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☆ Type 2 diabetes: Coffee, tea lower risk of heart disease and early death
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —If you have type 2 diabetes, drinking more coffee, tea or plain water may lower your risk of dying prematurely from any cause by about 25%, a new study found. However, drinking more sugar-sweetened beverages raised the risk of heart disease by 25% and the risk of dying from a heart attack or another cardiovascular event by 29%, the study said. Adults with type 2 diabetes who drink more coffee or tea lower their risk of heart disease, a new study said. There was a 26% lower risk of early death associated with drinking coffee, 21% for tea, 23% for plain water and 12% for low-fat milk. When both sugar-sweetened and artificial no-calorie drinks were replaced with coffee, tea, plain water and low-fat milk, there was an even lower risk of heart disease and death from any cause.

☆ The US dollar's recent slide is flashing a bullish signal for markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The US dollar's recent decline is a bullish signal for global markets, DataTrek reports. Since its September peak, the US Dollar Index has fallen by 11.3%. "A weaker dollar at this point in the global economic cycle is both consistent with the past and a generally bullish sign about the future," he wrote. It is, however, how markets signal better times to come." Historically, the US Dollar Index, which compares the greenback's strength to a basket of currencies, spikes in moments of economic crises, such as in 2009 and 2022.

☆ 3 signals that show a US recession is farther away than most investors think
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Recent economic data suggests a US recession is farther away than most investors think. A rebound in gasoline demand and calmness in the bond market are sending bullish signals about the economy. Gasoline demand has reboundedDemand for gasoline in the US turned positive in March, jumping 3.8% year-over-year. The rebound in gasoline demand has been buoyed by a near 20% decline in gasoline prices. The rebound in gasoline demand is a reversal of recent trends, as gasoline demand was consistently tracking below the prior year's levels.

☆ Strategists are gloomy going into the start of first quarter earnings season
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

I noted last week that following a strong first quarter (S & P up over 7%), the S & P 500 almost invariably is up even more by the end of the year. For the most part, the strategist community is fairly gloomy going into first quarter earnings season and the prospects for further gains in 2023. He too noted that the S & P 500 is now "within spitting distance" of his year-end price target of 4,200 and announced Tuesday he was shifting direction. Indeed, it looks like a race to the bottom to see who can claim the mantle of "lowest estimate on the Street" for full-year 2023 earnings. 2023 earnings: the trough is Q1 Q1: $50.63 Q2: $54.13 Q3: $56.84 Q4: $58.32 Source: Refinitiv That works out to $219.83, just a tad above the $218.09 that 2022 printed.

☆ MLB roundup: Rays improve to 8-0 with rout of A's
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

Springs scattered three hits, struck out seven and walked three while logging seven innings. The Astros rallied in the ninth on Jeremy Pena's two-run homer against Jovani Moran. Adam Duvall blasted a two-run homer and a pair of doubles while scoring three times. Pete Alonso and Eduardo Escobar each hit two-run homers for the Mets, who have won five of six games against the Marlins. Perdomo had three RBIs and two hits as Arizona racked up season highs for runs and hits (17).

☆ MLB roundup: Rays beat A's to stay undefeated
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Stroman has allowed two runs and 17 hits over 32 innings while winning each of his last five home starts. Ji Hwan Bae, Ke'Bryan Hayes and Connor Joe each had an RBI double, and Oneil Cruz and Jason Delay hit RBI singles for the Pirates. Pittsburgh starter Rich Hill allowed seven runs and eight hits in four innings. Alex Cobb (0-1) was the hard-luck loser for the Giants after holding the Royals to two runs on seven hits in seven innings. Kershaw (1-1) took the loss after allowing four runs on seven hits in six innings.

☆ This isn’t a 2008-style financial crisis but stocks could still crash 25%, SoFi’s top strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Today I'm eager to share this week's conversation with a top investment strategist who's anticipating trouble ahead for the economy. In the financial crisis, it was down 58% from peak to trough. I do not think that this is a repeat of the financial crisis. Investors should brace for an earnings recession and continued financial uncertainty, chief investment officer Mike Wilson explained. A crisis in the financial sector has rattled investors but markets look poised to avoid a crash.

☆ Markets and the economy survived a tough first quarter, but it's not going to get any easier
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Despite peaks and valleys, stocks closed the first quarter on an up note, with the S & P 500 rallying more than 7% and the tech-fueled Nasdaq soaring about 16%. .SPX .DJI YTD line S & P 500 gains so far in 2023 Indeed, the market has lived through a lifetime of scary headlines in the first three months of 2023. Despite repeated protestations from Fed officials that they are taking the higher-for-longer approach on interest rates, markets still expect cuts. AAPL .SPX YTD mountain Apple compared to the S & P 500 Only five of the 11 S & P 500 sectors are positive for the year, despite the substantial rally for the index. The net profit margin for the S & P 500 also is expected to edge lower to 11.2%.

☆ The Nasdaq 100 just entered a fresh bull market - and a top analyst says tech names look like the new safety trade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Those rate forecasts have bolstered tech names, and mega-caps like Apple and Microsoft have pulled the Nasdaq higher. "While it sounds like Twilight Zone comment to many investors, tech stocks have become the new safety trade with Big Tech names a major beneficiary of this dynamic," Ives, a managing director and senior equity research analyst at Wedbush, wrote in a note. "And these tech stocks have been under owned and still remain in that camp in our opinion." Short sellers generated paper profit of $14 billion betting against bank stocks over the last month. Shorting bank names in March produced a "wide swath of profitable trades that returned +17.2% in less than a month," S3 Partners said.

☆ A key recession indicator suggests the Fed may slash rates soon
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There's another bond market signal flashing and it could mean the Fed's about to step in. The Fed raised short-term interest rates by a quarter percentage point as expected today, with market watchers expecting one more increase this year and three more in 2019. But there are other bond market signs, too, and the recent rally in bonds at the shorter-term end of the Treasury curve may just be the indicator with the most troubling track record. In effect, the bond market is telling us that the Fed could be on the brink of making a policy pivot as the economy falters. Investors are shifting focus back to the Fed's thinking on interest rates, with a PCE inflation update due Friday.

☆ The Nasdaq just entered a bull market as the Fed fuels tech stocks toward their 2nd-best quarter in a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Nasdaq 100 entered a bull market on Wednesday, rallying more than 20% from its December low. The Nasdaq has gained 17% in the first three months of 2023, with a few days left in the first quarter. The last time the Nasdaq 100 entered a bull market was in April 2020, a quarter that also marked the best stretch in the last decade. Signs of financial stress historically have prompted investors to buy more stocks, according to a Thursday note from DataTrek Research. DataTrek highlighted that the St. Louis Fed Financial Stress index reading is currently in the same ballpark as it was in July and August of 2002, as well as October 2011 — two similar periods of financial stress.

☆ Bond markets are flashing a recession signal that suggests the Fed may be about to step in to quickly cut rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The bond market is flashing a recession signal that suggests the Fed will quickly cut rates. That's due to the large jump in short-term Treasuries, which the Fed has previously responded to by cutting rates. In all of these cases, the Fed moved quickly to cut interest rates – which suggests the signal's reappearance could be an omen for markets. "The default scenario baked into asset prices is based on the Fed pivoting - quickly - to lowering policy rates. Central bankers have raised interest rates aggressively over the past year to lower inflation, with the fed funds target rate at 4.75-5%, the highest rates have been since 2007.

☆ Pepsi has a new logo
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —If someone were to ask you to draw the Pepsi logo from memory, what would you draw? Pepsi has changed its logo over the years. The “Pepsi” in the logo “is decoupled from the globe,” noted Todd Kaplan, Pepsi’s chief marketing officer. Pepsi says that the changes its making are distinctive enough to do the trick, and highlight modern elements like Pepsi’s zero-sugar line. To highlight the zero line, the new logo uses black font and a black border, a nod to Pepsi Zero’s black can and label.

☆ A recession is guaranteed this year based on Jerome Powell's favorite bond-market gauge
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's preferred bond-market indicator says a recession is on the way this year. It's the spread between the yield on three-month Treasury bills and their expected yield in 18 months. The spread between the current yield on three-month Treasury bills and their expected yield in 18 months is now inverted by a record 134 basis points. The Fed's messaging, however, contrasted with market expectations, as Powell said interest rates will still remain elevated through the year. "If the US economy continues to rumble along as it has the last few quarters, interest rates will remain high," DataTrek Research's cofounder, Nicholas Colas, wrote in a note Thursday.

☆ Spring training roundup: Max Fried stays unbeaten, Braves blank Twins
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ozuna's home run -- his first of the spring -- came in the third inning and completed the scoring. Twins starter Kenta Maeda (0-1) gave up five runs (all earned) and five hits in four innings. For the Blue Jays, starter Alek Manoah (1-2) gave up one run and five hits in six innings. Rockies 7, Royals (split squad) 0 (six innings)German Marquez tossed five shutout innings as visiting Colorado blanked Kansas City in Las Vegas. Elehuris Montero and Michael Toglia went deep for the Rockies, while Matt Beaty doubled for the Royals' only extra-base hit.

☆ Bank turmoil drags oil prices down to 15-month low
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Banking chaos is weighing on oil prices, as crude benchmarks hit their lowest levels since December 2021. Fed policy and US and European bank turmoil have darkened the global economic outlook in the last week. A week ago, the US benchmark was nearly 12% higher, and global crude traded about 11% higher. On Friday, regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank, and two days later did the same to Signature Bank. "That, and lower oil prices/interest rates may soften the economic blow of tighter lending standards."

☆ Silicon Valley Bank and inflation complicate the Fed’s next move
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Everyday now we've been talking about Silicon Valley Bank — SVB — and I've had to catch myself several times from saying SBF — Sam Bankman-Fried — the guy behind the other big financial collapse in recent months. A) No rate hike at allB) 25 basis pointsC) 50 basis pointsTweet me (@philrosenn) or email me (prosen@insider.com) to let me know. Bank stocks are rising again as nerves calm — though SVB-driven fears are still niggling. Bank of America picked out a batch of financial stocks that offer upside right now amid the chaos. The token soared 15% as the February CPI print fueled more speculation for a smaller rate hike.

☆ Bank stocks are now oversold but it's not time to buy the dip just yet, DataTrek says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bank stocks are now oversold, but it's not time to buy in just yet, DataTrek's Nicholas Colas said. He said regional bank stocks could see more downside, pointing to data in previous financial crises. In a note on Tuesday, the research firm pointed to the plunge in bank stocks on Monday as Wall Street reels from the collapse of SVB. Meanwhile KRE, a regional bank ETF, has plunged 23% over the past 50 trading days, which is 2 standard deviations below its long-run average. Regional banks posted a strong rebound in early Tuesday trading.

☆ Be cautious on Big Tech stocks even though the Nasdaq has been beating the S&P 500 so far in 2023, DataTrek says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Nasdaq has outperformed the S&P 500 to start the year by a significant margin. When the Nasdaq beats the S&P 500 by 5 points or more over 50 days, underperformance has followed. In 2023, the Nasdaq is up roughly 10.6%, while the S&P 500 is up about 4%. In every instance, the Nasdaq then went on to underperform the S&P 500, they said. They've had a great relative run versus the S&P 500, "but +12 years of market history says it is time to be more cautious," DataTrek said.

☆ Investors fear inflation, higher yields may make U.S. equities 'dead money'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Jonathan Golub, managing director at Credit Suisse, is among those with a bleak outlook for equities. "A six-month (Treasury) yield effectively guaranteed at 5.25% changes the dynamics for investors when the stock market looks shaky," he said. "You would need to get risk-adjusted returns in equities of at least 1 or 2 percentage points more than that, so in that environment stocks are not worth the effort and are dead money. Still, stocks have managed to hold onto their year-to-date gains so far even as bond yields have risen, with the S&P 500 up 4% and the Nasdaq Composite up nearly 11%. "You no longer have to hold your nose and invest in stocks because there's no other alternative," he said.

☆ Here's why hawkish Powell testimony might not derail the stock market rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today, all eyes will be on central bank chairman Jerome Powell as he begins two days of hearings on Capitol Hill. Chairman of the Federal Reserve nominee Jerome Powell testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee November 28, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Fed policy aside, the stock market has marched higher to start the year, with the S&P 500 gaining about 6% over the last nine weeks. US stock futures rise early Tuesday, as investors await the two-day testimony of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. The bear market rally isn't over yet as stocks just survived a crucial test.

☆ Earnings estimates have seen the steepest cuts in 7 years, but that doesn't spell doom for the stock market, DataTrek says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stocks have held up even as analysts have cut 2023 S&P 500 earnings expectations by the most in years. DataTrek says stable earnings expectations is the best answer as to why stocks have been resilient. stable earnings expectations is the single best answer," Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, in a note published Monday. "That still works out to $205/share ($51.15/share times 4), or 26 percent higher than the 2018 – 2019 pre-pandemic average S&P earnings of $162/share. "Yes, interest/discount rates are higher but without a material deterioration in earnings expectations that dynamic plays second fiddle to a stable outlook for earnings," he said.

☆ Here's one bullish factor the stock market can continue to rely on to limit future downside, DataTrek says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market is relying on its earnings power to limit further downside, according to a note from DataTrek. The S&P 500 continuing to deliver $200+ in earnings per share "should limit US equity market volatility," DataTrek said. In April 2021, when the S&P 500 first crossed the 4,000 level, the 2-year US Treasury yield was just 0.1%. And as long as S&P 500 earnings hold steady and the index trades flat, that could be a solid win for the bulls as many investors expect big downside ahead. "S&P 500 earnings of $210 to $220 per share have been the market's anchor as market sentiment shifts.

☆ The stock market's euphoric rally has been a head fake, Wall Street's top strategists warn
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The year-to-date rally can't last, according to Morgan Stanley's chief US equity strategist. Sign up for our newsletter to get the inside scoop on what traders are talking about — delivered daily to your inbox. He added: "This is a perfect analogy for where equity investors find themselves today, and quite frankly, where they've been many times over the past decade." Goldman Sachs' chief US equity strategist David Kostin has said he is also skeptical of the market's gains so far in 2023. Meanwhile, JPMorgan's top stock strategist Marko Kolanovic, a long-time equities bull, says investors should ditch stocks because a recession is coming.

☆ Fed economists say the central bank will have to cause serious pain to Americans and the economy if it sticks to its current path
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the Fed minutes released this week, the central bank's own economists have started to sound the alarm on a recession. Jerome Powell, for his part, has insisted that the Fed's 2% inflation target is set in stone. The jobless rate today stands at 3.4%. We will have other things to worry about at that point besides whether the Fed's inflation target should be 2.0 or 2.75 percent." How realistic do you think the Fed's 2% inflation target is?

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