Rivian,Adobe,FedEx,Lennar,Campbell Soup,and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
The main event for investors this week will be the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee’s last meeting of 2021. Recent commentary from officials has leaned more hawkish, setting up a potential announcement of plans to accelerate monthly asset purchase tapering.The Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day meeting takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday.Earnings reports this week are few, but will include Campbell Soup on Tuesday;Lennar,Accenture,FedEx,Rivian Automotive, and Adobe on Thursday; and
Forget Nvidia. This Is the $57 Billion Metaverse Opportunity—in an Unexpected Sector.
The prospect of future industries revolving around the metaverse—virtual worlds—has received a lot of attention.After all, social-media giant Facebook changed its name to Meta last month to reflect its ambitions to build the metaverse, where augmented and virtual reality will allow users to interact in online worlds that include games and shopping.Nvidia , the computer-chip powerhouse, unveiled new software and computing tools last week as it firmed up its own competitive push into virtual worl