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SAN DIEGO, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) (the “Company”), the parent corporation of LPL Financial LLC, announced today it will report first quarter

Unfavorable markets hurt LPL Financial's (LPLA) total brokerage and advisory assets balance in February.

Stocks started the day on solid footing, with the three major benchmarks all sporting gains of at least 1.5% in the lead-up to the Federal Open Market Committee''s (FOMC) mid-afternoon policy announcement. Trading got dicey in the immediate aftermath of the Fed''s decision, though, with markets paring some of this earlier upside. SEE MORE 15 Stock Picks That Billionaires Love The central bank raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points – a basis point is one-one hundredth of a percentage point – or 0.25%, as widely expected, and forecast at least six additional rate hikes this year. "Today''s Fed meeting offered some level of clarity to investors in that they are no longer waiting to make significant steps to tighten current monetary policy," says Charlie Ripley, senior market strategist for Allianz Investment Management. And the updated version of the Fed''s economic projections and forecasts for policy rates "emphasizes an urgency coming from the Fed" and "a level of hawkishness" we have not seen for some time, Ripley adds.

Baron Funds, an asset management firm, published its “Baron FinTech Fund” fourth quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here.

While the bulk of S&P 500 companies have already unveiled earnings, there are still several noteworthy components of the broad-market index left to report. Among those on this week''s earnings calendar are cloud company Salesforce.com ( CRM , $207.08), discount retailer Dollar Tree ( DLTR , $139.96) and chipmaker Broadcom ( AVGO , $585.02). SEE MORE The Pros'' 10 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy Now "The numbers this earnings season have been great even without considering that the bar has been raised consistently throughout the pandemic," says Jeff Buchbinder, equity strategist for independent broker-dealer LPL Financial. "S&P 500 earnings per share are tracking to a 31% year-over-year increase, roughly 10 percentage points above the consensus estimate when earnings season began." This will likely fall short of the 12 percentage points of upside S&P 500 companies posted in the third quarter, Buchbinder adds. Still, it''s well above the long-term average and is pretty impressive considering the pandemic-related challenges that hit during Q4.

Webster Financial Corporation with ticker code (WBS) now have 10 analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus points to a rating of ''Buy''. The target price ranges between 76 and 62 and has a mean target at 72.2. With the stocks previous close at 56.58 this is indicating there is a potential upside of 27.6%. The 50 day MA is 59.29 and the 200 day MA is 55.02. The market cap for the company is $10,819m. Company Website: https://public.websteronline.com [stock_market_widget type="chart" template="basic" color="green" assets=WBS" range="6mo" interval="1d" axes="true" cursor="true" api="yf"] The potential market cap would be $13,806m based on the market concensus. Webster Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Webster Bank, National Association that provides a range of banking, investment, and financial services to individuals, families, and businesses in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Community Banking.

The decline in LPL Financial's (LPLA) total brokerage and advisory assets at the end of January 2022 is a result of unfavorable equity markets' return and decline in net new assets balance.

LPL Financial's growth continues to outperform alongside its growing asset base and enhanced advisor platform.

LPL Financial (LPLA) reported total net new assets of $6.1B for January 2022 which translated to a 6% annualized growth rate.Total advisory and brokerage assets stood at $1.16T (-$49B or…

The market buzz of the past few years has been largely centered on futuristic companies with groundbreaking technologies that will “change the world.” We’re talking breakthroughs such as genomic sequencing, blockchain and metaverse infrastructure. Post-pandemic, these stocks went on a historic run and, alongside them, actively managed ETFs owning such stocks rode the wave higher. But now some of those ETFs are down almost 50% from their highs. News like that naturally leads to two questions: Why did this happen? And does this crash present any opportunities for investors brave enough to capitalize on them? First, Why Stock Bubbles Form Most companies in this buzz-filled category share one thing in common – they are unprofitable. Why would anyone want to own a company that loses money every year? Well, because at some point in the future, there is a possibility that they will be wildly profitable. But it is incredibly hard to assign a value to a possibility and thus, when bubbles form, it is typically in stocks such as these.

If you think you don''t have a rooting interest in Sunday''s big game, the Super Bowl Indicator might just change your mind. Experts, amateurs and idiot savants alike have forever gone to great lengths to divine the direction of share prices. Just as the ancients studied the entrails of sheep, today''s would-be market prognosticators have looked for auguries in shades of lipstick, the production of cardboard boxes, Big Mac prices, the lengths of women''s skirts and the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. SEE MORE The 22 Best ETFs to Buy for a Prosperous 2022 All of those subjects and more have been measured, analyzed and tracked to determine the market''s future direction. And in a scant couple of days, we shall receive yet another mystical portent for the future path of the S&P 500: The great and mighty Super Bowl Indicator. First coined in 1978 by New York Times sportswriter Leonard Koppett, the Super Bowl Indicator goes like this: If an original National Football League (now the National Football Conference or NFC) team wins the Super Bowl, stocks should rise for the rest of the year.

Shares of brokerage and investment advisory firm LPL (NASDAQ: LPLA) closed 4.79% higher Friday, at $181.24, following better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The stock is currently in buy range.

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LPL Financial (LPLA) records a year-over-year rise in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021. However, higher expenses hurt results to some extent.