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Constellation will provide 1.1 GW of nuclear power to Meta for the next 20 years.
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OECD lowers GDP growth forecasts for the US, and for the world.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development lowered its growth outlook for the U.S. economy this morning, sapping support for the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO), which is trading down 0.1% premarket.
After growing 2.8% in 2024, US gross domestic product is estimated to grow only 1.6% in 2025, and then to slow further, growing only 1.5% in 2026, according to the OECD. The organization blamed tariffs turmoil, which is making it difficult for companies to plan ahead for growth, as well as cuts to immigration and the federal workforce, for the smaller numbers.
Global growth estimates are also lower, but at 3.3% and 2.9%, respectively, it looks like the rest of the world is going to grow about twice as fast as the U.S. in 2025 and 2026.
In more positive news, Constellation Energy (Nasdaq: CEG) announced this morning it has signed a 20-year power supply deal with Meta (Nasdaq: META) to provide about 1.1 gigawatts of nuclear energy for the latter company’s artificial intelligence server farms. Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center nuclear reactor in Illinois will provide the power.
Constellation stock is up more than 11% on the news.
Earnings
S&P 500 component company Dollar General (NYSE: DG) reported an earnings beat this morning, sending its shares up 10% in the premarket. Dollar General reported $1.78 per share in profit on $10.4 billion in Q1 sales, beating on both top and bottom lines.
Analyst Calls
Truist Securities upgraded Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) stock to buy, and raised its price target to $127 a share. The stock is “too cheap to ignore,” said Truist, and indeed “the cheapest name within our Machinery coverage universe.”
Redburn-Atlantic analyst Sam Hudson upgraded Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) to neutral with a $45 price target. Although Advance “is yet to make meaningful progress with its turnaround,” the analyst expects it “to accelerate comp and EPS growth” in the second half of this year.
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