Good MorningEquity markets retreat again on Wednesday as market participants gauge the impact of high-interest rates, high inflation, and the growing chance the US will enter another government shutdown. Debt ceiling negotiations are at the forefront of everyone's mind and are helping to drive the markets, but it is not what will bring the S&P 500 down. A growing number of companies are indicating 2nd quarter or 2nd half weakness that is taking a toll on the earnings outlook. If there is anything that moves the S&P 500, it is the outlook for earnings.
The next 2 days will be a test for the market. The S&P 500 continues to show resistance at the 4,150 level, and the PCE price index is due out on Friday. The index is not expected to give the Fed much reason to pause and may keep equities from moving higher. With the summer fast approaching, the odds of a summer rally are fast diminishing.
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VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC) has entered a year of change that could lead the stock higher. The company is working to turn around the core brand, Vans, and improve its supply chain and efficiency, and those efforts have begun to show up in the results. The results are better than expected and come w... Read the Full Story |
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Mid-cap chip-gear maker Axcelis Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLS) has been on a rocket ride, posting the following returns:
1 week: 9.68%
1 month: 13.66%
3 months: 14.26%
Year-to-date: 79.55%
On May 17, the stock jumped out of consolidation with a buy point above $136.30. It&rs... Read the Full Story |
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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) released the results of a peer review study that sent shares up more than 5%. The study evaluated the company’s GLP-1 receptor agonist, danuglipron. The compound aimed to treat obesity and was shown to significantly impact patients at two different dosages over the sa... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | New Zealand's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate again Wednesday to 5.5% but signaled its next move would be a cut, sparking a sell-off in the currency.Wednesday's quarter-point rate rise was the 12th straight hike imposed by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand since October 2021. But for t... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | A defiant House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday the debt ceiling standoff was “not my fault” as he sent Republican negotiators to the White House to finish out talks, but warned the two sides need more time as they try to reach a budget deal with President Joe Biden.McCarthy said he remained o... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Debt ceiling talks showed few signs of outward progress Tuesday as negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traded more budget-cutting ideas but Republicans warned of a “lack of urgency” at the White House to resolve the standoff in time to avert a potentially chaotic fed... Read the Full Story |
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Analysts expected PetCo Health and Wellness (NASDAQ: WOOF) to deliver first-quarter 2023 earnings per share of $0.025. However, many are waking to a satisfying surprise, as the American pet outlet reports a 140% upside beat for $0.06 earnings per share. Today, as the company releases all the signi... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession.Data released Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office shows Germany's gross domestic product, or GDP, declined by 0.3% in the period from Ja... Read the Full Story |
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Tech | | | As it marks its 25th anniversary Wednesday, the European Central Bank is readying a proposed design for a digital version of the euro, responding to pressure from developing technology that could change how money is used over the bank's next decades. ECB President Christine Lagarde says a digital eu... Read the Full Story |
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Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) stock rose following the Q2 release and could move higher given the persistent outperformance shown by it and other home builders. However, the signs of an impending sharp slowdown continue, and the chart does not suggest higher prices. If anything, the market has reached... Read the Full Story |
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Thursday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day USD Partners LP acquires, develops, and operates midstream infrastructure assets and logistics solutions for crude oil, biofuels, and other energy-related products in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, Terminalling Services and Fleet Services. The Terminalling Services segment owns and operates Hardisty terminal, an origination terminal for loading various grades of Canadian crude oil onto railcars for transportation to end markets; Stroud terminal, a crude oil destination terminal, which is used to facilitate rail-to-pipeline shipments of crude oil located in Stroud, Oklahoma; Casper terminal, a crude oil storage, blending, and railcar loading terminal located in Casper, Wyoming; and West Colton Terminal, an unit train-capable destination terminals that trans load approximately 13,000 barrels per day ethanol and renewable diesel received by rail from producers onto trucks. The Fleet Services segment provides leased railcars and fleet services related to the transportation of liquid hydrocarbons. It operates a fleet of 200 railcars. USD Partners GP LLC serves as the general partner of the company. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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