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'Roaring Kitty' sparks meme stocks jump: Is the 2021 frenzy back?
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All Time Highs, Meme Stocks Cry | Herd on Wall Street

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Kevin Travers joined discussion · May 16 10:47
Morning mooers! The markets are bursting to all time highs, the $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ just burst through 40k for the first time, up about 0.2% after Noon EST.
Meme stocks are falling back to earth, here are stories about the moving stock market today.
$Walmart(WMT.US)$ climbed 5% after the firm's morning earnings beat, posting a revenue that grew 6%. The stock led the S&P 500 and Dow Jones in gainers.
$GameStop(GME.US)$ pulled back 20% Thursday after its huge climb, and $AMC Entertainment(AMC.US)$ fell 12%.
$The Trade Desk(TTD.US)$ was the highest gainer on the Nasadaq 100, up 4% after $Netflix(NFLX.US)$ said it will launch an in-house advertising technology platform by the end of 2025. $Magnite(MGNI.US)$ also climbed about 28%; both companies are technology infrastructure providers for ad sales.
In sectors tracked by moomoo, Oil traded positive after the EIA reported a cut of 2.5M barrels in supply last week vs. decrease of 0.4M expected.
Drug manufactores were down about 0.5% after new weightloss drug results came in from Roche. The Swiss company announced early-stage trial results for an experimental obesity treatment, a once-weekly injection, known as CT-388, produced average weight loss of 18.8% after six months.
The "weight loss results are encouraging," the firm said in a release, looking like a competitive treatments compared the market, such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy. Competitor drug companies are seeing negative price reactions on the news. Eli Lilly fell about 1.3%, and the entire Drug Manufacturer sector tracked by moomoo fell 0.5%.
All Time Highs, Meme Stocks Cry | Herd on Wall Street
Gold and Silver pulled up from their fall. Bitcoin fell slightly after a 7% climb Wednesday.
The $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US)$ climbed 0.16% after hitting an all time high close Wednesday, setting a new record this morning at 5325.46. The $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ climbed 0.12% and hit an all time intraday high at 18,665.43. The market was generally green, but flatter after noon with 6,100 equities climbing and 6,100.
In Macro, U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 10,000 to 222,000 in the week ending May 11, compared to market estimates of 220,000.
Wednesday, CPI numbers for April came in right at expectations. Prices advanced 3.4%, and core prices advanced 3.6% in April compared to a year ago, and 0.3% month over month.
Tuesday, Producer Price Index numbers came in high, climbing about 0.5% month over month compared to expectations of 0.3%, and core expectations of 0.2%. Powell spoke Tuesday morning, and he said the oft repeated "higher for longer," mantra, despite a PPI print that he called "mixed."This week, investors can expect CPI prints Wednesday.
Multiple Federal Reserve Governors and FOMC members will speak, and investors will look for comments on rates and monetary policy.
Yesterday, user user Jennifer-Lashley thanked the moomoo team for bringing us all together with such a great information source. Other users called my article Fud for saying prices in certain stocks fell.
Mooers, what are you watching today? Comment below and I may feature your comment tomorrow!
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