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Abstract: Companies on the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ are expected to report their weakest profit growth in nearly three years.This week, the US stock market's earnings season gained much anticipation. Due to factors such as weak performance, technology sector’s return to fundamentals, high risks of financial institution, and increased corporate debt, market participants are generally bearish about the US stocks.Companies of the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ are expected to report a 6.8% decline in earnings per share in the first quarter, the largest drop since the second quarter of 2020.The latest data from FactSet shows that analysts expect earnings to decline 4.6% in the second quarter and then grow again in the thir

During the bull market, my strategy is to buy great companies at good discounts. I spend time going through their earnings, understanding their fundamentals, and identifying their moat. Once qualified, I “try” to obtain a fair value and take my position. After purchasing, I hope to hold the stocks for a long time, for decades should the earnings continue to demonstrate that their fundamentals are sound. Will this strategy work in the coming recession? Personally, I do not think so as downward price pressures are coming. My “current” strategy in lieu of recession In lieu of recession, I am buying inverse ETFs. It is buying the market to go down but at a lower expense than shorting. It could take a while before the market turns bearish eventually. I am not planning to add to any of my sho

The news is taken from CNEVPost. BYD's new plant in central Chinese city Zhengzhou goes into operation April 7, 2023 14:50 GMT+8 Currently in production is the first phase of BYD's Zhengzhou base, with a planned annual capacity of 400,000 vehicles. BYD chairman calls on China to extend NEV tax exemption until 2025 April 3, 2023 17:04 GMT+8 The world economy is currently in a difficult period of complexity and change, and dealing with risks and challenges requires firm confidence and stable expectations, Wang said. BYD Mar sales breakdown: Qin 40,850, Song 40,510 April 2, 2023 20:08 GMT+8 The Qin family of models sold a record 40,850 units in March, surpassing the Song family's 40,510 units to become the best-selling BYD model for the month. BYD starts warming up for mini car Seag

The overall direction of the market is still positive, but it will be less positive this week. One reason is that U.S. stocks will be closed for Easter Friday. Another reason is that large options on weighted stocks prefer to hedge against time loss or gain time value recently. For example, Ali's sell call order introduced yesterday, as well as AMD's calendar strategy:sell $AMD 20230406 95.0 PUT$buy $AMD 20230414 95.0 PUT$Of course, not without $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ buy $TSLA 20230414 207.5 PUT$On F

The survival and development of a company are based on profitability as the primary condition. There are two important indicators to understand profitability.The first is gross margin.Gross margin is a direct reflection of the relationship between a company's selling price and its cost of sales, and does not take into account other factors that may affect profitability, so this indicator is a more intuitive reflection of the competitiveness of the company's products.The second one is EBITDA.EBIT is used to measure the profitability of a company's main business, while EBITDA is used to measure the ability of a company to generate cash flow from its main business. More and more investors are focusing on EBIT and EBITDA instead of net income because it is simply a measure of net income, while