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The 2020 holiday travel season was unlike any experience most individuals had ever encountered, and the 2021 holiday travel season is shaping up to be different as well. The pandemic is still impacting holiday travel in multiple ways. Unlike last year, this winter holiday season …
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It could be time to do some holiday shopping not at the malls but in the bruised stock market, opines Wells Fargo’s senior equity analyst Chris Harvey.
“It might be a little early to buy the stock market, but perhaps a few “Black Friday discounts” are ready for the shopping cart,” said Harvey in a research note titled “Holiday Sale!” Wednesday.
Harvey lists 26 stocks (see list below) as potential buys right now, headlined by American Express, Ralph Lauren, Expedia, Hyatt Hotels and Schlumberger.
All the stocks on the suggested list boast the following key criteria for Harvey: (1) all rated Overweight (Buy) by Wells Fargo’s analysts; (2) the stocks are down 10{e9f0aada585b9d73d0d08d3c277fd760092386ec23cac37d50f4b8cd792b062a} or more since Nov. 8; they have positive long-term momentum; a reasonable net debt to EBITDA ratio (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); quality return on equity ratio; and a market cap of at least $3 billion.
Adds Harvey, “For the first time since the market began to fade, we believe the real holiday sales may not be online or at the mall, but rather in the stock market.”
The buy list from Harvey comes as markets continue to endure a turbulent stretch, which began with an awful 1,000-plus point loss for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the day after Thanksgiving.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 652 points in Tuesday trading, while the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were also deeply in the red. All 30 Dow components were in the red for the session, except for Apple and Merck.
Stocks were clobbered by the one-two punch of Omicron variant concerns and surprisingly hawkish testimony to lawmakers by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
“This tone is completely different than anything he has used over the past three years … and that, in and by itself, equates to a significant change in policy by the chairman and the Federal Reserve as a whole. In other words, the ‘gradualism’ that the Fed has been using all year is gone. Therefore, the way that investors should be looking at the strategy of ‘Don’t fight the Fed’ has changed in a substantial way this week,” said Matt Maley, Miller Tabak chief markets strategist.
Markets tried to stage a comeback Wednesday, but by afternoon trading stocks were well off their highs of the session after the U.S. confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant as Yahoo Finance’s Emily McCormick reports.
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Americans are ready to travel. According to a new Allianz Partners USA Top 10 Holiday Destinations survey, holiday travel will increase by 34 percent in 2021 compared to 2020.
The research also revealed the top destinations for travelers heading out during this festive season with New York City and Cancun leading the pack for the domestic and international hot spots.
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Allianz reviewed 4 million itineraries for roundtrip flights departing U.S. airports between December 18 and December 30, 2021, and found that American travelers are mostly taking trips within the U.S. Eighty-seven percent of the itineraries reviewed are for domestic travel and 13 percent are for international travel.
New York returned as a destination favorite for the holiday season after slipping off the list in 2020. The Big Apple is back in the number-one spot followed by Seattle, Orlando, Los Angeles and Phoenix, which rounds out the top five.
Boston, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Dallas-Fort Worth made the top 10.
Mexico took the top 3 international destinations with Cancun leading the way followed by San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta. Most of the top 10 destinations were in Mexico or the Caribbean. Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Oranjestad, Aruba, rounded out the top five. London was number six followed by Nassau, the Bahamas; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos; and Paris.
“Americans are eager to travel again and one trend we’ve seen is travelers returning to the places they love, whether that’s a cosmopolitan Christmas in New York City or basking in the sun on the beautiful beaches of Mexico,” said Daniel Durazo, director of marketing and communications for Allianz Partners USA. “Holiday travel can be stressful and with the added uncertainty brought on by severe weather, significant delays and unexpected cancellations, it’s important to remember travel insurance. Whether you’re visiting family you haven’t seen in a while or are taking a much-needed vacation out of the country, travel insurance can provide coverage for pre-paid, non-refundable expenses, medical emergencies and even lost or delayed baggage.”
Allianz updated its coverage options this year to include an Epidemic Coverage Endorsement, which can include assistance for those who become ill or are forced to quarantine due to Covid-19.
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