IN THE NEWS
Volatility is the name of the game in profitable trading, and it's all the more relevant in the biotech space, which is subject
to many make-or-break catalytic events:
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One security that legitimately merits a “blockchain”-based moniker has declined to adopt one. Amplify Transformational
Data Sharing ETF (NYSE: BLOK) quietly, though
actively, trades in the trend:
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Albertsons Cos. plans to buy the rest of Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) that isn’t being sold to Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ:
WBA) as retailers of all stripes scramble to respond to a
rapidly changing consumer shopping landscape:
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A South Korean official who guided Seoul’s regulatory clampdown on cryptocurrencies was found dead on Sunday, according to a
government spokesman:
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Throughout 2016 and 2017, a rail terminal built to accept crude oil for the largest East Coast refinery often sat idle, with few
trains showing up to unload:
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U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is the latest top official to sound the alarm that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, but
there’s no sign that Donald Trump is listening yet:
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The U.S. stock market only had a taste of the potential damage from higher bond yields earlier this year, with the biggest test
yet to come, according to Morgan Stanley:
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Raunchy card games for adults and games aimed at teens and adults are among the fastest-growing segment of the $27 billion toy
industry:
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ECONOMIC DATA
- The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills at 11:30 a.m. ET.
- The Treasury will auction 4-week bills at 1:00 p.m. ET.
- The Treasury is set to auction 2-year notes at 1:00 p.m. ET.
ANALYST RATINGS
- Stifel upgraded Chipotle (NYSE: CMG)
from Sell to Hold
- Loop Capital upgraded Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPE) from Hold to Buy
- Citi downgraded Snap (NYSE: SNAP) from
Neutral to Sell
- JP Morgan downgraded EcoPetrol (NYSE: EC)
from Neutral to Underweight
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