Good MorningThe rebound in equities picked up steam on Friday following better-than-expected news. Better than expected is all that can be said about the news, however, because the PCE price index accelerated on a YOY basis at the headline and core levels. The news is a dead weight for S&P 500 earnings and points to another aggressive 75 basis point interest rate hike from the FOMC in the coming week.
The news that no one is talking about is the outlook for earnings. While the earnings reports last week were better than expected the margin of outperformance was very tepid and the forecast for the next quarter got worse. The consensus figure for Q4 2022 earnings growth for the S&P 500 is hovering near 0.5% and on track to fall below 0.0% before the start of the reporting season. Worse, the consensus figures for next year are in the same decline and suggest there will be little to no earnings growth in calendar 2023. Featured: The Calm Before the Rotation — What’s Quietly Building Now (Stock Wire News) (Ad) 
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Finance | | Investment banking and financial services company Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) stock is trading down (-17%) compared to peers Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) (-13%) and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) down only (-6.5%). The blue shoe investment bank has implemented a strategy to diversify its services and cliente... Read the Full Story |
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Healthcare | | Medical diagnostic lab company Quest Diagnostic (NYSE: DGX) stock has been trading within a boxed range from $126 to $146 for the majority of 2022. The Company was instrumental during the early days of the pandemic providing very high volume and high demand COVID pcr testing services. With the pande... Read the Full Story |
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AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) stock is down 3% in midday trading after the company posted a mixed earnings report. However, that’s a significant improvement from where AbbVie stock opened. In the pre-market, the stock dropped 6% after the released report.
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Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) stock rose 17% in early trading on better-than-expected earnings. Management outlined that the company is set to get back on track after a couple of weak quarters, where sales came in far lower than expected. Shopify’s management had previously stated that investment int... Read the Full Story |
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Materials | | Shares of copper miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) have been in rally mode lately, getting a further boost from the company’s third-quarter report despite a decline in profit attributed to lower copper prices.
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Shares of McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) sizzle in the wake of its Q3 earnings report. It looks like shares could set a new all-time high very soon. The combination of business strength, dividend health, dividend growth and sell-side support have rocketed the company higher but also fire... Read the Full Story |
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Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is up about 1.5% on the day that the company reported another strong quarter. The oil company delivered earnings per share of $5.56. This beat expectations by 34 cents and was just a little lower than the record of $5.82 EPS the company posted in the prior quarter. On the revenu... Read the Full Story |
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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) came in better than expected for the third quarter. However, Amazon’s stock fell 13% during market hours as the company warned that the outlook for both the retail operations and AWS will be weaker than previously forecasted for the fourth quarter. Why is Amazo... Read the Full Story |
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continued to beat expectations, despite weakness in iPhone sales compared to previous years. While iPhone sales slightly affected growth, Apple continued to see significant increases in revenue due to computer sales from the iMac and China reopening. Despite Foxconn reduc... Read the Full Story |
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Monday's Early Bird Stock Of The Day Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
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