Feel like a coin toss? Take any bank and call heads or tails. According to a study by McKinsey, over half the world's banks are undercapitalized and likely to fail in the next crisis.
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| |  Good morning.. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey showed a read of 95.5—indicating that the average consumer's views on the economy slightly dropped in the past month. Is that good or bad? It depends, largely, on your political views.
That's because Republican consumers have a sentiment reading of 119.3—a soaring expectation for the economy. But the average Democrat consumer has a reading of 71.6, a number more appropriate for a recession. It's just yet another way to measure the country's political division in economic terms.
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| The only 8 stocks you need for 2020 | |
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Of the nearly 4,500 publicly traded stocks on the market, no more than 50 deserve your money. Instead, I'm builidng my fortune with a handful of stocks that fly UNDER the radar. These stocks don't make news. They just make you money.
Year after year. In good times and bad. Bull markets and bear.
These "Power Elite" stocks knock it out of the park year after year after year because they've tapped into the 3 most powerful forces in the global economy: Addiction. Necessity. And Monopoly.
In other words, they sell products that people can't stop buying. This free video explains why. | |
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| | | Tesla Motors was expected to lose money in the third quarter, but instead posted earnings of $1.91 per share. How much did it beat earnings by? Reply to this Email. | | | |
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| S&P 3,022.55 | +0.41% | | |
| NASDAQ 8,243.12 | +0.70% | | |
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| • | Stocks rallied into the weekend, on reports the U.S. and China may be finalizing a trade deal. | | | • | Oil rallied 0.8 percent, to $56.70 per barrel. | | | • | Gold advanced 0.2 percent, to $1,507 per ounce. | | | • | Cryptocurrencies popped higher, with Bitcoin rallying 15 percent, or $1,100, to $8,630. | | |
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| Two Surprising Large-Cap Companies Hedge Funds Love Now | |
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Hedge funds are often some of the smartest players in the room, and usually the biggest. With their deep pockets, they can take controlling stakes in smaller companies… but many funds also build holdings in large, well-established firms as well.
Those holdings tend to outperform the overall market by at least half a percent per year, an outperformance that adds up over time. Following this "smart money" of the investment world can give you an edge over other investors.
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| Insider Activity: JP Morgan Chase (JPM) | |
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Mellody Hobson, a director at JP Morgan Chase (JPM), picked up 16,000 shares recently, increasing her stake in the company by 15 percent. At current prices, the buy came to $1.994 million, and leaves the director with just over 117,000 shares.
Insider data shows that the banking behemoth has had a mix of insiders both buying and selling in the past few years, which is typical of big companies that pay executives in stock options.
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| Unusual Options Activity: Target (TGT) | |
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Retail giant Target (TGT) saw an unusual put option trade via the December 20th $115 puts. With shares at $109.60, the option is already in-the-money by $6.40, and could be exercised by the option buyer at any time.
With a $8.45 premium on average, the option buyer could exercise by selling shares to the option seller at $115, and get shares for approximately $106.50 right now, after accounting for the premium.
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| TOP | | | ALGN | 12.941% | | | | LRCX | 10.938% | | | | ORLY | 8.099% | | | | AMAT | 7.294% | | | | ALLE | 6.234% | | | | BOTTOM | | | VTR | 8.928% | | | | ETX | 8.505% | | | | ALB | 8.438% | | | | ILMN | 7.88% | | | | VFC | 7.344% | | | |
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| The peak birth year in the millennials is almost as big as the peak birth year of the baby boom generation. That's 1990. They are turning 30. They've had 10 years to be in the workforce. They've had 10 years to build a credit score. They've had 10 years to meet a significant other and get prepared to build a household… The only thing that really matters in terms of a consumer spending pattern is how much money is available, and do you have a job. |
- Canaccord Genuity chief market strategist Tony Dwyer on why millennials are fueling a generational bull run in the stock market that may last another decade.  |
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