Microsoft’s AI boost to fade?
The recent excitement surrounding AI has resulted in some significant upside for Microsoft over the last few weeks.Â
Giles Coghlan
As a professional market analyst and commentator, Giles' goal is simple: to explain the current reason markets are moving the way they are so you that can make better trading decisions right now. His cutting-edge analysis has been featured in Reuters, Business Insider, WSJ, Financial Times Adviser, NBC, LBC Radio, CoinTelegraph, Guardian Observer, National Express, and numerous other prestigious financial outlets.
Summer slide for stocks ahead?
The Fed meets on May 03 and there is an increasingly bearish attitude to stocks and the prospects of further gains in stocks are viewed nervously. Despite these bearish projections April has been a strong month for some of the…
American Express breakout on earnings?
American Express earnings are coming up before the open on Thursday.  The company could be poised to benefit from a rebound in travel and dining, as well as its still strong premium consumer contingent in it’s crucial US market.  It’s network volume…
Tesla’s time?
Tesla’s earnings are due out after the close on Wednesday and there is a lot of anxiety around the stock market right now with very few holding a bullish position. Tesla has been embarking on a large cost cutting plan…
Banks entering weaker seasonal period on earnings focus
The focus for banks this earnings season is what deposit levels are like. Many major banks offering low-interest rate levels on deposits, despite higher-yielding bonds (US 10-year bond are offering a 3.40% yield at the moment), depositors are moving their…
April is the strongest month for the French 40
The CAC40 tends to have a strong month in April. Over the last 36 years the index has gained 2.52% on average. This is the strongest performing month for the French index. The second half of the month is also…
JPMorgan peak ahead?
JPMorgan earnings are due out on Friday and the seasonal moves are quite interesting. From a seasonal perspective the stock leans towards gains in the second half of April before a much weaker period over the summer months. Analysts are…
Is Visa going places?
Higher interest rates typically benefit lenders as the higher rates can provide more margin for loans and credit repayments. Furthermore, VISA’s CFO said in January this year tha business trends are remarkably stable and that the company are planning on…
Always Coca-Cola?
As the US increasingly faces the prospect of heading into a recession one sector that investors gravitate to is consumer staples. The logic is that consumers still need to buy certain products, but that they will gravitate towards stores targeting…
AUDNZD opportunity coming up?
Next week both the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meet, The RBA meet early Tuesday morning on the 4th of April at 05:30 UK time and the RBNZ meet early Wednesday morning at 03:00.…