Good MorningEquities retreated on Tuesday on fears the FOMC will get even more aggressive with policy change and interest rate hikes. The move came just a day before the minutes from the latest FOMC are due to be released and may foreshadow what's to come. With inflation rising at the fastest pace in decades the Fed is being forced into actions that may stall the economy. The S&P 500 fell more than 1.25% at the low of the day, led by a 2.0% decline in the interest rate heavy NASDAQ Composite.
Earnings are also coming into focus with JPMorgan Chase set to release its calendar Q1 report next week. The big banks are expected to post sequential increases in revenue and the impacts of rising costs. Banks are positioned to benefit from rising interest rates but the impacts of inflation are offsetting the outlook. Higher rates will help profitability but a stalled economy will cut into the top and bottom lines. Featured: Improve Your Trading Results with One Simple Adjustment (Trader Marketing Group) 
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Politics | | | India and Australia’s trade ministers say a shared security partnership with the United States and Japan has helped them strike a trade deal that Australia hopes will reduce its dependence on exports to China Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | When a high volume name is also well liked by sell-side research analysts, it can signal to the market that an underlying catalyst is taking shape. Here’s why the volume is being turned up on these three companies. Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Lately, opportunities for near-term gains have popped up more frequently with market volatility producing some larger than normal candlesticks. Let’s look at three swing trade ideas that offer particularly good upside.
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Politics | | | Global stocks and Wall Street futures have fallen after a Federal Reserve official’s comments fueled expectations of more aggressive U.S. rate hikes and the White House announced more sanctions on Russia Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Chevron (NYSE: CVX) just turned up on one of our favorite screens, a screen for the most upgraded stocks in the market. As we’ve often said, buying a stock because an analyst says so isn’t the best way to invest but if the sentiment among a broad number of analysts is changing in a stock that is a stock we might want to own. Read the Full Story |
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From Our PartnersCannabis may be one of the hottest stories of 2022. Not only did the House just pass legislation for federal legalization, but sales have been explosive. In 2021, global sales hit $37.4 billion. By 2026, sales could be as high as $102 billion. And yet, despite all of this positive news, related stocks are down. Think about it. Sales up, revenues up, growth flourishing - stock prices down? | | This screams opportunity! |
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Politics | | | LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of using hunger as a weapon of war by deliberately targeting Ukraine’s essential food supplies.
In an address to Irish lawmakers Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Russian forces “are destroying things that are sustaining live... Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | Sri Lanka's president will not step down and instead will face the country's political and economic crisis, a key government minister said Wednesday despite continuing large protests that are demanding his resignation.
Sri Lanka has endured months of shortages of fuel and other essent... Read the Full Story |
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Politics | | | BRUSSELS — A senior European Union official says the bloc’s member countries should think about ways of offering asylum to Russian soldiers willing to desert Ukraine battlefields.
European Council president Charles Michel on Wednesday expressed his “outrage at crimes against humanity,... Read the Full Story |
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There were 5,929 insurance companies in the U.S. in 2020, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, including 2,476 property casualty companies, 843 life/annuities companies, 995 health companies, 81 fraternal insurance companies, 62 title insurance companies, 245 risk... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Spanish chicken restaurant chain operator El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ: LOCO) shares has been taken out to the woodshed in 2022. The Company replaced its CEO immediately on the Q4 2021 earnings release and is in search for a new CFO. Top line Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 shortfalls were still blamed on COVID-19 eff... Read the Full Story |
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Wednesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Quanta Services, Inc. provides infrastructure solutions for the electric and gas utility, renewable energy, communications, and pipeline and energy industries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company's Electric Power Infrastructure Solutions segment engages in the design, procurement, construction, upgrade, repair, and maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution infrastructure and substation facilities; installation, maintenance, and upgrade of electric power infrastructure projects; installation of smart grid technologies on electric power networks; and design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wirings. This segment also offers aviation services; emergency restoration services; and other engineering and technical services; design and construction solutions to wireline and wireless communications, cable multi-system operators, and other customers; and training for electric workers, as well as training for the gas distribution and communications industries. The company's Renewable Energy Infrastructure Solutions segment is involved in engineering, procurement, construction, repair, and maintenance of wind, solar, and hydropower generation facilities, as well as battery storage facilities; and provision of engineering and construction services for substations and switchyards, transmission, and other electrical infrastructures. The company's Underground Utility and Infrastructure Solutions segment offers design, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, repair, and maintenance services for natural gas systems for gas utility customers; fabrication services for pipeline support systems and structures and facilities; and engineering and construction services for pipeline and storage systems, and compressor and pump stations. The company was formerly known as Fabal Construction, Inc. and changed its name to Quanta Services, Inc. in November 1997. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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