2nd quarter GDP grows by surprisingly low 1.2%
In the second quarter the U.S. economy grew by an annualized 1.2% instead of the 2.6% forecast by economists at the end of last week. This follows on 0.8% growth in the first quarter.
The importance for September of the Fed’s do nothing Wednesday
While it did nothing on Wednesday to change interest rates, the central bank said quite a lot about the U.S. economy. This language does clear the way for a possible interest rate increase in September
Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Monday) says, For the week ahead expect…
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Trick or trend: Does an end of July heatwave give the natural gas rally one more leg up?
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Qualcomm: Now that’s an earnings surprise
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...European Central Bank decides to keep its (very limited) powder dry
No cut in interest rates. No expansion or extension of asset purchases. No nothing from the governors of the European Central Bank at today’s meeting
Looking at the big Microsoft earnings beat that wasn’t
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) closed up 5.31% today after the company announced earnings that beat Wall Street projections. It’s always worth taking a look at what “beating Wall Street projections” actually means in any specific case. Lowering projections and then beating them is an old Wall Street game–and it seems that’s what we’re seeing here.
How bad will effects of Brexit be? Pick your time frame
German investor confidence fell in July on worries over the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union. Released today the ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany, which looks six months ahead ( in other words into early 2017), fell to -6.8 from 19.2 in June. On the other hand, the International Monetary Fund, looking only at 2016, doesn’t see much danger from Brexit–in that time frame–outside of the United Kingdom itself.
At least IBM didn’t cut guidance today
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...Netflix misses expectations for this quarter and disappoints in guidance for next quarter
To subscribe to JAM you need to fill in some details below including, ahem, some info on how you'll pay us. A subscription is $199 (although if you're subscribing with one of our special offers it will be lower) for a year for ongoing and continuing access to the...This earnings season it’s third-quarter guidance that counts
Ok, everyone knows that second quarter earnings, the earnings that companies are reporting right now, are going to be dismal. Overall earnings for the S&P 500 stocks are expected to fall 4.5% year over year. Earnings for technology stocks are expected to be even worse with a year over year decline of 7.4%. But that dismal forecast is by now old news. And a stock market that heads for new highs every day is clearly looking forward to a recovery in the third quarter