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| |  Good morning. Thanks to the ongoing trade war with China and all the uncertainty that's created, US industrial production sunk 0.5 percent month-over-month in December. That also sent total industrial production lower on a year-over-year basis for the first time since President Trump was elected.
Given how long major changes in production and sentiment need to change, a trade deal will need to be finalized soon to show up in the economic numbers before the 2020 election. The real crunch time for the markets—and Trump's presidency—is now.
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| | |  | DOW 27,025.88 | +0.09% | | | | S&P 2,997.95 | +0.28% | | | | NASDAQ 8,156.85 | +0.40% | | | | | *As of market close | | | • | Stocks drifted higher yesterday, on solid earnings numbers from a variety of companies. | | | • | Oil rose 1.2 percent, to $54.00 per barrel. | | | • | Gold rose 0.1 percent, to $1,495 per ounce. | | | • | Cryptocurrencies generally rallied, with Bitcoin trading around $8,100. | | | |
| | | Three Oversold Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Plays Likely to Beat the Market | | | | Investing is about looking forward. Most folks think that simply means taking a company's existing trend and extrapolating it indefinitely into the future.
But it's not that simple. A company that's been on a big growth swing could suddenly stall out. Or a company that's been having a few rough quarters could finally succeed in turning it around. This happens in everything from individual stocks to sectors, to the market as a whole.
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| | Insider Activity: Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) | | | | Mary DeNooyer, Chief Human Resources officer at Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) recently bought 6,000 shares, adding onto two other buys this month. This most recent buy increased her stake by 11 percent to an even 60,000 shares, and cost just over $165,000.
Overall, insiders have been buyers of shares this year, with only two sales by insiders, both of which were by a major fund holder and not a company executive.
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| | Unusual Options Activity: Netflix (NFLX) | | | | Put option trading in streaming giant Netflix (NFLX) saw a surge after reporting earnings Wednesday after the bell. Although the company missed on its total subscriber count for another quarter, and although the company has burned through nearly $10 billion in cash in the past few quarters, shares still managed to gain nearly 3 percent in trading, sending some traders to make bearish bets.
One interesting bet is the October 25th $297.50 put.
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| | | | TOP | | | DOV | 5.803% | | | | URI | 5.12% | | | | CAH | 4.361% | | | | ABC | 4.009% | | | | MCK | 3.915% | | | | BOTTOM | | | IBM | 5.524% | | | | TXT | 5.389% | | | | MTB | 4.291% | | | | NBL | 3.399% | | | | LHX | 2.824% | | | |
| | |  | | [The trade deal is] focused on the low-hanging fruit, with a lot vague or not addressed. Overall, we don't think this Phase 1 deal clears the air for global corporations to decide on what matters most – where to invest, produce, hire or source. | - Investment note from Evercore ISI on the potential trade deal and how it doesn't resolve issues that would reduce uncertainty for businesses to invest.  | |
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