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Ulta Beauty is a leading retailer of cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, haircare, bath, and beauty products, with a salon services segment specializing in hair styling and make-up. Founded in 1990, the company is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, and has over 55,000 employees. The company operates about 1400 retail stores across 50 states.

The midday Monday market mood is upbeat. Small-caps again are winning the day with the Russell 2000 up 1.5%. Techs are also having a good day. Other indices are in green as well. Goldman Sachs crushed earnings expectations and that is lifting bank stocks, especially those with investment banking divisions. Fed Chairman Powell is speaking at lunchtime today. His remarks will be televised. Economists will be tuning in as these comments come after the news on inflation last week that showed consumer prices tracking lower and on the way to the Fed's target rate.

The midday Monday market mood is upbeat. Small-caps again are winning the day with the Russell 2000 up 1.5%. Techs are also having a good day. Other indices are in green as well. Goldman Sachs crushed earnings expectations and that is lifting bank stocks, especially those with investment banking divisions. Fed Chairman Powell is speaking at lunchtime today. His remarks will be televised. Economists will be tuning in as these comments come after the news on inflation last week that showed consumer prices tracking lower and on the way to the Fed's target rate.

Swatch Group’s biggest brands are Omega (number-two Swiss watch brand by sales after Rolex), Longines (the largest premium watch brand and number four by sales globally), Breguet, Tissot (the leader in midrange Swiss watches), and Swatch. Swatch group employs over 33,000 people, half of them in Switzerland. We estimate that Swatch Group makes about 30% of its sales from Omega, 17% from ultraluxury brands, 20% from Longines, 9% from Tissot, and 8% from Swatch. We estimate Omega and Longines to be the group’s most profitable brands.