00:08all right futures green across the board here ahead of thursday's open mildly green but green
00:14nonetheless s&p futures up 0.24 dow futures up 0.17 and the nasdaq up 0.22 we'll see
00:23if we can
00:23hold these gains into the open see what direction we go u.s stock futures rose on thursday following
00:30wednesday's decline futures of major benchmark indices were higher after the strong january jobs
00:36report the january employment report revealed that the u.s economy added 130 000 jobs in january
00:42surpassing economists expectations of 70 000 jobs this was also a huge improvement over december
00:48where 48 000 jobs were added however the jobs report also included sweeping benchmark revisions
00:54that erased roughly 898 000 jobs from payroll estimates from april of 2024 through march
01:00of 2025 on wednesday the dow jones index declined slipping after the record high close that it put
01:08in on tuesday meanwhile the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.175 percent and the two-year bond yield
01:14was at 3.502 percent the cme's fed the cme group's fed watch tool projections show the markets are
01:21pricing in a 94.1 likelihood of the federal reserve leaving the current interest rates unchanged in march
01:27remember the last couple of days that percentage which initially started at like 95 had been slipping
01:33i told you that despite the slippage there still looks like we're on pace for a pause here and i
01:39would
01:40be shocked uh if we got anything other than that now it looks like the cme's fed watch tool is
01:46agreeing
01:46with that sentiment i have several stocks in focus here for you today the first one's going to be a
01:51big one that's pretty much in focus all the time okay stop freaking out here how about that uh first
01:58one here is micron ticker is going to be mu it jumped 3.33 percent in pre-market trading continuing
02:05to gain following a surge of nearly 10 percent on wednesday yesterday after morgan stanley raised its
02:10price target to 450 implying an upside of around 10 percent from the stock's closing price on wednesday
02:17um worth noting that micron scores in the 99th percentile for momentum and the 97th percentile for
02:24growth so we talked with tim melvin about growth and and momentum together micron uh at the top of that
02:31list the next stock on our list here is going to be novo cure the ticker here is nvcr share
02:38soared
02:38nearly 33 percent in thursday's pre-market after the u.s food and drug administration approved opium
02:44packs for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer the next stock on our list
02:52is going to be fastly the ticker here is fsly shares were up nearly 43 percent in thursday's pre-market
02:59session after the company reported a fourth quarter earnings uh result that beat expectations
03:04vastly reported earnings per share of 12 cents on revenue of 172.61 million that beat expectations
03:13of a three cent loss and revenue of 161 million as far as their guide goes they see q1 adjusted
03:19eps of
03:20seven to ten cents that's versus one cent estimate they also see sales of 168 to 174 million and that
03:27was
03:27versus an estimate of 159.62 million and then as far as full year 26 they see an eps of
03:3423 to 29 cents
03:35that was versus a 14 cent estimate and they see sales of 700 to 720 million versus an estimate of
03:42667
03:43million so really the story here yes they beat but story here is that the guide was really good and
03:49that's what's driving fastly higher here fastly uh has been really really beaten down so to cam's point
03:55earlier here stocks that are beaten down often make these moves when some good news is present
04:01the next stock on our list is going to be mcdonald's this is ticker mcd they reported stronger than
04:06expected q4 earnings and sales driven by its value offering uh and promotions mcdonald's ceo chris
04:13kempzinski stated that the company has improved traffic and its value and affordability scores by
04:18listening to customer feedback more on that in a little bit the final stock on our list is a show
04:24favorite this is app lovin ticker app that reported better than expected q4 results with an eps of 324
04:31on revenue of 1.66 billion wall street estimated an eps of 293 on revenue of 1.61 billion however
04:39app
04:39lovin shares fell more than four percent in thursday's pre-market session they did see q1 sales of
04:451.745 to 1.77 billion and that was first an estimate of 1.69 so
04:51uh looks like app lovin pulling back even with a good report
04:54you
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