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Global Week Ahead: Archive
Will Big Stocks Make Big Headlines? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
This trading week might offer some reassurance -- that both households and businesses are holding up -- in an uncertain macro environment.
GSNegative Net Change BACPositive Net Change JNJPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change PMPositive Net Change EMENegative Net Change WSMNegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change NBIXNegative Net Change
earnings emerging-markets finance
Trader Eyes Track the Sept. CPI: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Reports from major banks kick off third-quarter earnings season for U.S. companies with equity investors eager for a catalyst to revive stocks in the face of surging bond yields.
DELLNegative Net Change SNPSNegative Net Change
earnings emerging-markets finance
A Nonfarm Payroll Week: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Markets kick off the all-important final quarter of the year after a game-changer of a last few months, driven largely by a +30% surge in oil prices.
CEGNegative Net Change ROSTNegative Net Change ONNegative Net Change
emerging-markets energy finance staffing
The End of Policy Rate Hikes? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The Fed kept interest rates steady last week, but projected monetary policy will remain significantly tighter through 2024 than previously expected.
JPMPositive Net Change PHMNegative Net Change BLDRPositive Net Change LYVNegative Net Change
consumer-discretionary consumer-staples emerging-markets finance
To Center Stage for the Fed: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The Fed is widely expected to leave its key rate at 5.25-5.50%. Latest inflation numbers were slightly stronger than expected, but that has done little to bolster the case for an imminent rate increase.
ISRGNegative Net Change WYNegative Net Change IRNegative Net Change
business-services emerging-markets finance
August CPI in Focus: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The fall month of September has its fair share of events and macro data to study, both here at home and in Europe as well.
MELINegative Net Change UBERNegative Net Change ABBNYPositive Net Change
consumer-discretionary consumer-staples emerging-markets tech-stocks
Will Stocks Rise in September? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
This September is chock-full of risk events, including central bank meetings, a G20 summit and make-or-break macro data.
GENegative Net Change CATNegative Net Change SHWNegative Net Change QQQNegative Net Change
emerging-markets finance
Will August Nonfarm Jobs Stay Strong? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Across the globe, bond market investors seek a reprieve from higher long-term rates. A weakish nonfarm jobs number would do the trick.
AMZNNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change BABAPositive Net Change
business-services earnings emerging-markets finance staffing
U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Resilient jobs growth has been a key factor in shaping investors' benign outlook on the U.S. economy, a view that - along with ebbing inflation - has helped drive rallies in stocks and other risk assets this year.
SHWNegative Net Change WDAYNegative Net Change HSBCPositive Net Change SHOPPositive Net Change
earnings emerging-markets staffing
Microsoft, Alphabet and Core PCE: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The rally has sputtered in July ahead of what Barclays describes as a "make it or break it" quarterly reporting season.
MSFTNegative Net Change NTESPositive Net Change SNPSNegative Net Change GOOGLPositive Net Change PLTRNegative Net Change
earnings tech-stocks
Tesla Reports Wednesday: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Tesla (TSLA) kicks off after the market closes on Wednesday. Big Tech stock market values exceed that of some nations' entire economies!
AMZNNegative Net Change GSNegative Net Change BACPositive Net Change AAPLNegative Net Change JNJPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change PMPositive Net Change NSANYPositive Net Change KMTUYPositive Net Change TSLANegative Net Change
earnings electric-vehicles emerging-markets
Major U.S. Banks Report: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Now it's time for earnings, with JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) all scheduled to report second quarter earnings on July 14th.
WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change TDGNegative Net Change
earnings emerging-markets finance
META, NVDA and Independence Day: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The most closely-watched U.S. macro indicator is out on Friday at 8:30 am ET: Non-farm payroll job additions are always important to traders.
RCLNegative Net Change
emerging-markets staffing
Last Year's Losers, This Year's Winners: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The hype around AI has made Big Tech the best performing asset of 2023, with a gain of +75%. At the end of H2 2022, that sector was showing a -10% loss.
PANWPositive Net Change NOWNegative Net Change VCISYPositive Net Change
emerging-markets finance
The People's Bank of China Matters: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The first trip to Beijing in five years for a U.S. Secretary of State yielded a modest improvement between the world's top two economies.
FPositive Net Change CMGPositive Net Change MNSTNegative Net Change
emerging-markets finance
The FOMC, ECB, and BoJ: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Key risk market moments in the Global Week Ahead? They center on major central banks, with the U.S. Fed, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) meeting.
VMCNegative Net Change MLMNegative Net Change ZBHNegative Net Change
consumer-discretionary consumer-staples medical-devices
A Narrow Stock Market Rally: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The following are some of Zacks Chief Strategist John Blank's macro topics preoccupying risk markets, as they approach the halfway point of 2023.
CATNegative Net Change NVDAPositive Net Change METAPositive Net Change
emerging-markets finance industrial-products semiconductor social-media
Nonfarm Payrolls in Focus: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Key jobs data in the U.S., Mainland China manufacturing activity data, and Euro Area inflation readings should give traders more evidence impacting the world's top economies.
GWWNegative Net Change DHIPositive Net Change LIPositive Net Change
emerging-markets staffing
Fresh Macro Data Looks Key: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
A batch of key economic data will shed fresh light on whether the U.S. is staving off a downturn given Federal Reserve rate hikes.
MARNegative Net Change MCDPositive Net Change BKNGNegative Net Change
consumer-staples finance media
The CPI for April: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
Any cooling down in Wednesday's April U.S. inflation data should give investors comfort that the Federal Reserve is done with tightening interest rstes.
CMGPositive Net Change ROLNegative Net Change KHNGYNegative Net Change
consumer-staples
Is This the 'Terminal' Fed Rate Hike? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The Fed is expected to deliver another 25-basis point interest rate increase on Wednesday and signal a pause in its most aggressive rate-hiking cycle since the 1980s.
AAPLNegative Net Change FDXPositive Net Change MPCNegative Net Change STLANegative Net Change
airlines earnings staffing
Big Tech Names Report: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
The bulk of the S&P500 index components start to report Q1-23 earnings. The U.S. dollar could see if it has regained FX market appeal.
MSPositive Net Change STMNegative Net Change BCSPositive Net Change DBPositive Net Change UBSPositive Net Change SEPositive Net Change SANPositive Net Change INFNNegative Net Change
earnings emerging-markets tech-stocks
Will Any Banks Show Signs of Stress? Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
In terms of macro data, the first snapshot of business activity in April (the PMIs) could provide a sense of how much pain the turmoil in the banking sector has inflicted on the world economy.
GSNegative Net Change BACPositive Net Change WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change MSPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change JNJPositive Net Change NFLXNegative Net Change TSCONegative Net Change TSLANegative Net Change CDNSNegative Net Change PANWPositive Net Change ABNBPositive Net Change
earnings finance semiconductor
CPI Lands, U.S. Financials Report: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
A balancing act -- between slowing global growth and sticky global price pressures -- sits at the top of the World Bank and IMF agendas.
GSNegative Net Change BACPositive Net Change WFCPositive Net Change JPMPositive Net Change MSPositive Net Change CPositive Net Change GENegative Net Change UBSPositive Net Change SBGSYPositive Net Change BNPQYPositive Net Change
consumer-discretionary emerging-markets finance
Rain Brings Wildflowers: Global Week Ahead
by John Blank
There should be sentiment for long-term U.S. Treasury yields to rise, and the U.S. dollar to regain safe haven ground, after a surprising March disappears.
MCHPNegative Net Change TTNegative Net Change DSDVYNegative Net Change
agriculture emerging-markets finance