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On this week’s episode of The Morning Filter, Dave Sekera and Susan Dziubinski parse Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s post-meeting comments and discuss whether the Fed will cut interest rates again in December. They also explain why it matters that the market cap of Nvidia NVDA hit $5 trillion. They’re watching the earnings reports from Advanced Micro Devices AMD, Qualcomm QCOM, and Fortinet FTNT this week; watch to find out what to listen for. 

They unpack the latest earnings reports and forecasts from tech and tech-related heavyweights Microsoft MSFT, Meta Platforms META, Alphabet GOOGL, Amazon.com AMZN and Apple AAPL and explain which of the stocks look most attractive today. They wrap up with some overvalued stocks to sell this month and an a few undervalued stocks to buy instead.

Episode Highlights 

NVDA’s Latest Milestone

Earnings Watch: AMD, QCOM, More

Tech Titan Earnings: Takeaways

Stocks to Buy and Sell This Month
 

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