U.S. rate-sensitive stocks that may benefit from a ceiling on and subsequent decrease in the target interest rate established by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

China’s government will report January inflation data on Thursday (February 8). According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the country should continue to see deflation as consumer prices may fall 0.4% on year. In case of persistent deflation and a further economic slowdown, we could expect the government to launch extra fiscal and monetary measures to stimulate the economy.

With U.S. stock indexes consistently reaching record levels, we conducted a screening process to pinpoint standout opportunities in the U.S. equity market. Despite the general rise benefiting most stocks, our goal is to identify potential opportunities that might differ from the mainstream. We’re specifically looking at stocks where the underlying fundamentals may tell a unique story.

Investors are watching closely the coming week’s U.S. official jobs report, checking if the labor market remains resilient, in which case expectations of the Fed cutting rates soon could cool further. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", addition of Non-Farm Payrolls may slow to 175,000 in January with the Unemployment Rate staying at 3.7%. And the Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 5.50% on Wednesday (January 31).

U.S.-listed health care stocks with strong earnings and low debt.

Inflation in Japan has shown signs of easing, and traders are now watching closely if this could help take some pressure off the Bank of Japan to exit years of ultra-loose monetary policy. Japan’s Core Inflation Rate (due Friday, January 19) is expected to slow further to 2.3% on year in December.

Traders are now focusing on how soon the U.S. Federal Reserve will lower interest rates in 2024, and they should watch closely if inflation keeps decelerating. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the U.S. Inflation Rate for December (due Thursday, January 11) is expected to tick down to 3.0% on year from 3.1% in November.

Using Trading Central's Market Buzz and looking into Top Buzzing ranking to find premarket moves, we have identified Nike as an interesting choice.

Most major markets will be closed on Christmas holidays (Monday & Tuesday) next week. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", Japan’s Retail Sales (due Thursday, December 28) are expected to grow 0.3% on month and 3.9% on year in November.