Big Tech

Market round-up: Big tech mixed, Fed holds, ECB next

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:17:09 +0000

Magnificent 3 post mixed earnings; DeepSeek elephant in room

Fed in no rush to act, rate cut not expected until June.

ECB seen slashing rates by 25bp in January

Big tech earnings season has kicked off with mixed results from Microsoft, Meta and Tesla. Read More

Week Ahead: Big Tech back in the spotlight

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:47:16 +0000

Week Ahead: Big Tech back in the spotlight Lukman.Otunuga… Fri, 01/24/2025 - 12:47

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Big tech earnings may hijack the headlines with the likes of Tesla, Microsoft, Meta and Apple set to reveal their latest quarterly results. These major players with a combined market cap of over $9.5 trillion could provide fresh insights into how the industry fared last quarter.

Week Ahead: Alphabet to kick-start Big Tech earnings

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 08:49:20 +0000

Alphabet ↑ 27% year-to-date

Pay close attention to updates on AI innovations

Shares could move 5.8% ↑ or ↓ post earnings (Alphabet)

Technical levels = $183, $177 & $170 (Alphabet)

Tesla earnings also in focus, stocks ↑ 26 Read More

Week Ahead: NAS100 braced for more pain?

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:31:32 +0000

NAS100 ↓ over 4% this week

Index set to be rocked by various forces

Big tech earnings & key US data in focus

Watch out for geopolitical tensions

Key level of interest at 17,000

The week ahead may present fresh trading opportunities due to top- Read More

NAS100 poised for new all-time high?

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:19:54 +0000

NAS100 poised for new all-time high? Lukman.Otunuga… Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:19

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The NAS100, which tracks the benchmark Nasdaq 100 index, is set to make significant moves over the next few days as 5 of the so-called "Magnificent 7" tech titans report quarterly earnings.

Trade Of The Week: NQ100_m braces for heavy event week

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:06:21 +0000

Trade Of The Week: NQ100_m braces for heavy event week Lukman.Otunuga… Mon, 10/16/2023 - 14:06

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Watch this space because the next few days promise to be eventful for the NQ100_m.

China stimulus hopes lift sentiment but caution lingers

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:43:36 +0000

The mood across Asian markets brightened on Tuesday as China’s pledge to shore up its weak economy lifted sentiment and boosted Chinese shares.

European markets opened on a steady note, drawing support from Asia but investors remain cautious ahead of another week jampacked with risk events. US futures are currently flat, but Wall Street could see heightened volatility this week due to earnings from big tech titans including Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta. In the currency space, the US dollar edged Read More

Week Ahead: “Big M.A.M.A.” to weigh on NQ100_m

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:51:42 +0000

Four Big Tech companies, with a combined market cap of over US$ 5 trillion (that’s $5,000,000,000,000), are set to release their respective quarterly earnings in the coming week.

The final week of April also features these scheduled economic data releases and events:

Monday, April 24 Read More

Three ‘F’ words to sum up 2022

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:16:33 +0000

This year has been fraught with market volatility, to say the least.

As we bid goodbye to 2022, let’s recap 3 major themes, each beginning with the letter F, that rocked major assets over the past 12 months:

Fed

The primary driver of global markets in 2022 has been the most aggressive Federal Reserve - the US central bank - that we’ve seen since the 1980s. Read More

Week Ahead: Can USDJPY hit fresh 20-year high above 130?

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:26:29 +0000

Week Ahead: Can USDJPY hit fresh 20-year high above 130? Vladimir.Bukre… Fri, 04/22/2022 - 10:26

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Shifting expectations for the next policy moves by major central banks remain a key theme across global financial markets, as investors and traders digest these major data releases and events in the week ahead:

Monday, April 25