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In August 2024, mpox (the virus formally known as monkeypox) reappeared on the world stage. As cases alarmingly rose, the World Health Organization declared mpox an international emergency on August 14th.?After the emergency declaration, traders rushed to buy any name with a hint of association with mpox. The Hammerstone team recalled that we had compiled a “mpox basket” of stocks in 2022 and quickly shared it with our subscribers. We also offered a little cautionary insight gleaned from the first mpox epidemic. The Hammerstone Feed August 14: 01:25:55 pm World Health Organization declares mpox?international emergency. 01:26:42 pm?$SIGA?popping to highs +11.3%,?$GOVX?+10% on the mpox?WHO news 01:42:42 pm -This is Hammerstone’s 2022?“mpox (monkeypox) basket:”?$SIGA?$BVNRY?$AEMD?$GOVX?$INO?$CMRX?$EBS?$CODX?$VRAX?$NNVC?$FLGT?$DGX – As well as “opportunists” (co’s that issued dubious mpox PRs in 2022)?$APDN $TNXP $KTTA $QGEN?$ENZ $ETG?[some of the names may have been delisted, etc.] –?$BVNRY?–?Bavarian Nordic A/S ADR?was the most legitimate mpox name with an actual, approved, and in-production vaccine. – "In July [2022], the European Medicines Agency recommended the smallpox vaccine made by Danish biotech?Bavarian Nordic?be authorized for monkeypox disease. The product, Jynneos in the U.S., has been approved in the EU since 2013 for smallpox. The FDA had given the vaccine the go-head in 2019.”?Link to Story from RDCU.be ? The purpose of our 1:42pm post was twofold: -To provide our users with a comprehensive list of mpox related trades, affording them a wide array of options if they were deciding to potentially trade the mpox story. -Secondly, to add context in reminding our community that despite the hype around everything mpox, there was just one company with an actual EMA and FDA approved mpox vaccine:?Denmark’s Bavarian Nordic. The rally ignited after the emergency declaration continued into the next week as more mpox cases were reported daily and traders scrambled to participate, leading to massive gains in the mpox basket from our mention to highs several days later: $APDN +550%, $GOVX +350%, $VRAX+350%, $EBS +100%, $AEMD +85%, $CODX +57%, $TNXP +53%, $CMRX +45%, $NNVC +27%, $BVNRY +11%, $SIGA -5%. While almost all the names mentioned above surrendered their gains as the mpox threat lessened and the hype we cautioned about faded, Bavarian Nordic remains +31% since the mpox resurgence began & just 11% below the original Hammerstone alert with context. The incredible stock moves after Hammerstone’s timely heads up would have required some nimble trading, that's understood. However, one thing is clear: Hammerstone successfully achieved its goal of providing our community with the tools needed to make informed trading decisions in this case.

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Week-ending Recap: After last week's declines in the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Russell 2000, major indices rebounded sharply this week, with gains nearly every trading day as investors seized last week’s pullback as a buying opportunity. Small-cap stocks led the charge, surging 4.35% for the week. The rally was broad-based, with all 11 S&P sectors posting gains of more than 1%, fueled by strong earnings reports in tech and retail—though Target ($TGT) shares were a notable laggard, tumbling on disappointing results. The rally wasn’t limited to equities. Gold prices jumped over 5%, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions, while Bitcoin soared to new highs around $100K, up more than 40% this month alone. Meanwhile, the euro slid to a two-year low of $1.0335, losing over 1% this week as traders bet on aggressive interest rate cuts from the ECB amid disappointing economic data from the bloc’s largest economies. Is this a holiday-season rally heading into year-end? FOMO? Window dressing? Market euphoria? A political celebration? AI hype? Whatever the reason, investors continue to flock to stocks, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovering near record highs ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Dow Jones Industrials hit fresh record highs, the Nasdaq surpassed 19,000, and the Russell 2000 climbed above 2,400. For the week, the S&P 500 rose 1.68%, the Nasdaq gained 1.73%, the Russell 2000 jumped 4.3%, and the Dow advanced 1.96%.

$ALK - Alaskan Airlines Group just announced that they expect almost 500K travelers to fly between post-Thanksgiving Friday and Sunday, December 1st; with Sunday to be Alaskan's busiest day of the year. Flying (or long-distance driving) on Sunday, December1st? Since your dentist (root canal) and the DMV are closed, I guess you might as well do it..... While there are certain to be millions of upset airline customers over the holiday, investors in airline stocks are quite happy with their 52-week returns versus the S&P 500 Index, +31%: United ($UAL) +138%, Delta ($DAL) +75%, and Alaskan ($ALK) +42%, JetBlue ($JBLU) +45%, Frontier (ULCC) +43%Southwest ($LUV) +30%, and American ($AAL) +17%. We won't mention newly bankrupt Spirit ($SAVEQ).

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This morning's Early Look, originally distributed to Hammerstone subscribers at 7am. You can get it at 7am , too! Sign up to get on the free distribution list here: https://lnkd.in/d9qvZqz

This morning's Early Look, originally distributed to Hammerstone subscribers at 7am. You can get it at 7am , too! Sign up to get on the free distribution list here: https://lnkd.in/d9qvZqz

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