Folks, something strange is happening on Wall Street... There's a disconnect. And we're seeing it play out as analysts change their price targets.

Wall Street's Mixed Signals Are No Joke By Vic Lederman, editorial director, Chaikin Analytics Folks, something strange is happening on Wall Street... There's a disconnect. And we're seeing it play out as analysts change their price targets. Earlier this week, I explained that Bank of America (BAC) has raised its target price on chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA). Analysts there now think Nvidia's stock can reach roughly $190 per share. That's a massive 35% jump from where NVDA shares are today around $140 per share. And that's after Nvidia has already soared by triple digits this year. If anything, that's hugely optimistic on the broad market. That's because today's AI boom relies on the strength of the broad economy. After all, consumers need to be able to pay for all this new tech. But not everyone is so optimistic... In fact, some of Wall Street's most famed analysts are calling for a decade of poor performance. Put simply, Wall Street is sending mixed signals. 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Get the No. 1 stock (with 500%-plus upside potential) for this rare market event now. You might have heard by now that investment-banking giant Goldman Sachs (GS) recently released a broad market forecast. It got a lot of attention in the financial media. And the forecast is gloomy. Goldman expects 3% average returns for the S&P 500 Index over the next decade. In other words, it expects the market to return less than half of what we would normally see. That's not just bad... it's terrible. Yet as we just saw, other firms on Wall Street see huge results on the way. The AI boom is hot. And the S&P 500 has been making new highs. Even more confusingly, earnings season tells us that the American consumer is doing better than you might think. Just look at Walmart (WMT)... The retail titan reported earnings in August. And it beat expectations. Not only that, Walmart raised its outlook for the rest of the year. And as the company's chief financial officer said on the earnings call...   In this environment, it's responsible or prudent to be a little bit guarded with the outlook, but we're not projecting a recession. So once again, we're seeing mixed signals. Some folks on Wall Street are "bearish." Others are "bullish." This gets to the very foundation behind the Power Gauge. It's one thing to know what people say they think... But it's a game changer to be able to see what they're doing with their money. That's why the Power Gauge looks at 20 individual factors. These include ones that my colleague and Chaikin Analytics founder Marc Chaikin specifically designed to give users a look into how Wall Street, and the market's biggest players, are allocating their capital. Today's market demands this kind of insight. Imagine seeing the buying patterns of Wall Street right as it piles into a big-name stock... or what it looks like when Wall Street abandons a company. This kind of action is exactly why Marc is about to make a big announcement next week... On Tuesday, October 29, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, he's covering how to make sense of this action from Wall Street. It's part of his newest breakthrough. And it's the biggest one of his 50-year career. Marc's on-camera reveal next week is free to attend. All you need to do is register in advance right here. Good investing, Vic Lederman Market View Major Indexes and Notable Sectors     # Hld:     Bullish     Neutral     Bearish Dow 30 -0.33% 10 17 3 S&P 500 +0.21% 137 279 77 Nasdaq +0.81% 17 69 14 Small Caps +0.23% 504 1037 379 Bonds +0.64% Consumer Discretionary +3.15% 8 33 9 — According to the Chaikin Power Bar, Small Cap stocks and Large Cap stocks are somewhat Bullish. Major indexes are mixed. *  *  *  * Sector Tracker Sector movement over the last 5 days Discretionary +0.73% Utilities +0.12% Communication +0.07% Real Estate 0.0% Staples -0.39% Information Technology -0.43% Energy -0.93% Financial -1.01% Health Care -1.98% Industrials -2.23% Materials -2.76% *  *  *  * Industry Focus Software & Services 39 90 12 Over the past 6 months, the Software & Services subsector (XSW) has underperformed the S&P 500 by -3.57%. However, its Power Bar ratio, which measures future potential, is Very Strong, with more Bullish than Bearish stocks. It is currently ranked #8 of 21 subsectors and has moved up 6 slots over the past week. Top Stocks PEGA Pegasystems Inc. ZM Zoom Video Communica CCSI Consensus Cloud Solu *  *  *  * Top Movers Gainers TSLA +21.92% MOH +17.67% WST +15.43% CBRE +8.43% POOL +7.6% Losers NEM -14.7% TER -11.02% CARR -8.82% IQV -7.27% ROL -6.57% *  *  *  * Earnings Report Reporting Today Rating Before Open After Close HCA AMP AON, CL, CNC, FI, HLT, MCO, NSC TER SHW VLTO No earnings reporting today. Earnings Surprises WY Weyerhaeuser Company Q3 $0.05 Beat by $0.04 LUV Southwest Airlines Co. Q3 $0.15 Beat by $0.11 DECK Deckers Outdoor Corporation Q2 $1.59 Beat by $0.35 WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Q3 $1.85 Beat by $0.36 DOC Healthpeak Properties, Inc. Q3 $0.04 Missed by $-0.01 *  *  *  * You have received this e-mail as part of your subscription to PowerFeed. If you no longer want to receive e-mails from PowerFeed, click here. You're receiving this e-mail at STEVENMAGALLANES520.NIMS@BLOGGER.COM. 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