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☆ Why some Wall Street analysts say to consider buying the post-earnings dip in Meta Platforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Wall Street analysts are standing by Meta Platforms despite the post-earnings sell-off, with some recommending using the pullback to scoop up the stock. "Let's be clear, there's still a lot to get excited about," said Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik. META 1D mountain Meta shares slump post-earnings Shares were last down about 4%. "We believe Meta continues to execute well & remains disciplined, and we would be buying the pullback in Meta shares," said JPMorgan's Doug Anmuth. "While all advertising may be impacted by geopolitical activity, advertising allocation remains a relative game and we believe META's differentiation gap is widening vs most peers," he said.

Persons: Bernstein, Mark Shmulik, Meta, Doug Anmuth, Ronald Josey, Evercore, Mark Mahaney, Ross Sandler, Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Wall Street, Tech, Barclays

☆ Ford is set to report earnings on the heels of its tentative deal with the UAW
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DETROIT — Ford Motor is set to report its third-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here's what Wall Street is expecting, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv. Aside from earnings, Wall Street will be watching the impact of the United Auto Workers union's nearly six-week strike against the automaker, which ended Wednesday night for Ford after the sides reached a tentative agreement. Barclays analyst Dan Levy estimates the total strike impact to Ford was $600 million to $700 million. That would be less than the $800 million impact, including $200 million in the third quarter, GM reported Tuesday.

Persons: Dan Levy, Ford, Levy Organizations: DETROIT, LSEG, United Auto Workers, Ford, Barclays, GM

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: Hasbro, Southwest, Hershey, Royal Caribbean and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Hasbro earned $1.64 per share excluding items on $1.5 billion in revenue, while analysts polled by LSEG had anticipated $1.70 per share in earnings and revenue at $1.64 billion. Southwest posted $6.53 billion in revenue, while analysts surveyed by LSEG expected $6.57 billion. Bristol-Myers topped earnings expectations and posted revenue that was in line with expectations. ServiceNow — The software stock rose more than 3% after posting stronger-than-expected quarterly results and sharing solid subscription revenue expectations for the current period. UPS – The shipping company saw shares decline 3% premarket following its third quarter earnings report.

Persons: LSEG, Revlimid, Myers, Overstock.com, Hershey, overshadowing, Mattel —, ServiceNow, it's, Silver Lake, —, Sarah Min, Tanaya Macheel, Samantha Subin, Lisa Kailai Han, David Paul Morris Organizations: Hasbro, Southwest —, Southwest, Myers, Bristol, Overstock.com, FactSet, Royal Caribbean, Mattel, Wednesday, UPS, Endeavor Group Holdings, Endeavor, Holdings, WWE, UFC, Barclays —, Bank of America, Barclays, underperform, Hasbro Inc, Target Corp, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Bristol, Nextracker, FactSet, Thursday's premarket, Emeryville , California, U.S

☆ Wall Street’s glum rainmakers deserve more love
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( John Foley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) investment banking revenue in the third quarter was its worst since 2009, at just over $1 billion. The rapid rise in interest rates, which makes traditional lending more lucrative for so-called universal banks, adds to the glum aura around investment banking. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsInvestment banking isn’t the biggest part of any bulge-bracket firm’s revenue, but it’s disproportionately profitable. Goldman made nearly $8 billion more from investment banking in 2021 than in the last four quarters. Declining volatility in markets is great for deals, but it’s nowhere near as good for banks’ trading desks, which tend to thrive on choppy conditions.

Persons: Caitlin Ochs, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley’s, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, James Gorman, Jane Fraser, David Solomon, they’re, Peter Thal Larsen, Oliver Taslic Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Reuters, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics Investment, Hamas, Goldman, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Thomson Locations: New York City, New York, U.S, catnip, Israel, China

Japanese national flag is hoisted atop the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 27 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. This is the backdrop to Friday's open in Asia, where Japanese economic data, bonds, and currency will again be under intense scrutiny ahead of next week's Bank of Japan policy meeting. The main data release in Asia on Friday will be consumer price inflation in Tokyo for September. In China, meanwhile, industrial sector profit figures for the first nine months of the year are on the docket Friday.

Persons: Issei Kato, Jamie McGeever, JP Morgan, Fumio Kishida, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Bank of Japan, REUTERS, Nasdaq, week's Bank of Japan, Reuters, Barclays, UBS, Japanese, China's, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Asia, China, YTD, Australia

☆ Cavaliers squeeze past Nets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/50] Oct 25, 2023; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) warms up before a game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Two free throws by Mikal Bridges gave the Nets a 113-111 lead with 19 seconds left, and Cleveland used its final timeout. After Mitchell's clutch shot, Brooklyn used a timeout, but Johnson saw a well-contested four-foot tip shit fall well short of the hoop. Isaac Okoro added 18, while Garland contributed 15 as the Cavaliers shot 46.8 percent. Bridges added 20, and Johnson finished with 12 as the Nets shot 50 percent but misfired on 18 of 27 3-point tries.

Persons: Donovan Mitchell, Brad Penner, Mikal Bridges, Max Strus inbounded, Darius Garland, Garland, Mitchell, Brooklyn's Cameron Johnson, Johnson, Royce, Strus, Isaac Okoro, Cam Thomas, Bridges, Cleveland, Dennis Smith Jr, O'Neale, Thomas Organizations: Cleveland Cavaliers, Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Nets, Cavaliers, Brooklyn, Thomson Locations: Brooklyn , New York, USA, Cleveland, Brooklyn, midcourt

☆ BNP Paribas posts in-line Q3 profits as trading declines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

BNP Paribas , the euro zone's biggest bank, posted in-line quarterly results on Thursday, as a jump in corporate financing services offset the continued retreat in trading revenue. Group sales over the three-month period ending in September rose by 4% to 11.58 billion euros, slightly above the 11.52 billion-euro consensus. Germany's Deutsche Bank reported a 12% drop in such revenue for the period, while Britain's Barclays reported a 13% decrease. BNP set aside 734 million euros for credit losses, below the 815 million euros expected by analysts. It also completed more than 85% of its 5 billion-euro share buyback program in 2023, equivalent to about 7% of its market capitalisation.

Persons: Jean, Laurent Bonnafe Organizations: BNP, French, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Bank of Locations: U.S, Ukraine, Bank

Worldline's (WLN.PA) stock slide, which saw around $4 billion wiped off its market value, is the latest wake-up call. COMMISSIONS CUTRevenue growth has suffered at payments firms as inflation has force European consumers to spend less, while investors fret about the euro zone slipping into recession. Some analysts say payments firms have also been caught napping, after a period of growth during COVID lockdowns. In a further sign of investor wariness, venture capital investment flows into European payment firms have also dried up. Now, it may leave private equity investors to pick up the pieces for payment service firms, analysts said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Paul Charpentier, Bryan Garnier, napping, Jefferies, Hannes Leitner, Leitner, Charpentier, wariness, Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo, Morgan Stanley, Worldline, Bryan Garnier's Charpentier, Elizabeth Howcroft, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, PayPal, Holdings, Companies, Barclays, Reuters, Spain's Banco Sabadell, Fidelity National Information Services, CVC Capital Partners, CVC, Thomson Locations: London, U.S, Nexi, Europe

☆ One Year On, Twitter Continues to Burn a Hole Through Bank Balance Sheets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Alexander Saeedy | Cara Lombardo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, said the social-media platform is ‘just about break even’ and should turn a profit by early 2024. Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox MediaThe banks that financed Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of Twitter are still struggling a year later to contain the damage to their balance sheets. Seven banks including Morgan Stanley , Bank of America and Barclays lent Musk around $13 billion to buy Twitter a year ago this coming Friday. Under normal circumstances, they would have unloaded the debt to Wall Street investment firms soon thereafter. But investor appetite for Twitter, which Musk has since renamed X, has cooled since the billionaire took over, forcing the banks to hold the debt on their own balance sheets at a discounted value.

Persons: Jerod Harris, Morgan Stanley, Musk Organizations: Twitter, Getty, Vox Media, Elon Musk’s, Bank of America, Barclays, Wall Locations: Wall Street

[1/2] People are silhouetted next to the Deutsche Bank's logo prior to the bank's annual meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Shares up 7%Investment bank revenue declinesRevenue at retail and corporate divisions riseSlightly more optimistic on 2023 revenueForecasts buybacks in 2024, flags greater capital returnFRANKFURT, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) on Wednesday promised more share buybacks next year and said it may return more capital to shareholders than it had previously envisaged, causing its shares to surge. Revenue from investment banking slumped but grew in the lender's retail and corporate divisions on higher interest rates. Deutsche Bank shares were up 7% in morning Frankfurt trade as analysts cited positive news on potential buybacks and dividends. Though earnings dropped, Deutsche recorded its 13th consecutive profitable quarter, a notable streak after years of hefty losses.

Persons: Kai Pfaffenbach, Deutsche, James von Moltke, Mediobanca, Sewing, JPMorgan's, Tom Sims, Frank Siebelt, Jamie Freed, Jason Neely Organizations: Deutsche, REUTERS, Deutsche Bank, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics Investment, Revenue, Goldman, Barclays, RBC, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Germany, FRANKFURT

Wall Street analysts reacted to Microsoft's and Google-parent Alphabet's latest quarterly results. Meanwhile, Barclays upgraded a telecom giant with underappreciated strength going forward. Other major calls include Citi's downgrade of an e-commerce company and Deutsche Bank raising its rating on a lithium stock.

Organizations: Google, Barclays, Deutsche Bank

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Gap, Verizon, Alphabet & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Wells Fargo upgrades Gap to overweight from equal weight Wells said the turnaround is taking shape for Gap. Deutsche Bank upgrades Livent to buy from hold Deutsche said it sees an attractive entry point for the lithium company. Bank of America downgrades TransUnion to underperform from buy Bank of America double downgraded the stock due to concerns about consumer lending. Bank of America initiates Syndax as buy Bank of America said it sees upside for the pharmaceutical company. Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co. downgrades Alphabet to neutral from buy Monness said it's concerned about regulatory headwinds.

Persons: TD Cowen, Freyr, FREY, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's, We're, Wells, Needham, Etsy, Piper Sandler, Piper, TRU, SocGen, Bernstein, Deutsche Bank downgrades Corning, 2H24, Jefferies, Monness, Crespi, Hardt, Piper Sandler downgrades Livent Organizations: EV, Apple, BMO, Bank of America, Microsoft, GPS, Alto Networks, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, Citi, TAM, Barclays, Verizon, Piper Sandler downgrades Regions, Citizens Financial, RF, " Bank of America, Farfetch, Machinery, UBS, Nvidia, Veeva, Commercial, Syndax Pharmaceuticals Locations: EVgo, Cybersecurity, Corning, Albemarle, LTHM

☆ Microsoft shares rise as Wall Street heralds ‘strong execution,’ wider AI rollout
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The company also beat revenue consensus among analysts surveyed by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv. Microsoft reported revenue of $56.52 billion for the quarter, compared to a consensus estimate of $54.50 billion. Zelnick raised his price target from $380 to $395, adding that "operating discipline" and "a full-stack approach to delivering AI solutions" was just as, if not more impressive, than Microsoft's revenue beat. Azure revenue alone, which Microsoft doesn't disclose in dollars, grew 29% during the quarter. Comments from Microsoft executives helped boost analyst sentiment as well, with Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood saying on a Tuesday call with analysts, "We feel good about our execution, we feel good about taking share and we feel good about consistent trends."

Persons: Brad Zelnick, Zelnick, Raimo Lenschow, Microsoft's, Lenschow, Amy Hood, Jordan Novet, Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, LSEG, Deutsche Bank, Software, Barclays, CNBC

☆ European stocks open lower amid earnings; Deutsche Bank up 7% after beating estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Matt Clinch | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

European markets opened lower Wednesday amid a slew of earnings both in the U.S. and Europe. The Stoxx 600 index slipped 0.2% with sectors mixed, as mining stocks gained 0.67% and retail stocks fell 0.7%. Deutsche Bank shares were 7% higher in early trade. Banking stocks fell Tuesday as Barclays warned of cost-cutting charges. Meanwhile, Alphabet shares tumbled as its cloud business missed analysts' estimates.

Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Banking, Barclays, AkzoNobel, Lloyds Banking Group, Carrefour, U.S, Microsoft Locations: U.S, Europe, Heineken

☆ Tiger Woods: How the battle for golf’s soul gave the US golfer new-found purpose – and human connection
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

CBS Archive/Getty Images Woods, 6, sizes up a putt in Los Alamitos, California, in 1982. Getty Images/Getty Images Woods hits a tee shot during the 1995 Walker Cup, an international team event. Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images Woods plays a shot from the ninth fairway during the 2000 US Open in Pebble Beach, California. David Cannon/Getty Images Woods falls to the ground in pain after hitting a shot at The Barclays in August 2013. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Woods and his son, Charlie, warm up before the final round of the PNC Championship in December 2020.

Persons: Woods, Alan Shipnuck, LIV, ” Shipnuck, ” Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Crushers, Charles Howell III, Anirban Lahiri, Chris Trotman, “ Tiger’s, “ He’s, he’s, “, “ LIV, Greg Norman, Quentin Tarantino, Brooks Koepka, Koepka, David J, Phillip, Mike Douglas, Bob Hope, Jack D, Miller, AP Woods, Rick Dole, Bob Galbraith, David Cannon, Robert Beck, Patrick Murphy, Nike — Woods, Lennox McLendon, Stephen Munday, Earl, Dave Martin, Alexander Hassenstein, Jonathan Ferrey, He's, Andy Lyons, Allsport, Bob May, Fred Vuich, Jack Nicklaus, Nicklaus, Logan Mock, Bunting, Phil Mickelson, Mickelson, Matthew Stockman, Steve Williams, Harry, Williams, Sam, Damian Dovarganes, Rocco, Gary A, Vasquez, Barack Obama, Pete Souza, Stuart Franklin, Elin, Charlie, Ezra Shaw, Eric Gay, Jimmy Fallon, Lloyd Bishop, Arnold Palmer, Chris Condon, Jason Dufner, Lindsey Vonn, Marco Trovati, Lannis, John Amis, Donald Trump, Getty Images Woods, Warren Little, Jamie Squire, Ben Jared, Wally Skalij, Shutterstock Woods, Tiger, Sam Greenwood, Cliff Hawkins, Jonathan Ernst, they’re, Shipnuck, ‘ I’m, Justin Thomas, I’m, ”, they’ve, what’s, Rory McIlroy, Rory, “ Rory, Bryson DeChambeau, ’, he’d, DeChambeau, “ Patrick Reed, Sergio García, “ Phil Mickelson, HyFlyers, Suhaimi Abdullah, Jay Monahan, Yasir Al, Rumayyan, Phil Mickelson’s, Jamal Khashoggi, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prince, Mohammad Bin Salman, Reed, Garcia Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, PGA Tour, LIV, Miami, PGA, Saudi, Public Investment Fund, CBS, AP, Tiger, US Junior Amateur, Getty, Los Angeles, Tour, Stanford University, NCAA, Nike —, Las Vegas, Green, Army, Tiger Woods Foundation, Ford, British, Woods Learning, USA, Office, Stanford, NBCU, Bank, Bay, Invitational, Barclays, Trump, Getty Images, PNC, Law, Los Angeles Times, PNC Championship, Hall of Fame, Reuters, HyFlyers GC, Sentosa Golf, European, MBS, Fox News, ” CNN Locations: Los Angeles, Saudi, Delaware, Tiger’s, Los Alamitos , California, Vietnamese, Vietnam, Orange, United States, France, Hamburg, Germany, Pebble Beach , California, St . Andrews, Scotland, Louisville , Kentucky, Fort Bragg , North Carolina, Hoylake, England, Anaheim , California, Woods, Dublin , Ohio, Beaver Creek , Colorado, Atlanta, Rancho Palos Verdes , California, Pacific Palisades , California, Singapore, London, McIroy

Britain's biggest mortgage lender on Wednesday reported a pre-tax profit of 1.9 billion pounds ($2.3 billion) for the three months to September 30, in line with the 1.8 billion expected by analysts in forecasts compiled by the bank. The bank's quarterly profit was up on 576 million pounds the prior year, which was restated due to accounting changes. Analysts welcomed the steady set of results, noting a bad loan charge of just 187 million pounds - versus 668 million in the same quarter a year earlier - was much lower than expected. However, Lloyds said it increased its deposits by 500 million pounds during the third quarter, reversing a trend of outflows seen by many banks this year. Deposits remained down 5 billion pounds year to date at 470 billion pounds.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Zoe Gillespie, Banks, Iain Withers, Lawrence White, Jason Neely Organizations: Lloyds Bank, REUTERS, Lloyds Banking Group, savers, Lloyds, Barclays, RBC Brewin, Thomson

☆ Barclays shares slide for second day
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A Barclays sign is seen outside a branch of the bank in London, Britain, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Barclays shares (BARC.L) fell by as much as 2.4% in early trading on Wednesday, briefly on course for their biggest two-day drop since turmoil engulfed the global banking sector in March. On Tuesday, shares in Barclays closed down 6.5% after the company indicated it would embark on another restructuring round in the coming months to deal with the effects of margin pressure from competition in the savings market and another lacklustre performance from its investment bank. By 0705 GMT, Barclays shares were down 0.4% on the day, narrowly above Tuesday's seven-month low. Reporting by Amanda Cooper; Editing by Danilo MasoniOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Stefan Wermuth, Amanda Cooper, Danilo Masoni Organizations: Barclays, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

Barclays Bank logo is seen in this illustration taken March 12, 2023. The redundancies account for about 3% of employees in the bank's U.S. consumer division, said the source, who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters. "These decisions are never easy and employees whose roles have been impacted will receive a full range of transition services." Venkatakrishnan said the lender will update investors on the areas impacted when Barclays reports full year results in February. The bank is already drawing up plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its domestic retail bank and cut staff in its investment bank, Reuters reported last month.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, C.S, Venkatakrishnan, murkier, Lananh Nguyen, Lawrence White, Chizu Nomiyama, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Barclays Bank, REUTERS, Barclays Plc, Barclays, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York, London

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, DraftKings, Meta, Monster & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Bank of America reiterates Apple as neutral Bank of America said China remains a risk for Apple . UBS downgrades Regions to neutral from buy UBS said the Birmingham, Alabama-based regional bank is going into the "penalty box." DA Davidson upgrades Braze to buy from neutral DA said shares of the cloud-based software company will benefit from "resilient growth." Piper Sandler downgrades Monster to neutral from overweight Piper said in its downgrade of Monster that it had previously been just "wrong." Seaport initiates Amazon, Meta and Alphabet as buy Seaport initiated Amazon , Meta and Alphabet on Tuesday, saying it sees further upside for all three.

Persons: Bernstein, Tesla, underperform Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, it's bullish, Ingersoll Rand, Stifel, Davidson, Needham, Moffett, Piper Sandler, Piper, MNST, Redburn, Morgan Stanley, Wells, it's, Baird, KeyBanc, –, Tommy Hilfiger, Larsson, Calvin Klein Organizations: Bank of America, Apple, of America, Nvidia, Reuters, AMD, Microsoft, UBS, Regions, Lattice Semiconductor, PSA, Fitness, Retail Media, Barclays, Rio Tinto, FMC Corp, FMC, JPMorgan, PVH, Energy Locations: China, wearables, Birmingham , Alabama, Rio

European markets were tentatively lower Tuesday, with investors likely keeping an eye on the latest business activity data out of the euro zone. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index dipped 0.1% lower after a marginally upbeat open, with sectors spread across positive and negative territory. Mining stocks led gains with a 1% increase, while banking stocks dropped 0.9%. Barclays led the banking decline with a 6% fall following third-quarter results. Preliminary purchasing managers' index data for the euro zone for October is due Tuesday.

Organizations: Barclays

☆ Morning Bid: Bitcoin is back, stocks wobble
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. Treasuries remain in the headlines with yields on 10-year notes briefly hitting 5% on Monday before quickly declining. The Japanese currency was at 149.57 per dollar having touched the symbolic 150 level on Friday and on Monday. Meanwhile, bitcoin prices soared on the back of rising speculation about the possibility of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Reuters GraphicsReuters GraphicsKey developments that could influence markets on Tuesday:Economic events: Oct flash PMI for Germany, France, UK and Euro zone; UK August ILO unemployment rateEarnings: Barclays, Puma, Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Ankur Banerjee, Treasuries, Sam Holmes Organizations: La Maison du, REUTERS, Ankur, Microsoft, Google, Barclays, ICE, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Puma, Thomson Locations: La, Paris, France, Israel, Europe, Asia, Pacific, Japan, Britain, United States, Germany

☆ Earnings will 'make or break' European stocks — here's what to watch, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Investors will look to the upcoming earnings season to see whether stocks can recover from recent losses or if more declines are ahead. "All year, we've seen the steady weakening in European soft data and, more recently, hard data. In a note titled "Q3 Earnings - Make or break," Barclays analysts echoed that sentiment, suggesting that despite resilient earnings thus far, more mixed third-quarter economic indicators hint at equally varied results. UBS analysts have identified stocks that could surprise, both positively and negatively, when their earnings results are released in the coming weeks. Fowler said UBS analysts have historically been pretty accurate at predicting surprises, especially when combined with a value investing bias, which has tended to outperform.

Persons: Gerry Fowler, we've, Fowler, CNBC's, Fowler isn't, Emmanuel Cau, Stocks Organizations: UBS, Barclays, Santander, Ryanair, Siemens Energy, Nordic, Universal Music, AstraZeneca Locations: Europe

☆ Goldman names Kamo as global head of dealmaking for financial sponsors
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( David French | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] People walk in the Goldman Sachs global headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 24 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) has appointed David Kamo as its global head of financial sponsor mergers and acquisitions within its investment bank, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. As well as assuming his new global role with financial sponsors, Kamo will continue heading cross markets M&A for Goldman, the memo added. The cross markets group is the bank's unit which focuses on advising middle-market businesses. Kamo joined Goldman in 2016 and became a partner at the Wall Street giant in 2020.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Andrew Kelly, David Kamo, Goldman, Kamo, David French, Nick Zieminski Organizations: REUTERS, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Reuters, Lehman Brothers, Barclays, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York, U.S, New York

☆ Morning Bid: Big Tech reports as bond yields recoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The two tech giants report after the bell on Tuesday, with Meta (META.O) following on Wednesday and Amazon (AMZN.O) on Thursday. Partly lifted by the year's artificial intelligence craze, the tech behemoths have clearly flattered year-to-date gains of 10% in the overall S&P500. And yet the seemingly endless squeeze in bond markets since midyear has seen megacap indexes (.NYFANG) retreat some 12% from their highs for the year. The upshot of the whole picture is to give U.S. stock futures a lift ahead of the open on Tuesday - with Asia and European bourses in positive territory too as bond markets stabilised. Ten-year U.S. Treasury yields held about 4.83% - some 19 basis points below Monday's peak at 5.02%.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Mike Dolan, Bill Ackman, Clark, Chubb, Paccar, Centene, Sherwin, Williams, Archer, David Evans Organizations: NVIDIA Corp, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Mike Dolan Big Tech, Microsoft, Meta, Treasuries, U.S, Bank of England, Treasury, Britain's FTSE, Barclays, P Global, Richmond Fed, Philadelphia Fed, Texas Instruments, Verizon, General Electric, NextEra Energy, HCA Healthcare, General Motors, Halliburton, Dow, Waste Management, Daniels, Midland, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Gaza, United States, Asia, European, Britain's, Philadelphia, Danaher, Fiserv, Kimberly, Spotify, Dover, Nucor

☆ Barclays narrowly beats profit forecasts on strong consumer, credit card business
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — Barclays on Tuesday reported a net profit of £1.27 billion ($1.56 billion) for the third quarter, slightly ahead of expectations as strong results in its consumer and credit card businesses compensated for weakening investment bank revenues. Venkatakrishnan said the bank "continued to manage credit well, remained disciplined on costs and maintained a strong capital position" against a "mixed market backdrop." Barclays' corporate and investment bank (CIB) saw income decrease by 6% to £3.1 billion, with the bank citing reduced client activity in global markets and investment banking fees. The bank did not announce any new returns of capital to shareholders after July's £750 million share buyback announcement. The cost-income ratio in the third quarter was 63%, but the bank has set a medium-term target of below 60%.

Persons: Venkatakrishnan Organizations: LONDON, Barclays, Reuters, C.S, Barclays U.K, Q423 Locations: London

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