March 26, 2023
Stock & Indices
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Slow and Steady, so 50 or 25 basis points?

Most market participants are looking for signs to understand what Fed is going to decide. Will they raise the rates by 50 basis points, then 25, and then end the rate hike cycle before it starts decreasing next year, or will they go for 25 bps, and the next steps will be waiting for market […]

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Airbnb Earnings Preview | Q4 2022

Estimates after the best-ever quarter Airbnb will release the earnings of its fourth quarter of last year after the market closes on Tuesday, February 14th. Since the service sector is still increasing after lifting the Covid restrictions, and we can expect more travel before the new year holiday, investors are optimistic about earnings results. However, […]

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Walt Disney Earnings Preview | Q1 2023

Promising but cautious outlook The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is set to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings for 2023 (Q1 2023) on Wednesday, February 8, after US markets close. With Bob Iger back as CEO, investors are more optimistic about the results. For company earnings and revenue, Subscription numbers for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ will […]

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ExxonMobil earnings preview | Q4 2022
Hopes to beat estimates

Before the opening bell, Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) is set to report Q4 2022 results on Tuesday, January 31. According to Zacks’s estimates, the consensus expectation is $3.18 EPS and $99.7 billion in revenue. Expected EPS shows an increase of 55.1% from the year ago, while revenue should confirm a 17.3% improvement year over year. […]

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Boeing Earnings Preview | Q4 2022

Boeing (BA) is expected to report its Q4 2022 earnings on Wednesday, January 25, before the market opens. The report will be for the fiscal quarter ending Dec 2022. The consensus EPS forecast is $0.27, much better than the reported EPS for the same quarter last year at $-7.69. Analysts also expect a 20.37B revenue […]

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Microsoft Earnings preview | Q2 FY23

Microsoft MSFT should publish its Q2 FY23 earnings on Tuesday, January 24, after the market. Most analysts do not have positive expectations, but since analysts and the company have repeatedly cut their estimates, they may be able to outperform weak expectations. Wall Street and Zacks Investment Research both expect $2.30 Earnings per share on revenue […]

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Netflix Earnings preview | Q4 2022

After the market close, Netflix (NFLX) will publish its Q4 2022 earnings results on Thursday, January 19th. Consensus expectation based on different financial institutes is about $7.83 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter, 1.6% higher than the same quarter a year ago. The guidance provided by the company shows the sales expectation at $7.78 […]

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MS Earnings Preview | Q4 2022

Morgan Stanley (MS) will publish its earnings report on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, before the US market opens. After weak results in the past two quarters, investors hope to beat the expectation in the last quarter of the year. In the previous four quarters, the company could beat consensus EPS estimates three times, but it […]

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BAC Earnings Preview | Q4 2022

Bank of America Corporation will publish its earnings on Friday, January 13, before the US market opens. Based on 11 Zacks Investment Research analysts, the consensus estimate for EPS is $0.79, down from $0.82 in the same quarter last year. BAC has beaten the forecast three times out of the previous four quarters. The Bloomberg […]

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DXY above 104-Marke, Stocks are falling.

On Thursday, the number of Americans applying for unemployment insurance (Initial Jobless Claims) grew by less than expected during the week that ended on December 17. According to data from the Labor Department, last week 216,000 Americans claimed to receive unemployment support, more than 214K seen in the week before that, but less than 222K […]

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Wall Street ended last week lower!

Ahead of CPI data on Tuesday and the FOMC interest rate decision meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, the risk of recession seems more serious with Jobless claims and PPI data. While last Thursday’s labor market data shows that weakness is not as profound as expected, and we still have 1.7 jobs for each job seeker, […]

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Stocks returned as economic data support the tightening comments

After almost four weeks of decreasing, the USD index trying to get its strength back, as US economic data downplay the less hawkish expectations. While after falling US inflation market was betting on lowering the pace of rate hikes in the next Fed meetings, EU inflation, US retail sales, and employment data, reminded the need […]

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European stocks are on fire!

As it was expected, European stocks opened higher and still increasing. German DAX trading 0.3% higher, CAC 40 in France climbed 0.8%, and the FTSE 100 in the UK rose 0.3%. This gain after yesterday’s rally is important, showing that leading European indexes could hold their gains. On Thursday and after the US inflation surprise, […]

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Alphabet’s earnings preview | Q3 2022

Alphabet’s GOOGL third-quarter 2022 earnings due to release on Tuesday, October 25, after the market close. Even if it is going to be lower growth, but still expectations are optimistic about google’s earnings. The analyst’s consensus estimate for EPS is $1.25, compared with $1.40 in Q3 FY 2021. By market capitalization, Alphabet (Google) Inc. is […]

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Netflix Earnings Preview | Q3 2022

NFLX is due to publish its third-quarter 2022 earnings results on October 18, after the market close. As the company says, we have to expect total annual revenues to increase 4.7% to $7.838 billion and wait for $2.14 earnings per share, which means a 20% decline compared with a year ago. However, Zacks’s Consensus Estimate […]

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Getting ready for the fourth 75 basis rate hike

While stocks return after earlier losses, it’s hard to believe that we can count on the return. Doubt and uncertainty take all over the markets.Wednesday evening, the Federal Reserve published the minutes of the September FOMC meeting. Minutes mostly confirmed the FED’s restrictive policy. However, mainly because of the current uncertain economic outlook, Fed can […]

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UnitedHealth Group Earnings Preview | Q3 2022

UnitedHealth Group will publish its Q3 2022 earnings report on Friday, October 14th, before the market opens. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for UNH’s third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) is pegged at $5.45, which indicates an improvement of 20.6% from the same quarter of last year. The consensus estimated revenue also stands at $80.7 billion, equal […]

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SP500 jumps ahead of JOLTs, eyes on NFP

This week started with a darker outlook and more disappointing economic data, which increased the fears of a severe recession. Especially, after Monday’s US ISM data, this negative outlook increased.  What data say? what do investors expect? As fears of recession increase, pressures on central banks to have more tightening policies decrease. This guess and […]

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Inflation, Gas, and German DAX30

The downward trend intensified on Thursday, after a short time recovery on Wednesday, as the risk of economic recession becomes global. Recent increasing risk in UK financial markets can spread to other markets as BOE’s decision on Wednesday to buy long-dated government securities to stabilize the turmoil in the markets, only had a short-term effect. […]

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Europeans bet on losing horses.

European stocks started the week on Monday with more falls as Last Friday’s inflation report in the EU and the upcoming FED meeting in the US cast a shadow on the behavior of traders. More fall in European stocks after Friday’s inflation report While in the FED meeting, it is expected that FOMC members vote […]

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