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inflation: Archive
After Big Gains, Is a "Santa Claus Rally" Possible?
by Mark Vickery
Any Santa Claus rally from here would likely be a resuming of bullish narratives followed over the past couple weeks.
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Bouncing Back for the Day, Quarter and Full Year
by Mark Vickery
All in all, it's been a lovely couple months on the stock market; you can say Christmas came early this year.
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Bring on Santa! Economic Prints (Mostly) Favorable
by Mark Vickery
After Q3 GDP, jobless claims and Philly Fed, results in the markets have been to drive higher while yield rates on 2-year and 10-year Treasury bonds have been falling.
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Could Supply Chain Disruptions End the Party?
by Mark Vickery
It's likely some profit-booking going on in the sell-off, but it's always worth it to pay attention to what's going on.
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Housing Starts/Permits Healthy, Rally Continues
by Mark Vickery
Housing Starts results brought the best tally since May, and the second-highest print of the year.
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3 Highly Ranked Retail Stocks to Buy at Year's End
by Shaun Pruitt
Rising earnings estimates are a reminder that the impressive price performances of these retail stocks should continue as 2024 approaches.
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Pre-Markets Take Profits to Conclude Momentous Trading Week
by Mark Vickery
Melting inflation with relatively steady employment and increasing productivity have provided a recipe for a "soft landing."
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3 Exciting Small Cap Stocks with Dividend Yields Over 5%
by Shaun Pruitt
As broader markets continue to rally on the Fed's decision to leave rates unchanged, many small-cap stocks are joining the party.
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Economic Data Supports Fed Positivity
by Mark Vickery
We appear to be on the other side of the mountain, and market participants are rejoicing.
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Fed Keeps Rates Steady, Infers 3 Rate Cuts in 2024
by Mark Vickery
In just 10 minutes following the release of the FOMC statement this afternoon, major indices all leapt higher.
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PPI Flat Month Over Month, +2.0% Year Over Year
by Mark Vickery
Year over year PPI has come down precipitously, from +9.6% in April of 2022 and +5.7% in January of this year.
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4 Sector ETFs to Win Despite Slowing November Inflation Data
by Sanghamitra Saha
The annual inflation rate in the United States slowed to 3.1% in November 2023, the lowest reading in five months.
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What's the Fed Going to Say About All This Bullishness?
by Mark Vickery
Fed Chair Powell might make quick work of the notion of early 2024 rate cuts in a mere phrase or two.
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November CPI Roughly In-Line, Pre-Markets Cool
by Mark Vickery
The "Inflation Rate" was directly in-line with estimates for November: 3.1%, down 10 bps month over month, and the one shining beacon of evidence for the narrative that inflation is coming down.
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Market Rally Grows Legs as Breadth Improves: Stocks to Watch
by Bryan Hayes
The rebound points to a higher probability that the major indexes will ultimately eclipse their all-time highs sooner rather than later.
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Markets Trade Up Ahead of CPI, Fed Meeting
by Mark Vickery
CPI numbers tomorrow are not expected to spike hotter; even if they do, one set of data points would almost assuredly not be enough for the Fed to consider making a move.
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BLS Shows 199K New Jobs; Unemployment Down to 3.7%
by Mark Vickery
This 199K figure is roughly in the median of the past several months, which had been roughly double during the Great Reopening period.
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ADP 103K, Productivity +5.2%: Goldilocks-Adjacent
by Mark Vickery
At roughly 100K private-sector job gains per month, we're still on track for a soft landing in the overall economy.
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Stocks Waver to Begin December: Here's What to Expect
by Bryan Hayes
Periods of low volatility are inevitably followed by periods of high volatility.
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Friday Pre-Market Quiets, Indices Slightly Lower
by Mark Vickery
The past month of trading has been extraordinary, with the S&P +7.4%, both the Dow and Russell +7.9% and the Nasdaq +8.1%.
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Big Inflation Data Morning: PCE, Income & Spending, Jobless Claims
by Mark Vickery
PCE is behaving as well as can be expected, spending and income remain reasonably OK, but longer-term joblessness appears to be a developing economic headwind.
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Mining Stocks Shine as Gold Nears All-Time High
by Bryan Hayes
A falling dollar now presents a major tailwind for gold prices.
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3 Intriguing Internet-Software Stocks to Buy as Earnings Approach
by Shaun Pruitt
Currently in the top 13% of over 250 Zacks industries, these Zacks Internet-Software Industry stocks are expected to post stellar quarterly growth as easing inflation continues to bode well for the broader technology sector.
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"Worst of U.S. Inflation Over"? ETF Areas Likely to Gain
by Sanghamitra Saha
Core inflation for the month of October marked its slowest pace in over two years. Several retailers are also of the view that the worst of inflation is over.
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Housing Data Stronger for October; Pre-Markets Mixed
by Mark Vickery
Housing Starts for October grew +1.9% to 1.372 million -- the highest print in three months.
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