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4 Skyrocketing Stocks To Trade Today
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Futures for US stock indices are trading without significant changes today ahead of the publication of the minutes of the last meeting of the Federal Reserve System. Investors will be carefully reviewing the protocols in order to obtain details. Futures on the S&P 500 held a flat line after yesterday's decline in the index by 0.8%. Futures on the Nasdaq-100 added 0.1%. Thus, technology stocks may recover slightly after strong sales the day before.The beginning of the week on the stock markets turned out to be extremely turbulent due to concerns about the tightening of the Fed's monetary policy to combat high inflation and the degree of influence of this factor on economic growth. The S&P 500 has retraced nearly 18% from its all-time high hit in January before briefly moving into bear market territory on Friday.
The $193 Billion US-China War You Don't Know About
They're fighting for control of lithium - a key ingredient in EVs and clean energy technology. It's arguably the most important commodity of the 21st century. China owns 80% of global supply. But the US plans to grab a massive slice of the lithium market, which is forecasted to quadruple to $193 billion by 2028, according to Fortune Business Insights.
Today Top Movers
Motus GI Holdings Inc. (MOTS) stock soared 42.68% to $0.3674 in the pre-market trading after announcing positive topline data from the EU study of the Pure-Vu System in Hard-to-Prepare patients presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022.
The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) shares are trading up 10.51% at $17.98 at the time of writing after activist investor Nelson Peltz said he was considering a takeover of the iconic restaurant chain.
Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) grew over 9.14% at $22.57 in pre-market trading today. The company recently reported Q1 2022 earnings.
ShiftPixy Inc. (PIXY), a Staffing & Employment Services company, rose about 25.4% at $0.4196 in pre-market trading Wednesday. ShiftPixy, Inc. recently declared management changes.
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Top Upgrades & Downgrades
JP Morgan turned bullish on Equitable Holdings Inc. (EQH), upgrading the stock to "Overweight" and assigning a $36.00 price target, representing potential upside of 26.36% from Tuesday's close.
Diamondback Energy Inc. (FANG) has won the favor of Barclays' equity research team. The firm upgraded the shares from Equal Weight to Overweight and moved their price target to $160.00, suggesting 17.83% additional upside for the stock.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (APD) received an upgrade from analysts at Atlantic Equities, who also set their one-year price target on the stock to $290.00. They changed their rating on APD to Overweight from Neutral in a recently issued research note.
Earlier Wednesday Piper Sandler reduced its rating on 2U Inc. (TWOU) stock to Underweight from Neutral and assigned the price target to $9.00.
RBC Capital analysts reduced their investment ratings, saying in research reports covered by the media that its rating for Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VRCA) has been changed to Sector Perform from Outperform and the new price target is set at $4.00.
Analysts at Credit Suisse downgraded ASGN Incorporated (ASGN)'s stock to Underperform from Neutral Wednesday.
Smart-Money Driving Small-Cap Uranium Stocks to Dizzying Heights
The 2022 Uranium Bull Market has arrived and it looks like one for the history books. Just like last time when investors watched the Uranium price shoot all the way to $140. In the immortal musings of all-time Yankee great, Yogi Berra, 'It's Déjá Vu All Over Again!' because this US$4 Uranium stock just secured royalty interests on the two largest and richest high-grade uranium mines on the planet.
Latest Insider Activity
Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) Buckley Jeffrey announced the sale of shares taking place on May 24 at $7.54 for some 2,023 shares. The total came to more than $15260.0.
Vistra Corp. (VST) CEO MORGAN CURTIS A sold on May 24 a total 236,008 shares at $25.52 on average. The insider’s sale generated proceeds of almost $6.02 million.
Texas Roadhouse Inc. (TXRH) Director Warfield Curtis declared the purchase of shares taking place on May 23 at $71.03 for some 3,362 shares. The transaction amount was around $0.24 million.
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT) Director STEENLAND DOUGLAS M bought on May 24 a total 1,967 shares at $127.69 on average. The purchase cost the insider an estimated $251,156.
Forbes mag says this strategy "like finding money in the street"
And Reuters magazine calls this type of trading "the new baby boomer hobby." An anonymous trader -- living at the base of the Smoky Mountains -- just released a free report revealing a step-by-step system to generating an extra $5,000 per month in income thanks to this trading strategy. The report is free until Sunday.
Important Earnings
Top US earnings releases scheduled for today include Express Inc. (NYSE:EXPR). It will announce its Apr 2022 financial results. The company is expected to report earnings of -$0.15 per share from revenues of $435.74M in the three-month period.
Analysts expect DICK'S Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) to report a net income (adjusted) of $2.47 per share when the company releases its quarterly results shortly. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Apr 2022 is predicted to come in at $2.59B.
Zhihu Inc. (ZH), due to announce earnings before the market opens today, is expected to report earnings of -$0.14 per share from revenues of $109.09M recently concluded three-month period.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading. Good luck out there!Best Regards,Stocks Telegraph Team
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