U.S. stock futures were mixed Monday morning as the major averages hovered near record highs ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 40 points, or 0.12%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.04% and 0.32%, respectively. The S&P 500 finished at an all-time high on Friday as both the Dow and the Nasdaq closed in on their own record peaks.

The Federal Reserve will begin a two-day meeting Tuesday, and while the central bank is not expected to make any alterations to its policy, traders will be paying close attention to its language around inflation and when it may begin to taper its asset purchase program. Recent data has indicated that the U.S. economy is regaining momentum but not overheating, taming worries about inflation and sending the S&P 500 to an all-time high.

While the Fed has reassured that any spike in inflation would be transitory, policymakers could begin discussing the tapering of bond buying at the Tuesday-Wednesday meeting. Most analysts, however, don’t expect a decision before the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming, conference in August.

Any shift in the Fed’s dovish rhetoric could upend equity markets. The benchmark has climbed 13% this year while the Dow and the Nasdaq have risen 12.6% and 9.2%, respectively.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company will resume accepting bitcoin once there is "confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners." The electric-car maker in May stopped accepting the cryptocurrency nearly two months after allowing its use for payment.

Going to the movies is exciting. But can it match the action by AMC Entertainment ($AMC)? Starting the year at just 2 a share, AMC stock has skyrocketed more than 36-fold to new all-time highs this past week. Some observers have expressed concern over the company's huge debt load ($5.4 billion in borrowings due one year from now or longer, as of March 31) vs. total assets ($10.5 billion) on the balance sheet.

Earlier this year, WallStreetBets chat-room traders on Reddit joined in unison in buying shares and bullish call options in AMC stock. They did the same in a band of other companies that had been heavily sold short and struggling. If you were watching or trading GameStop (GME), you likely were also keeping close tabs on AMC Entertainment. And after you buy any stock with solid prospects, don't forget the golden rule of investing. Keeping your losses small keeps you in the investing game for the long haul.

Yet at this point, AMC is sharply extended from an IBD-style entry point. So it is not a buy now. And it's still a great time to take some short-term trading profits.

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