Investor playbook: The biggest earnings surprises so far
Posted on Tuesday April 23, 2024

Wall Street gears up for a number of big tech earnings this week as many of the tech giants hold much of the value of the S&P 500 (^GSPC). As earnings from the Magnificent Seven roll out, investors may be looking for opportunities to enter the market. Simplify Asset Management Chief Strategist Michael Green and Wealth Enhancement Group Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor Nicole Webb join Market Domination to discuss investment opportunities during this big week of tech earnings and beyond. Webb gives her overview of earnings so far: "To us, it's just all of this playing out of where does the earnings growth for the rest of the year come from, and we had anticipated a deceleration from those mega tech names in the back half of this year. And so kind of below the surface we see this churning, the broadening that everyone is talking about and some of that relative outperformance from places like the equal weight S&P (^SPXEW)." Green follows up with: "I think the biggest surprises that have come out of earnings in general have been things like General Motors' (GM) announcement today that was accompanied by an astonishing buyback where they shrank the quantity of shares by around 17%. This is in contrast, that level of buyback is unprecedented for many of these companies for that to be happening in open markets. And it's just highlighting that the exceptionally cheap areas of the market as long as there's a little bit of support that's coming in through the interest rate space, that really looks like that could be an area of focus." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino

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Posted on Tuesday April 23, 2024

One of the "most important companies in the world" just got smashed on semiconductor manufacturing concerns.

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Posted on Tuesday April 23, 2024

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to ASML (ASML). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

AMSL, AMAT, MU: Which Semiconductor Stock Is the Best Dip Buy?
Posted on Monday April 22, 2024

After tech and semiconductor stocks — like ASML, AMAT, and MU — took heavy hits to the chin during last Friday’s session, there’s some worry that the AI stock boom as we know it is about to crumble. The AI trade may have been overdue for a cooldown or mild valuation reset, but don’t expect the fundamental tailwinds to dissipate anytime soon — not while so many enterprises may be striving to one-up each other to get the most AI firepower. For instance, software titan Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has n