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In general, utilities stocks are considered to be a stable investment given a lack of volatility in their stock prices. This lack of volatility stems from the stable demand utilities companies enjoy; citizens will always need power fed into their homes.

Another advantage: consistent dividend yields. While the dividend payments of stocks related to utilities companies aren't often very high, investors tend to be more attracted to these companies dividend payments given how consistently payments are made.

$DTE $PCG $ED $SO $EXC

• DTE Energy (DTE) - The electricity and gas provider for much of metro Detroit and its about 4 million residents. About 50% of the power generated by DTE comes from coal, about 20% comes from nuclear and about 17% comes from natural gas. The stock's dividend yield is around 3%.
• PG&E Corp. (PCG) - The electric and gas provider for middle and northern California. While many utilities stocks are viewed as stable investments, PG&E recently showed investors a dramatic example of the potential downside related to investments in utilities companies: concerns with the safety of a utilities equipment and its impact on the natural environment. Shares fell from around the $70 level in 2017 to around the $10 level by 2019 following the utilities involvement in California wildfires.The stock's dividend yield is 3%.
• Consolidated Edison (ED) - The provider for the New York City and New Jersey metro area. The stock's dividend yield is 3.5%.
• Southern Co. (SO) - The provider for a portion of the southeast United States, including Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The stock's dividend yield is just under 4%.
• Exelon (EXC) - The parent company of Commonwealth Edison, the energy provider for the Chicago metro area. The stock's dividend yield is 3%.

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BIDU, ADP, CRWD, RDW, BCDA

• Baidu (BIDU) - A sympathy play following strong earnings by Chinese e-commerce platform, Pinduoduo (PDD). Pinduoduo shares traded up about 6% following the news. Baidu, considered "the Google of China," will report quarterly results on Tuesday before market open.
• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - A way to gain exposure to the jobs market. ADP is a provider of payroll and human capital solutions. Investors and traders will receive jobs data this week: on Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. EDT, ADP will issue its payroll figures for the month of August; the US government's Bureau of Labor Statistics will release non-farm and private-sector jobs data on Friday at 8:30 a.m.
• CrowdStrike (CRWD) - A cybersecurity software provider. The company will report quarterly results on Tuesday after market close. CrowdStrike has been a long-time favorite among the retail investing crowd.
• Redwire (RDW) - A component manufacturer for space missions. A top story from Monday: NASA will delay its Artemis I launch due to issues with one of the rocket's engines. Redwire provides navigation and imaging technology on the Artemis I lunar project.
• BioCardia (BCDA) - A play on an upcoming clinical trial date. The Data Safety Monitoring Board of one of the US governments pharma branches will review BioCardia's candidate for a heart failure procedure on Tuesday of this week.

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• VF Corp. (VFC) - This apparel company's brands include cooler weather names like The North Face, Timberland and Smartwool. The company is also parent to notable brands Vans and Supreme.
• Lowe's (LOW) - A play on fall-time home and yard clean up. Get ready to start seeing the telltale bags for yard waste (like leaves!) at curbsides.
• Solo Brands (DTC) - The parent company of Solo Stove, an innovator in the fire pit and bonfire industry. Solo Stove offers a variety of fire pits and camp stoves for consumers, as well as many accessories for their pits.
• Camping World (CWH) - A play on camping and recreational vehicle (RV) travel during the autumn. In addition to its RV-related segments, Camping World also owns apparel brands Gander Outdoors and Erehwon Mountain Outfitters.
• Party City (PRTY) - A way to gain exposure to Halloween. Party City is the parent company of Halloween City, a seasonal retailer focused on providing costumes and other Halloween-related accessories.

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$INTC $LEN $UEC $VUZI $LGVN

• Intel (INTC) - Shares have failed to move in sympathy with NVIDIA (NVDA) following NVIDIA's quarterly miss, reported Wednesday evening. NVIDIA shares were down about 3% in pre-market action; Intel shares traded modestly higher.
• Lennar (LEN) - A play on a less favorable housing market. Analysts at Bank Of America downgraded shares of Lennar to the equivalent of a sell rating Thursday morning. The homebuilder is expected to report quarterly results midway through September.
• Uranium Energy (UEC) - Uranium-related stocks saw upside on Wednesday following a report Japan may shift back toward nuclear power. Benzinga mentor and expert trader, Anne-Marie Baiynd, described the news as "big" but noted that yesterday's upside in the space might have been "very overdone."
• Vuzix (VUZI) - A play on augmented reality. The company released the second major product iteration of its augmented reality glasses, the Vuzix Blade 2 smart glasses. The glasses are used in commercial, industrial and medical application.
• Longeveron (LGVN) - A play on a momentum stock with news. In an exclusive Benzinga Pro-first news item, Longeveron received an intent-to-grant notice from the European Patent Office for its Lomecel-B therapy. Shares were up 7% in pre-market action.

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$TWTR, $PTON, $AFRM, $CE, $LYL

• Twitter (TWTR) - Shares of Twitter closed Tuesday's session down about 7% following a report a former company employee turned whistleblower alleged Twitter's management of reckless and negligent policies. We will discuss several hot takes related to this news item on today's daily Stocks To Watch podcast. Tune in live on Benzinga's Twitter around 9:30 a.m. EDT or listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple after 10 a.m.
• Peloton (PTON) - The stock was up 7% in pre-market action Wednesday following news the company's bike and accessories will now be available in Amazon's (AMZN) US stores.
• Affirm (AFRM) - A Wall Street darling during the COVID pandemic turned Wall Street dog. The company will report quarterly results on Thursday after market close. An analyst at Morgan Stanley on Wednesday maintained the equivalent of a buy rating ahead of the company's results.
• Celanese (CE) - A Tuesday-morning report out of research shop Gordon Haskett speculated Warren Buffett could be looking at Celanese for an investment. Shares closed up 4% amid the report.
• Dragon Victory (LYL) - Wednesday's penny stock momentum play of the day. Shares were up 23% on no news. The issue has around 20 million shares in its float.

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• Salesforce.com (CRM) - A way to gain exposure to the messaging and communication software space. Salesforce owns Slack, a communication platform that rivals companies like Zoom Video (ZM) and Microsoft's (MSFT) Teams.
• Range Resources (RRC) - A play on new highs in natural gas prices. Range Resources is an exploration and production company focused solely on the Marcellus Shale area of the US Appalachian region.
• Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) - An ancillary play on the expansion of the semiconductor industry within the US: real estate and commercial property. On Tuesday, Intel (INTC) signed a $30 billion funding partnership with Brookfield to finance Intel's chip-factory expansion.
• Blink Charging (BLNK) - A play on electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Blink Charging founder, Chairman and CEO, Michael Farkas, will interview on Benzinga's "Stock Market Movers" YouTube show Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. EDT.
• Mobilicom (MOB) - A play on an upcoming initial public offering (IPO). Shares are expected to open for trade on Thursday of this week. According to IPO Scoop, Mobilicom describes itself as a provider of hardware and software cybersecurity solutions for application in drones and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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The second-quarter earnings season is finally sputtering out. By the end of this week, the very large majority of publicly-traded companies will have reported their last-quarter performance.

There will be several notable earnings reports this week, including:

• Palo Alto Networks (PANW) - The company will report Monday after market close.
• Macy's (M) - Tuesday before market open.
• XPeng (XPEV) - Tuesday before market open.
• Nordstrom (JWN) - Tuesday after market close.
• Snowflake (SNOW) - Wednesday after market close.

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• Apple (AAPL) - A call on a near-term top in the stock. Options expert and Benzinga maven, Nic Chahine, in his chatroom on Benzinga Pro, told members of his community he put on a short position in Apple via options. Nic said he needs Apple to be at or under the $185 level by the end of September.
• Disney (DIS) - A Wall Street Journal article Friday morning highlighted news from earlier this week that famed hedge fund manager and activist, Third Point's Dan Loeb, could be pushing for Disney to spin off its all-important ESPN unit.
• NIKE (NKE) - A sympathy play following strong quarterly results out of Foot Locker (FL). Shares of Foot Locker were up more than 20% in pre-market action Friday.
• Roblox (RBLX) - A play on the metaverse. A report early Friday morning suggested Roblox poached a seasoned exec from Meta Platform's (META) Facebook, Steve Park, former head of the company's government relations in South Korea and Japan.
• GigaCloud Technology (GCT) - A play on an initial public offering (IPO) from Thursday. A provider of business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce solutions for large parcel merchandise, the company's shares closed Thursday's session at $15.69 after opening at $12.25 per share. The stock was up more than 60% Friday morning to around the $25 level.

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$NVDA $ZM $BFAM $CMPS $BBIG

• NVIDIA (NVDA) - Will report quarterly results Wednesday next week. The company will likely report its earnings around 4:20 p.m. EDT.
• Zoom Video Communication (ZM) - The company will publish quarterly results on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 after market close.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) - An interesting play on the work from home trend. Morgan Stanley discussed the company and stock in a research note Thursday morning. Analysts at the firm called Bright Horizons shares their highest-conviction recommendation to gain some bearish exposure. To hear more details from the Morgan Stanley call, tune into Benzinga's daily Stocks To Watch podcast around 9:30 a.m. EDT on Twitter or after 10 a.m. on Spotify or Apple.
• COMPASS Pathways (CMPS) - A play on psychedelics. Shares of peer in the psychedelics space, MindMed (MNMD), traded up about 70% in pre-market action. The Benzinga Pro newsdesk team did not identify news to justify the move higher in MindMed. Shares of MindMed and COMPASS Pathways have been known to trade relatively correlated.
• Vinco Ventures (BBIG) - A favorite among the Benzinga Pro user community. Shares have more than doubled so far this week following news Monday of a partnership with AIPros for social media. Momentum has continued each day following the news.

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$TGT $GME $GPS $MKTX $FAMI

• Target (TGT) - Shares were down about 2% Wednesday morning following the company's quarterly results. A decline in the company's margins weighed on the stock. Tune into Benzinga's daily Stocks To Watch podcast (around 9:30 a.m. EDT on Twitter or LinkedIn or around 10:30 a.m. on Spotify or Apple) to see an in-depth analysis of the results and how investors might interpret the release.
• GameStop (GME) - A sympathy play amid increased retail investor attention on another meme stock, Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY). Bed Bath & Beyond shares closed Tuesday's session up 30%; the stock was up another 30% Wednesday morning. The Benzinga Pro newsdesk team could not identify news related to Bed Bath & Beyond to justify the sharp move higher.
• Gap (GPS) - The target of speculation from trader alert service Dealreporter Tuesday morning. The service suggested Gap could be shopping its Athleta unit. Importantly, shares moved over the $11 level following circulation of the chatter but couldn't close over the $11.50 level Tuesday.
• MarketAxess (MKTX) - A play on a fixed-income exchange. Analysts at Rosenblatt kicked off coverage of the stock Wednesday morning and set a Sell rating. In contrast, Rosenblatt started coverage on a peer in the fixed-income exchange space, Tradeweb (TW), with a Buy rating.
• Farmmi (FAMI) - A peer play in the superfood space following news Laird Superfoods (LSF) received a go-private offer. Laird and Farmmi are both producers and distributors of several kinds of edible mushrooms.

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