Third-quarter earnings season is about to kick off. With the major indexes hovering near record highs, Wall Street is watching October’s reports more nervously than usual—option-skew data remind us that earnings-related swings are historically largest in October.A quick rewind to Q2: profit growth was dazzling. S&P 500 EPS rose 9.3 % y/y, a third straight positive quarter and the fastest pace since 2022, according to FactSet. Revenues advanced 5.8 % despite tariff noise and sticky inflation; 79 % of companies beat bottom-line estimates. AI-related cap-ex and booming cloud demand powered the mega-caps, and the “Magnificent 7” grew earnings far faster than the rest of the market, leaving concentration near record levels.Banks bounced thanks to stable net-interest margins and healthy fee

Although the U.S. government shutdown has had little impact on equity markets so far, October still carries a fair amount of uncertainty. Major indexes continue to hit new highs, but the VIX volatility index appears to be forming a bottoming pattern, rising in tandem with the market in recent sessions — a sign that investors are quietly hedging against potential turbulence ahead.All eyes are now on key September macroeconomic data, including Nonfarm Payrolls, CPI, PCE, and wage growth. If inflation remains stubbornly high, the Federal Reserve’s path toward further rate cuts may become contentious. Whether the Fed can deliver its planned three cuts totaling 75 basis points this year remains a central question. With only two FOMC meetings left (Oct. 29 and Dec. 10), any surprises — such as a

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Another year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, with Cook and Gates seen sitting in the audience. The moment when Buffett mistakenly called out "Charlie" was somewhat poignant. In the latest Berkshire Q1 holdings, approximately 75% of the fair value of its portfolio remains concentrated in American Express, Apple, Bank of America, Chevron, and Coca-Cola.It's worth noting that Berkshire Q1 still remained a net seller, with cash reserves reaching new highs. In Q1, Berkshire sold nearly $20 billion worth of stocks while only purchasing $2.7 billion, leading its portfolio value to decline from $354 billion at the end of last year to $336 billion.Although Apple remains Berkshire's largest holding, its stake value dropped from $174 billion at the end of last year to $135.4 billion. As of

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Cryptocurrencies have continued to volatility in recent months, but the frenzy over digital currencies doesn't appear to be daunted. And crypto fans have more investment options than ever before as the list of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continues to swell. Some investors may feel safer getting exposure to Bitcoin in their portfolios by purchasing a professionally managed ETF than they do owning actual BTC. Widespread adoption of Bitcoin as an investment is relatively recent, and some people may be concerned about hacking or losing passwords or private keys needed to access their investment when it’s stored in a secure Bitcoin wallet. To help tigers understand this new corner of the ETF universe, we profile the popular Bitcoin ETFs as follows.

The five tech-giants have all handed in their earnings results. Let me review the performances. The first one in this quarter is Microsoft, the result makes Wall Street impeccable. Apple and Microsoft can be said to be hale and hearty. Due to geopolitical influence, the advertising industry as an economic barometer that was not going well. And the performance of Google and FB is not satisfactory. However, the META stock price is extremely swing, and Amazon got first loss by Rivian's investment loss. ​$Apple(AAPL)$​ Apple's financial report is as stable as ever, and all data exceed market expectations. However, its CFO warned that the challenges in this quarter may affect Apple's sales, causing Apple's share price to fall by 3% in after-hours trading.

Earnings season will hit its stride this week, as seven Dow blue-chip names report:$IBM(IBM)$,$Procter & Gamble(PG)$,$Travelers(TRV)$,$Dow Chemical(DOW)$,$Johnson & Johnson(JNJ)$,$American Express(AXP)$And$Verizon(VZ)$.Otherwise, Netflix reports Tuesday and Tesla reports Wednesday, both after the bell. Among them, I think there will be some interesting points for JNJ, LMT and IBM, I'll go through it roughly. Before the marketopen on April 19th (Tuesday):$Johnson & Johnson(JNJ)$

​$Meta Platforms, Inc.(FB)$ released its first earnings report after it changed companies's name, but it  definitely didn't find a master to calculate The worst is not only FB, but aslo SNAP, which will releases result tomorrow, but it has fallen by 17% in the aftermarket trading hours. FB successfully broke the two major sectors of social and metaverse, social stocks such as$Twitter(TWTR)$,$Snap Inc(SNAP)$,$Pinterest, Inc.(PINS)$ tumblled, and

$Alphabet(GOOG)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ is the third company in FAAMG to release its earnings result. As Apple and Microsoft before, it also handed over satisfactory answers to the market. In the recent volatile period when the market has doubts about rising interest rates and the valuation of technology stocks, big giants have once again proved that they can maintain bright performance regardless of the macro environment. Alphabet's revenue in the fourth quarter was US $75.33 billion, up 32% year-on-year, significantly exceeding the consensus expectation of US $72.17 billion shown by Refinitiv, and its earnings per share (EPS) was US $30.69, up 37.6% year-on-year, significantly

$Alphabet(GOOG)$ released a wonderful Q4 earnings result, and the company also announced a 20-for-1 stock split that will go into effect in July.Stock split that is the key to push the share price to $3,000 in after-market trading hours. Alphabet today announced that the Board of Directors had approved and declared a 20-for-one stock split (the “Stock Split”) in the form of a one-time special stock dividend on each share of the Company’s Class A, Class B, and Class C stock. If approval is obtained, each of the Company’s stockholders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2022 (the “Record Date”), will receive, after the close of business on July 15, 2022, a divide

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