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Vance Howard expects 2026 to be a good year, saying the odds of being down are “very minimal.” The market is “too strong” to worry much about the headlines around Fed Chair Powell, he says, but highlights a dovish new Fed Chair in May. He expects two rate cuts this year. Vance anticipates a lot of opportunities for investors across sectors as the market broadens. His picks now include Nova (NVMI),...

It's a mixed picture for analysts in the tech space to start the trading week. Diane King Hall explains why Morgan Stanley issued a double upgrade for Akamai Technologies (AKAM). On the downside, Keybanc downgraded CrowdStrike (CRWD) while Barclays downgraded Snowflake (SNOW). ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minut...

Ben Cook gives his takeaways from President Trump’s meeting with energy executives around Venezuela. He thinks we need an assessment of the quality of any products from Venezuela before companies begin investing in the sector. “A longer-term time frame is going to be required” to boost production to pre-Chavez levels, he says, possibly decades. He thinks oil will trade between $55-$65 this year. B...

Brace for a rockier year due to mid-terms, says Thomas J. Hayes. While he expects index investors to see "underwhelming" results in 2026, stock pickers who watch for cyclical changes in healthcare and tech could see higher returns. When it comes to trades Thomas is watching, he likes dental tech through the Dentsply Sirona ETF (XRAY), Albemarle (ALB), and GXO Logistics (GXO). ======== Sc...

Keybanc downgraded CrowdStrike (CRWD) ahead of the week's first trading session. Tom White turns to the weakness seen in CrowdStrike shares since November's record high and weighs if bulls can retake control of the stock. He later offers an example options trade for the cybersecurity giant. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe t...

Burt Flickinger returns to talk all things retail, starting with the headlines surrounding Saks Global's potential bankruptcy. He talks about the international impact stores can see. One result: bond holders getting less bang for their buck. As for the 2026 retail picture, Burt expects a better year due to consumer resiliency and higher credit card spending. ======== Schwab Network ======== Em...

Kevin Green is back! He returns to Morning Movers to make sense of the down action starting the new trading week. He believes stocks trended downward due to headliners surrounding President Trump's stance on credit cards and a proposed 10% rate cap. Expect a drawn-out process, says KG. On the Fed, KG tells investors to watch for yields moving to the upside over FOMC volatility. He urges invest...

Derek MacPherson discusses how gold may be being used as a hedge against recent geopolitical events. He expects to see metals moving higher in 2026, arguing the underlying drivers are de-dollarization and aggressive deficit spending around the world which devalues fiat currencies. He thinks gold can go “much higher from here” and highlights that gold miners are trading at a discount. On the other...

Steven McClurg says the four-year cycle for Bitcoin is "still very much intact," pointing to energy as the main culprit to crypto's down action in the final quarter of 2025. He says energy prices caused crypto miners to sell Bitcoin sooner than expected. Heading into 2026, Steven expects crypto to move deeper into a bear market and makes the case for Bitcoin falling 60% below October...

Meghan Joyce, CEO of Duckbill, says people who see AI as completely deflationary are "only seeing half the picture." She points to the pricing pressure that go into data centers and talent behind them. Maghan later notes her key takeaways from this year's Consumer Electronics Show and the quality of life improvements she sees coming from tech at the conference. She notes headwinds ah...

Micron's (MU) parabolic rally may have more room to the upside. George Tsilis turns his attention to the memory chipmaker after shares gained over 200% in 2025, with momentum continuing to start 2026. He explains about how the company benefits from cyclical trends in data centers in AI while highlighting the risk that comes with those trends. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every i...

Hilary Kramer says investors need to be "incredibly selective" when it comes to 2026, noting three strong years in the SPX serving as a headwind to similar performance this year. She favors "defensive technology" in small to mid-cap names. She offers her bull cases in HIVE Technologies (HIVE), Roku Inc. (ROKU), Carvana (CVNA), and Opendoor (OPEN). As for the Mag 7, Hilary favor...

There were plenty of market movers to close the trading week, but Marley Kayden and Sam Vadas turn to two that fell off many investors' radars. They talk about the mixed results from December's jobs and consumer sentiment reports, paired with a sharp rally in homebuilder stocks. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market...

Curtis Chin highlights Asia's economic resilience in the face of tariffs, noting a strategy he calls "bamboo economics." He discusses the outperformance of Asian markets. Chin emphasizes the importance of understanding long-term trends like demographics, with aging populations in Singapore and China presenting opportunities, while younger nations like Vietnam offer different strategi...

George Tsilis continues his analysis in foundry-centric companies on Friday's Overlooked Stock. He highlights Skywater Technology (SKYT) after it rallied over 30% throughout the week. George talks about the revival in AI interest backing Skywater's recent bullish momentum. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Options involve risks and are...

Shares in Southwest Airlines (LUV) saw 2022 highs after hitting turbulence through most of 2025. JPMorgan issuing a double upgrade for the stock helped lift momentum. Rick Ducat offers a closer look at Southwest's performance against peers to show how much the stock has soared. He highlights key levels to watch in the chart and takes a glimpse into Southwest Airlines' options activity. ===...

Ofer Vicus, CEO of Aduro Clean Technology (ADUR), introduces his company to viewers and shares their outlook for 2026. Aduro develops water-based technologies to chemically recycle plastics. He says 2026 will be their year of commercial demonstration, saying they “hit the ground running” in 2025. While the company is operating at a loss, he says commercial revenue is coming around mid-2027 when th...

David Woo believes President Trump needs to win the affordability argument to win midterm elections and so is making moves in Venezuela and mortgage markets. He is “very surprised” by the market rally today after the employment report seems to prevent the Fed from cutting rates early in the year. His “big focus” in the short term is inflation, believing retailers have been discounting less to boos...

Mark Gibbens is feeling very bullish for 2026 due to economic and FOMC tailwinds. He remains constructive on the Mag 7 and expects Amazon (AMZN) to experience a stark rebound following 2025's lagging performance. Mark sees big banks beginning the 2026 earnings year strong and explains why PNC Financial Services (PNC) is a top pick in the financial sector. One undercard stock he's watching...

“We’re underweight tech pretty substantially,” says Doug Butler, though his firm has positions in Alphabet (GOOGL) and Oracle (ORCL). He cites valuation and AI bubble concerns, saying the sector has gotten “very, very stretched out.” As long as the economy doesn’t tip into recession – which he sees around a 25% chance of later in the year – he sees opportunities in financials and healthcare. His p...

December’s employment report is the first uninterrupted one since the government shutdown. Jeffrey Cleveland and Ken Kim break down the numbers. Ken characterizes the labor market as “coming to a standstill,” noting that 2025 hiring was the weakest since Covid. Additionally, most of the jobs added were in January-April. Jeffrey calls the labor market “soggy” and thinks policy makers should be main...

Jim Kelly, CEO of NCR Voyix (VYX), is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a public company. NCR Voyix offers point-of-sale solutions to restaurants and retailers. They are the number one point-of-sale company in the world; they have 50% of market share in Japan alone. Two trillion dollars goes through their systems every year, and they are now moving into the payment space as well. “We are at the...

The employment data came in lower than Lisa Flicker anticipated, and she looks at potential causes. She calls the labor market “selective”: people are “not in panic mode” but are strategizing for potential growth, possibly driven by deregulation. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Options involve risks and are not suitable for all investors. Be...

The holiday season added muscle to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 17 sales. LikeFolio's data shows strong demand in the tail-end of 2025, something Megan Brantley believes offers a good set-up for 2026. She makes the case that any positive headlines on AI development can send Apple's consumer sentiment soaring. However, Megan says there's a big question mark for the back half of the year wh...

Eddie Yoon and Ted Rossman break down consumer sentiment. Ted thinks we’ve put “too much emphasis” on it in recent years, arguing that there’s been a divergence between sentiment and reality since the pandemic. If you only looked at consumer sentiment, “you’d think we’d been in a recession for six years now.” Eddie notes generational differences, with Boomers happy and Gen Z negative. “Gen Z no lo...