TAG: stock

Week Ahead: NAS100 upside braced for major test

NAS100 up 6% YTD Nvidia earnings could jolt index Keep eye on Fed minutes Prices firmly bullish bu...

7 months ago

Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | High probability of markets touching new highs during the week

Dear Reader,Despite comprising only three trading days, the final week of fiscal year FY24 concluded with a robust market performance, as benchmark indices rose by nearly one percent. Particularly noteworthy were the last two days of the March expiry, dur...

6 months ago

​​​Q2 FTSE 100 fundamental and technical outlook

Q2 2024 fundamental and technical outlook ​UK stocks see surge in takeover bids but the FTSE 100 continues to underperform ​UK companies have become prime targets for acquisitive firms, as Brexit-driven weakness in British markets creates favourable con...

6 months ago

Why investors need to get used to normalising interest rates

Wind Shift Capital’s CEO and Shard strategist Bill Blain explains why this is a new era of normalising interest rates and how investors should be positioned for this new cycle. (AI Video Summary) A shift towards normalised interest rates? Angeline Ong...

6 months ago

Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Deluded expectations

Dear Reader,A popular trading philosophy is to buy on rumours and sell on confirmation. If we scour through past market cycles, short or long, we can find innumerable moments where indices run up ahead of quarterly earnings and then just dissipate once th...

6 months ago

​​​Is now the right time to ‘buy the dip’ in stock markets?

​​​Is the stock market correction coming to an end? ​Heightened tensions in the Middle East and pared back rate cut expectations amid worries of sticky inflation provoked a 4.5% to 5.5% drop in most European and US stock markets from their record highs. ​...

5 months ago

Meta down 17%... are investors tiring of AI?

Earnings per share came in at $4.71, comfortably above estimates of $4.32 and revenues up 27% year-on-year, at $36.46bln, above the forecasts of $36.16bln. That was the fastest rate of revenue expansion for any quarter since 2021. However, shares have qui...

5 months ago

US tech stocks lift Nasdaq in extended trading

The Bank of Japan As expected, the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged. The short-term interest rate target remains in the range of 0-0.1%. The vote was unanimous. The bank also issued fresh estimates, projecting inflation to stay near its 2% targ...

5 months ago

Can upcoming Q2 earnings give Apple’s stock much a much-needed boost?

Apple earnings – what to expect? For its fiscal second quarter (Q2), Apple is expected to report earnings per share (EPS) of $1.50, and revenue of $90.04 billion. This compares to $1.88 and $117.51 respectively for the same quarter a year earlier. Apple e...

5 months ago

McDonald's Q2 2024 earnings preview: value meals in focus

​​​McDonald's is set to report its second quarter (Q2) earnings for 2024 before markets open on Monday. The fast-food giant's results come amid reports of plans to extend its recently launched $5 value meal promotion into August, signalling a potential sh...

2 months ago

​​Microsoft stock vs AMD stock – a tale of two earnings​

​​​Divergent reactions to Microsoft and AMD earnings ​The recent earnings reports from Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have sparked divergent market reactions. Despite Microsoft's solid performance, with 15% revenue growth and a 10% increase in...

2 months ago

​​Intel stock price slumps to eight-year low after earnings​

​​​Stock market reacts to disappointing outlook ​Intel shares plunged over 20% in pre-market trading on Thursday, following the company's announcement of drastic cost-cutting measures and disappointing earnings forecast. The steep decline reflects growing...

2 months ago

Japan’s Nikkei touches bear market territory. What’s next?

Japan’s Nikkei touches bear market territory Japanese equities look set to extend its losing streak to the fourth straight day in today’s session, as the Nikkei is poised to enter bear market territory, which is defined as a 20% pullback from recent highs...

2 months ago

​​Still the Magnificent 7? The outlook for big tech after recent volatility

​​​Tech stocks see huge volatility in market rout ​The past week has seen the selloff in the Magnificent Seven technology stocks gather pace. All seven of these major names, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, Meta, Alphabet and NVIDIA, have now seen their s...

2 months ago