Stock futures rose slightly after the third consecutive losing day for the S&P 500

Here are some of the biggest stocks that made headlines at Premarket:

Nordstrom – Shares fell 13 percent after the luxury department store chain cut its full-year forecast, despite announcing earnings that beat earnings and revenue expectations.

bed bath behind – Shares rose 33% in the wake of the Wall Street Journal report, citing people familiar with the matter, who said that the embattled retail company found a funding source to support its liquidity.

Advanced Auto Parts – The stock fell 5.9% after Advanced Auto Parts reported disappointing earnings results and cut its forecast, citing rising inflation and fuel costs.

Brinker International – Brinker International, the parent company behind the restaurant franchises Chili’s and Magiano, fell 7.3 percent after reporting a profit loss and a weaker-than-expected full-year outlook.

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Raymond James downgraded Medtronic’s stock rating to market performance on Wednesday. The company cited deteriorating confidence in the medical device maker’s growth potential among the reasons for the shift in outlook.

The downgrade comes after the company beat analysts’ estimates last quarter but showed a decline in year-over-year revenue as it grapples with supply chain issues.

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– Samantha Sobin

real estate loan Demand fell again last weekHowever, there were some signs that the sharp decline in the housing market is finding ground.

Government mortgage applications rose 4% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, showing some strength among first-time homebuyers despite rising mortgage rates.

On the corporate front, shares of Toll Brothers fell 2.6% in premarket trading after third-quarter home sales missed expectations and the homebuilder cut its full-year guidance. But the company’s chief executive said there were “signs of increased demand” in August.

Pending home sales data is due at 10 am

– Jesse Pound

The market is likely to find some stability after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers his remarks Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Wells Fargo’s Christopher Harvey said in a note on Wednesday.

“Fed concerns are expected to escalate and one (possibly both) of the latest interest rate drivers to pull back is expected. Until then, interest rate and liquidity trends point to more ‘interruptions,'” he said.

The market rallied after hitting a low in mid-June, but recently suffered from renewed fears that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates for longer than expected.

“In our view, a Jackson Hole meal will be in the eye of the beholder: the Hawks will focus on hard-line statements (and vice versa for pigeons),” Harvey said.

–Fred Ambert

Morgan Stanley thinks it’s time to buy Frontier shares.

Analyst Ravi Shanker has resumed coverage of the budget airline with an overweight rating, calling the airline a “perfect” ultra-low-cost airline now that its failed merger with Spirit is behind it.

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– Samantha Sobin

Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technical officer at BTIG, said the market is “still in a tug of war between economic data and what the Fed might do.”

Kreinsky noted that recent economic data has been weaker than expected “causing an attempt to buy bonds and the perception that Powell might be ‘less hawkish’ at Jackson Hole.” “That may be enough to maintain stock supply…but it is not necessarily a ‘bullish’ medium-term scenario if environmental data continues to weaken.”

– Fred Imbert

European markets Silent Wednesday with hard-line new comments from A US Federal Reserve The policy maker made investors hesitant.

pan europe Stokes 600 The index was flat in early trade, with communications down 0.5% while household goods rose 0.2%.

– Elliot Smith

Morgan Stanley says tech supply chains are about to see growth in the next big thing: the features of smart technology — from electric car batteries to chips and self-driving technology.

The investment bank has named its top stock picks that are set to benefit from the trend.

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– Weezin Tan

His biggest concern is that markets are underestimating how high or how long inflation will last, says Neil Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, adding that the Fed may need to be more aggressive than expected.

Commenting on the market, he said, commenting on the market: “The big fear I have in my mind is whether we are wrong and the markets are wrong, and that this inflation is much more implied at a much higher level than we or the markets appreciate.” Expectations of inflation returning to 2% over the next two years.

“Then we will have to be more aggressive than I expect, and possibly longer, to bring inflation down again,” he said, speaking at an event at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kashkari also cited supply-side shocks that have led to “half to two-thirds” of high inflation in the country.

“The more help we get from the supply side, the less the Fed has to do, the better we are to avoid a hard landing,” he said. But, he added, there is some evidence that supply chains are starting to normalize.

Kashkari is already the most hawkish of the US central bank’s 19 policymakers, and he expects the Fed to need to raise its policy rate – now at its target range of 2.25% to 2.5% – another full two percentage points by the end of next year.

– Jie Lee

The energy sector has been a big winner in the volatile stock market this year.

But one stock still stands out for its “strongest balance sheet,” according to Citi. It also delivered a batch of second-quarter earnings that easily beat its listed major peers.

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– Xavier Ong

Many are expecting a hawkish speech from Federal Reserve officials later this week, which could lead to a massive sell-off in risky assets. Some fear continued and violent central bank tightening could push a sluggish economy into recession.

“I fully expect Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell and other Fed officials to remain hawkish,” Kristina Huber, chief global market strategist at Invesco, said in an email. “Aggressive rhetoric is very likely to cause stocks to drop globally in the near term, as markets are on eggshells, so asset owners must be prepared for short-term volatility.”

– Yun Lee

shares Nordstrom It fell more than 13% in extended trading after the company It lowered its full-year financial forecast. Nordstrom said it was being challenged by an overstocking as well as a slowdown in demand.

“Customer traffic and demand slowed significantly beginning in late June, mostly at Nordstrom Rack,” CEO Eric Nordstrom said in a press release.

However, the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and sales ahead of analyst estimates.

– Yun Lee