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Traders on the floor of the NYSE, June 15, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures fell on Sunday night following a major rebound last week from this year’s steep declines. Despite the bounce, Wall Street is preparing to wrap up the worst first half for stocks in decades. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 75

Sharing is Caring! by Martin Armstrong Phone conversations with sources are revealing that inflation is starting to create cracks in the unity of the G7 against Russia for the summit of G7 nations in Bavaria (June 26-28). Already, the leaders of the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan are not in accord. The people are not

As a leading provider of online education, Coursera Inc (COUR) is positioned to capitalize on the critical role its services will play in modern job markets. It is crucial because employees want to earn more and know that they can only achieve better than average working conditions with a high level of education. But given

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 The US economy is out of time. As a recession approaches, we are seeing the WIRP implied Fed o/n rate (green line) declining. And with The Fed chickening-out, we saw a surge in equities (NASDAQ composite index in blue). Gasoline prices are falling too (orange line), but due to rising global

The video game market is growing at a staggering pace. As investors sour on video and music streaming firms, both of which are now worth less than the gaming market, big tech has been setting their sights on gaming, and it’s not a mystery as to why. Graphical capabilities are getting better with time, and

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 Alarm! No problemo, says James “Bully” Bullard, President of the St Louis Federal Reserve. Bullard said that US recession fears are overblown with consumers “healthy.” Really Jim? Inflation is so bad they REAL average hourly earnings growth keeps falling and is now -3.34% YoY. Apparently, real GDP growth of ZERO doesn’t

Every day seems to offer more turmoil in the crypto space and now crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) troubles have spilled further afield. On Wednesday, shares of Voyager Digital (VYGVF) nosedived by 53% after the crypto platform revealed the extent of its exposure to 3AC – around $660 million in loans apparently. Voyager

Sharing is Caring! By and large, market commentators now begrudgingly concede that the odds of a US recession occurring over the next 12 to 24 months are very elevated. Generally speaking, though, they stubbornly insist any downturn will be mild. Such wishful thinking is “a spurious landmark we pass at this stage in the cycle

Following a pandemic-driven two-year hiatus, this week (June 21-24), Amazon (AMZN) re:MARS, the company’s global event for machine learning, automation, robotics, and space (MARS) event is back. This event differs from AWS re:Invent in that it centers on innovations with a longer-term timeframe rather than more in the here and now. “However,” says Monness analyst

In this article KBH OXY RAD CSA-FF DRI FDS Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Accenture (ACN) – The consulting firm’s shares fell 3.3% in the premarket after its quarterly revenue beat forecasts but earnings were impacted by the cost of its Russia exit. Accenture raised its full-year revenue forecast but cut

Shares of GPU maker Nvidia (NVDA) have been looking to catch a bottom of late after shedding more than 50% of their value from peak to trough. Despite the severity of the plunge, the stock remains relatively expensive, with a lot of expectations still built in. At writing, Nvidia stock goes for 46 times trailing

In this article FDX SRPT SWBI Engineers move a 350-volt battery pack to be installed in a Fedex Corp. Express General Motors Co. (GM) van at the VIA Motors Inc. facility in Orem, Utah, U.S. on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the stocks making headlines after the

Sharing is Caring! by Paul Craig Roberts As I have emphasized for a number of years, the Kremlin’s passivity in the face of provocations encourages more and worse provocations. I have expressed concern that the provocations will cross a red line, and the Kremlin will cease being a passive receiver of provocations. When that time comes,

Tennessee-based FedEx (FDX) provides prompt package delivery services to businesses and residences. I am bullish on the stock. Throughout 2022’s first half, inflation and supply-chain bottlenecks have been frequent topics of conversation in the financial media. For both essential and discretionary items, many people count on FedEx to get orders fulfilled in a timely manner.

Trader on the floor of the NYSE, June 7, 2022. Source: NYSE The stock market is about to close out its worst first half in decades in the week ahead, setting the stage for a summer of uncertainty and volatility. But in the very near term, strategists see a window of positive momentum for an

Sharing is Caring!  by John W. Whitehead “In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”—Hunter S. Thompson The burden of proof has been reversed. No longer are we presumed innocent. Now we’re presumed guilty unless we can prove our innocence beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Rarely, are

Meta Platforms (META), the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, made a surprising recovery after releasing its earnings report in April, sending its shares up 13%. Unfortunately, the stock has plummeted by more than 55% from last year’s trillion-dollar peak. Despite this, I am bullish on META stock. Its first-quarter earnings showed a recovery in

In this article TREE BHC-CA FDX KMX MSFT ZEN CCL The Carnival Paradise cruise ship arrives in port June 30, 2017 in Havana, Cuba. Alexander Creutzmann | Mambo photo | Getty Images Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading: Carnival Cruise Lines – Shares of Carnival Cruise Lines jumped 12.4% after the travel

Sharing is Caring! Sounds like insurrection to me — Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) June 24, 2022 Radical-Leftist Maxine Waters says “to hell with the Supreme Court, we will defy them!” Sounds very insurrectiony for a member of Congress. pic.twitter.com/hqkpbpFXyP — ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) June 24, 2022 SOUNDS RATHER INSURRECTION-Y: Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky urges followers to ‘go to

As people across the world come to terms with rising inflation, growing unemployment and volatile markets, the recession seems to be knocking on the door. This could bring added anxiety among investors who are already counting losses caused by the market crash due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions and other issues. In such

In this article MSFT SGEN ZEN BHC-CA FDX KMX Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CarMax (KMX) – The automobile retailer beat estimates by 7 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.56 per share, and revenue that also beat analyst forecasts amid what the company called a “challenging” used vehicle market. CarMax added

Downturns can bring a lot of pain, but they can also bring on plenty of opportunities, as lower stock prices start making costs of entry more attractive. Before taking advantage of these opportunities, however, investors need to find a recognizable signal that will set them apart. One popular signal to follow is the insider buying,

Stock futures gained on Friday morning as Wall Street looked to grind out a rare positive week in what has been a rough first half of the year. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 102 points, or 0.33%. Futures for the S&P 500 were 0.51% higher, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.78%.

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Almost everyone has heard about the rapidly growing global energy crisis by now, but most people assume that this crisis will eventually go away because they think that authorities have everything under control.  Unfortunately, that is not true at all.  This crisis has taken our leaders by surprise, and now

Saputo (TSE: SAP) is a dairy processor and cheese producer that operates in Canada, the U.S., Argentina, the United Kingdom, and Australia. It sells products in more than 50 countries. In addition, Saputo is one of the top three cheese producers in the U.S. (48% of revenue) and one of the largest cheese manufacturers in

In this article WE UAL KBH General view of WeWork Weihai Road flagship is seen on April 12, 2018 in Shanghai, China. World’s leading co-working space company WeWork will acquire China-based rival naked Hub for 400 million U.S. dollars. (Photo by Jackal Pan/Visual China Group via Getty Images) VCG | Getty Images Check out the

Jonathan Golub of Credit Suisse (CS) recently opined on stock valuations and concluded that cyclical stocks are trading cheaply. According to Golub: “Cyclical valuations are the most favorable of any group, with Materials and Energy trading at the largest discounts relative to history,”, he added that the financial services sector is looking up by stating that “Among

Sharing is Caring! By Graham Summers, MBA The U.S. is in recession. A recession is not coming, it’s already here. I know it. You know it. Just look around you. Yes, restaurants and airports are packed… but demand for both dining out and travel are pent up after two years of lockdowns. These parts of the

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) temporarily dropped below the psychological and technical level of $20,000, but that level appears to be acting as a sort of floor. In the same way, the headwinds facing cryptocurrency-related stocks like Coinbase (COIN), Silvergate Capital (SI), and MicroStrategy (MSTR) are likely only temporary. However, there are reasons to be bullish on Silvergate,

In this article DOW LZB REV KFY WGO ABNB Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Winnebago (WGO) – The recreational vehicle maker saw its stock jump 3.4% after it beat top and bottom-line estimates for its latest quarter. Winnebago earned an adjusted $4.13 per share, compared with a consensus estimate of $2.96,