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Andrew Rocco

3 Ways to Gain an Edge this Earnings Season

Zacks provides investors with essential proprietary tools to navigate earnings season. Today, Andrew Rocco will break down the tools that can help you gain an edge during this stressful time of year.

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Shaun Pruitt

2 Basic Materials Stocks to Buy Before Earnings

Going into their first-quarter earnings reports here are 2 highly ranked Zacks Basic Materials stocks that investors certainly want to pay attention to.

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Andrew Rocco

3 Reasons the Sleepy Action in Stocks is Set to End

The Fed meeting, earnings season, and jobless claims are all due by end of the week. Stocks are also trading in an extremely tight range - a sign they may be ready to explode in one direction or another.

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Derek Lewis

Don't Overlook These 3 Upcoming Earnings Reports

Earnings season is always an exciting time to be an investor, with companies finally pulling the curtain back and unveiling what's transpired behind closed doors. Will these three quarterly reports steal the show?

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Andrew Rocco

5 Traits of Legendary Investors

By cultivating these traits, traders can increase their chances of success in the stock market.

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Derek Lewis

Q1 Earnings: Tesla, Netflix On Deck

Earnings season kicked off last week, with several big banks such as JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup getting the party started. And this week, the party continues with several market favorites, including Netflix and Tesla.

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Shaun Pruitt

Don't Overlook These 2 Finance Innovators It's Time to Buy

Keeping in mind that Fiserv (FISV) and Interactive Brokers (IBKR) stocks have both skyrocketed over +400% in the last decade makes their continued expansion very intriguing.

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Ethan Feller

3 Top-Ranked, Top Performing S&P 500 Stocks

A strong market with bullish catalysts

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Bryan Hayes

A Simple 3-Step Process to Identify Winning Stocks

A strategy that is easy to learn and has a history of profitability is much more likely to work in actual trading.

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Ethan Feller

Buy these 2 Stocks to Hedge Against a Second Wave of Inflation

The CPI report on Wednesday showed that the rate of inflation continued to slow, albeit at a meager pace

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Andrew Rocco

5 Reasons a Tech "Lock-out Rally" is on the Horizon

Though tech has run a lot in recent months, certain factors indicate that a "lock-out rally" is on the horizon. Andrew Rocco explains.

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Derek Lewis

M&A Activity: Down but Still Alive in 2023

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has witnessed a slowdown, with market volatility and lingering economic uncertainty weighing heavily on potential deals. However, it's not entirely dead.

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Ethan Feller

Buy These 2 Highly Ranked Oil Stocks to Join the Rally

Energy has been the leading sector over the last two years, and it looks like it may continue

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Bryan Hayes

How to Best Navigate the Ship Through This Choppy Market Environment

Numerous tailwinds for stocks can help push this rally further.

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Andrew Rocco

2 Types of Corrections, 3 Ways to Navigate Them

Price pullbacks occur through price or time and are often thought of in a negative light by investors. However, corrections can be a necessary ingredient for the market and can help pave the way for the next move higher.

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Shaun Pruitt

2 Top-Rated Stocks to Buy After Earnings This Week

After reporting their quarterly results this week, Albertsons (ACI) and The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) are two stocks that are sticking out so far this earnings season.

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Ethan Feller

2 Top Ranked Stocks with Strong Momentum

Using Zacks Premium Screens, I have identified three stocks with improving earnings expectations and strong momentum

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Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy These Travel-Related Stocks

These travel-related stocks could continue soaring as we approach the summer months and now appears to be a great time for investors to get in.

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Ethan Feller

Time to Buy These 3 Next Gen Big Tech Companies?

Today there are several up and coming technology companies that have the potential to grow into giants

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Derek Lewis

3 Quarterly Reports Investors Can't Ignore This Week

Q4 2022 earnings season turned out to be better than feared, helping inject positive sentiment into the market. With the Q1 2023 cycle just around the corner, could investors be in for another surprise?

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Bryan Hayes

Coconut Water Craze: Beverage Company Breaks Out

With coconut water sales exploding domestically as well as internationally, how we can take advantage of the theme from a market perspective?

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Andrew Rocco

Bitcoin Defies Skeptics, Breaks $30,000

Monday night, Bitcoin broke $30,000 for the first time in nearly a year. Here's what you need to know.

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Ethan Feller

2 Internet Stocks Investors Can Buy Now

After experiencing the worst correction since the 2008 financial crisis, internet stocks are hot again

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Shaun Pruitt

Time to Buy Stock in These Conglomerates?

With their extensive reach, here are three conglomerates' investors may want to consider as they are top-rated Zack stocks at the moment.

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