Good MorningThe stock market got a jolt on Tuesday after a mixed-message from Congress first lifted then depressed the sentiment. Early in the session equities were lifted by hopes of a second round of economic stimulus while later those hopes were dashed. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said a deal could come by the end of next week and then the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel nixed the idea.
Equities markets were able to hold on to some of the day’s gains if not all of them and close at a new post-correction high despite the late-day action. Investors and traders anticipating the market melt-up will continue should be reassured the market appears more interested in earnings than economic stimulus. The trend among earnings reports is good; the results and guidance are generally better than expected.
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It’s becoming a familiar phrase in 2020. But honestly, most analysts knew that, for most companies, second-quarter earnings would be brutal. And on a year-over-year basis that was true for Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO).
Earnings for the beverage company were down 33% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis.... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | Aggressive Cost-Cutting May Not Be Enough
Haliburton (NYSE: HAL) reported earnings on Monday after the bell and did not give much in the way of good news. For the second quarter that is. The company reported quarter-to-quarter and year-over-year declines in revenue and earnings, saw weakness in all... Read the Full Story |
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When you think about the current state of the economy, it’s hard to imagine a lot of people heading out to buy houses during a pandemic-induced recession. With record unemployment and more and more borrowers having to delay their monthly mortgage payments, you might think that buying a new h... Read the Full Story |
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International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) will be the first “cloud” stock to report. After the bell on July 20, investors will get their first look at how demand for cloud computing is holding up during the pandemic.
The whisper number of earnings per share (EPS) of $2.16 suggests t... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | A Hard Stock To Own
Cal-Maine (NASDAQ: CALM) is not such an easy stock to own, over the long-term, for two primary reasons. The first is that, as the nation’s largest consolidated egg-producer, it’s business is heavily dependent on demand, egg prices, production volumes, and seasonality... Read the Full Story |
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Whether or not you think the rally in tech stocks can continue, you can’t deny the fact that secular growth is occurring in the cloud computing space. There are plenty of new cloud services companies emerging that have a lot to offer investors in terms of growth and innovation. Even if techn... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | The Tides Are Turning
It was only a quarter ago that warnings from truckers and analysts alike sent the entire complex moving lower. Now, a quarter later, the tides are turning as economic rebounding gets underway. Bank of America issued it’s 2nd half trucking outlook to investors just the ot... Read the Full Story |
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California-based athletic equipment and apparel company Big Five Sporting Goods (NASDAQ: BGFV) has its rally cap on and investors may want to take notice.
On July 9th Big Five reported preliminary second-quarter results that caught the market off guard. After recording a net loss of 3 cents per s... Read the Full Story |
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On July 15, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) posted earnings that blew away expectations. Goldman stock charged up nearly $10 at the opening bell, but has cooled off some. About two hours into trading the stock is up just over 1%.
This is leaving investors wondering what Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) will do... Read the Full Story |
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Markets | | There Are Three Kinds Of Stocks In This Market
One of the things I have noticed in today’s market is that many of the estimates for Q2 results and FY 2020, more so FY 2021, are too low. The analysts overestimated the downside and have since underestimated the upside potential of the market. T... Read the Full Story |
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