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Why Wall Street ‘is much more worried’ about Powell than Putin: 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 Thursday, February 25, 2022 Inflation, and the Fed’s reaction to it, remains the biggest market risk Crying ‘havoc,’ Vladimir Putin has let slip the dogs of war — both in Eastern Europe and global financial markets. Thursday’s breathtaking comeback on Wall Street, roiled by panic-selling stemming from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, signaled… Source link

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Russia-addled Wall Street may be banking on a rescue: 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 Thursday, February 24, 2022 Why things aren’t as bearish as they appear Dispatches from Wall Street — where tensions between Russia and Ukraine turned hot overnight, displacing fears of inflation fighting central bankers — have become decidedly bleak these days. Cratering stocks are “on a war footing,” as Barron’s said this week, which… Source link

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Where Does Wall Street Think Yandex NV (YNDX) Stock Will Go?

InvestorsObserver is giving Yandex NV (YNDX) an Analyst Rating Rank of 71, meaning YNDX is ranked higher by analysts than 71% of stocks. The average price target for YNDX is $86.428 and analyst’s rate the stock as a Strong Buy. Wall Street analysts are rating YNDX a Strong Buy today. Find out what this means to you and get the rest of the rankings on YNDX! Why are Analyst Ratings Important? Fundamental research of the underlying… Source link

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Tesla sees booming 2022 sales, but Wall Street warns of ‘degrees of complication’

Tesla’s (TSLA) shares closed higher on Friday after an unusually volatile week in which the electric vehicle company posted fourth quarter earnings that, while better than estimates, gave at least a few Wall Street analysts grounds for skepticism over its ambitious 2022 goals. The automaker beat expectations during the final stretch of 2021, with double digit revenue and gross margin growth. Tesla sales will comfortably grow above 50% in 2022 compared with last year despite supply chain… Source link

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Why Netflix growth story may not be over as Wall Street frets subscriber woes

Netflix (NFLX) shares plunged more than 20% on Friday — its biggest decline since October 2014 — after the streaming giant reported slowing subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, amid an already crowded streaming landscape. The platform added a relatively weak 8.3 million subscribers in Q4, and forecasted a net add of only 2.5 million subscribers in the current quarter, compared to 3.98 million during the first quarter last year. But top media analysts have argued that this is not time… Source link

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Fed snatches the punch bowl away from Wall Street’s party: 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 Thursday, January 6, 2021 Rate hikes no longer theoretical, but ‘front and center’  On Wall Street, there’s an old saying that refers to the market’s reaction to Federal Reserve policy that may be negative for stocks, and implies that investors are having the time of their lives. “Snatching the punch bowl away from the party,” an old… Source link

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Why Wall Street set new records on the same day COVID cases did: 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 Thursday, December 30, 2021 What COVID-19 ‘on our terms’ means for the market, and everyone else Another day, another shattered record of COVID-19 infections in the United States — and yet another set of new milestones in the Dow (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC), as Santa Claus continues to bestow gifts on Wall Street. One of the aforementioned records… Source link

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Santa hasn’t forgotten Wall Street but beware 2022’s ‘landmines’: 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 Thursday, December 23, 2021 The rally’s intact, but for how much longer is anyone’s guess The Santa Claus Rally hasn’t been derailed after all. The North Pole’s jolliest resident — battling his way through the Omicron surge, a hawkish Federal Reserve, weaker consumer spending and the apparent demise of President Biden’s signature domestic… Source link

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Wall Street’s 2022 outlook for stocks

A version of this post was originally published on TKer.co. Wall Street’s top stock market strategists are telling clients where they see the stock market heading in the year ahead. Some high-level themes I’m seeing in their reports: Stocks are likely to rise, but gains will be limited because valuations are high. Earnings growth should be strong, fueled by consumer spending and capital expenditures. Risks include supply chains issues persisting, labor shortages continuing, and monetary… Source link

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Wall Street tumbles as new COVID variant fans lockdown fears

U.S. stock futures slumped Friday, with global markets rattled by a new coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa, which fanned concerns that new growth-crushing lockdowns could be imposed.  Trading volumes were low due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., which could be could contributing to the volatility. However, major benchmarks indicated a rough opening on Wall Street’s abbreviated post-Thanksgiving session. Dow futures contracts (YM=F) plunged 800 points, or 2.5%, while… Source link

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