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Intuit results exceed expectations

Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) reported its latest financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended October 31, after the market close in the US on Tuesday. The US software company beat both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the quarter. Intuit reported revenue of $2.597 billion (up by 29% year-over-year) vs. $...

November 30, 2022
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Will BlockFi be another FTX?

Not even one week after crypto exchange FTX officially filed for bankruptcy another Cryptocurrency entity has felt the wrath and submitted its own Chapter 11. The spread and contagion effect from FTX was always a concern and now cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has fallen. BlockFi had been struggling even prior to the FTX collapse. In fact, the com...

November 29, 2022
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US stocks tumble, USD rallies as Fed hawks and China protests sour risk appetite

Stocks were sold globally in Mondays session as risk appetite took a hit on civil unrest and increasing Covid cases in China dashing re-opening hopes. Adding to this was the reset of the “Fed Pivot” narrative with a quartet of Fed governors throwing cold water on that idea, re-iterating the Fed was in for the long haul in their quest to tame in...

November 29, 2022
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Pinduoduo tops revenue estimates for Q3 – the stock is rising

The Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo Inc. (NASDAQ: PDD) announced its unaudited Q3 financial results on Monday. The company beat revenue estimates for the quarter, but fell short of earnings per share (EPS) estimates. Revenue reported at $4.991 billion (an increase of 65% year-over-year) vs. $4.315 billion estimate. EPS at $0.302 per ...

November 29, 2022
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Phillip Lowe apologises to the Australian Public over missed forecasts

Phillip Lowe, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, (RBA) has issued an apology to the Australian public in his most recent statement. Lowe specifically apologised for providing guidance in 2020 and 2021 that the official cash would only rise in 2024. Instead, rate rises began earlier this year and rises have occurred in 7 straight months. Dur...

November 28, 2022
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The Week Ahead – US employment and inflation figures take centre stage

After coming off a fairly quiet, US holiday shortened week, traders will have a plethora of scheduled news to digest as the market continues to swing from risk-on to risk-off as it tries to predict what the Federal Reserves next moves will be. Equity markets drifted up, the US dollar drifted down as a resilient US economy and a dovish Fed minute...

November 28, 2022
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Possible high return Swing Trade on USDCHF

The USDCHF has just reached a significant support zone providing a potential entry for a low-risk high return trade. In recent weeks the USD has an aggressive pulled back on the back of weaker then expected inflation figures. This has benefited the CHF and most other non-USD currencies as expectations of a potential pivot grow and money moves away ...

November 25, 2022
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What is an Economic Bubble and how to identify it?

    Economic Bubbles are highly damaging phenomena’s that occur in financial systems that can cause a great deal of loss and pain to investors and traders. It is important that traders can identify the signs of a Bubble to both capitalise on opportunities and protect against the risk they pose.     What is a Bub...

November 24, 2022
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US stocks continue rally on ugly PMI figures and dovish FOMC minutes

US indices finished another session up after a wild ride as the “bad news is good news” narrative saw a steep rally after disappointing services and manufacturing PMI’s were released, then sold off into the European close only to rally steeply again as what was considered dovish FOMC minutes were released late in the session. All major indice...

November 24, 2022
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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...

November 24, 2022
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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...

November 23, 2022
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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...

November 23, 2022
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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...

November 23, 2022
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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...

November 22, 2022
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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...

November 22, 2022
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