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inflation: Archive
Markets Revisiting Goldilocks This Week
by Mark Vickery
Stock market indices were actually buoying higher ahead of the Fed meeting Wednesday, following a slightly down week last week.
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Micron Technology's (MU) Stock Hits Record Highs After Earnings Is it Time to Buy?
by Shaun Pruitt
Ramping up its essential memory and storage solutions, Micron Technology's (MU) stock hit record highs today after posting strong results for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday.
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FOMC, Powell Give Investors the Warm Fuzzies
by Mark Vickery
Powell said the monetary policy body now has "greater confidence" that inflation is coming down to 2%.
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Time to Buy These Top-Rated Solar Industry Stocks for a Rebound
by Shaun Pruitt
Naturally, a more stable inflationary environment is critical for solar industry stocks and many of these equities look poised for an extended rebound with potential rate cuts looming this year.
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FOMC Keys: Dot-Plot, Rate-Cut Expectations & More
by Mark Vickery
Concerns are that the Fed won't cut rates soon enough to avoid skidding the economy into recession.
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Who's Afraid of the Fed's New Dot-Plot?
by Mark Vickery
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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Time to Buy These Top-Rated Basic Materials Stocks Amid an Uptick in Inflationary Data
by Shaun Pruitt
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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ETF Strategies to Play Hot inflation Data
by Sanghamitra Saha
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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How Many Rate Cuts Is the Market Pricing In Now?
by Mark Vickery
Analysts still have a June rate cut on their calendars, but in pencil this time.
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Markets Pull Back on Consumer Spending Concerns
by Mark Vickery
From October lows, all four major indices are trading extraordinarily higher.
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Markets Dip but it's Time to Buy These Low-Risk High-Income Stocks
by Shaun Pruitt
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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"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises (revised)
by Mark Vickery
We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.
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"Hold Onto Your Hockey Sticks" - Econ Data All Surprises
by Mark Vickery
We have lots of economic data out before today's opening bell, and all of it is surprising.
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CPI Sticky, but Still Pointed in the Right Direction
by Mark Vickery
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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A Wrap for Powell, but Big Late Trading Day
by Mark Vickery
Of the four major indices, only the Dow is in the red over the past five trading days.
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2 High Growth Stocks to Buy After Earnings This Week
by Shaun Pruitt
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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Real-World vs. Theoretical Investing: Understand the Difference (Part 1 of 2)
by Andrew Rocco
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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Pre-Markets Up on Jobless Claims, Productivity, etc.
by Mark Vickery
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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Markets Up but Off Session Highs: JOLTS, Beige Book Flat
by Mark Vickery
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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This Stock 'Bundle' Soars on Higher Car Insurance Rates
by Bryan Hayes
The biggest beneficiaries of rising insurance prices have undoubtedly been car insurance companies.
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ADP Jobs +140K, but Part-Time Work Is Rising
by Mark Vickery
A headline number of +140K is below consensus expectations of +150K, but still +29K month over month.
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Time to Buy Lowe's or Target Stock as They Round Out the Favorable Retail Earnings Season?
by Shaun Pruitt
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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Is Inflation Under Control? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
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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Retail & NVIDIA Earnings This Week; COF Buys DFS
by Mark Vickery
Capital One (COF) has reportedly agreed to buy Discover (DFS) in an all-stock deal worth $35.3 billion.
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PPI Joins CPI Higher, Housing Starts Post Big Miss
by Mark Vickery
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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