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What stock market history tells us about corporate tax hikes: Morning Brief

What stock market history tells us about corporate tax hikes: Morning Brief

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Under $10 That Are Poised to Take Off COVID is receding, and markets are rising; those are the two trends that investors have most on their minds right now. It’s entirely sensible that they’ll go together. As the economy reopens, money will begin to circulate faster – and find its way in the equity market. With economic conditions improving, investors are on the lookout for the best returns in an expansionary environment. One natural place for them to… Source link

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The U.S. economy is still improving: Morning Brief

The U.S. economy is still improving: Morning Brief

  Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, April 23, 2021 While as some strategists warn of ‘peak growth’ The U.S. economic recovery continues.  On Thursday, the latest weekly data on initial jobless claims fell to another pandemic-era low of 547,000. This data beat Wall Street expectations and marked another improvement in what has been to this point the most stubbornly negative economic data point during the crisis.  And when… Source link

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Retail investors are still buying stocks: Morning Brief

Retail investors are still buying stocks: Morning Brief

  This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, April 21, 2021 YOLO trades might be fading, but retail is still around.  The stars of the show in financial markets during the first quarter of 2021 were retail traders.  Retail fueled meme trades, made Roaring Kitty a star, and flummoxed market professionals who insisted this participation would not last. Even though less than two… Source link

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One of the ugliest data points of the COVID-19 era is turning around: Morning Brief

One of the ugliest data points of the COVID-19 era is turning around: Morning Brief

  Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, April 16, 2021 Initial claims slowly start moving lower When the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly descended on the U.S. economy in the winter of 2020, one of the first economic data points that captured the sheer scale of the looming disaster was weekly initial jobless claims.  For the week ending March 21, 2020, initial claims skyrocketed to record-breaking levels as lockdowns roiled the jobs… Source link

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JPMorgan, Goldman, other banks jumpstart Q1 earnings season: Morning Brief

JPMorgan, Goldman, other banks jumpstart Q1 earnings season: Morning Brief

Bloomberg Biden Sanctions Russia, Restricts Buying New Debt After Hacking (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden ordered fresh sanctions on Russia, including restrictions on buying new sovereign debt, in response to allegations that Moscow was behind a hack on SolarWinds Corp. and interfered with last year’s U.S. election.The new measures sanction 32 entities and individuals, including government and intelligence officials, and six Russian companies that provide support to the Russian… Source link

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Most investors still think Bitcoin is a bubble: Morning Brief

Most investors still think Bitcoin is a bubble: Morning Brief

  Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The oldest crypto critique just won’t go away.  Over the last decade, every critique in the book has been thrown at the cryptocurrency space.  But none is more pervasive than dismissing the excitement around these assets by simply saying — “It’s a bubble.” And yet, this is exactly what Bank of America’s latest global fund managers’ survey found most of the… Source link

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What Warren Buffett said about the ‘Buffett Indicator’: Morning Brief

What Warren Buffett said about the ‘Buffett Indicator’: Morning Brief

TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks With More Room to Run For investors looking for a hint as to policy-makers’ view of the economy, the Federal Reserve has come through. The central bank released the minutes of its most recent policy meeting – at which it decided not to raise interest rates or scale back on its easy-money polices – and the inside look at the Fed committee’s deliberations shows that the decision was broad-based. The Fed is in no hurry to move to a tighter money policy,… Source link

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The record-setting U.S. economy is here: Morning Brief

The record-setting U.S. economy is here: Morning Brief

  Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Jobs growth soars, service activity hits a record, and it is still only April.  For months, we’ve written here at The Morning Brief about the coming surge in economic activity this year. And the days of realizing this growth are just beginning.   On Monday, data from IHS Markit and the Institute for Supply Management on activity in the services sector blew the doors off… Source link

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How you can quickly go from beating the market to lagging the market: Morning Brief

How you can quickly go from beating the market to lagging the market: Morning Brief

Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Last year’s winning trades are this year’s losing trades Fortunes are won and lost quickly in the financial markets. If you are lucky enough to be sitting on a stock portfolio that’s generating market beating returns, how long can that last? On Tuesday, Compound Capital Advisors’ Charlie Bilello shared some relevant stats. “The 25 stocks in the S&P 500 with the lowest… Source link

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A critical driver of bull markets may be stalling: Morning Brief

A critical driver of bull markets may be stalling: Morning Brief

TipRanks 3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 8%; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ We’ll talk about dividend stocks, but we’ll get there through tax policy. The connection is simple: Government spending is going up, as exemplified by the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill passed this month. Stimulative cash infusions into the economy are likely to boost consumer spending, and there are worries that the Biden Administration has no plans to pay for its increased spending. Several tax proposals made… Source link

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