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inflation: Archive
Big Morning for Economic Data: Jobless Claims, GDP & More
by Mark Vickery
Pre-market indexes are up again this morning, though all week this has been the case.
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This Market Leader is Benefitting from Higher Auto Insurance Rates
by Bryan Hayes
The biggest beneficiaries of rising insurance prices have undoubtedly been car insurance companies.
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Will Nvidia's Q4 Results Lift Markets Back to New Highs?
by Shaun Pruitt
Amid recent market volatility, investors are anxiously awaiting Nvidia's (NVDA) Q4 results after-market hours on Wednesday, February 26.
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Homebuilders Trade Lower After Toll Brothers Disappoints
by Bryan Hayes
The fact that mortgage rates remain high is certainly taking a toll on signing activity in the housing market.
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Buy Walmart Stock for Steady Growth as Q4 Earnings Approach?
by Shaun Pruitt
Walmart's (WMT) steady growth has catapulted its stock over the last year, with the omnichannel retailer set to release Q4 results on Thursday, February 20.
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ETF Strategies to Play Hot January Inflation
by Sanghamitra Saha
These ETF strategies may help you beat hot inflation.
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CPI Grows Uncomfortably Warm, Pre-Markets Sell-Off
by Mark Vickery
Pre-market futures are sinking like a stone on this morning's Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.
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BLS Jobs Numbers +143K, Unemployment Rate +4.0%
by Mark Vickery
The quick-take on this reaction is that the market recognizes that a healthy labor market subtracts from the possibility a new interest rate cut.
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Fed Set to Hold Rates Steady: Stocks to Watch
by Bryan Hayes
Plenty of stocks managed to buck the sell-off on Monday. We want to look for stocks that hold up well through volatile periods.
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4 Sector ETFs & Stocks to Benefit Despite Cooling Inflation
by Sanghamitra Saha
These sector ETFs and stocks may win amid cooling inflation.
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Markets Rally on Soft CPI, Good Q4 Bank Earnings
by Mark Vickery
There's no guarantee that a cut is coming, but more soft economic data may eventually prod the Fed to be convinced to follow its own dot-plot from late last year.
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Economy Goes Two-for-Two on Inflation: Stocks to Watch
by Bryan Hayes
Light inflation figures should help to further relieve weakness in rate-sensitive pockets of the market like small-caps.
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Investors Await Clouds Parting; CPI Ahead of Wednesday's Bell
by Mark Vickery
Consumer Price data joins Big Banks reporting Q4 results ahead of Hump Day market activity.
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PPI Inflation Comes in Tame; Pre-Markets Up
by Mark Vickery
PPI numbers are decidedly cooler month over month, coming in at +0.2% which is only half the +0.4% expected.
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U.S. Jobs Much Hotter than Expected; Pre-markets Sell
by Mark Vickery
+256K new jobs filled in December is the largest monthly figure since March of last year.
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Markets Mixed, Flatten After Fed Minutes Released
by Mark Vickery
While the Fed sees longer-term trends still pointing generally toward +2% inflation, several of the members also now see risks inherent in the economy ahead.
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Markets Swing to Negative on Healthy Econ Data (& Higher Bond Yields)
by Mark Vickery
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost their two-day winning streak, -1.11% and -1.88%, respectively today.
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Pre-Markets Up Ahead of a New Jobs Week
by Mark Vickery
As jobs reports hit the tape, keep in mind the Fed's dual mandate: not just curbing inflation but also fostering full employment.
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Here Are Last Year's Top-Performing Stocks From the S&P 500
by Bryan Hayes
Late-year selling pressure didn't stop the S&P 500 from logging its best back-to-back annual gain in nearly 30 years.
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Xmas Eve Pre-Markets Mixed (Red & Green)
by Mark Vickery
The Dow is -24 points at this hour, adding a little red to the green for the S&P 500, Nasdaq and small-cap Russell 2000 this morning.
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Apple Stock Hits All-Time High: Is the Tech Giant Too Extended?
by Bryan Hayes
Buying stocks when they make new highs has proven to be profitable throughout history.
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PCE Cools in November; Are We Getting an Xmas Government Shutdown?
by Mark Vickery
A federal government shutdown has not happened since 2018-19, the second of two shutdowns in 2018.
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Pre-Markets Look to Bounce Back from Big Wednesday Selloff
by Mark Vickery
Early trading is filling in some of the big holes dug in the stock market yesterday.
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Stock Market Sells Off on New Fed Rate Policy
by Mark Vickery
The Fed is only looking to cut two more times in the new year, instead of the previous dot-plot's indicated four cuts.
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Pre-markets Go Green Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision
by Mark Vickery
The big news will likely not be the decision on interest rates, but how the Fed's tone has changed.
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