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It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.
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| | |  | DOW 33,808.96 | +0.07% | | | | | S&P 4,133.52 | +0.09% | | | | | NASDAQ 12,072.46 | +0.11% | | | | | *As of market close | | | • | Stocks moved slightly higher Friday, but overall ended the week lower. | | | • | Oil rose 0.5 percent, closing at $77.73 per barrel. | | | • | Gold dropped 1.3 percent, ending at $1,993 per ounce. | | | • | Cryptocurrencies also sank, with Bitcoin hitting $27,247 at the stock market close. | | | | | | | |
| | | This Slow and Steady Operator Is Setting Up to Win Long-Term | | | | Investors often take a current trend and extrapolate it to extremes. That's why the end of a bull market has a lot of valuations that seem ridiculous in hindsight. And why there are many bargains at the end of a bear market.
That trend can also play out with quarterly earnings. A company's growth may slow or stall out in a quarter, but markets may try and extend that trend out indefinitely. That can create short and long-term opportunities.
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| | Insider Trading Report: Lockheed Martin (LMT) | | | | John Donovan, a director at Lockheed Martin (LMT), recently bought 506 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 22 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $250,556.
This adds to the 556 shares the director bought back in January… and on 4 other occasions over the past year. These mark the only buys at the company. A number of insiders have been moderate sellers of shares over the past year, including Lockheed's Treasurer and the company COO.
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| | Unusual Options Activity: Pfizer (PFE) | | | | Drug manufacturer Pfizer (PFE) has seen shares slide nearly 20 percent to 52-week lows in the past few months. One trader sees a longer-term rebound for shares ahead.
That's based on the December 2025 $40 calls. With 970 days until expiration, 2,009 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 116, for a 17-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $5.58 to make the bullish bet.
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| | • | One Month Treasury Demand Soars as Debt Default Fears Rise
One-month Treasury bills saw a half a point drop on Thursday alone, as federal tax receipts came in weaker than expected. This lower revenue for the government makes it more likely that the debt ceiling will be hit sooner rather than in the fall as initially projected. The latest data now pushes the chances of the government hitting its debt ceiling into mid-June. | | | | • | Many Workers See No Possibility for Retirement
A fair number of workers are expecting that they'll never retire. Some cite the lack of financial resources to do so, while a growing number simply prefer to work rather than have nothing to do all day, and succumb to boredom or a life devoid of meaning. A recent survey shows that about one-third of workers have no real retirement savings plan. | | | | • | Ikea Looking to Expand to 8 New U.S. Locations
Ingka Group, holding company for retailer Ikea, is expecting to open 8 more stores in the U.S. over the next three years. Plus, the company may also add 9 smaller locations that it calls "plan and order points," where customers can speak with consultants and place orders. Ikea has 51 stores in the U.S. at present. | | | | • | Whole Foods Announces Corporate Layoffs
Retailer Whole Foods, owned by Amazon (AMZN), is looking to cut several hundred jobs at the corporate level. The move will reorganize the company, as they shift from 9 operational regions to 6. The total layoffs will impact about half a percent of Whole Food's global workforce. | | | | • | Coinbase Expands Overseas Amid U.S. Regulatory Pressure
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) has received a digital asset business license from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. That will allow the company to open an offshore derivatives exchange as soon as this week. This is part of a larger move by the company to expand outside the U.S., as regulatory issues heat up. | | |
| | | | TOP | | | BAX | 4.717% | | | | HCA | 3.852% | | | | DVA | 3.489% | | | | PG | 3.46% | | | | CSX | 3.278% | | | | BOTTOM | | | ALB | 9.997% | | | | WRB | 9.217% | | | | TFC | 6.004% | | | | ZION | 5.688% | | | | CMA | 4.52% | | | | |
| | |  | | If we see a lot of degradation over the course of next week because of guidance ... that might cause a multiple contraction and we might see some of the S&P 500 sell off. But that just hasn't been the case yet. We haven't found something that's breaking the back in this market and we've given it plenty of chances. | | - Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Financial, on how lower expectations for corporate earnings may drive the stock market down in the coming weeks, but it may not lead to markets breaking below last year's lows. | |
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