Good MorningMonday’s bullish sentiment carried through into Tuesday with the major indices adding to gains. The NASDAQ Composite led the action with a gain of 3.6% on strength in big tech names like Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a much smaller gain near 0.20% as it continues to wrestle with resistance at the all-time high. The S&P 500 gained more than 1.5% to confirm support at the short-term moving average.
This week’s trading will be impacted by earnings and economic data although both are in short supply. Tuesday’s calendar included the NFIB small business index which improved from the previous month but not as much as expected. Later this week, key reads on consumer and business inflation may also move the market.
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Markets | | | Global stocks were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose on a rally for major tech companies.
London and Frankfurt opened lower while Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Shanghai and Seoul also declined.
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Politics | | | The European Commission says it has secured an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech for an extra four million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for its 27 nations to tackle the surge of cases in several coronavirus clusters Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | AMSTERDAM — An expert group at the European Medicines Agency will meet Thursday to decide whether the one-dose coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson should be authorized for use across the European Union.
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Tech | | | Sales of Lego sets surged last year as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them entertained during days of isolation Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) stock still trades below its 2020 pre-COVID levels making it an attractive reopening play still worth pursuing with the acceleration of COVID-19 vaccinations. Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | Greenpeace activists landed on the roof of a European Central Bank building Wednesday to drop a banner protesting the financial institution's loans policy, which climate activists say favors heavily polluting industries.
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Markets | | | Companies like Visa (NYSE:V) that combine technology and financial services are undoubtedly rife with potential at this time. Electronic payments only surpassed cash payments on a global basis a few years ago Read the Full Story |
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In hindsight, FlexShopper (NASDAQ:FPAY) may be one of those companies that was simply ahead of its time. The online retail lessor has been around for a while but not until recently has its services gained traction with consumers and retailers.
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Markets | | | As a mid-cap defensive stock, Casey's General Stores is a good way to play the economic recovery—and more specifically represents a bet that Americans will be hitting the highways (and the gas pumps) this summer and beyond. Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Thor Industries Is A Hot Dividend Growth Stock For 2021
If you are looking for an undervalued dividend growth stock that is giving the market exactly what it wants Thor Industries (NYSE:THO) is worth your time. The company is riding a wave of secular growth that was unleashed by the pandemic. Deman... Read the Full Story |
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