September 25, 2023 | CSCO, Daily JAM, MCD, MSFT, Notes You Need |
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I think that this current market is throwing up lots of hints that might contribute to an investing thesis but that don’t deserve a full post. So here I go with Notes You Need again.
January 8, 2022 | Daily JAM |
Big banks will start to report December quarter earnings. this week. And investors looking for reassurance from big earnings gains aren’t going to be reassured by the initial reports. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) kicks off the earnings parade before the open on Friday, January 14
October 17, 2021 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term |
As we contemplate the extraordinarily strong earnings from Wall Street’s big banks last week, it’s important to remember that Wall Street isn’t Main Street.
October 11, 2021 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Big bank earnings begin on Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, won’t tell us anything useful about the margin pressures from rising global supply chain shipping costs or higher prices for raw materials. Those are the factors that could produce a quarter’s worth of warnings and unpleasant surprises once third quarter earnings season starts on October 13. But to learn about the effect of those margin pressures on earnings we’re going to have to wait for reports from the consumer and industrial companies that are on the front lines of these trends.
June 29, 2021 | C, Daily JAM, KBWB, Morning Briefing, USB |
That didn’t take long. On Thursday the Federal Reserve reported that all 23 big banks tested in its annual stress test, passed. Which means that the last remaining restrictions on dividend increases and share buybacks are now history. Yesterday big banks started to announce dividend increases
October 12, 2020 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The big banks kick off third quarter earnings reports tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13 with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) due to report before the open. The analyst consensus is that the bank will earn $1.93 a share, down from the $2.68 a share earnings in the September quarter...
October 3, 2020 | Daily JAM |
...expect the upcoming earnings season to, somehow, edge its way into investor and trader minds, as jam-packed as they already are with issues ranging from the coronavirus pandemic to the November 3 election. The big banks kick off third quarter earnings reports the...
April 4, 2020 | Daily JAM |
... what I'd call a pre-earnings season week of positioning. Traders and investors will be looking to get ahead of the first quarter earnings reports that begin next week with the big banks. And even more importantly they will be trying to get ahead of the guidance...
January 10, 2020 | BAC, C, Daily JAM |
What with everything going 0n, I wouldn't be surprised if the start of earnings season next week has slipped your mind. Reports of fourth quarter earnings are actually fairly important this year because stocks trade near all time highs and estimates say that fourth...
April 15, 2019 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
Today's earnings and (especially) revenue reports for the first quarter of 2019 from Citigroup (C) and Goldman Sachs (GS) say that Friday's good news from JPMorgan Chase (JPM) shouldn't be extrapolated to the entire banking sector. This morning before the New York...
January 11, 2019 | Daily JAM, Short Term |
Bank stocks aren't doing badly today ahead of the start of earnings reports from the biggest banks starting on Monday. But to me it looks like today's slightly upward bias is a bet not on good earnings but that analysts have gone too far with their cuts to bank...
November 13, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, Volatility, You Might Have Missed |
It's certainly a long way from here to an agreement on trade between the United States and China, but news that the two sides are talking again has boosted stocks in New York. After all, there can't be any agreement if the two sides aren't talking and without some...