Big name tech earnings are in acute focus this week and Meta (formerly Facebook) will be eyed carefully by investors for signs of where the company is heading with the so called “Metaverse’. The Metaverse idea seemed to be peaking…
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 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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
