Market reaction to Microsoft isn’t making me jump up and down ahead of Facebook, Amazon earnings next week
In my Saturday Night Quarterback post last weekend on my subscription site JubakAm.com, I said that I was looking for Microsoft’s (MSFT) earnings, reported after the close yesterday, July 20, for clues on how the U.S. stock market would react to earnings reports...
Facebook reports big gain in number of advertisers in run up to earnings
Facebook (FB) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told Reuters that the company now had 5 million active advertisers on its network each month. That’s up from 4 million advertisers in September and 3 million in March 2016. The number of businesses with...
Facebook beats earnings expectations yesterday but plunges today
Facebook (FB) crushed Wall Street expectations for the third quarter when it announced earnings after the close yesterday. And yet the shares closed down 5.68% today to $119.95. How come? Some of it is the general market nervous that I spelled out in my Morning...
Can Facebook beat sky-high expectations on November 2? Adding it to my long-term portfolio
How high are expectations for Facebook’s (FB) third quarter earnings report after the close on November 2? The report comes with the stock at an all-time high. (Shares closed at $130.99 on October 31.) Wall Street is looking for 96 cents a share, up from 57...
Another indicator: Will the market reward Netflix blowout earnings tomorrow?
Netflix reported third quarter earnings of 12 cents a share, beating the Wall Street consensus by 7 cents a share. Revenue climbed 31.7% to meet Wall Street expectations. And the company raised guidance for the fourth quarter of earnings of 13 cents a share versus the...
Online ad spending trends to pick new winners among Facebook, Google and the rest of the sector
Investors start to see second quarter reports on revenue and earnings from Internet search, streaming, and social media companies next week when on Monday, July 18, both Yahoo (YHOO) and Netflix (NFLX) report. Amazon (AMZN) follows on July 21. And then in the...
U.S. stocks pause ahead of earnings
Not terribly surprising that U.S. stocks are meandering in slightly negative territory today after busting out to new all-time highs. (The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index was off 0.09% at the close in New York.) We’re about to head into the meat of...Jim’s Daily Email Alerts:
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