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Wake Up Wall Street: All eyes on Powell after powerful jobs report

Here is what you need to know on Tuesday, February 7:

Markets are adopting a calmer tone after the shock of last week's nonfarm payrolls jobs report is still being digested. With Fed Chair Powell speaking later on Tuesday, investors are bracing for a more hawkish message. Certainly, that is what Fed member Kaskari is currently delivering by expecting the terminal rate at 5.4%. So far the market is not reacting, but yields look set to rise if Powell confirms those thoughts. Kaskari and Powell do tend to rhyme when it comes to rates and decisions. 

The US Dollar is flat at 103.70 in the Dollar Index, Gold is also flat at $1,869, and oil is higher at $75.17.

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European markets are mixed: Eurostoxx is flat, FTSE is +0.5%, and CAC and DAX are both -0.1%.

US futures are also mixed: Nasdaq +0.3%, Dow -0.1%, and S&P +0.1%.

Wall Street top news

Kaskari speaks hawkishly on rates.

Powell is due to speak this afternoon.

Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY) down sharply premarket on a warning from the company on investing in its stock.

DuPont (DD) is down on weak guidance.

Baidu (BIDU) up on talk of the launch of chatbot.

Hertz (HTZ) is up on strong earnings.

Activision Blizzard (ATVI) beats on earnings.

BP: oil major reports record profits.

Linde (LIN) has strong guidance, revenue miss but EPS beats.

Pinterest (PINS) reports weak earnings.

Spirit Airlines (SAVE) has better than expected earnings.

Take Two Interactive (TTWO) lowered its bookings forecast.

Boeing (BA) to cut up to 2,000 jobs.

Upgrades and downgrades

Upgrades

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

COMPANY

TICKER

BROKERAGE FIRM

RATINGS CHANGE

PRICE TARGET

Cipher Mining

CIFR

H.C. Wainwright

Neutral>>Buy

$1.5>>$3

Lockheed Martin

LMT

Credit Suisse

Underperform>>Outperform

$427>>$510

Kemper

KMPR

Raymond James

Outperform>>Strong Buy

$60>>$80

Pfizer

PFE

Daiwa Securities

Neutral>>Outperform

$51

Wartsila

WRTBY

Citigroup

Neutral>>Buy

 

Terna Rete Elettrica

TERRF

RBC Capital Mkts

Underperform>>Sector Perform

 

Snam SPA

SNMRY

RBC Capital Mkts

Underperform>>Outperform

 

Downgrades

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

COMPANY

TICKER

BROKERAGE FIRM

RATINGS CHANGE

PRICE TARGET

Adecoagro S.A.

AGRO

Morgan Stanley

Equal-Weight>>Underweight

$10>>$9

BigCommerce

BIGC

Piper Sandler

Overweight>>Neutral

$16>>$12

ZoomInfo

ZI

UBS

Buy>>Neutral

$34>>$33

Spire

SR

Stifel

Buy>>Hold

$73>>$75

Tyson Foods

TSN

Goldman

Buy>>Neutral

$91>>$66

Holley Inc.

HLLY

Telsey Advisory Group

Outperform>>Market Perform

$3

The Children's Place

PLCE

Telsey Advisory Group

Outperform>>Market Perform

$46

Plains All American

PAA

Bernstein

Outperform>>Mkt Perform

 

PennyMac Mortgage

PMT

Piper Sandler

Overweight>>Neutral

$16>>$15

Source: WSJ.com

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Ivan Brian

Ivan Brian

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Ivan Brian started his career with AIB Bank in corporate finance and then worked for seven years at Baxter. He started as a macro analyst before becoming Head of Research and then CFO.

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