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HD Aug 2024 315.000 put
| Previous close | 0.9200 |
| Open | 0.6400 |
| Bid | 0.5800 |
| Ask | 0.7700 |
| Strike | 315.00 |
| Expiry date | 2024-08-16 |
| Day's range | 0.6300 - 0.8300 |
| Contract range | N/A |
| Volume | |
| Open interest | 5.39k |
ZacksHome Depot (HD) Ascends While Market Falls: Some Facts to Note
In the closing of the recent trading day, Home Depot (HD) stood at $353.29, denoting a +0.85% change from the preceding trading day.
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Ford or Tesla, consumer staples opportunities: Market Domination
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are looking ahead to the closing bell when Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) are due to report second quarter earnings. Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton talk the biggest stock market stories and receive expert opinions from Wall Street analysts in the last trading hour, all part of today's Market Domination episode. As part of the Good Buy or Goodbye series, Barron's associate editor Al Root explains why he is bullish on Ford's (F) vehicle sales while expressing his hesitance to invest in Tesla (TSLA) due to its high valuations. Gradient Investments portfolio manager Keith Gangl is also welcomed onto the program to discuss where he is seeing investment opportunities among consumer staple and retail stocks despite the US consumer exhibiting weaknesses. Other top trending tickers on the Yahoo Finance platform include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
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Best stock plays amid consumer weakness: Portfolio manager
Shares of Coca-Cola (KO) are climbing higher after the company topped earnings estimates despite consumer weakness. With other consumer brands yet to report their earnings, Gradient Investments portfolio manager Keith Gangl joins Market Domination to discuss the state of consumer spending and some of his top stock picks amid the current economic backdrop. "Coke had a good pricing and their mix was 9% up. That's very good. If you go back last year, all of Coke's EPS [earnings per share] growth was from pricing, right? Inflation went up. They passed on the price to consumers. Now, the good thing for the consumer side of things is they're not passing it all on price. They're also using volumes actually adding as well," Gangl explains. He notes that high-end consumers are doing well while lower-end consumers struggle. He is bullish on Amazon (AMZN) as a way to play both the consumer and tech sides of the market. Specifically on the consumer side, he points to Amazon's investments into capital expenditures (CapEx) that are starting to pay off as margins increase. He also points to McDonald's (MCD) as a company to watch as its value meals have the ability to draw consumers back in. As investors await the Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut, Gangl believes that homebuilders and home improvement retailers like Lowe's (LOW) and Home Depot (HD) will get a boost. Finally, he points to Costco (COST) as a "consistent compound grower" that has a solid grip on the middle and high-end consumer groups. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Melanie Riehl
