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After Friday’s first signs of fatigue, Monday’s session brought another day of weak participation while the major U.S. indices hovered near record highs. Short- and medium-term breadth ticked lower again, but the majority of stocks still trade above key moving averages and new lows remain limited. The current breadth trend remains neutral with a slight positive bias, but the cushion is getting thinner.
Water and fire protection solutions company Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) met Wall Streets revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, with sales up 1.2% year on year to $2.06 billion. The company’s outlook for the full year was close to analysts’ estimates with revenue guided to $7.65 billion at the midpoint. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.89 per share was 26% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
An underperforming beverages business and an eventually slowing snacks division have put PepsiCo in the spotlight this year, with Elliott Investment Management asking the company to course-correct.
Take-Two Interactive Software has delivered stronger returns than the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past year, and Wall Street remains highly optimistic about the stock’s future trajectory.
U.S. Treasuries joined a global bond selloff ahead of the Federal Reserve's final 2025 meeting, where a rate cut is expected, though uncertainty about 2026 reductions weighs on investors.
CBRE Group has outperformed the broader S&P 500 Index over the past year, and analysts remain generally optimistic about the company’s future prospects.
AvalonBay Communities has trailed the broader real estate sector over the past year, yet analysts maintain a cautiously optimistic outlook on the stock’s future performance.
December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are trending up +0.07% this morning as investors gear up for the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, while also awaiting the delayed reading on U.S. job openings.
eBay has significantly outpaced many of its industry peers over the past year, and analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook on the stock’s future performance.
President Donald Trump suggested that inflation is on the decline and might continue to decrease, but also expressed concerns about the possibility of deflation.
Las Vegas Sands has outperformed the consumer discretionary sector over the past year. Moreover, Wall Street analysts remain moderately optimistic about its prospects.
The probability that the National Bureau of Economic Research will someday determine a national recession began in the U.S. between December 2025 and December 2026 has fallen below twenty percent.
