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Walmart Inc. (WMT) warned last week that it will have to raise prices because of President Trump's tariffs. On Saturday, the president advised the country's largest retailer that it should “eat the tariffs.” The problem: Retailers operate with very thin profit margins, writes Ed Yardeni, editor of Yardeni QuickTakes.
Stocks and Treasuries are trading around the flatline in the early going today. Gold and crude oil are modestly lower along with the dollar, while Bitcoin is holding recent gains around $104,000.
Stocks got a lift from data showing headline US inflation unexpectedly cooled year-over-year to the lowest level in four years. Meanwhile, Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) just surged on news that it will be added to the S&P 500 – making it the first crypto company to enter the blue-chip index, notes Amber Kanwar, host of the In the Money with Amber Kanwar podcast.
The announced US/UK trade deal yesterday will be a good test case for all the other deals in terms of the scope and breadth of it. Meanwhile, the Bank of England cut rates by 25 basis points as expected to 4.25%, observes Peter Boockvar, editor of The Boock Report.
US stocks rallied late on Wednesday after choppy trading most of the day. At the Federal Reserve’s press conference in the afternoon, Chair Jay Powell indicated that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have increased. One new domestic fund buy is the Value Line Larger Companies Focused Fund (VALLX), notes Brian Kelly, editor of MoneyLetter.
My fiancée Anne and I escaped to France last week for a pre-wedding celebration. Stepping away from the media’s incessant “breaking news” proved refreshing. People get so worked up over headlines. Focus on Time in the Market, not Timing the Market, advises Adam Johnson, editor of Bullseye Brief.
The Federal Reserve meets this week. Spoiler alert: Essentially no one thinks a rate cut is likely. Meanwhile, it’s another peak week for corporate earnings. So far, 65% of S&P 500 Index (SPX) companies have reported and earnings are up 13% from the prior-year quarter, notes John Eade, president of Argus Research.
The S&P 500 just notched nine “up” days in a row, the longest string since 2004. Now, stocks are easing back in early trading. Crude oil and the dollar are cooling, while gold and silver are rallying nicely. Treasuries are a bit lower.
A profound secular shift in energy infrastructure is underway, yet this is largely underappreciated in mainstream coverage. The opportunity is huge. Quanta Services Inc. (PWR) shares were up about 10% last Thursday, and there is a long way to go, suggests Joe Markman, editor at Digital Creators & Consumers.
Following an impressive turnaround two weeks ago, the market’s encouraging vibes continued last week. Early April saw a bunch of true, panic-type readings, and after stabilizing on the tariff delay news, we wrote that the market had likely hit a low that it could work off of. I like ServiceTitan Inc. (TTAN) as a trade here, highlights Mike Cintolo, editor at Cabot Top Ten Trader.

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Investors continue to face stiff headwinds in 2025. Bull markets since WWII that went on to celebrate their third birthday posted gains averaging only 5%. The average drawdown for Republican presidents in their inaugural year was more than 15%. Nearly two-thirds of all bear markets since WWII started with double-digit declines that recovered to within -2% and +3.4% of the 200D MA before reversing and setting an even lower low. Are tariffs still headline rhetoric or recession-inducing realities? S&P 500 EPS growth for all of 2025 was pegged at nearly 13% at the start of the year. As of mid-May, that forecast was closer to 7%. Finally, 2024 was the sixth year in the past eight years when the tech sector rose by 30% or more in price. In this presentation, Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA Research, will discuss CFRA’s forecast for a full-year gain in price for the S&P 500 and show cautious investors how a portfolio consisting of only two sectors delivered 95% of Tech’s return since 1990 with 40% lower volatility.

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As President Trump asserts his economic dominance, the US dollar is just getting stronger, so everything the US imports naturally gets cheaper. As a result, the projected inflation from the proposed tariffs is slow to materialize. The real goal of the Trump tariffs is to collect new revenue for the Federal government, so income taxes can be reduced or eliminated. Overall, we are in the midst of an economic Renaissance that is expected to create more companies to "onshore" and divert their operations to the US. 

On Feb. 19, 2025, Super Micro Computer jumped 74% from a Dec. 2024 low. An independent auditor had wiped clean the company's allegations of accounting irregularities. With year-over-year revenue growth of 55% (at the time), the future looked bright for the company. SMCI's price/earnings ratio of 16 (compared to Nvidia's 37) seemed like a bargain. Yet, the gains were fleeting. Within two weeks, the shares had dropped 47%. 
In April, Nvidia plunged to a low of $94/share after hitting a high of $153 in January. It's back to $135/share, but how long will it last? Is the Saudi deal announced recently the fuel Nvidia needs to soar even higher? Will the Taiwan Semiconductor Arizona chip factory help Nvidia to mitigate the impact of tariffs? Is all of this factored into the share price already? Why has there been so much volatility?
Picking stocks in a world where share prices sink and soar with such wild swings equires a great deal of babysitting, peering into crystal balls, factoring in the impact of tariffs, adding a splash of consumer sentiment, and then pitting all of that against expensive equity prices and an economy that is slowing down. So, should you be trying to outwit Wall Street's hedge funds, or is there a better way to invest in hot, volatile industries such as artificial intelligence and breakthrough technology that puts us on the right side of the trade?

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