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Daily Scoop 22-12-21

👋 Your Wednesday Scoops - BlackRock backsteps on sustainability & YouTube gets NFL

December 21, 2022

Today's Scoop:Cruising

Big Picture

  1. Consumers are less worried about inflation.

  2. Home sales are down.

  3. The NFL is moving to streaming.

The Market: 

⬆️

+1.5%

S&P 500: 3,878.44

1Mo:

 -3% 

| 1Yr:

-17%

 

| 5Yr: 

+45%

The market continued its rally today on a glimmer of optimism. Nike's financial report gave hope to the retail industry. FedEx proved they could cut costs quickly.

Consumers are feeling more optimistic and less worried about inflation.

The Conference Board's consumer confidence index bounced back to the highest level since April last month. Consumers said they don't expect inflation to stick around quite as long anymore.

Inflation expectations are critical

because if businesses think costs will keep rising, they'll keep raising prices, perpetuating the cycle.

The housing market is tumbling amidst high mortgage rates and low affordability.

 The National Association of Realtors reported the number of homes sold fell 7.7% last month, the 10th straight month of decline.

The supply of new homes keeps shrinking.

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before year-end:

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    2. (Big banks often move much more slowly to raise their payouts on savings accounts)

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Company Scoops ❤🌎💰

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Wells Fargo

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BlackRock

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Nike

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YouTube's

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FedEx

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🤓 Inside Scoop...

Earnings season

is full of "

beats

" and "

misses

." The news reports refer to whether the company reported more or less profit/revenue/whatever for the quarter than investors expected. Wall Street Analysts make projections, and then media outlets will compare the reported financial figures to the average of the Analysts' expectations.

Having a tiny bit more or less revenue (sales) or earnings (profit) than the average of a range of expectations isn't typically something to worry about, especially when it's only three months of a company's lifetime. The important stuff is the report's context and whether the company feels confident about the future.

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