Good MorningEquity markets began the trading week quietly, rising slightly on Monday within a tight trading range established over the past few weeks. The market is preparing for Wednesday's FOMC policy announcement and bracing for the worst. The fear is that the Fed will pause its rate-cutting cycle and refrain from aggressive moves in 2025 because inflation hasn't been tamed. Last week's CPI report showed inflation as expected versus consensus estimates forecasting acceleration, contrary to lower interest rates.
The takeaway for investors is that the underlying causes of inflation are good for equities, including economic health and steady demand. In this scenario, the FOMC may curb its policy changes, but equities will continue to rise because of earnings. Earnings are growing for the S&P 500, and the pace of growth is accelerating quarterly. With this in play, the S&P 500 will likely trend higher through the end of 2025. Featured: This Is Your Chance To Have That "I knew it before anyone else" Moment (Trade Stocks) 
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It’s been a strong year for many stocks. But now that we’re in December, many investors are looking to diversify and rebalance their portfolios. This is a simple strategy in which you take some profits from your winners and move them to stocks that haven’t done as well in 2024.... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | U.S. stock indexes pulled back on Tuesday to trim some of their stellar gains for the year. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4%, though it’s still near its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 267 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.3% from its re... Read the Full Story |
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The utilities sector, represented by the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLU), has been experiencing turbulence, pulling back nearly 7% from its 52-week high since the start of December. This decline marks a sharp reversal from its prior outperformance, as capital flows have rotated out of... Read the Full Story |
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Stocks | | | U.S. stock indexes drifted amid mixed trading Monday, ahead of this week’s upcoming meeting by the Federal Reserve that could set Wall Street’s direction into next year. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, coming off its first losing week in the last four. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.2% to a record, whil... Read the Full Story |
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Semtech Co. (NASDAQ: SMTC) makes analog and mixed-signal chips that enable optical data transmission, sensing, and advanced high-speed connectivity solutions. Its products are used in consumer electronics, infrastructure, industrial applications, data centers, and Internet of Things (IoT) system... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Japanese tycoon Masayoshi Son and President-elect Donald Trump have announced plans for technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group to invest $100 billion in projects in the United States over the coming four years. Trump said the investments in building artificial intelligence infrastructure would... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Chinese retail sales slowed in November and housing prices fell, the government said Monday, with demand still lackluster despite a flurry of stimulus measures over the past few months. The report came just a few days after top leaders ended an annual planning meeting in Beijing that produced no maj... Read the Full Story |
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For value investors, a crucial goal is identifying undervalued—and underappreciated—companies to target before the broader market gains an interest and, in theory, corrects the delta between the share price and the true underlying value. Ideally, this would mean investing in shares of ... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | | Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-'til-you-make-it startup culture. In one example, another Ozy executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype Oz... Read the Full Story |
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Tuesday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day GitLab Inc., through its subsidiaries, develops software for the software development lifecycle in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It offers GitLab, a DevOps platform, which is a single application that leads to faster cycle time and allows visibility throughout and control over various stages of the DevOps lifecycle. The company helps organizations to plan, build, secure, and deploy software to drive business outcomes. It also provides related training and professional services. The company was formerly known as GitLab B.V. and changed its name to GitLab Inc. in July 2015. GitLab Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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