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US stock quick picks – Oct 29

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD), SoFi Technologies (Nasdaq: SOFI), PayPal Holdings (Nasdaq: PYPL), Snap (NYSE: SNAP), McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), Caesars Entertainment (Nasdaq: CZR), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Visa (NYSE: V), Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA), Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL), Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Reddit (NYSE: RDDT), D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI), First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), Xerox (Nasdaq: XRX), Qorvo (Nasdaq: QRVO), Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC), Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ), Chubb (NYSE: CB), Enterprise Products (NYSE: EPD), Enovix (Nasdaq: ENVX), 10x Genomics (Nasdaq: TXG), Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), Alignment Healthcare (Nasdaq: ALHC), Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN), American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Armstrong World Industries (NYSE: AWI), Asbury Automotive (NYSE: ABG), ATI Inc. (NYSE: ATI), BioMarin Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: BMRN), BP (NYSE: BP), CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ), CECO Environmental (Nasdaq: CECO), Check Point Software (Nasdaq: CHKP), Cheesecake Factory (Nasdaq: CAKE), Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX), Commvault Systems (Nasdaq: CVLT), Corning (NYSE: GLW), CTS Corp (NYSE: CTS), DT Midstream (NYSE: DTM), Eagle Materials (NYSE: EXP), Ecolab (NYSE: ECL), Edison International (NYSE: EIX), ESAB Corp. (NYSE: ESAB), Franklin Electric (Nasdaq: FELE Frontier Group Holdings (Nasdaq: ULCC), Graphic Packaging (NYSE: GPK), H&E Equipment (Nasdaq: HEES), Harmony Biosciences (Nasdaq: HRMY), Hayward Holdings (NYSE: HAWY), HNI (NYSE: HNI), Hubbell (NYSE: HUBB), Huron Consulting (Nasdaq: HURN), Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY), IPG Photonics (Nasdaq: IPGP), ITT (NYSE: ITT), Janus International Group (NYSE: JBI), Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: KNSA), Landstar System (Nasdaq: LSTR), Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Masco (NYSE: MAS), MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), NerdWallet (Nasdaq: NRDS), Northwest Bancshares (Nasdaq: NWBI), PJT Partners (NYSE: PJT), PROS Holdings (NYSE: PRO), Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), SAGE Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SAGE), Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG), Sysco (NYSE: SYY), Stryker (NYSE: SYK), Udemy (Nasdaq: UDMY), Varonis Systems (Nasdaq: VRNS), Werner Enterprises (Nasdaq: WERN), Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA).
Notable IPOs Today: Thumzup Media Corporation Common Stock (Nasdaq: TZUP), Gelteq Limited Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: GELS), Polyrizon Ltd. Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: PLRZ).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: ReelView Fishing (StartEngine).
Notable Economic Events Today: Goods Trade Balance (8:30 a.m. ET), Retail Inventories Excluding Auto (8:30 a.m. ET), S&P Case-Shiller home price index (9:00 a.m. ET), CB Consumer Confidence (10:00 a.m. ET), JOLTS Job Openings (10:00 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

 

Trends to Watch

Strong Results: F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO (GeekWire)
Heel Turn: Boot Barn stock slides after CEO departure announcement, but Western-wear retailer’s forecast is more upbeat (MarketWatch)
Surging: Solana flips Ethereum in daily fees, surpasses $2.5M in 24 hours (Cointelegraph)
Election Wagers: Robinhood jumps into election betting (Axios)
Happy Holidays: Walmart slashes Walmart Plus subscription price by half ahead of holidays (Reuters)
What else is happening…
WSB survey results: Meta (META) seen as biggest beneficiary of earnings.

U.S. finalizes rule curbing AI, chip technology investments in China.

Microsoft (MSFT) accuses Google (GOOG) of shadow campaigns.

Report: OpenAI generates bulk of revenue through subscriptions.

Boeing (BA) upsizes common stock offering, targets raising $21B.

JPMorgan’s Dimon urges banks ‘to fight back’ against regulations.

Talc settlement: DOJ throws wrench into J&J (JNJbankruptcy plan.

U.S. said to be running low on RTX-made air missile interceptors.

Crude slammed in biggest one-day percentage drop since mid-2022.

A brief history of MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) climb to reclaim 24-year high.