Stock slump continues 📉

Markets failed to snap a losing streak that dates back to last week.

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Adam Garcia
April 16, 2024

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Here’s what moved the market today.

Markets 📈

The market tumbled after a higher open to close the session lower for the second day in a row. The Dow was narrowly saved from closing in the red thanks to a big rally from UnitedHealth [UNH +5.2%]. 

  • DJIA [+0.1%]

  • S&P 500 [-0.2%]

  • Nasdaq [-0.1%]

  • Russell 2K [-0.2%]

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Market-Moving News 🔎 

🏡 Housing Market Slump Drives Down Builder Stocks

As the spring building season kicks off, the housing sector faces unexpected headwinds. Recent data from the Census Bureau indicate a significant 14.7% drop in housing starts from February to March, with the seasonally adjusted annual rate plummeting to 1.47 million units.

This decline sharply contrasts with analysts' expectations, who had anticipated a 2.4% increase, signaling that the recent uptick in mortgage rates nearing 7% is dampening buyer demand.

Builder Stocks 🏠
The slowdown in housing starts has triggered a notable sell-off in the stocks of homebuilders and building products firms. Initially, investors had been bullish, bidding up shares in anticipation of a robust building season.

However, the reality of weakening demand has reversed fortunes dramatically. Now, real estate stocks are dragging down the S&P 500, with the sector down over 10% this year, making it one of the worst performers in the index.

Contrasts for Builders 🔨
This downturn marks a stark reversal from the previous year, during which shares of companies like PulteGroup, Boise Cascade, and Builders FirstSource saw significant gains, some even doubling in value, driven by high expectations and market enthusiasm akin to that seen in artificial intelligence stocks.

Interest Rate Sensitivity 📊
The recent decline in housing starts suggests that the market's optimism might have been premature. Investors are now grappling with the reality that for building activity to pick up and justify the high share prices of the last year, there will need to be a favorable adjustment in interest rates.

Without lower rates to stimulate demand, the building sector could face continued challenges as it moves deeper into what is typically its busiest season.

Top Winners and Losers 🔥

WiSA Tech [WISA] $6.10 (+248.5%)
said its WiSA Association has executed its fourth 5-year licensing agreement with a fourth major HDTV/PTV.

Arrowroot SPAC [ARRW] $18.00 (+45.0%)
closed on its merger with iLearningsEngines and will begin trading on the Nasdaq under symbol AILE.

Palisade Bio [PALI] $5.93 (+42.5%)
said a clinical study of PALI-2108 showed the drug demonstrated bioactivation in test subjects.

Top Wealth Group [TWG] $1.94 (51.5%)
fell in its first day of trading on the Nasdaq-NMS.

Pacific Biosciences [SDIG] $1.40 (50.6%)
lowered its guidance and said it expects its Q1 revenue to be flat with last year.

Skillsoft [SKIL] $5.45 (40.7%)
posted weaker-than-expected sales and guidance on its Q4 earnings report after Monday’s closing bell.

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— Adam G.
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