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US stock quick picks – Dec 19

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Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Nike (NYSE: NKE), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), Cintas (Nasdaq: CTAS), FactSet (NYSE: FDS), Mission Produce (Nasdaq: AVO), Paychex (Nasdaq: PAYX), Conagra (NYSE: CAG), CarMax (NYSE: KMX), Lamb Weston (NYSE: LW), Blackberry (NYSE: BB), FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq: FCEL), Scholastic (Nasdaq: SCHL).
Notable IPOs Today: Youxin Technology Ltd Class A Ordinary shares (Nasdaq: YAAS), Leishen Energy Holding Co., Ltd. Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: LES).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Future Cardia (Wefunder), Paladin Power (Wefunder), YouSolar (StartEngine), Casad Chiropractic Clinic (Honeycomb).
Notable Economic Events Today: GDP (8:30 a.m. ET), Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (8:30 a.m. ET), Philly Fed Employment (8:30 a.m. ET), Existing Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET), United States Leading Economic Index (10:00 a.m. ET), TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (4:00 p.m. ET), Fed’s Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Trends to Watch

Awful Wednesday, Part 1: Bitcoin Slips to $101K, Altcoins Spiraling on Federal Reserve’s Hawkish Tone (CoinDesk)
Awful Wednesday, Part 2: Dow plunges more than 1,100 points and marked its longest losing streak since 1974 (CNN)
Not Effective: US effort to curb China’s and Russia’s access to advanced computer chips ‘inadequate,’ report finds (Associated Press)
Milestone: Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF tops $1B in net inflows (Cointelegraph)
Plant-Based Crowdfunding: PLNT Burger Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign After Opening New Location Near Boston, Massachusetts (Vegconomist)