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Mark Vickery

A Mixed Bag on Mixed Stock Market Data

Also, will the Fed be forced to stop cutting interest rates this year?

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Bryan Hayes

Bull Market Turns Two: 5 Stocks Turn $25,000 Into $212,787

One of the best ways to build wealth over time is to invest in high-quality businesses and allow the magic of compounding to drive the performance of our portfolio.

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Mark Vickery

Hurricane Milton and the Economic Outlook

Florida has an economy bigger than Spain's but just smaller than South Korea's, and Milton will be the second major hurricane to hit the state in as many weeks.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Bounce Back Behind Mag-7 Momentum

The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way higher - +259 points, +1.45% - followed by the S&P +0.97% and the blue-chip Dow +0.30%.

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Andrew Rocco

Key Events This Week: FOMC Meeting, AMD AI Event, TSLA Robotaxi Unveil

It's a busy week ahead on Wall Street. Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco covers some of the most important economic and company-specific events for the week.

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Mark Vickery

Good Q3 for the Stock Market; Can Q4 Keep Up the Pace?

Q3 is closing strong behind hopefulness regarding further interest rate cuts, including companies in the Homebuilding space.

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Mark Vickery

PCE In-Line, Income and Spending Lower in August

"Soft landings" could only look moderately more "soft" than these PCE numbers this morning.

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Shaun Pruitt

Chinese Equities Rally on Stimulus Package: Top Stocks to Consider

Chinese stocks have seen a nice rally over the last few days following Monday's announcement that China's Central Bank will implement a stimulus package to boost its slowing economy.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Swing to Green; Case-Shiller Home Prices +5%

While home prices for July hit a new record high, they came in below estimates on the latest Case-Shiller index.

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Mark Vickery

Fresh Highs for Dow, S&P in Monday Trading

"We would love to freeze both sides of the Fed's dual mandate right here," said Chicago Fed Chair Austan Goolsbee.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Members Make Their Voices Heard This Week

What may be most important to investors this week are the vast amounts of commentary coming from members of the Fed.

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Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy These Highly Ranked Construction Stocks After Rate Cuts

Amid rate cuts, investors may be searching for specific areas of the economy that may benefit directly in regard to a lower inflationary environment.

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Mark Vickery

Feels Like the End, but It's Really the Beginning

Aside from lowering interest rates to 4.75-5.00% this week, the Fed also signaled there are more cuts to come.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Celebrate Loosening Interest Rate Cycle

Economic prints were better than expected today, as well -- all but FedEx's (FDX) Q1 earnings results.

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Mark Vickery

Coming Up Late-Summer Roses: Fed Rates, Jobless Claims and More

Yesterday signaled a new era of bringing down interest rates in the continued effort to bring a "soft landing" to the economy.

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Shaun Pruitt

Don't Overlook These Top Fintech Stocks After Interest Rate Cuts

Lower interest rates can do wonders for financial technology companies (fintech) which strive to improve and automate financial services.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Lowers Interest Rates 50 bps, Markets Sell

The last time the Fed made a 50 bps move was back in December 2022, when the Fed brought rates back up to 4.25-4.50%.

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Bryan Hayes

All Eyes on Fed Decision: Will Small-Caps Finally Take the Baton?

The Fed is about to cut its benchmark policy rate for the first time in more than four years.

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Mark Vickery

Housing Starts, Building Permits Get Sunny in August

Housing Starts and Building Permits posted their best results in nine months and five months, respectively.

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Andrew Rocco

Fed Day: 5 Things Investors Need to Know for FOMC Meeting

Though Fed decision days are often overhyped, this time is different. The market context and uncertainty surrounding the Fed's decision should produce fireworks later today and into the end of the month.

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Mark Vickery

Full Slate of Economic Data Ahead of Fed Rate Cut

Should we see a 25 bps cut, some will worry the Fed hasn't been forceful enough; if it moves 50, others will fret there may be more weakness the Fed sees that the rest of us don't.

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Andrew Rocco

3 Reasons Regional Banks Will be Higher in 2025

Though regional banks already rebounded nicely in 2024, the future looks bright. Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco breaks down 3 bullish catalysts for the industry,.

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Mark Vickery

Advance Retail Sales +0.1%: A Notch for a 25 bps Cut

The advance print (read: to be revised later) U.S. Retail Sales for August swung to a positive +0.1% from expectations of -0.2%.

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Andrew Rocco

Volatility Ahead? September Seasonality, FOMC, Triple-Witching Loom

Following a solid week of stock gains, investors should brace for some potential near-term turbulence as poor seasonality, the interest rate decision, and triple-witching loom.

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Mark Vickery

Fed Funds Rate Cut Wednesday: 25 bps or 50 bps?

The Fed has not cut rates since pulling them all the way back to 0-0.25% in March 2020.

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