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Here is everything you need to know to get you ready for the trading week beginning March 4th, 2019.
The week ahead: Jobs report needs to silence rising worries about the economy - (Source)
Job growth has remained vibrant despite the slow-growing economy,and that's a trend investors are anxious to see confirmed in the February employment report on Friday.
Even with some economists expecting growth around 1 percent for the first quarter, the labor market has been strong, and economists expect to see 185,000 jobs added in February. The economy is widely expected to bounce back in the second quarter to a pace well above 2 percent, after the temporary headwinds from the government shutdown and polar vortex abate.
The jobs data tops the list of important economic news in the week ahead, particularly after a string of disappointing reports showing that both consumers and businesses have pulled back.
The stock market will pass a major milestone on Wednesday—the tenth anniversary of the day the market bottomed in 2009, when the S&P 500 hit 666. The S&P has gained more than 312 percent since that low of the financial crisis, and some analysts see the bull market continuing for at least another year.
"We think there's further upside for this bull market to go. The age of the bull does not matter. What really matters is how healthy it is," said Patrick Palfrey, U.S. equity strategist at Credit Suisse. "Whatever the concerns, around trade tariffs, or decelerating corporate profits, we believe this bull market remains very healthy."
The S&P 500 is taking aim at the 2,800 level, an important milestone that it has struggled to surpass in the past week. The 2,800 marker was an important level for the stock market four times in past several months, and holding above it could signal the rally could drive stocks to fresh highs.
Palfrey said investors first and foremost are looking at any information that can help them gauge how the economy is doing. "We're looking for confirmation in the jobs report. We think the economy is doing okay. Labor participation is improving. We're going to see that continuing to inch back up," he said.
The Citigroup economic surprise index fell to a new 18-month low Friday, following a recent rash of disappointing reports. When economic reports come in below economists' expectations, the surprise index falls and a low number for the index is reflecting the economic slowdown.
Source: Citigroup
Goldman Sachs economists Friday said they were expecting first quarter growth of just 0.9 percent, but they raised second quarter growth to 2.9 percent.
New home sales
In addition to the jobs report, there is the Fed's beige book on the economy Wednesday and new home sales Tuesday. But after delayed and weaker data, it's the jobs report that matters most. The employment report is one data point that has been released as normal through the shutdown, and in the January data, there was a huge upside surprise of 304,000 nonfarm payrolls.
"All eyes are on the job market. If businesses lose faith and they stop hiring, and job growth starts slowing, then we do have problems," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. Economists expect wages to rise by 0.3 percent and unemployment to fall a tenth to 3.9 percent, according to Refinitiv.
"I think companies should stay steadfast in their hiring," Zandi said. He expects job growth of about 200,000 but notes there could be a payback for the huge amount of hires in January.
"I think the economy is fragile, growth is below trend. It's very vulnerable. The only thing that will keep it together is if businesses keep hiring and the job market holds up, and I think it will unless the president doesn't settle with the Chinese on trade, or there's a hard Brexit or some other geopolitical event," said Zandi.
The Federal Reserve has paused in its interest rate hiking because of the slowing economy and concerns about financial conditions. But the Fed could move forward on rates again, if inflation begins to pick up, and for that reason the wage data in the jobs report would also be key were it to show new wage pressures.
There are a few speeches by Fed officials, including Fed Chairman Jerome Powell who speaks at Stanford University Friday night at an economic conference.
Market focus will also be on the European Central Bank which meets Thursday.
"I think people are expecting some detail about a long-term loan operation," said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex. The ECB is expected to allow European banks to extend the duration of some short-term loans. Chandler said the ECB could also push back on its time frame on raising interest rates, which it has said would not be until after the summer.
This past week saw the following moves in the S&P:
Major Indices for this past week:
Major Futures Markets as of Friday's close:
Economic Calendar for the Week Ahead:
Sector Performance WTD, MTD, YTD:
Percentage Changes for the Major Indices, WTD, MTD, QTD, YTD as of Friday's close:
S&P Sectors for the Past Week:
Major Indices Pullback/Correction Levels as of Friday's close:
Major Indices Rally Levels as of Friday's close:
Most Anticipated Earnings Releases for this week:
Here are the upcoming IPO's for this week:
Friday's Stock Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades:
Typical March Trading: Mid-Month Surge and Flat
Over the recent 21 years March has been a solid performing month for the market. Average gains over the period range from a low of 1.29% by NASDAQ to a respectable 2.0% by Russell 2000. March has also been the #1 performing month by average performance for S&P 500 and Russell 2000 over the last 21 years. First trading day of March gains typically kick of the month, followed by choppy to slightly higher trading until around the tenth or eleventh trading day when the market tends to surge higher until around the fifteenth trading day. At this point the market tends to cool and can succumb to some end-of-quarter selling pressure.
Bad Q4 Not A Bad Sign
Now that the 4th quarter market debacle is behind us and solid gains have been logged in 2019 year-to-date we have taken a deeper dive into market action following Q4 losses for the three main U.S. market indices. DJIA and S&P 500 have been solid over the next for the next four quarters and the next year when Q1 is positive, but also good following all but three subsequent Q1 losses. On average up about 80% of the time for the full year with average gains around 8%. NASDAQ's record is choppier.
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Here are the most notable companies (tickers) reporting earnings in this upcoming trading week ahead-
- $CRM
- $NIO
- $TGT
- $WB
- $PLUG
- $KSS
- $MGIC
- $YY
- $CIEN
- $IPAR
- $KR
- $BZUN
- $OKTA
- $BCRX
- $COST
- $SINA
- $SESN
- $DLTR
- $LUNA
- $CTRP
- $ANF
- $MEET
- $ACRX
- $GDP
- $SPKE
- $ADMS
- $URBN
- $GNC
- $GMS
- $BURL
- $LJPC
- $BJ
- $ADUS
- $THO
- $VNET
- $MRVL
- $GSKY
- $GAIA
- $ROST
- $AEO
- $TPB
Below are some of the notable companies coming out with earnings releases this upcoming trading week ahead which includes the date/time of release & consensus estimates courtesy of Earnings Whispers:
Monday 3.4.19 Before Market Open:
Monday 3.4.19 After Market Close:
Tuesday 3.5.19 Before Market Open:
Tuesday 3.5.19 After Market Close:
Wednesday 3.6.19 Before Market Open:
Wednesday 3.6.19 After Market Close:
Thursday 3.7.19 Before Market Open:
Thursday 3.7.19 After Market Close:
Friday 3.8.19 Before Market Open:
Friday 3.8.19 After Market Close:
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Salesforce $164.53
Salesforce (CRM) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:05 PM ET on Monday, March 4, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.55 per share on revenue of $3.56 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.60 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 84% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for earnings of $0.54 to $0.55 per share. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 48.65% with revenue increasing by 24.87%. Short interest has increased by 18.5% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 18.8% from its open following the earnings release to be 15.4% above its 200 day moving average of $142.59. Overall earnings estimates have been revised higher since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 there was some notable buying of 5,030 contracts of the $165.00 call expiring on Friday, June 21, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 7.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 3.1% move in recent quarters.
NIO Inc. $10.06
NIO Inc. (NIO) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 4:30 AM ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 71% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $418.00 million to $436.00 million. The stock has drifted higher by 39.3% from its open following the earnings release. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Monday, February 25, 2019 there was some notable buying of 40,151 contracts of the $9.00 call expiring on Friday, March 15, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 11.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 4.2% move in recent quarters.
Target Corp. $72.94
Target Corp. (TGT) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 6:30 AM ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.53 per share on revenue of $23.15 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.55 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 71% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 11.68% with revenue increasing by 1.69%. Short interest has decreased by 7.7% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 7.3% from its open following the earnings release to be 5.5% below its 200 day moving average of $77.16. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, February 19, 2019 there was some notable buying of 43,529 contracts of the $80.00 call expiring on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 6.7% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 6.4% move in recent quarters.
Weibo Corporation $72.07
Weibo Corporation (WB) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 5:00 AM ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.75 per share on revenue of $481.53 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.78 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 73% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $480.00 million to $490.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 19.05% with revenue increasing by 27.58%. Short interest has increased by 20.4% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 16.9% from its open following the earnings release to be 2.0% below its 200 day moving average of $73.57. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Tuesday, February 12, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,610 contracts of the $75.00 call expiring on Friday, July 19, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 9.4% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 5.7% move in recent quarters.
Plug Power, Inc. $1.80
Plug Power, Inc. (PLUG) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 AM ET on Thursday, March 7, 2019. The consensus estimate is for a loss of $0.05 per share on revenue of $58.78 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is ($0.05) per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 55% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 44.44% with revenue increasing by 84.42%. Short interest has increased by 6.8% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted lower by 8.2% from its open following the earnings release to be 12.6% below its 200 day moving average of $2.06. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. Option traders are pricing in a 20.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 7.0% move in recent quarters.
Kohl's Corporation $68.10
Kohl's Corporation (KSS) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 AM ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $2.17 per share on revenue of $6.79 billion and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $2.19 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 55% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 16.04% with revenue increasing by 0.21%. Short interest has decreased by 12.0% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 8.3% from its open following the earnings release to be 4.3% below its 200 day moving average of $71.15. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 there was some notable buying of 3,138 contracts of the $75.00 put expiring on Friday, March 15, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 8.3% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 5.0% move in recent quarters.
Magic Software Enterprises, Ltd. $9.15
Magic Software Enterprises, Ltd. (MGIC) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:30 AM ET on Monday, March 4, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.14 per share on revenue of $73.75 million. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 62% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 27.27% with revenue increasing by 11.59%. Short interest has decreased by 80.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 8.0% from its open following the earnings release. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release.
YY Inc. $70.88
YY Inc. (YY) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 5:30 PM ET on Monday, March 4, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $1.86 per share on revenue of $641.65 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $1.91 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 71% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $630.00 million to $652.00 million. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 0.53% with revenue increasing by 15.12%. Short interest has decreased by 13.8% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 13.9% from its open following the earnings release to be 10.4% below its 200 day moving average of $79.10. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,504 contracts of the $75.00 call expiring on Friday, August 16, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 9.0% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 10.9% move in recent quarters.
Ciena Corporation $42.76
Ciena Corporation (CIEN) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:00 AM ET on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.30 per share on revenue of $757.37 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.34 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 73% expecting an earnings beat The company's guidance was for revenue of $745.00 million to $775.00 million. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 130.77% with revenue increasing by 17.22%. Short interest has decreased by 7.2% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 19.6% from its open following the earnings release to be 39.2% above its 200 day moving average of $30.72. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. On Friday, March 1, 2019 there was some notable buying of 1,235 contracts of the $28.00 put expiring on Friday, July 19, 2019. Option traders are pricing in a 9.9% move on earnings and the stock has averaged a 8.0% move in recent quarters.
Inter Parfums Inc. $75.24
Inter Parfums Inc. (IPAR) is confirmed to report earnings at approximately 7:45 AM ET on Monday, March 4, 2019. The consensus earnings estimate is $0.19 per share on revenue of $177.22 million and the Earnings Whisper ® number is $0.21 per share. Investor sentiment going into the company's earnings release has 53% expecting an earnings beat. Consensus estimates are for year-over-year earnings growth of 35.71% with revenue increasing by 18.52%. Short interest has increased by 27.9% since the company's last earnings release while the stock has drifted higher by 20.0% from its open following the earnings release to be 24.1% above its 200 day moving average of $60.61. Overall earnings estimates have been revised lower since the company's last earnings release. The stock has averaged a 2.8% move on earnings in recent quarters.
DISCUSS!
What are you all watching for in this upcoming trading week ahead?
Have a fantastic weekend and a great trading week ahead to everyone here on r/StockMarket! :)
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