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The Return Of Higher For Longer, DLTR: A Tale Of Two Economies

The Return Of Higher For Longer, DLTR: A Tale Of Two Economies

As markets have digested the slightly hotter-than-expected February CPI on Tuesday morning, the idea of sticky inflation has started to take hold and the debate about the timing of the first rate cut pushed back to June. A week ago the probability of a May cut was 25% but now it’s only 6%.You’d think this would be bearish […]
Buy List Stock For March 2024: NextEra Energy

Buy List Stock For March 2024: NextEra Energy

Image Source: Pixabay  A buy list stock for March 2024 is NextEra Energy (NEE). I see this as a falling knife, i.e. a speculative play on a company whose stock fell quite a bit but that has very good chances to go up again.  NextEra Energy Business ModelNextEra Energy, Inc. is an electric power and energy […]
Analytical Overview Of The Main Currency Pairs – Thursday, March 14

Analytical Overview Of The Main Currency Pairs – Thursday, March 14

Image Source: Pixabay  The EUR/USD currency pairTechnical indicators of the currency pair: Prev Open: 1.0927 Prev Close: 1.0948 % chg. over the last day: +0.19 % On Wednesday, the US dollar gave up Tuesday’s small rally, triggered by a slightly hawkish US CPI report. The US retail sales and producer price index reports will be released today. February retail […]
Good News And Bad News Thursday: The Bad News Is Real Retail Sales

Good News And Bad News Thursday: The Bad News Is Real Retail Sales

The bad economic news this morning was that after taking into account inflation, retail sales, which rose 0.6% nominally, were only up 0.2%, and last month’s number, which I described as making a “face-plant,” was revised down a further -0.3% to -1.1%.In other words, the net result was that real retail sales were -0.1% worse […]
Adobe Q1 Results: Expectations High For AI And Creative Cloud Growth

Adobe Q1 Results: Expectations High For AI And Creative Cloud Growth

Image Source: Pexels  Analysts and investors closely monitor the company’s performance and plans as the technology industry eagerly awaits Adobe’s (Nasdaq: ADBE) Q1 2024 earnings report.With Adobe’s strong position in the digital media market and its increasing focus on artificial intelligence (AI), expectations are running high. The company’s Creative Cloud suite, which includes popular applications like Photoshop and Illustrator, […]
Sensex Today Ends 335 Points Higher; Nifty Above 22,100

Sensex Today Ends 335 Points Higher; Nifty Above 22,100

After opening the day flat, Indian share markets turned positive as the session progressed and ended the day marginally higher.After a weak start, benchmark equity indices – Sensex and Nifty – along with their broader market counterparts rebounded.At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood up by 335 points (up 0.5%).Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty closed higher by 153 points […]
Producer Prices Surged Again In February As Energy Costs Re-Accelerated

Producer Prices Surged Again In February As Energy Costs Re-Accelerated

After the hotter-than-expected consumer price data, February Producer Prices were expected to slow their surge from January but they did not… with headline Final Demand PPI rising 0.6% MoM (double the 0.3% rise expected) – the hottest print since June 2022. That lifted the YoY PPI to +1.6%, its highest since September…Source: BloombergThat was the second […]
Bear Of The Day: AMN Healthcare Services

Bear Of The Day: AMN Healthcare Services

Labor shortages and staff burnout among nurses are reasons to be wary of AMN Healthcare Services (AMN)  stock despite the company’s favorable long-term prospects.Correlating with this cautious scenario, AMN’s stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) and lands the Bear of the Day. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Declining Nurse and Allied Solutions Segment SalesProviding […]
The Energy Report: Dereliction Of Duty

The Energy Report: Dereliction Of Duty

Image Source: DepositPhotosSome might say that The International Energy Agency (IEA) has been derelict in its duty to secure energy security for Europe because they have been taken over by a green energy agenda.Not it appears they must acknowledge they were wrong about stopping investments in fossil fuel but today, they have to acknowledge what […]
Russell 2000 Earnings Dashboard 23Q4 – Thursday, March 14

Russell 2000 Earnings Dashboard 23Q4 – Thursday, March 14

Image Source: Pexels  Russell 2000 Aggregate Estimates and Revisions The 23Q4 Y/Y blended earnings growth estimate is -17.6%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for the index is -12.5%. Of the 1616 companies in the Russell 2000 that have reported earnings to date for 23Q4, 55.4% reported above analyst expectations. The 23Q4 Y/Y blended revenue growth estimate is -1.5%. If the energy sector is excluded, the growth rate for […]