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Shares of Deere rise as financial results exceed expectations
Shares of Deere rise as financial results exceed expectations Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced financial results on Wednesday for the fourth quarter that ended on October 30, 2022. The US manufacturer of farm machinery and industrial equipment reported revenue of $15.536 billion for the quarter, which was above analyst forecast of $13...
How to trade in low volatility conditions
The market in recent months has created exceptionally difficult conditions to trade. Low volatility and obscure price action has reduced the volatility available for traders to capitalise on. These conditions have affected FOREX, Equity, and Index trading. It has been specifically difficult for momentum and trend following traders as a certain leve...
Stocks, commodities and cryptos bounce, USD dips as risk-on returns
Another low volatility, quiet news day saw risk assets reverse Monday’s price action with US equities steadily rising throughout the session on lack of any obvious catalyst. Tech outperformed on the improved risk outlook with global risk appetite seemingly unperturbed by the continued ramp-up of Chinese COVID restrictions. The US dollar so...
Medtronic posts mixed results
Medtronic posts mixed results Medtronic Plc (NYSE: MDT) reported latest financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2023, which ended October 28, 2022 on Tuesday. The medical technology company posted mixed results for the quarter. Revenue reported at $7.585 billion (down 3% year-over-year) vs. $7.698 billion expected. Earni...
Why you need to know about Expected Value
Many traders early on in their trading journey may jump into trading without knowing if their system or edge can be profitable. The most important metric that a trader should measure their system on is by using expected value. This essentially wors out the average return that the system will return for every trade that it makes, considering both wi...
Stocks and Crypto down, Oil dumps and pumps as market goes risk off amid China COVID woes
US equities finished with modest losses in Mondays session of a holiday shortened week in a low volatility session. The Dow Jones dropping 45.42 points or -0.13%, the more risk sensitive NASDAQ underperforming finishing down 121.55 points or 1.09%. Scheduled news flow was light with only scheduled speeches from Fed voting members Daly and Me...
Zoom tops Q3 estimates
Zoom Video Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) reported third quarter financial results after the market close in the US on Monday. The US communications technology company posted better-than-expected results for the quarter, topping both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates. Zoom reported revenue of $1.102 billion (an increase of 5% y...
Short-term buying opportunity on Bitcoin
Bitcoin has recently tested the lows of its price range that it reached in the immediate aftermath of the FTX crisis. A long opportunity has been brought about after price bounced off these lows near $15,863. The hourly chart shows a potential good risk reward entry. The trigger for the entry is not just the fact that price has bounced off the supp...
Markets continue to be uncertain as choppy conditions continue
Markets continue to be uncertain as choppy conditions continue It was another mixed bag for the equity market last week as traders and investors tried to make sense of the current rally. With the indices seemingly pausing from their rally the market is still yet to determine if this current momentum is a true reversal and a sign of a potenti...
JD.com beats expectations
JD.com Inc. (NASDAQ: JD, HKEX: 9618) reported its latest earnings results for the three months that ended September 30, 2022, on Friday. The Chinese e-commerce company had a solid quarter – beating revenue and earnings per share (EPS) forecasts. JD reported revenue of $34.373 billion (up by 11.4% from the previous quarter) vs. $34.145 billi...
FTX, a failure in Corporate Governance and effective risk management
The FTX bankruptcy case has been a fascinating study in the failure of corporate governance providing a warning to the Cryptocurrency industry that a lack of regulation will not excuse poor financial management and that these exchanges are not immune to failure. In the last week, the company engaged distressed company expert, John Ray III to tak...
Stocks drop, yields up as Fed hawks bash pivot hopes
US equities declined modestly in Thursdays session futures were pointing to a steeper decline after Voting Fed member Bullard dampened hopes of a Fed “pivot” anytime soon, re-iterating the Feds determination to see inflation lower and downplaying one soft inflation report. Stocks did recover during the session though as the “bad news i...
The latest Alibaba results are here – the stock is rising
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA, HKEX: 9988) announced the latest financial results on Thursday. The Chinese e-commerce giant reported revenue of $29.124 billion (up by 3% year-over-year), falling slightly short of $29.288 billion expected. Earnings per share topped analyst estimates for the quarter at $1.816 per share (an increase ...
EUR looking Bullish
The EUR has been on a ‘recovery rally’ since it fell below parity level with USD earlier this year. With inflationary pressures potentially easing across the world the USD has finally taken a breath. The currency which has been haven for many market participants in dealing with the high volatility finally saw a dip after weaker than expected US...
Australian employment figures beat forecast – Rates markets and AUD reaction
Australian October employment figures released at 11:30 AEDST handily beat expectations with 32.2k jobs added for the month (15k expected), the unemployment rate also unexpectedly fell to 3.4% when it was expected to be unchanged at 3.5%. Coupled with yesterdays beat in the Wage Price index which showed wages increased 1% in Q3 paints an optimis...
