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After a busy June that saw dozens of SPAC merger votes completed, July is shaping up to be another busy month for the SPAC sector. Several of the June mergers saw strong trading patterns after their merger vote, and the de-spacing process had been completed. SPACs could be coming back in...

Is this the week we escape the May doldrums?  Though the market is in a better mood so far today, Wall Street continues to struggle toward summer as earnings season winds to a close. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) just suffered its first back-to-back weekly losses since February, and...

A steady diet of healthy earnings doesn’t seem filling enough these days for a bull that once roared. It’s a sea of red this morning following Tuesday’s lackluster session, despite a fresh set of solid results from the retail sector.  A host of predators emerged from the...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) to report quarterly earnings at $2.25 per share on revenue of $21.81 billion before the opening bell. Target shares gained 1.1% to $208.70 in after-hours trading. Take-Two Interactive...

The earnings hits just keep on coming.  This morning, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) became the latest major companies to easily knock analysts’ average estimates out of the park. Retail appears to be alive and well, and so does the consumer, though there...

So much for “spillover.” Last week’s late recovery didn’t extend into Monday’s early hours, with overnight trading showing red. Caution, seen pretty clearly a week ago, appears to remain a factor, with bonds getting a slight lift and the 10-year Treasury yield slipping...

It looks like another busy week for traders and investors, let’s take a market minute to get ahead of what’s to come. In terms of economic data, the focus this week will shift from inflation figures to housing numbers, with the Housing Market Index and the Empire State Manufacturing...

Your vocabulary word for the day is “boing.” Definition: The sound the stock market makes when it’s bouncing. Early indications from the futures market this morning suggest stocks may end the week on a high note as investors continue to be in buy-the-dip mode. But there’s...

Gainers Nemaura Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD) shares surged 135.3% to close at $11.06 on Wednesday after the company receipt of a purchase order for 5,000 sugarBEAT transmitters and 200,000 sugarBEAT sensors from its U.K. licensee, DB Ethitronix Ltd. Regional Health Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHE)...

Pre-open movers U.S. stock futures traded higher in early pre-market trade after the Nasdaq dipped more than 260 points in the previous session. Investors are awaiting earnings results from General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC)....