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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 Monday, March 14, 2022 I would compare this week in the markets to that feeling when you passed your driver’s test and were able to roam the open roads with freedom for the first time. So much anticipation on what’s possible, and it all lived up to the hype (until you got into your first accident, then it sucked). This week the Federal Reserve… Source link

Stock futures headed for a higher open Friday morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin at least momentarily struck an upbeat tone about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq each rose more than 1% in pre-market trading. The S&P 500 and Dow were on track to still post weekly losses, while the Nasdaq Composite aimed for a slight weekly gain if advances hold through market close. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West… Source link

History shows we could be nearing the end of the stock market’s 2022 correction. “The current correction in stocks is overdue: we have not had a 10%+ S&P 500 correction since the quick bear market of March 2020. 10%+ corrections have occurred once per year on average since 1930, and have lasted on average 54 trading days before lifting more than 10% from the trough (since January 3, the market has dropped 13% as of Wednesday’s low and Thursday is the 45th trading day),” pointed out Bank of… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is planning to split its stock for the first time in more than two decades in a move that will end an era of four-digit stock prices for the biggest U.S. technology companies. Most Read from Bloomberg Amazon intends to boost its outstanding shares by a 20-to-1 ratio, under a plan disclosed late Wednesday, joining other technology giants like Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. who have turned to splits to make their stocks more attractive to retail investors. That news… Source link

U.S. equity futures were flat heading into overnight trading Wednesday after stocks ended a losing streak to log their best session in two years. All three main benchmarks closed higher for the first time in four days and commodity prices retreated from a recent spike as investors looked optimistically toward a possible de-escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Contracts on Wall Street’s key hovered near the flatline in post-market trading after the S&P 500 notched its best day since June… Source link

Costco (COST) has turned into the ultimate safe-haven investment (yet again) as markets have gotten uprooted due to the Russian war on Ukraine. Shares of the warehouse giant have gained about 8% since the war began in late February. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are down slightly during that same span. Walmart’s stock (WMT) is up 5% The buying activity likely reflects several factors. First is that Costco is a mostly U.S.-focused operation, meaning less relative geopolitical risk to the… Source link

Stock futures opened lower Tuesday evening following another volatile session on Wall Street. Concerns over the impact that the punitive measures countries and companies have taken against Russia have weighed on U.S. equity markets. The S&P 500 dropped another 0.7% on Tuesday to bring its year-to-date losses to 12.5%. The Dow shed more than 0.5% to sink further into a correction, while the Nasdaq Composite extended losses after sliding into a bear market earlier this week. President Joe… Source link

Back up the dump truck on Caterpillar’s stock (CAT), says Jefferies analyst Stephen Volkmann. “Recent turmoil in Eastern Europe fundamentally reshapes global commodity markets, driving structurally higher pricing and after years of underinvestment capacity additions and supply diversification will be necessary in both mining and oil and gas sectors, though new projects will take time. Caterpillar has historically been a strong hedge to commodity and general inflation,” Volkmann said in a new… Source link

U.S. equity futures ticked lower in post-market trading Monday after a sell-off in the earlier session that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average fall into correction territory and the Nasdaq enter a bear market. Investors continued to jettison stocks and stockpile safe-haven assets as concerns over the economic consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine intensified. Futures tied to Wall Street’s main benchmarks dipped slightly heading into overnight trading. Contracts on the Dow, S&P 500 and… Source link

Shares of cybersecurity firm Mandiant closed up 16% Monday after The Information reported Google is interested in acquiring the company. Mandiant, which has a market cap around $5.25 billion, was previously under the FireEye umbrella before that brand was sold. FireEye was credited with helping Microsoft discover the SolarWinds hack that attacked government systems last year. The Information said Google is interested in acquiring Mandiant to boost its cloud security in an effort to better… Source link