The impacts of the pandemic-era government spending and monetary policy that helped support the U.S. economy have faded, and that makes the country vulnerable to a downturn in the coming months
“I think there’s a chance real numbers will deteriorate soon,” Dimon said at a Morgan Stanley conference on Tuesday, according to a transcript from FactSet.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development downgraded the US growth outlook to 1.6% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026. The OECD previously expected a 2.2% expansion in 2025.
Nvidia reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue on Wednesday, as the company’s booming data center business recorded year-over-year growth of more than 73%.
Overall revenue grew 69% during the quarter.
EPS FY25 = $3.00: FY26 =$4.25: FY27 = $6.00: FY28 $7.30
Alphabet Inc. – Class C Capital is under Algo Engine buy conditions.
A $70 billion stock buyback program was unveiled.
Revenue up 12% to $90.23B , operating income up 20% to $30.61B, with operating margin climbing to 34% from a year-ago 32%.
Google Search and other, $50.7B up 9.8%
YouTube ads, $8.93B up 10.3%
Google Network, $7.26B down 2.1%
Google subscriptions, platforms and devices, $10.38B up 18.8%
Google Cloud, $12.26B up 28.1%
Other Bets, $450M down 9.1%.
ABT:NYS is a new position opened in the US S&P 100 Trade Table.
The entry price for this position is $127.96.
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a diversified range of health care products, including cardiovascular and diabetes devices, nutritional products, diagnostic equipment, and branded generic drugs.
Invesco KBW Bank will likely find buying interest within the $47 – 52 price range.
It’s the first-quarter earnings season, and Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and BlackRock are set to report their financial results.
Key data will be released this week, starying on Tuesday, April 1, with the ISM Manufacturing report, Wednesday the ADP private payroll reports, ISM services report on Thursday and of course, Friday morning will bring us the BLS job report.
Early economic data for the first quarter of 2025 is pointing towards negative growth. Gross domestic product is on pace to shrink by 1.5% for the January-through-March period.
Annualized GDP growth will likely slow from 2.3% to 1.3%.
Monday, March 3 – Okta and GitLab
Tuesday, March 4 – CrowdStrike and Sea Ltd.
Wednesday, March 5 – Marvell Technology and Zscaler
Thursday, March 6 – Broadcom and Costco Wholesale
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