Stock Market News For Jul 2, 2018

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Jim Cramer: I Don't Trust This Stock Market Rally

TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer doesn't trust the stock market gains on Thursday. "It looks more like a FANG rally again, which is not what you really want. FANG is an acronym that Cramer coined - it stands for Facebook (FB) , Amazon (AMZN) , Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet/Google (GOOGL) . Want exclusive investing insight from Jim Cramer? Get 24/7 access to Jim's charitable trust portfolio with a free trial to Action Alerts PLUS!

The Third-Quarter Stock Market Outlook for 2018

as declared in The Third-Quarter Stock Market Outlook for 2018"Uncertainty" — a word Wall Street loathes — seems to be the calling card of the market as we head into the third quarter of 2018. Here is the stock market outlook for Q3:The S&P 500 is still caught in an uncertainty-driven volatile consolidation range, and many are raising the warning that a full-blown bear market is right around the corner, yet miraculously, the index is actually trading higher for the year (see Fig. We live in a world dominated by a U.S. presidential administration that can take away (via threatened tariffs and import taxes) bullish sentiment from the stock market with one hand while giving (via domestic tax breaks and policy changes) that same bullish sentiment to the market with the other hand. Earnings season is always a wild card, especially when you are already operating in a tenuous market environment. 2: Federal Funds Rate ProbabilitiesThe Bottom Line for Next Quarter's Stock Market OutlookThe U.S. stock market has the potential to continue climbing — if it can avoid getting derailed by the uncertainty that has been hampering it since early February.

How to Survive a Turbulent Stock Market This Summer

TheStreet's founder Jim Cramer will hold his latest monthly call with Action Alerts PLUS club members on July 11 at 11:30 a.m. EST. Cramer will touch on all things trade war and how to successfully navigate the markets this summer. In addition, he will reveal his latest thinking on the best-in-breed stocks held by the Action Alerts PLUS member club. Not helping sentiment on Apple is its exposure to China (thanks, trade war) and slowing smartphone demand (see Samsung's recent results). Apple is a long-time winning position for Action Alerts PLUS.

After the Bell: Dow Jones Gains 180 Points as Tariffs Don't Scare the Stock Market

Even more surprising, that direction was higher despite tariffs and tightening, both of which we're probably going to see more of. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% to 2736.61, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 181.92 points, or 0.8%, to 24,356.74. Why is the market heading higher when a big slug of tariffs are set to go into effect tonight? CF Industries makes nitrogen fertilizer, and global agricultural commodity trading may soon look radically different if the U.S. pushes ahead with tariffs against major trading partners. CF Industries is up 1.2% year to date, and has gained 49.9% in the past 12 months.