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Kevin Travers joined discussion · Sep 20, 2024 22:40

Good morning, traders. Happy Friday, September 20th. The market pulled back this morning after the S&P 500 and Dow hit all-time record closes yesterday. Nine out of 11 sectors of the S&P 500 were falling, but energy stocks climbed: in the pursuit of AGI, Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to revive Three Mile Island.

My name is Kevin Travers; here stonks and stories mooving the U.S. stock market today.

$FedEx (FDX.US)$ fell 14% Friday morning, the lowest on the S&P 500, after reporting weaker earnings and demand for the past quarter than estimated Thursday night. $United Parcel Service (UPS.US)$ also fell after FedEx lowered its full-year 2025 revenue guidance after its operating results fell during the "challenging quarter" due to lower demand and increased costs.

$Constellation Energy (CEG.US)$ climbed 13%, the highest on the S&P 500 after news that $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ struck a deal to use energy from Unit 1 of Three Mile Island for data centers to run artificial intelligence software and cloud computing. Unit 1 is next to Unit 2, the site of a partial meltdown that caused panic and evacuation of the Susquehanna River Valley in Pennsylvania in 1979. The revamped power plant at Unit 1 is expected to come online in 2028 and will generate 800 megawatts of electricity for the grid, create 3,400 jobs, and add $16 billion to the state's economy. . $Vistra Energy (VST.US)$ another power generator climbed 7% on the news.

$Nike (NKE.US)$ also climbed 5% after news CEO John Donahoe was stepping down, with firm veteran Elliott Hill taking the reins on October 14th.

Within industries tracked by moomoo, Uranium stocks climbed 7% following the AI and data center-based energy consumption news.

$Crude Oil Futures(APR5) (CLmain.US)$ remained at $70, gold and silver climbed to new highs. $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ hovered at $63k. The $U.S. 2-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US2Y.BD)$ and the $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield (US10Y.BD)$ climbed.

The index market fell back from highs Friday.

Just past 10:36 am ET the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ fell 0.32%, the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 0.14%, and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ fell 0.35%.

The Federal Open Market Committee lowered the target Federal Funds rate by 50 basis points, citing the progress in inflation and slowing job gains. Policymakers took the rate to a range of 4.75 to 5%, noting that the committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2%.

Futures numbers tracked by CME FedWatch tool expected a 50 bp cut. Based on the Fed's dot plot of rate expectations, they put a midpoint rate target at about 4.4% by the end of 2024, meaning a range of about 4.20%-4.60%, or two 25 bps cuts at each of the next two meetings.

Fed Press Conference Broadcast, Reposted by moomoo

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