Lynas

Lynas reports that it has been advised by Malaysian authorities that its licence to import and process lanthanide (rare earth) concentrate is now valid until 1 Jan 2024. This removes the requirement to shutdown the Malaysia cracking & leaching plant on 1 July 2023 and the plant will now operate until 1 Jan 2024.

Paypal

PYPL:NAS has been consolidating between $71 & $76 for the past 8 weeks. The stock offers value and may break to the upside of the channel.

Apply a stop loss at $71.04

Note: Paypal reports March quarter earnings this Thursday.

S&P500 Earnings

Quarterly S&P 500 earnings per share peaked at $54.

Buffett expects the ‘majority of holdings to report lower earnings this year than last year’, citing a ‘very different climate than 6 months ago’. Buffett’s commentary about the economy is somewhat conflicting with the earnings results of the Berkshire conglomerate, where operating earnings for Q1 2023 increased 13% YoY.

Changes in M2 tend to influence future changes in GDP. It suggests that additional weakness in GDP is to be expected. Employment appears to remain strong and is often used to support the view that recession is avoidable.

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