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SEC preview, odds and predictions

SEC preview, odds and predictions

Is the SEC still Alabama and Georgia and everyone else? The two teams that played for the national title enter the 2022 season as the overwhelming favorites in the SEC and among the top three favorites to win the College Football Playoff. That makes sense. While both teams lost a lot of talent to the NFL, they reloaded for another title run. Figuring out who is going to challenge Alabama and Georgia this season may be the biggest question in the conference. Both Kentucky and Ole Miss won 10… Source link

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ACC preview, odds and predictions

ACC preview, odds and predictions

Clemson’s perch atop the ACC standings was taken away in 2021. Will the Tigers return to form in 2022? Or will another contender like NC State, Pittsburgh or Miami emerge as the conference champion and push for a possible spot in the College Football Playoff? Below, Yahoo Sports details the outlook for each team in the ACC entering the 2022 season before providing title picks for the Atlantic and Coastal divisions and the conference as a whole. Oh and don’t forget, this is the final year… Source link

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Why the stock market has defied the odds in July (so far)

Why the stock market has defied the odds in July (so far)

Investors have breathed a sigh of relief up to this point in July as worst-case scenarios for the economy have failed to materialize. The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 are up an impressive 7.5% and 4.8%, respectively, so far this month. Shares of meme stock darlings GameStop and AMC have jumped 17% and 14.5%, respectively, as traders embrace the risk-on backdrop. Even 2022 laggard Netflix has seen its stock rise 25% month to date, even after another lackluster earnings report on July 19. Pros… Source link

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The bottom of the bear market is still 10% away, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management says. And the odds of a recession have doubled, too

The bottom of the bear market is still 10% away, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management says. And the odds of a recession have doubled, too

The stock market is off to one of its worst starts ever this year, with the S&P 500 falling more than 20% year to date. It’s a rout that has left many investors wondering when they will be able to “buy the dip.” Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s Lisa Shalett says don’t hold your breath. The chief investment officer believes stocks have more room to fall as many companies have yet to change their earnings forecasts after the Federal Reserve’s decision to increase the pace of its… Source link

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Conference odds and win totals posted

Conference odds and win totals posted

We’re just over 12 weeks away from Week 0 of the college football season on Aug. 27. While we still have almost an entire summer to get through before our Saturdays return to being filled with college football, BetMGM has already posted its season win totals and conference odds for the upcoming season. Right off the bat, you’ll notice that the highest projected win total for any team this season is just 10.5 wins. This is in stark contrast to last season, when Alabama, Ohio State, Clemson… Source link

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Chiefs, Cowboys, North Dakota State odds

Will we get a close football game on Saturday? Just one of the three games on the docket has a point spread less than a touchdown at BetMGM as the NFL begins Week 18 and the FCS champion is crowned. Let’s start with the NFL, which kicks off Week 18 with the Kansas City Chiefs’ trip to Denver (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC). The Chiefs are favored by 10.5 points as they hope to get the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs and the Broncos are already eliminated from playoff contention. The Chiefs need to… Source link

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Fed Chairman Powell’s renomination odds complicated by trading scandal

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s odds at renomination continue to hang in the wind, as the White House works through whether or not they should bring in fresh blood to the head of the central bank. Complicating his path to a second term: a scandal that has engulfed at least three senior Fed officials, centered on big financial bets they made during 2020. Regional Fed Presidents Robert Kaplan and Eric Rosengren stepped down from their roles after reporting revealed bets on real… Source link

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Fed Chairman Powell’s odds at renomination come down to politics

The White House is pondering whether or not to take the keys to the U.S. economy away from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, with the decision likely boiling down to politics. Powell’s term as Fed chairman expires in February of next year, meaning President Joe Biden would have to decide on Powell’s fate relatively soon in order to give the Senate enough time to proceed with the confirmation process. But calls within the Democratic party are emerging to boot Powell. Politico reported… Source link

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