😑Even the Fed Admits This Troubling Trend Is Here to Stay😑

Good morning. It’s probably a good time to “retire” the word transitory regarding inflation... 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. [Trading Tips] Good morning. It’s probably a good time to “retire” the word transitory regarding inflation. That was testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before Congress yesterday. With rising risks of higher inflation for longer, Powell even noted that the Fed could accelerate its timeline to taper its bond-buying program. While markets didn’t like that particular news, expecting the easy-money spigot to remain open forever, higher inflation levels risk causing more economic uncertainty and for companies to cut back on major projects, which could lead to the poorly-performing economy of the 1970s. While that may not be the case, ensuring that it won’t be the case will likely mean some short-term pain, and that markets may not continue to rise as strongly as they have over the past 18 months. Now here's the rest of the news: Sponsored Content [Invest in NowRx – The company that’s disrupting the $480B retail pharmacy industry.]( [NowRx]( has rebuilt the retail pharmacy experience to be more convenient, personalized, and hassle-free for customers – and their potential is growing quickly. This year, the company is on pace to surpass $22M in revenue and with their newest telehealth product growing 73% MoM, the time to invest has never been better! Oh – and did we mention the share price has increased by over 1,600% since 2016? [Check out NowRx for yourself.]( MARKETS DOW 34,483.33 -1.86% S&P 4,566.95 -1.90% NASDAQ 15,537.69 -1.55% *As of market close • Markets dropped again on Tuesday, following comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. • Oil slid 4.8 percent, closing at $66.61 per barrel. • Gold dipped 0.6 percent, last trading at $1,774 per ounce. • Cryptocurrencies traded mixed, with Bitcoin going for $57,671 at the market close. Today’s TOP TIPS [The Latest Corporate Shakeup May Be a Boon for This Social Media Play]( Most company executives want to leave at what they view as the top. Many aren’t fortunate in that regard. But those who succeed can also leave a company before building problems can come to the forefront, and potentially damage shareholder value. In the short-term, the market may give the thumbs-up to a leaving CEO by giving shares a boost on optimism the next CEO will fare better. » [FULL STORY]( [Insider Trading Report: EOG Resources (EOG)]( Michael Kerr, a director at EOG Resources (EOG), recently bought 50,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 47 percent, and came to a total purchase price of $4.3 million exactly. This marks the first insider buy at the company in the past three years. Company insiders have typically been sellers of shares. The sales have been clustered by company executives, and appears to be based on the exercise of stock options. » [FULL STORY]( [Unusual Options Activity: Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT)]( Shares of auto parts supplier Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) have been on a tear this year, more than tripling the returns on the S&P 500. One trader sees that overall trend continuing in the next few days following last week’s market pullback. That’s based on the December 10 $22 calls. With 9 days until expiration, over 5,210 contracts traded against an open interest of 107, for a 49-fold rise in volume. The buyer of the calls paid $0.35 to make the trade. » [FULL STORY]( IN OTHER NEWS • [Home Price Gains Slow in September]( Home prices rose at an annualized rate of 19.5 percent in September, a slight slowdown from August’s read of 19.8 percent. This marks the first time that the growth in home prices has slowed nationally since May 2020, and could be a sign that the housing market may be on track to stabilize after some major gains in the past few years. • [Dalio Trashes Cash Again]( Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has warned that cash isn’t a safe haven for investors right now, nothing that inflation acts as a tax against cash by lost purchasing power. The statement is a similar pass on cash as an asset class that Dalio made in early 2020, right before the stock market plunged due to the initial Covid drop. • [Coal Shortages Threaten Power Plants]( Coal inventories at power plants that still burn the commodity have reached lows last seen since the 1970s. The depletion is occurring at a time when most of the country is preparing for the coldest months of the year, and heating season may spark demand. • [UK Regulators Order Facebook to Sell Giphy]( The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a UK-based regulatory group, is ordering Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook (FB) to sell its stake in Giphy, the GIP platform. The regulator sees the tie-up between Facebook and Giphy as one that allows the social media company to continue to increase its market power. • [Microsoft CEO Sells $285 Million in Shares]( Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft (MSFT) has sold more than $285 million in shares in recent days, or about 840,000 shares. He still owns about 830,000, worth about $280 million. The move comes as Microsoft has outperformed the overall market, with gains of about 50 percent this year. S&P 500 MOVERS TOP PFE 2.262% AAPL 2.097% LRCX 1.166% BIO 0.875% XRAY 0.657% BOTTOM GPS 6.353% MRNA 6.153% PWR 6.082% INTU 6.056% DISCK 5.405% Quote of the Day This week will be instructive to see if the buy-the-dip approach by investors is still in play, or if markets are vulnerable to a more significant pullback. - Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, voicing the popular institutional view that the current market may be vulnerable to a moderate selloff depending on the data from the latest Covid variant. Sponsored Content [Invest in NowRx – The company that’s disrupting the $480B retail pharmacy industry.]( [NowRx]( has rebuilt the retail pharmacy experience to be more convenient, personalized, and hassle-free for customers – and their potential is growing quickly. 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