Good MorningThe stock market got a major boost on Thursday when President Joe Biden signed another round of economic stimulus into law. The bill includes $1400 checks for most Americans and the White House says the first ones will go out this weekend. The S&P 500 gained more than 1.25% on the news but the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite was the biggest winner for the day.
In economic news, the number of long-term unemployed remains persistently high near 20 million while the number of new jobless claims continues to decline. The number of new claims fell to 712,000 over the last week, the lowest level since the spring of 2020, even while the number of job openings hits a new high. The JOLTs report shows 6.9 million job openings in the U.S., up 100,000 from last month and 200,000 better than expected.
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Politics | | | World shares were mixed Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street as the U.S. stimulus package finally became law.
Shares fell in Paris and Frankfurt but rose in Tokyo and Shanghai. Oil prices fell and the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasur... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street.
Tokyo’s benchmark rose 1.7%. Hong Kong declined but the Shanghai Composite index recovered from early losses. Oil prices fell and the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasur... Read the Full Story |
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The steel industry is certainly one to watch this year thanks to the possibility of huge amounts of infrastructure spending and a widespread rebound in economic activity. While steel stocks were big underperformers for the majority of 2020 thanks to the pandemic, things have changed quickly regard... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed exports to the European Union.
The Office for National Statistics said Friday that the drop in gross domestic product was fueled by declines in retail trade a... Read the Full Story |
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Zomedica (NYSEAMERICAN:ZOM) is a pre-revenue company that is about to bring its first product to market. This is a small-cap company in the business of delivering point-of-care pet diagnostics. After treading water for much of 2020, ZOM stock is up 786% in 2021. This puts the stock within striking... Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Japanese transportation minister Kazuyoshi Akaba says Japan will tighten border controls and limit the number of entrants to up to 2,000 per day for the time to guard against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus as fears of spreading new coronavirus variants in the country Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | In a prime-time address, President Joe Biden has outlined his plan to make all adult Americans eligible for vaccination by May 1 — and he raised the prospect of gaining what he called “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July Read the Full Story |
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Investors in Ferroglobe (NASDAQ:GSM) are used to volatility. But you’d forgive them if they bailed on the stock. The silicon miner’s stock cratered in 2018 and has been a lackluster play. GSM stock was even in danger of being delisted at one point in 2020.
But the last six months have... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation (NASDAQ: BLBD) stock has weathered the recent sell-off in the electric vehicle (EV) sector. They are recovering from the pandemic effects from school closings Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Home fitness equipment maker Nautilus (NYSE: NLS) shares were a pandemic winner as stay-at-home restrictions and gym closures bolstered the demand for in-home gym and workout equipment. As the Covid-19 vaccinationsaccelerate, the reopening of gyms and loosening of capacity restrictions will naturall... Read the Full Story |
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