earnings reports

Google, Microsoft Miss Estimates

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:09:01 -0500

Earnings reports for both Google and Microsoft disappointed analysts today sending shares tumbling. In after-hours trading, Google is seeing the worse end of trader's reactions with a nearly instant seven percent drop.

Japanese shares drop on Toyota outlook

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:16:23 -0500

"The market was feeling the impact of Toyota's reports today, and investors were turning cautious, taking a wait-and-see stance ahead of more corporate results next week"

Japanese shares dropped Friday as selling spread across the board following Toyota's bleak earnings projection.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index sank 287.92 points, or 2.06 percent, to 13,655.34.

'Investors were spooked by Toyota's sluggish earnings reports and its weak profit outlook,' said Tsuyoshi Segawa, an equity strategist at Shinko Securities Co. in Tokyo.

Pessimism-Fueled Optimism: Why bad isn't so bad anymore

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:10:16 -0500

Citigroup and Merrill Lynch put out horrible earnings reports, but they were received well. But Bank of America's bad performance is being pooh-poohed. How is an investor to know when bad is okay and when it's actually bad? It's all relative, actually...

China Card: U.S. Tech Giants Have Money, Will Travel

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:29:05 -0500

Kind of a quiet day on Wall Street, with traders wondering if Bank of America's less-than-expected Q1 forecast was a bump on the road to a bull market or a legitimate roadblock. With the market off 35 points in Monday trading (as of 3 PM EST), after rising four percent last week on big earnings reports from Google and IBM, among others, I'd say that it's more of investors taking a breather today. This in anticipation of some big economic numbers coming up this week and a new Federal Reserve meeting where Bernanke & Co. weigh another cut in interest rates. One story I've been following is...

David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/21

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:14:19 -0500

Breakout or Fakeout?

Sobering news expected for investors

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:02:46 -0500

"This is another positive step in the crisis but it also shows that we are not out of the woods yet"

LONDON : Remarkably resilient morale among euro zone investors and businesses will face a reality check this week as first quarter earnings reports from the nonfinancial sector get into full swing. via International Herald Tribune

Wall Street Closes on a High

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:11:49 -0500

"This is the first week of earnings reports, and the marquee companies in general have been able to report good earnings, and the banks have been able to raise capital, and the market is responding to that"

Wall Street topped off a strong week with a big rally Friday, after results from companies like Citigroup Inc. via ABC News

David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/18

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:51:10 -0500

Making A Break?

Stocks Lose Ground Amid Economic Woes

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:59:33 -0600

Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of economic and earnings reports and a further rise in oil prices stoked concerns about the health of economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 1.5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrials giving up more than 250 points.

Economic Woes Sink Stocks; Dow Down 300

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:59:33 -0600

Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and earnings reports and high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 2 percent, with the Dow Jones industrials at times giving up more than 300 points.