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Beat the Market Like Zacks: Boeing, Starbucks, Syndax Pharma in Focus

Two of the three most widely followed indexes closed their first losing week of the year on Friday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite continued to progress, rising 0.6% in the week, but the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7% and 2.7%, respectively.

Economic data released through the week, especially from the yet-robust labor market, made investors nervous about the Fed not being satisfied with the current level of economic slowdown. Jobs, being a key indicator of how an economy is doing, can be a game-changing statistic, influencing the Fed to bring interest rates down. On the other hand, fears of a recession were further stoked by industrial production and the retail sector declining much higher than expected.

The markets are currently between a rock and a hard place, and investors are unable to make up their minds about what to make of the economic data. Robust numbers mean that the Fed’s inflation alarms might be ringing, and weak numbers suggest that the central bank may have already gone too far. Friday’s rebound from overselling earlier in the week, however, helped the Nasdaq keep its head above water as we go deeper into the earnings season.

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Banco Bilbao, Syndax Pharmaceuticals Soar Following Zacks Rank Upgrade

Shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. BBVA have surged 29.2% since it was upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) on November 8.

Another stock, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNDX, which was also upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 on the same day,  has returned 17.6% since then.

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Zacks Recommendation Upgrade Drives CarParts and Tecnoglass Higher 

Shares of CarParts.com, Inc. PRTS and Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS have surged 39.6% and 37.8% since their Zacks Recommendation was upgraded to Outperform on November 11 and November 7, respectively.

While the Zacks Rank is our short-term rating system that is most effective over the one- to three-month holding horizon, the Zacks Recommendation aims to predict performance over the next 6 to 12 months. However, just like the Zacks Rank, the foundation for the Zacks Recommendation is trends in earnings estimate revisions.

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Zacks Focus List Model Portfolio Boeing, Sea Skyrocket

Shares of The Boeing Company BA, which belongs to the Zacks Focus List, have soared 43.7% over the past 12 weeks. The stock was added to the Focus List on March 23, 2020. Another Focus-List holding, Sea Limited SE, which was added to the portfolio on March 26,2020, has returned 32.9% over the past 12 weeks.

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Zacks ECAP Stocks Thermo Fisher and Ball Rapidly Advance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO, a component of our Earnings Certain Admiral Portfolio (ECAP), jumped 17.8% over the past 12 weeks. Ball Corporation BALL followed Thermo Fisher with 17.4% returns.

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Zacks ECDP Stocks Starbucks, Procter & Gamble Outperform Peers

Starbucks Corporation SBUX, which is part of our Earnings Certain Dividend Portfolio (ECDP), has returned 20.6% over the past 12 weeks. Another ECDP stock, The Procter & Gamble Company PG, has climbed 5.7% over the same time frame. Of course, the inclination of investors toward quality dividend stocks to secure an income stream amid the heightened market volatility contributed to this performance.

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