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This one's hard to explain away.
Sen. John Boozman is the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee.He just bought his first ever shares of Kroger $Kroger(KR.US) — the largest supermarket chain in America.He bought on Feb 26th. One week later, Kroger beat earnings by 6.7%.Analysts now have a $77 price target. $Kroger(KR.US) is up 10% since his buy.The chairman of the committee that oversees food bought a grocery stock a week before earnings. - G
In today’s pre-mkt summary for Subscribers: Stocks pared earlier losses following a report that Iran was willing to trade uranium stockpiles for concessions, combined with yesterday’s stronger-than-expected Feb ISM services data and ADP payrolls. 10y yields rose with brent crude, which is now up +20% since the Mideast escalation began last week. Precious metals rose while #bitcoin slipped. $Broadcom(AVGO.US) +7.4% to $341 on strong Q2 revenue guidance. $Kroger(KR.US) and $Costco Wholesale(COST.US) report earnings today, and US non-farm payrolls are tomorrow. We see equities pushing to new highs once Mideast tensions ease, oil retreats, and softer jobs data boosts Fed rate cut odds, with 2026 S&P EPS at $310 implying a reasonable ~22.2x P/E =4.5% earnings yield vs 10y treasury yields of 4.1%, in line with non-recessionary history.