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00:05All right, futures basically around flat here.
00:10S&P futures up 0.16%, although they are down from...
00:15In the morning highs, Dow futures up 0.04%.
00:18That's basically...
00:20That also spiked a little bit here in the morning and came back in.
00:23And the NASDAQ up...
00:250.09%.
00:26So all three indices really dancing around.
00:30Unchanged prior to Thursday's open here after that Fed decision yesterday.
00:36Let's take a look at some cues from last session.
00:38Energy and information...
00:40Technology stocks bucked the overall market trend, closing the session higher.
00:45With real estate, consumer staples, and healthcare recording the biggest losses...
00:50On Wednesday.
00:52The Federal Reserve kept the federal funds...
00:55Unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75% on Wednesday.
01:00Putting its easing cycle on hold after three consecutive rate cuts last year that...
01:05Brought borrowing costs to their lowest since 2022.
01:09Meanwhile...
01:10During the press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell declined to engage with political...
01:15Criticism related to ongoing legal scrutiny of the central bank, reiterating that...
01:20He does not respond to comments from other officials...
01:23Quote...
01:24We will continue...
01:25To make our decisions meeting by meeting...
01:27Letting the data light the way for us...
01:29End quote.
01:30The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.26% and the 2-year bond...
01:35Was at 3.58%.
01:37The CME's Fed watch tool projections showing the market's price...
01:40Pricing an 86.5% likelihood of the Federal Reserve, leaving the current rates...
01:45Unchanged in March...
01:46Which is our next meeting...
01:47Which is our next meeting...
01:48We will continue to watch this...
01:50Tool and see how that percentage changes as we get more news...
01:55Roll across.
01:56Now, we have several stocks in focus here for you...
01:58...and the first one's going to be Microsoft...
02:00off the chat's already talking about this one it fell 5.77 percent in the pre
02:05market on thursday despite recording better than expected second quarter financial results
02:10after the market closed on wednesday however microsoft's remaining performance oblig
02:15ations or rpo or the value of contracts with customers that haven't been paid
02:20it's 625 billion
02:25worth noting microsoft's still near the 80th percentile in the quality ranking in benzinga's
02:30proprietary rankings tesla is the next stock on our list the ticker here is
02:35tsla that advanced 2.71 percent after posting better than expected results
02:40for the fourth quarter and announcing plans to invest approximately two billion into ceo
02:45elon musk's artificial intelligence ai startup xai
02:50apple's the next stock on our list they report earnings tonight they were 0.48 percent
02:55higher as it is projected to post quarterly earnings of 267 per share on revenue of
03:00138.42 billion after the closing bell today
03:05metta is the next stock on our list ticker meta that jumped 7.7
03:10six seven percent after reporting fourth quarter revenue of 59.89
03:1559.89 billion that beat analyst estimates of 58.3 billion it's
03:20fourth quarter adjusted earnings came in at 8.88 per share which beat the estimate of eight
03:2516.16 per share the last stock on our list is going to be
03:30ibm this is international business machines and the ticker is ibm shares climbs
03:35seven point nine eight percent after reporting fourth quarter revenue of 19.69
03:40billion which beat the consensus estimate of 19.23 billion and adjusted
03:45earnings of four to 452 per share which beat the analyst estimate of 4 30.
03:50five to 452 per share
03:52five to 452 per share
03:55five to 5.67 billion and adjusted earnings of 15.69 billion for 14.Why do you guys
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