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Tom White analyzes the latest price action in FedEx (FDX) with the company poised to report earnings after Thursday's close. He points out important support and resistance levels to watch while offering an example options trade for the stock. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwor...

The bigger crisis with the Strait of Hormuz isn't oil — it's fertilizer, says Jake Hanley. He walks investors through how disruption in the strait impacts one-third of the world's fertilizer supply and will impact how people across the globe get their food. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter...

A Morgan Stanley upgrade for Carnival (CCL) wasn't enough to push wind into the sails of the cruise ship company. Charles Schwab's Ben Watson explains how price action in the short and long-term establish key support and resistance levels into earnings. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https...

Brent crude oil is moving much higher to the upside than WTI, as Kevin Green analyzes what the spread means for supply and demand. KG adds to the macro picture by explaining what it means for the Fed's path forward after the committee voted to hold interest rates. As for Micron (MU), KG believes a high bar and supply concerns added pressure to what many consider stellar earnings and guidance....

Ben Bajarin takes investors through the gargantuan earnings and guidance beat from Micron (MU) — along with the headwinds lingering over the AI memory chipmaker. Supply and power constraints are the key headwinds facing the company, which Ben says will limit Micron's future upside. He talks about what makes Micron and peers like Western Digital (WDC) and SanDisk (SNDK) different from fabs like...

Micron (MU) posted a substantial earnings and sales beat in Wednesday's after-hour report, paired with guidance that blew Wall Street estimates out of the water. The stock barely moved. Sam Vadas, Kevin Green, and Alex Coffey take investors through the numbers and how they clear a sky-high bar. One metric hitting investor confidence: Micron's CapEx projections. ======== Schwab Network ====...

Michael Green believes the Fed decision is “disastrous,” ignoring the current energy crisis when the market needs stimulation. He accuses them of having “completely lost the plot,” saying they are not correctly counting business formation vs the gig economy. He thinks there should have been four rate cuts this year. The Fed is “empirically behind the curve,” he argues, based on the way that they g...

Reid I’Anson shares his takeaways from the FOMC rate decision and Fed Chair Powell’s press conference. He thinks it’s “interesting” that he continues to focus on goods inflation rather than commenting on the U.S./Iran conflict. He adds that the economic expectations the Fed released are somewhat confusing, but argues that a lot of it is “backward looking” because of recent events. Reid also covers...

Jeffrey Cleveland says the bullish shift in GDP projections is his biggest takeaway from today’s FOMC meeting as the Fed left rates unchanged. He thinks they’re “pretty content” with the state of the labor market, and while they’ve upped their inflation expectations for the year, the next two are about the same. He anticipates one cut this year and thinks rates will end the year around 4.8%. =====...

Rebecca Walser tells investors to watch for what dissenters to the FOMC interest rate pause say as macro uncertainties persist. She then turns to the private credit markets and pressures she anticipates lasting in the space. Long-standing "contagions" Rebecca sees for private credit are tied to software. That said, she doesn't believe investors should base the next financial "me...

The FOMC voted to keep interest rates unchanged with just one dissenter, Stephen Miran. "It's not surprising," says Tom White, though a surprise could manifest if there are no cuts for 2026 and even a rate hike in 2027 if inflation pressures worsen. Resolution in the U.S.-Iran War and improving economic conditions in the states are key to reversing that sentiment, Tom adds. ========...

Brian Mulberry thinks the FOMC decision was what the market expected but still leaves the door open to rate moves in the summer. Inflation related to oil prices is the wild card in the mix, and Brian talks about how he thinks the Fed will respond. He sees a “pretty solid backdrop” for the market and thinks the S&P 500 will likely end the year higher, targeting 10%+. He likes energy and industr...

Steven Olenick explains investing opportunities around the NCAA, especially now that student athletes are allowed to cash in. Media streaming rights, ads, sponsorships, and more are in the mix. Young players who find their “Cinderella story” can skyrocket career-wise and financially. Steven looks at the lack of regulation in the college sports industry and how it creates unfairness in the competit...

Micron's (MU) earnings bar is set high amid monumental expectations of revenue growth for the memory chipmaker. With the stock rallying 360% year-over-year and setting new all-time highs, Charles Schwab's Joe Mazzola and Tom White offer two different perspectives through their example options trades. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. O...

LikeFolio’s Andy Swan thinks Five Below’s (FIVE) turnaround story is better than Dollar Tree’s (DLTR) after a new CEO took over. However, investor expectations are “very high” going into the report. Andy thinks the company is “doing fantastic,” but it might not be enough for the Street. “We think they’re outperforming peers,” Andy adds, saying they’re finding their “niche” by targeting Gen Z and G...

Yerbol Orynbayev and Ben Ayers preview the FOMC rate decision and Powell’s press conference. Yerbol highlights inflation on the rise and a weakening job market and says consensus is they will pause on rate moves. Ben sees conflicting signals in the economy and expects a split consensus among the Fed around a rate move. They discuss Kevin Warsh’s potential takeover of the Fed Chair position and how...

"Oracle (ORCL) is the first canary in the coal mine" to David Trainer's AI bear case, followed by Meta Platforms (META) and other Mag 7 names committing hundreds of billions to CapEx. He adds, "spending isn't going to end any time soon," arguing these companies need to show a stronger road map to profitability. David also points out risks to jobs and rising monopolistic...

Brace for big market moves in off any significant headline, says TheoTrade's Don Kaufman, offering a quick overview on how options activity ahead of triple witching is setting the stage for explosive price action. As for today's Big 3, he sees a "violent" pullback coming for Circle (CRCL), support forming in Home Depot (HD), and Netflix's (NFLX) recent rollover continuing. Do...

Chris Vermeulen believes a greater equity pullback is on the horizon. With the SPX and NDX struggling to break out, paired with macro uncertainties and crude oil volatility, Chris says now is the time for a "healthy" correction to take shape. Chris adds that utilities and other safety plays are gaining traction, though he makes the case holding cash could be a primary investor move for n...

Scott Bauer offers an example options trade on Lululemon (LULU) after its earnings report. He thinks it is rangebound, highlighting resistance on the chart. Sam Vadas walks through the details, including guidance, and a former Levi Strauss (LEVI) CEO joining the board, although no new CEO has been named yet. She also covers analyst moves on the stock post-earnings. ======== Schwab Network ========...

"Stocks got hit with a couple whammies this morning," says Joe Mazzola with Charles Schwab, pointing to recent Israeli airstrikes on Iran's gas infrastructure as the main culprit of Wednesday's pressure. He also calls out a hotter-than-expected February PPI adding weight against the Fed's inflation outlook. Joe talks investors through the main points to watch in Fed Chair Jer...

Kevin Green tackles the inflation picture with the latest economic data in the delayed February PPI print and January factory orders. Also weighing on inflation: crude oil, moving to the upside again after Iran's South Pars gas facilities were target in an Israeli airstrike. KG explains the recent economic and commodity moves and pairs it with how it plays into the FOMC's interest rate dec...

John Kosar shares the latest Asbury 6 metrics, a way of measuring market health. All six metrics turned red as of March 6, and John explains what that could spell for market movements. “The market’s vulnerable to more technical weakness.” He looks at support levels for major indexes and argues that “by early next week,” if the market doesn’t find footing, we’ll have a “tough start to the second qu...

Bill Barhydt, CEO and founder of Abra, a crypto company, explains the business offerings and the state of the overall crypto market. Abra offers financial advice services and manages crypto holdings in “vaults” for various clients, including institutional ones. They are looking to come to the U.S. market via SPAC merger as soon as this summer under the ticker ABRX. He thinks crypto can continue to...

Diane King Hall turns to earnings movers kicking off trading action in the retail space Wednesday morning. She looks into a pair of turnaround stories in Macy's (M) and Lululemon (LULU), with both stocks rallying after the report. It's not the same for SailPoint (SAIL), where Diane notes underwhelming outlook taking the wind out of the company's sails. ======== Schwab Network ========...