 3)
by Andrew Rocco
On Wall Street, price action is king. 2023 provided plenty of valuable lessons to investors on the technical front.
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A Couple Important Points About 2024
by Mark Vickery
Bullishness in the market and economic structures for 2024 will not trigger a cut from the Fed.
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Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus Rally
by Mark Vickery
The Russell is up an astounding +26% from late October, largely thanks to signaled interest rate cuts from the Fed in 2024.
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After Big Gains, Is a "Santa Claus Rally" Possible?
by Mark Vickery
Any Santa Claus rally from here would likely be a resuming of bullish narratives followed over the past couple weeks.
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