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Mark Vickery

FOMC Keys: Dot-Plot, Rate-Cut Expectations & More

Concerns are that the Fed won't cut rates soon enough to avoid skidding the economy into recession.

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Mark Vickery

Who's Afraid of the Fed's New Dot-Plot?

The Dow has its biggest trading session in almost a month, while the S&P 500 notched a fresh all-time closing high.

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Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy These Top-Rated Basic Materials Stocks Amid an Uptick in Inflationary Data

An uptick in inflation can of course be beneficial to many basic materials companies as they are often able to capitalize on higher commodity prices.

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Sanghamitra Saha

ETF Strategies to Play Hot inflation Data

U.S. inflation remained sticky this year, which means that the Fed may go slow in cutting interest rates this year. Investors may play these ETF strategies to ride out the current edgy investing scenario.

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Mark Vickery

How Many Rate Cuts Is the Market Pricing In Now?

Analysts still have a June rate cut on their calendars, but in pencil this time.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Pull Back on Consumer Spending Concerns

From October lows, all four major indices are trading extraordinarily higher.

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Shaun Pruitt

Markets Dip but it's Time to Buy These Low-Risk High-Income Stocks

Now may be an ideal time to buy these lower-risk, high-income stocks especially as markets start to digest hot inflationary data.

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Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises (revised)

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

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Mark Vickery

"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises

We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.

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Mark Vickery

CPI Sticky, but Still Pointed in the Right Direction

While core CPI year over year is down to +3.8%, we're still nearly double where the Fed's preferred inflation rate continues to be.

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Mark Vickery

A Wrap for Powell, but Big Late Trading Day

Of the four major indices, only the Dow is in the red over the past five trading days.

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Shaun Pruitt

2 High Growth Stocks to Buy After Earnings This Week

Reporting their fourth quarter results this week, Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) and CrowdStrike (CRWD) reconfirmed they have the expansion efforts that investors look for.

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Andrew Rocco

Real-World vs. Theoretical Investing: Understand the Difference (Part 1 of 2)

Trading with real money in the "heat of battle" is world's apart from ordinary investor education. Stock Strategist Andrew Rocco covers practical findings from his years of experience in real-world investing.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Up on Jobless Claims, Productivity, etc.

Following new jobless claims, productivity and trade balance data, the Dow is +90 points, the S&P 500 is +20 and the Nasdaq +110 points at this hour.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Up but Off Session Highs: JOLTS, Beige Book Flat

Tomorrow morning brings us more economic grist for the mill, with Weekly Jobless Claims, a revision to Q4 Productivity and a new Trade Deficit.

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Bryan Hayes

This Stock 'Bundle' Soars on Higher Car Insurance Rates

The biggest beneficiaries of rising insurance prices have undoubtedly been car insurance companies.

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Mark Vickery

ADP Jobs +140K, but Part-Time Work Is Rising

A headline number of +140K is below consensus expectations of +150K, but still +29K month over month.

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Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy Lowe's or Target Stock as They Round Out the Favorable Retail Earnings Season?

With the retail earnings scorecard being favorable so far let's see if it's time to buy Lowe's (LOW) or Target (TGT) stock as their quarterly results approach.

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John Blank

Is Inflation Under Control? Global Week Ahead

U.S. inflation is back in the spotlight on Thursday, with the PCE price index set to give investors another look at an economy that has been stronger than many had expected.

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Mark Vickery

Retail & NVIDIA Earnings This Week; COF Buys DFS

Capital One (COF) has reportedly agreed to buy Discover (DFS) in an all-stock deal worth $35.3 billion.

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Mark Vickery

PPI Joins CPI Higher, Housing Starts Post Big Miss

Pre-market futures are not breaking the floor like they did after the CPI report Tuesday, but early traders aren't bullish on this morning's news.

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Sanghamitra Saha

4 Sector ETFs & Stocks to Benefit from Hot Inflation

In January, U.S. inflation topped expectations as persistently high shelter prices weighed heavily on consumers, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Tuesday.

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Mark Vickery

Markets Kiss & Make Up for Valentine's Day

Investors were in a mood to kiss and make up from their stormy session yesterday.

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Mark Vickery

Pre-Markets Do Not See the Sky Falling

The Inflation Rate came in a mere 20 bps higher than anticipated. That's not exactly "Chicken Little."

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