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Public Holidays No public holidays for Singapore, Hong Kong, China & the USA Earnings Calendar Earnings for the week starting 7th Nov 2022 For this coming week, there are a few earnings of personal interest, starting with Palantir, Disney, DuPont, Occidental and NIO.  For Disney, its outlook will be a good reference on the re-opening and people going out for more service/experience after 2 years of Covid19.  NIO is one of the famous China EV brands that is challenging in the luxury end.  DuPont is one of the top speciality chemicals whose outlook can be a good reference for future consumption.  Occidental's investment by Berkshire has propelled the stock into fame.  Its outlook can also be a good indicator of the economy's future consumption. Palantir Palantir's stock has fallen from its 52-week high of 27.11 and is currently at 7.93 (just above the 52-week low of 6.44.  The stock price has fallen 69.5% from a year ago.   For the coming earnin...

Public Holidays Nil - Singapore, Hong Kong, China & the USA Economic Calendar Economic Calendar of the week starting 31 Oct 2022 Some of the things to look out for: The week started with China's manufacturing PMI (Oct) falling to 49.2 against a forecast of 50.0.  As China remains the world's factory, this will bring concern about the weakening demand of the rest of the global market. US ISM manufacturing PMI (Oct) will be announced.  This represents the outlook of the producers/manufacturers.  If this continues to be on a downtrend, the market demand looks to be bearish. Crude Oil Inventories, this is one the leading indicators (for me) coming to inflation and consumer demand. If the inventory is more than the forecast amount, this implies a weakening demand (seen from the oil producers). Initial jobless claims, nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate will be important data points for the Fed to take into consideration for the last rate hike of the year.  If t...

Public Holidays (US, Singapore, China & Hong Kong) Singpapore - 24 Oct 2022 for Diwali No public holidays for the US, China & Hong Kong Earnings Calendar This is probably one of the most important earnings weeks because of Big Tech and other key businesses such as Oil & Gas. With the coming earnings of Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Apple & Amazon (FAANG+ without Netflix), this is probably the most important week of earnings. From Slickcharts above, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet (Class A & C), & Meta account for 20.69 of the weightage in S&P500. These are the companies that are leading the growth in the US.  If Big Tech does not perform well in the coming week, it is hard to see how the rest of the companies can help the S&P500 to rally.  At the same time, companies like Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corporation have also benefitted from the recent energy crunch.  These 2 companies are also expected to be benefitting as the world fights an energ...

Public Holidays Nil - USA, Hong Kong, China & Singapore Earnings Calendar This week has several key earnings.  I am paying attention to companies like Dow Chemicals, Netflix, Tesla and Goldman Sachs.  These companies can be seen as a "wide" representation of the different industries. Earnings for the week starting 17 Oct 2022 Tesla is one of the best innovators as we journey into a more sustainable future.  Let us look at Tesla in lieu of the coming earnings. Tesla is widely recognised as the leading EV player.  From a year ago, the stock price has fallen 27.05% and fell to its 52-week low of 204.16.  This is a good 50%+ drop from its 52-week high of 414.50.  For its coming earnings on 19 Oct 2022, the EPS and revenue forecast are 1.03 and 22.5B respectively.  Will Tesla be able to reverse the decline?  Beyond the EPS and revenue, will Tesla's outlook remain bullish?  Elon is expecting there will be a 50% increase in annual production....

Public Holidays Nil - China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US Earnings Calendar Some of the key Earnings in October 2022 Personally, I am interested in the earnings for PEPSICO, Blackrock and TSMC.  Of course, there is a suite of bank earnings to follow starting on Friday.  For Blackrock, it coulod give a glance into the outlook of financial investments.  For TSMC, it could give a prequel of what the chip market could be heading to.  To me, the earnings (EPS) and revenue would be looked upon but what is of most value is their market outlook. PEPSI Overview of PEPSI portfolio by suredividend dot come PepsiCo, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. As one of the "dividends aristocrats", this is a product that is well liked, operating in the "Consumer Defensive" sector.  The company grew 3.34% from a year ago but is still on a downtrend since August 2022. The current price of 161.61 is above the 52-week l...