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Stock futures tick down slightly after indices rise to records

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Are Still Undervalued After a year that most of us want to forget, 2021 is shaping up to start with stability and an even keel. The election is safely behind us, the new Biden Administration promises a ‘no drama’ approach, a closely divided and hyper-partisan Congress is unlikely to enact any sweeping legislation, reform or otherwise, and COVID vaccines are ready for distribution. It’s a recipe for a calm news cycle.Which makes it a perfect time to… Source link

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Stock futures open little changed as stimulus talks roll on

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Are Still Undervalued After a year that most of us want to forget, 2021 is shaping up to start with stability and an even keel. The election is safely behind us, the new Biden Administration promises a ‘no drama’ approach, a closely divided and hyper-partisan Congress is unlikely to enact any sweeping legislation, reform or otherwise, and COVID vaccines are ready for distribution. It’s a recipe for a calm news cycle.Which makes it a perfect time to… Source link

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Stock futures rise as lawmakers press ahead with stimulus talks, traders await Fed

Stock futures rose Wednesday morning, pointing to another session of gains as investors considered lawmakers’ final efforts to get a stimulus package through before year-end, and awaited the Federal Open Market Committee’s December monetary policy decision. Contracts on all three major indices headed toward a higher open, but came off overnight session highs after a much weaker-than-expected print on November retail sales, which showed a sharper drop in consumer spending than anticipated… Source link

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Stock futures drift with stimulus progress still elusive

TipRanks 2 Stocks That Are Flirting With a Bottom; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ Investing is all about profits, and part of generating profits is knowing when to start the game. The old adage says to buy low and sell high, and while it’s tempting just to discount cliches like that, they’ve passed into common currency because they embody a fundamental truth. Buying low is always a good start in building a portfolio.The trick, however, is recognizing the right stocks to buy low. Prices fall for a… Source link

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Stock futures drift as stimulus progress remains elusive

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Could Reach New Highs The markets have been on a tear of late despite the headwinds presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The question is how long this will last?Writing from Goldman Sachs, the firm’s chief US equity strategist David Kostin says that the markets will outperform both other investments and analyst expectations over the next two years. He sees the S&P 500 hitting 4,600 by the end of 2022, which would represent a 25% gain.Backing… Source link

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Stock futures rise as lawmakers draw closer to stimulus agreement

TipRanks 3 U.S. Cannabis Stocks Gearing up for Growth; Cantor Says ‘Buy’ At the end of 2018, Canada fully legalized cannabis, nationwide, for both medical and recreational use. With the incoming Biden Administration, the US is expected to follow suit with Federal-level legalization, or at least formal decriminalization, sometime in the next four years. An exact timetable is impossible to predict; much will depend on the partisan makeup of Congress after the Georgia Senate runoff vote in… Source link

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Stock futures point to a higher open ahead of jobs report

TipRanks 3 Penny Stocks Under $5 With Massive Upside Ahead Investors know that the key to profits is in the return – and that means, a willingness to shoulder risk. Risk is relative, of course, and tends to run hand-in-hand with the return potential. Find a stock with a giant return potential, and chances are, you’ve also found one with a higher risk profile. The highest returns usually come along with the lowest share prices. After all, when a stock is priced for just pennies, even a… Source link

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Stock futures point to a mixed open

TipRanks Billionaire Jim Simons Places Bet on 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks A rising tide lifts all boats, as President John Kennedy said, and we’re seeing it now on Wall Street, as both the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are near record high levels. The gains are broad-based and real, and reflect a growing optimism now that the election is behind us and a COVID-19 vaccine is in sight.So let’s look back, all the way to 1973, when economist Burton Malkiel told us that “a blindfolded monkey… Source link

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Dow futures open slightly higher after best month since 1987

Stock futures began the overnight session slightly higher Monday evening, reversing some of the regular session’s declines. Equities are set to kick off the final month of 2020 on the heels of a record month, during which each of the three major indices made fresh record highs, and the Dow posted its biggest monthly gain since January 1987 with an advance of nearly 11.9%. In the S&P 500, the energy, financials and industrials sectors led the index’s 10.8% rise, as traders rotated back… Source link

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Futures add to gains, investors look to extend vaccine rally

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Still Have Room to Run Investors are in the market to make a profit, and that means finding the stocks with proven growth potential. Yes, it’s a cliché to remind everyone that past performance does not guarantee future results, but when a stock consistently shows strong share appreciation, over an extended period, it’s a positive sign for investors.With more than ten months behind us, the stocks that are now showing a combination of strong gains and a… Source link

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