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These 3 Stocks Will Join The NASDAQ 100 Soon — And These 3 Will Be Removed
Key Points MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) are set to join the technology-heavy NASDAQ 100 (NDX) index on December 23. Those three companies and their stocks will replace Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) in the index. This reshuffling of the NASDAQ 100 will commence on Monday, December 23 before the market opens. It’s part of an annual reconstitution process for the NASDAQ 100 […]
These Retail Stocks Benefitted The Most From Record-Setting Black Friday
Key Points Apparel and footwear stocks, as well as specialty retailers, outperformed the big box stores and ecommerce giants. Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in the U.S., set a record this year for online shopping. Typically, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is a huge day for in-store shopping, but this […]
FOMC Lowers Rates By 25 Points, Won’t “Speculate” Or “Assume” On Trump Policies
Key Points Fed chair Powell was asked if he would resign, if asked by the new president. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered the federal funds rate by one quarter of a percentage point, or 25 basis points, at its meeting November 6 and 7. The move was largely expected, as 97% of interest […]
Penny Stock Explodes For 3,300% Gain: What Investors Should Know
Key Points This stock went from about $1 per share to almost $40 per share in two days. The most active stock over the past few days has been Bright Minds Biosciences (NASDAQ:DRUG), which exploded more than 3,400% over the last two full trading days. Bright Minds went from penny stock territory, trading at $1.11 per share when markets […]
Dow Jones And S&P 500 Hit Record Highs As Rate Cut Rally Continues
Key Points The major large cap indexes were up last week, but the Russell 2000 finished the week slightly lower. Will the momentum continue this week? The major large cap indexes gained for the third straight week, with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reaching record highs last week. The Dow Jones gained 0.6% last […]
Fed Cuts Rates By 50 Basis Points; Dot Plot Calls For More In 2024
Key Points The FOMC cut rates for the first time in four years, reducing the federal funds rate by 50 basis points. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered the federal funds rate for the first time since March of 2020. The FOMC lowered rates by 50 basis points to the 4.75% to 5.00% range, […]
Powell At Jackson Hole: The “Time Has Come For Policy To Adjust”
Key Points At Jackson Hole, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he is confident that inflation is heading back toward the target rate of 2%. In his much-anticipated address at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell did not disappoint those hoping the Fed cuts interest rates. While Powell stopped short of explicitly […]
Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged, But September Cuts “On The Table”
Key Points The Federal Reserve did not make any changes to interest rates after its July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Wednesday, holding the federal funds rate in the 5.25% – 5.50% range — where it has been since last July. It came as little surprise, as most economists and analysts targeted the […]
How The 2024 Election Could Impact The Stock Market
A new report from Lincoln Financial Group has examined how the stock market has performed during past election years, probing the potential impact of the 2024 elections on stocks. Lincoln’s Market Intel Exchange report, released last week, shows that presidential election years have not historically moved the needle any higher for stocks in general, but certain sectors […]
Trust Issues: The Double-Edged Sword Of AI Investing
The glitches with artificial intelligence have been well documented, and many are just downright embarrassing — as was the latest fail by Google. As ValueWalk’s David Moadel detailed in his recent piece, Eating Rocks and Making Excuses: Google’s Latest Gen-AI Fail, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has been doing damage control over a series of high-profile generative-AI blunders. The most […]
