Liveblog Archief donderdag 4 februari 2021

Beste beleggers,

Voor mij was 2020 een enorm moeilijk jaar met wisselende resultaten, de eerste daling heb ik goed kunnen meepakken maar daarna verliep het niet zoals ik het had verwacht, dat is jammer maar wel deed ik wat ik kan en handelde op hetgeen ik verwachte. Ik was zeker niet de enige met dat probleem, veel traders, beleggers met een lange ervaring hadden het er ook moeilijk mee, vraag of kijk maar rond. Dat de markt dan zo'n onnatuurlijke beweging maakt zette mij en vele andere oude rotten uit de markt vaak op het verkeerde been. Anderen zullen dan aangeven dat het een makkelijk jaar was omdat alles omhoog ging en het makkelijk was om goeie resultaten te behalen, dat is nogal kort door de bocht maar het is wel een feit, ik kan alleen maar zeggen had ik maar ,,, Dat helpt niet meer, wat geweest is dat is geweest, nu moet ik me herpakken en dat lukt in ieder geval, Wel is het zo dat ik de markt nu weer beter kan inschatten, ik heb veel nieuwe dingen geleerd, dat zal ik met de ervaring die ik al heb kunnen combineren. De resultaten in december (2020) en januari (2021) zijn al weer hoe ik het graag wil. Deze maand moet ik nog beginnen want ik wacht op een juist moment om wat te doen, de leden kunnen een dezer dagen een signaal verwachten in ieder geval ...

Zo staan we in ieder geval op winst dit jaar, en er komen nog zoveel mogelijkheden want de markten zullen volatiel blijven is mijn verwachting. Ook dit jaar zullen er weer passages komen waarvan we denken hoe kan dit toch allemaal? De bedoeling is om nu te handelen op extremen en vooral waar het kan snel winst te nemen want de markt maakt nog steeds wisselingen tussen up en down ... Ik doe in ieder geval mijn best voor de leden, aan de andere kant mocht er weer iets gebeuren op de beurzen dan kunt u er wel beter op tijd bij zijn en dus lid worden ...

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TOP NEWS
• Reddit trading frenzy stalls as focus turns to Yellen meeting
Stocks at the heart of a recent social media-driven buying frenzy were subdued in early U.S. trading, a possible signal that wild gyrations which roiled financial markets were fizzling out just as regulators meet to discuss the volatility.

• World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots
The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots in a world first.

• Union leaders backing Amazon election in Alabama discuss effort with White House
The White House and the labor leaders connected with the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union have discussed the group's effort to unionize an Amazon.com facility in Alabama, an RWDSU official said.

• Health insurer Cigna's quarterly profit misses estimates on COVID-19 costs
Cigna reported fourth-quarter profit below estimates, as COVID-19 testing and treatment costs piled up due to a surge in infections across the country.

• Investment banking boom hands Deutsche Bank first profit since 2014
Deutsche Bank eked out a small profit in 2020, marking an important milestone for CEO Christian Sewing after five years of losses, as an investment banking earnings surge offset a weaker showing in its other businesses.


BEFORE THE BELL
U.S. stock index futures edged higher as investors focused on corporate earnings and economic recovery ahead of weekly jobless claims and factory orders data. European shares rose on hopes of a faster global economic recovery, while most Asian shares ended lower on concerns over China’s policy tightening prospects. The dollar strengthened on improved economic outlook, while gold and silver prices slipped. Oil prices advanced as the OPEC+ alliance stuck to its reduced output policy. Ford Motor is expected to report earnings after market close.


STOCKS TO WATCH
Results
• Abb Ltd: The Swiss engineering company expects a gradual improvement in customer demand during 2021, the company said, although the return of COVID-19 restrictions towards the end of last year had increased market uncertainties. The company, which posted a surprise net loss during its fourth quarter, said it was seeing positive developments in some sectors. ABB said demand from the oil and gas, conventional power generation and marine power industries remained subdued. It expects orders to turn positive in the second quarter after they fell 1% in the last three months of 2020 on a comparable basis. The company said it expected operational EBITA margin to "clearly improve" through the year. It reported a surprise net loss of $79 million, missing analyst expectations for a profit of $104 million as it paid back bonds early and pumped $130 million into its underfunded pension schemes.

• Becton Dickinson and Co: The company beat quarterly profit estimates and forecast full-year earnings above expectations as the medical device maker continued to benefit from strong demand for its COVID-19 diagnostic tests. The Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based company said COVID-19 testing helped it earn $867 million in the first quarter, and expects 2021 adjusted earnings per share to be between $12.75 and $12.85, above estimates of $12.58 per share. Becton said last November that it expects sales from its Veritor rapid antigen test kit to be in the range of $1 billion to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2021. First-quarter revenue grew 25.7% to $5.32 billion, above the average analyst estimate of $4.87 billion. Excluding items, Becton earned $4.55 per share, beating estimates of $3.11 per share. Shares of the company were trading up 3.8% at $270.91 before the bell.

• Carlyle Group Inc: The company said its fourth quarter distributable earnings rose 38% year-on-year, surpassing analysts' expectations, as it cashed out on more assets in its private equity and credit businesses. Distributable earnings -the cash available to pay dividends to shareholders-rose to $236.9 million from $171.7 million a year earlier. Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle said its corporate private equity, real estate and natural resources funds rose 11%, 3%, and 3%, respectively, in the fourth quarter. Its credit funds grew 7%. Carlyle's total asset under management reached $246 billion in the fourth quarter, up 7% from the prior quarter, with $76 billion of unspent capital. It declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share.

• Cigna Corp: The health insurer reported quarterly profit below estimates, as COVID-19 testing and treatment costs piled up due to a surge in infections across the country. For the fourth quarter, Cigna's medical care ratio worsened to 85.8% from 82.3%, owing to COVID-19 testing and treatment costs. Cigna said it expects to see a negative impact of about $1.25 per share due to COVID-19 costs in 2021. The company said it sees full-year consolidated adjusted income from operations of at least $6.95 billion, or $20 per share. Adjusted revenue from Cigna's health services business rose about 19% to $30.53 billion in the reported quarter from $25.57 billion a year earlier. The company recorded $3.22 billion in gains from the sale of its disability and accidental death insurance unit in December. Excluding one-time items, the company posted a profit of $3.51 per share, below Refinitiv IBES estimates of $3.68 per share. Adjusted revenue rose to $41.67 billion, beating consensus estimate of $39.99 billion.

• Clorox Co: The bleach maker raised its full-year profit and sales forecasts, as households kept up their heightened cleaning regimen with COVID-19 cases surging in the United States and stocked more of its disinfecting products. The company said it expects fiscal 2021 organic sales to rise in the range of 10% to 13%, compared with a prior forecast of a 5% to 9% increase. The company also said it expects full-year earnings per share to be between $8.05 and $8.25, compared with a prior forecast of $7.70 to $7.95. Its net sales rose to $1.84 billion in the second quarter ended Dec. 31 from $1.45 billion a year earlier, beating the average Wall Street estimate of $1.75 billion.

• Corteva Inc: The company forecast 2021 core earnings above analysts' estimates on Wednesday as sharp gains in prices of soybean and corn crops boost demand for the seed and pesticide maker's products. The company, which also posted a surprise fourth-quarter profit, said it expects more acres to be planted in North America in 2021 as multi-year high prices for corn and soybean have boosted farm incomes. It forecast 2021 operating earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of $2.4 billion to $2.5 billion, above the $2.35 billion figure expected by analysts. Sales of the company's crop-protection products rose 13%, while seed sales were flat as higher volumes were offset by a weaker Brazilian Real. Operating earnings came in at 4 cents per share, while analysts had estimated a 5-cent loss.

• Deutsche Bank AG: The bank eked out a small profit in 2020, marking an important milestone for CEO Christian Sewing after five years of losses, as an investment banking earnings surge offset a weaker showing in its other businesses. Analysts now expect Deutsche to deliver another profit in 2021, a consensus forecast of their estimates shows. Deutsche said its net profit attributable to shareholders for 2020 was 113 million euros ($136 million), which compares with a 2019 loss of 5.7 billion euros. Analysts had expected a loss of about 300 million euros for 2020. This boosted its investment bank, whose revenue rose 32% to 9.28 billion euros in 2020, and by 28% in its key fixed-income and currency sales and trading business. Deutsche ended the year with a fourth-quarter net profit of 51 million euros, against a net loss of 1.6 billion euros in the same period a year earlier and analyst expectations for a loss.

• eBay Inc: The e-commerce firm said on Wednesday it would emerge "stronger" from the COVID-19 crisis after a pandemic-driven surge in online shopping helped the company beat estimates for sales and profit in the holiday quarter. The company was benefiting from its updated strategy, Iannone said, which includes drawing shoppers through fashion offerings including sneakers and watches, enabling easier payments and improving its mobile app. EBay, a marketplace known for unique or hard-to-find inventory, is not focused on copying larger e-commerce rivals, he added. EBay also projected first-quarter revenue in the range of $2.94 billion to $2.99 billion, above estimates of $2.53 billion. The company also expanded share repurchase authorization by an additional $4 billion. Revenue in the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, rose to $2.87 billion from $2.24 billion, beating analysts' average estimate of $2.70 billion.

• Euronav NV: The company expects pressure on freight rates to continue until late 2021, the tanker operator said as it reported weaker than expected fourth-quarter results, citing OPEC+ export cuts because of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on demand for oil. The company benefited from soaring demand for oil storage at sea in early 2020 as buyers struggled to find space for surplus crude when demand collapsed during the first wave of the pandemic. However, reduced OPEC+ exports limited oil oversupply in the second half of the year. "As a result, the market remains unbalanced with too many ships chasing too few cargoes," Chief Executive Hugo De Stoop said. Euronav swung to a fourth-quarter net loss of $58.7 million, against an average forecast of a $41.8 million loss in a Refinitiv poll of analysts.

• MetLife Inc: The insurer reported a marginal rise in fourth-quarter adjusted profit on Wednesday as investment growth and underwriting gains in some of its U.S. businesses cushioned the hit from coronavirus-related claims. MetLife reported adjusted earnings of $1.84 billion, or $2.03 per share, beating analysts' average estimates of $1.52 a share. Variable investment income totaled $778 million in the quarter, nearly all from private-equity investments. MetLife earned $1.126 billion in such income for the full year, topping the target of $900 million to $1.1 billion it set a year ago. MetLife also said its net derivative losses widened 7% from a year earlier to $1.56 billion.

• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc: The lender did not change its annual profit forecast even after exceeding the target in the third quarter, with the bank warning of a prolonged business impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MUFG posted a net profit of 607 billion yen for the nine months through December, above a full-year forecast of 600 billion yen. The cautiousness from Japan's top lender comes amid a rebound in new coronavirus cases in the country last month, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday the government would extend the state of emergency until March 7. MUFG booked credit-related costs of 343.6 billion yen for the period, up from 84.2 billion yen a year earlier.

• Nokia Oyj: The Finnish telecom network equipment maker warned of challenges to come this year as it tries to catch up with rivals after a strong finish to 2020. Lundmark reported better than expected fourth-quarter revenue and underlying profit but Nokia forecast 2021 revenue to fall to between 20.6-21.8 billion euros ($25-26 billion) from 21.9 billion euros in 2020. Nokia said a growth in its 5G equipment sales in the quarter was partially offset by decreases in its legacy radio access products. Revenue overall fell 5% to 6.57 billion euros during the quarter, but beat a consensus figure of 6.42 billion euros. Quarterly underlying earnings fell to 0.14 euros per share from 0.15 euros a year ago, beating the 0.11 euros consensus.

• PayPal Holdings Inc: The company beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, with a coronavirus-driven shift to online shopping and digital transactions driving record levels of payment volumes for both the quarter and the year. PayPal said it was expecting an addition of about 50 million active users in 2021 and forecast annual revenue of about $25.5 billion, well above the $21.4 billion estimated by analysts. Quarterly revenue rose about 23% to $6.12 billion, topping estimates. The company reported adjusted earnings of $1.08 per share in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, higher than analysts' average estimate of $1 per share.

• Royal Dutch Shell PLC: The oil major’s profit last year dropped to its lowest in at least two decades as the coronavirus pandemic hit energy demand worldwide though the company's retail network and trading business helped cushion the blow. The company’s annual profit slumped 71% to $4.8 billion as its oil and gas production and profits from refining crude into fuels dropped sharply. In a sign of confidence, however, Shell said it planned to raise its dividend in the first quarter of 2021, which would be the second slight increase since its slashed its payout by two-thirds at the start of last year due to the pandemic. Shell's fourth-quarter profit fell 87% from a year earlier to $393 million - missing analyst forecasts for a profit of $597 million - dragged down by weak liquefied natural gas prices, lower production and weak refining margins. Shell's net debt at the end of the fourth quarter rose about $2 billion on the previous quarter to $75.4 billion, with its gearing - or debt-to-equity ratio - ticking up to 32.3%.

• Qualcomm Inc: The chipmaker’s shares fell in after-hours trading on Wednesday as the company said that semiconductor supply constraints that have roiled the industry were hampering its sales growth. Qualcomm's strategy is changing as its chips become more profitable and a bigger part of its business, but a concurrent decline in its lucrative license revenues held its gross margins flat. For the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 27, Qualcomm said sales and adjusted profit were $8.24 billion and $2.17 per share, compared with analyst estimates of $8.27 billion and $2.10 per share. Chip and licensing revenue were $6.53 billion and $1.66 billion, respectively, beating estimates, according to FactSet data. Qualcomm forecast sales with a midpoint of $7.6 billion and adjusted profit at a midpoint of $1.65 per share, slightly above expectations.

• Unilever NV: The company is targeting long-term sales growth of 3% to 5% after a recovery in China and India helped the consumer goods group to gain momentum in the final three months of 2020. Setting out its longer-term targets under Chief Executive Alan Jope, Unilever said it would aim for underlying sales growth ahead of its markets, as well as profit growth ahead of sales growth. Overall for 2020, sales in emerging markets rose 1.2%, hurt in part by strict lockdowns in the first half of the year and declines in Thailand, the Philippines and in Indonesia in the fourth quarter. Turnover for the quarter came in at 12.1 billion euros ($14.53 billion), versus analysts' estimates of 12.16 billion euros. Full-year 2020 turnover came in at 50.7 billion euros, slightly lower than the 50.81 billion euros, analysts had expected. Adjusted earnings per share for the year was 2.48 euros, one cent lower than analysts' estimates.

In Other News
• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd: The company set in motion its $5 billion U.S. dollar bond deal by announcing the initial price guidance in a marketing term sheet reviewed by Reuters. Alibaba flagged a price range of 130 basis points over U.S. 10-year Treasuries for the 10-year tranche and 140 basis points over U.S. 20-year Treasuries for the 20-year tranche. It is selling the debt in four tranches which also includes 30 and 40-year bonds, the term sheet showed. A final price for the bonds is expected to be set later on Thursday, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter who is not authorised to speak to the media.

• Alphabet Inc: An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet's Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru, a sign of the ongoing conflicts at the search giant over diversity and ethics. The resignations come as workers have demanded commitments to academic freedom and management change in Google's research organization. More than 800 people joined a union announced last month to advance workplace protections, and more than 2,600 of its 135,000 employees signed a December letter supporting Gebru. Baker, whose resignation letter was shared with an internal affinity group for Black employees, told Reuters he stood by his remarks. Gebru, who co-led a team on AI ethics, says she pushed back on orders to pull research that speech technology like Google's could disadvantage marginalized groups.

• Amazon.com Inc: The company has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world's largest e-commerce firm says would improve safety of both drivers and the communities in which they deliver. The company recently started rolling out camera-based safety technology across its delivery fleet, it said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Amazon said in the video that the cameras, developed by transportation technology company Netradyne, use artificial intelligence (AI) to provide warnings about speeding and distracted driving among other things.

• American Airlines Group Inc: The airlines said on Wednesday that some 13,000 employees are at risk of furlough when a U.S. aid package for airline workers expires on April 1, blaming slow vaccine rollouts and new international travel restrictions for dampening demand. Fort Worth, Texas-based American furloughed 19,000 workers when a previous round of government payroll support ended on Oct. 1 but recalled them in December after a fresh $15 billion for the industry through March. American said it was launching a fresh round of exit packages in an effort to mitigate potential involuntary furloughs, similar to plans by United. They are required by law to inform employees whose jobs are at risk, generally within 60 days.

• Chesapeake Energy Corp: The U.S. shale oil and gas producer Chesapeake Energy plans to cut 15% of its workforce, an email sent to employees revealed, as it closes on new financing that will allow it to emerge from bankruptcy court protection next week. The company is "resetting our business to emerge a stronger and more competitive enterprise," according to the email to employees by Chief Executive Doug Lawler, and reviewed by Reuters. Most of the 220 layoffs will happen at the Oklahoma City headquarters, the email said.

• GameStop Corp & AMC Entertainment Inc: Stocks at the heart of a recent social media-driven buying frenzy were subdued in early U.S. trading, a possible signal that wild gyrations which roiled financial markets were fizzling out just as regulators meet to discuss the volatility. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet financial regulators on Thursday to discuss GameStop and the recent market volatility, the Department of Treasury said. Focus could fall on the online forums where mass buying of GameStop and AMC was discussed last week, and on the ever-larger role played by hedge funds in financial markets.

• Ford Motor Co: The carmaker has decided to terminate plans to launch electric vehicle joint ventures with China's Zotye Automobile, the U.S. auto giant said. It said that China's electric vehicle industry and government policies had undergone major changes since the agreements were signed in 2017 and 2018, prompting Ford's decision. Sales of electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen-powered vehicles in China are forecast to rise to 20% of new car sales by 2025 from just 5% now, the State Council said in November.

• NatWest Group PLC & Mastercard Inc: NatWest has become the latest British lender to switch to issuing Mastercard cards from Visa, in an agreement that includes 16 million consumer and business customer cards. Mastercard - long the main provider of UK credit cards - has been eating into Visa's lead in debit cards after similar deals with Santander and HSBC's First Direct, while also signing up start-ups including Monzo. The agreement includes all NatWest Group's brands, including Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts. Mastercard said in a statement that after card conversions were complete it would account for around one in three of all consumer debit cards in circulation by banks in the UK, and one in four in Ireland.

• Pfizer Inc: Australia will buy 10 million additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Australia last week approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use for people aged 16 years and older, and expects to begin inoculation at 80,000 doses per week by the end of February.

• PPG Industries Inc: Finnish paints maker Tikkurila said Pittsburgh-based has raised its all-shares offer for the company to 34.00 euros per share, topping a rival bid from Akzo Nobel. The two industry heavyweights are seeking to tap into Tikkurila's strong position in Finland, Sweden, the Baltics, Russia and Poland. Tikkurila's board has unanimously decided to recommend that the shareholders accept the PPG's raised offer, which values the firm at 1.5 billion euros. Tikkurila said some major shareholders, holding 29.3% of its shares, have agreed to accept the offer if PPG gets regulatory approvals for the acquisition. PPG has lowered its acceptance rate for the offer to 66.7% of shares from its original 90% target.

• Rio Tinto Plc: The company’s chairman Simon Thompson is set to face further pressure over the board's handling of the destruction of sacred rock shelters in Australia after an Indigenous group accused him of breaking a personal promise, analysts said. The traditional owners of the rock shelters said Thompson had told them Rio's acting head of iron ore, Ivan Vella, who had led reconciliation efforts, would see the process through to its end, The Australian newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a letter to Rio from the traditional owners. Rio announced last week that Vella would move to Canada to head up its aluminium business, while Chief Commercial Officer Simon Trott would take charge of iron ore. Thompson is likely to face increasing pressure to step down, given the recent spotlight on social issues that is worrying investors, even with solid financial results, said David Lennox of Fat Prophets in Sydney which holds Rio shares.

• Uber Technologies Inc: The company’s Middle East business Careem is seeing a slowdown in the recovery of its ride-hailing business due to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, and tentatively forecast business would return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year. The comments represented a more pessimistic outlook from Careem, which said last September it expected its ride service to recover before the end of 2021. Careem Chief Executive Mudassir Sheikha, giving the year-end forecast for a full recovery, cautioned that circumstances could change. Careem, bought by Uber in 2019 for $3.1 billion, says it offers ride-hailing services in 100 cities, mostly in the Middle East, while its smaller delivery business is in seven cities, mainly delivering food from restaurants.


FEATURE
Laugh, but not too hard: New Super Bowl advertisers keep it light in pandemic
In a teaser ad Uber Eats released ahead of the Super Bowl, actor Mike Myers, reprising his role as Wayne from “Wayne’s World,” tells sidekick Garth what is on everybody’s mind: “2020, man, that was a great year...not.” The food delivery app and other brands doing well during the pandemic including electronics brand Logitech and gardening company Scotts Miracle-Gro, will replace long-time advertisers during Sunday's Super Bowl LV telecast.


ANALYSTS' RECOMMENDATION
• Abbvie Inc: Mizuho raises target price to $126 from $117, stating the company’s strong near-term growth driven by volume and higher-than-expected sales in the fourth quarter.

• Biogen Inc: Piper Sandler cuts target price to $250 from $265, following the company’s lower-than-expected profit in its fourth quarter and weak 2021 guidance.

• eBay Inc: Credit Suisse raises target price to $76 from $70, stating the company's strong fourth-quarter earnings and uptick in advertising revenue.

• Paypal Holdings Inc: RBC raises target price to $292 from $245, citing the company’s higher-than-expected earnings per share in its fourth quarter and continued growth in new accounts.

• Qualcomm Inc: RBC raises target price to $150 from $126, noting the company’s higher forecast for 2021 and increased market share.


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0730 Challenger layoffs for Jan: Prior 77,030
0830 Initial jobless claim: Expected 830,000; Prior 847,000
0830 Jobless claim 4-week average: Prior 868,000
0830 Continue jobless claim: Expected 4.700 mln; Prior 4.771 mln
0830 (approx.) Labor costs preliminary for Q4: Expected 4.0%; Prior -6.6%
0830 (approx.) Productivity preliminary for Q4: Expected -2.8%; Prior 4.6%
1000 (approx.) Durables ex-defense, R mm for Dec: Prior 0.5%
1000 (approx.) Durable goods, R mm for Dec: Prior 0.2%
1000 (approx.) Factory orders mm for Dec: Expected 0.7%; Prior 1.0%
1000 (approx.) Durables ex-transport R mm for Dec: Prior 0.7%
1000 (approx.) Nondefense capital goods ex-air R mm for Dec: Prior 0.6%
1000 (approx.) Factory ex-transport mm for Dec: Prior 0.8%


COMPANIES REPORTING RESULTS
Activision Blizzard Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.18 per share
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.56 per share
Baxter International Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of 76 cents per share
CMS Energy Corp: Expected Q4 earnings of 55 cents per share
Cummins Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.80 per share
DXC Technology Co: Expected Q3 earnings of 54 cents per share
Fleetcor Technologies Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.81 per share
Ford Motor Co: Expected Q4 loss of 7 cents per share
Fortinet Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of 97 cents per share
Fortive Corp: Expected Q4 earnings of 62 cents per share
Gilead Sciences Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.15 per share
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.33 per share
Intercontinental Exchange Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.08 per share
International Paper Co: Expected Q4 earnings of 80 cents per share
Mettler-Toledo International Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $8.72 per share
Microchip Technology Inc: Expected Q3 earnings of $1.58 per share
Motorola Solutions Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.74 per share
News Corp: Expected Q2 earnings of 11 cents per share
NortonLifeLock Inc: Expected Q3 earnings of 37 cents per share
Nov Inc: Expected Q4 loss of 19 cents per share
Parker-Hannifin Corp: Expected Q2 earnings of $2.60 per share
Philip Morris International Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.21 per share
Prudential Financial Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.57 per share
Ralph Lauren Corp: Expected Q3 earnings of $1.63 per share
T-Mobile US Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of 51 cents per share
Unum Group: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.20 per share
Wynn Resorts Ltd: Expected Q4 loss of $2.31 per share


CORPORATE EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0730 Tapestry Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
0800 Aflac Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0800 Becton Dickinson and Co: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 Change Healthcare Inc: Q3 earnings conference call
0800 Merck & Co Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0800 New York Times Co: Q4 earnings conference call
0815 Yum! Brands Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Amerisourcebergen Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 AMETEK Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 ANGI Homeservices Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Baxter International Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Carlyle Group Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Cigna Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Hershey Co: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 IAC/Interactivecorp: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Intercontinental Exchange Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Lear Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Quest Diagnostics Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Allstate Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Ashland Global Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Corteva Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Maximus Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 MetLife Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Penn National Gaming Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Ralph Lauren Corp: Q3 earnings conference call
0900 UGI Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Valvoline Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Xylem Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0930 CMS Energy Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0930 Tradeweb Markets Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Advanced Drainage Systems Inc: Q3 earnings conference call
1000 AGCO Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Air Products and Chemicals Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 AMERCO: Q3 earnings conference call
1000 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 CMC Materials Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 Cummins Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 International Paper Co: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Lancaster Colony Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
1000 Lincoln National Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Old Dominion Freight Line Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1000 Snap-On Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1030 IDEX Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1030 Philip Morris International Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1100 Ball Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1100 Parker-Hannifin Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
1100 Timken Co: Q4 earnings conference call
1130 American Financial Group Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1200 CoreSite Realty Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1200 Royal Gold Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
1300 Arrow Electronics Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1300 Avalonbay Communities Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1300 Ensign Group Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1330 Clorox Co: Q2 earnings conference call
1400 Mdu Resources Group Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1400 WEC Energy Group Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Activision Blizzard Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Bill.com Holdings Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
1630 Deckers Outdoor Corp: Q3 earnings conference call
1630 Fortinet Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Gilead Sciences Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Leslie's Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Neurocrine Biosciences Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 News Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
1630 Pinterest Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Proofpoint Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Skechers USA Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 T-Mobile US Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Twist Bioscience Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Wynn Resorts Ltd: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Carlisle Companies Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Columbia Sportswear Co: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 DXC Technology Co: Q3 earnings conference call
1700 Ford Motor Co: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 LPL Financial Holdings Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Mettler-Toledo International Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Microchip Technology Inc: Q3 earnings conference call
1700 Monolithic Power Systems Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Motorola Solutions Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 New Relic Inc: Q3 earnings conference call
1700 NortonLifeLock Inc: Q3 earnings conference call
1700 Paylocity Holding Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
1700 Peloton Interactive Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
1700 Snap Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Unity Software Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Zendesk Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1730 Fleetcor Technologies Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1730 Fortive Corp: Q4 earnings conference call


EX-DIVIDENDS
CMS Energy Corp: Amount $0.43
Costco Wholesale Corp: Amount $0.70
FirstEnergy Corp: Amount $0.39
Intel Corp: Amount $0.34
J B Hunt Transport Services Inc: Amount $0.28
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc: Amount $0.23
MetLife Inc: Amount $0.46
Norfolk Southern Corp: Amount $0.99
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc: Amount $0.18
Synchrony Financial: Amount $0.22
Wells Fargo & Co: Amount $0.10

De futures op Wall Street laten wat verschil zien, de Nasdaq iets omhoog maar de SP en de Dow future staan iets lager. Wat betreft Europa zie ik dat de AEX en de DAX wat lager willen starten. Veel nieuws is er niet vandaag, de grote 6 zijn al met cijfers gekomen terwijl het nu wat rustiger zal worden wat betreft de kwartaalcijfers. Ook zien we dat Wall Street de touwtjes weer in handen neemt na een week waar we een invasie van Retail Traders hebben zien opkomen, helaas zullen er daar forse verliezen zijn geleden maar zoals altijd lachen de grote jongens op de beurs altijd het laatst ...

Technisch bekeken blijven de indices desondanks de volatiele sessies nog altijd in de bekende oplopende WIG hangen. Dat kunnen we zien bij alle indices, de een wat meer uitgesproken dan bij de andere maar het blijven oplopende wiggen. Eind vorige week kwam er wel dreiging om naar beneden uit te breken maar dat werd net op tijd voorkomen. Zo te zien kruipen de indices weer tot die bovenkant waar er dus behoorlijk wat weerstand wacht. De Nasdaq en de DAX geraken weer tot rond hun vorige top en zouden wel eens een dubbele top neer kunnen zetten. In de loop van de avond hebben we kunnen zien dat de Nasdaq al niet meer hoger geraakte en wat moest inleveren om veel lager dan de hoogste dagstand af te sluiten.

Royal Dutch Shell liet over het 4e kwartaal van 2020 opnieuw fors lagere resultaten zien bij de presentatie van de cijfers vanmorgen. Het resultaat per aandeel kwam uit op 0,05 dollar hetgeen toch behoorlijk wat minder is dan de 0,08 dollar waarop de markt rekende. In het 4e kwartaal van 2019 behaalde Shell nog 0,37 dollar winst per aandeel. We moeten even bekijken wat de koers van Shell zal doen vandaag op dit nieuws ...

Gisteren kwamen er nog wat cijfers nabeurs op Wall Street, Qualcomm en Grubhub deden het niet zo goed maar PayPal deed het nabeurs wel goed. Een een wisselend beeld dus.

Wel kwam later nog het nieuws dat Apple en Hyundai - Kia samen gaan werken aan het ontwikkelen van een auto voor Apple ofwel de Apple Car. Om te beginnen zou de auto dan worden gemaakt in de Kia-assemblagefabriek in Georgia. Ik ben wel benieuwd hoe Apple op dat nieuws zal reageren en vooral ook wat het met Tesla gaat doen.

In de loop van de sessie zal ik eens goed bekijken wat er nog meer mogelijk is om op te handelen, ik zie wel wat kansen na die stevige rebound van deze week. De leden zal ik op tijd op de hoogte brengen via mail en SMS, zodra er een signaal komt.

Goeie week achter de rug en redelijke start van 2021
Wat ik heb gedaan afgelopen vrijdag is op de diepe DIP de short posities gesloten, sinds woensdag lopen er weer wat kleine posities die dan de eerste van deze maand (februari) zijn. Het is de bedoeling om ook in februari goed voor de dag te komen met het handelen.

Via de LIVEBLOG en tussendoor ook via mijn Twitter account laat ik gedurende de dag ook wat grafiekjes voorbij komen over de markt. Op Twitter kunt u mij volgen via @USMarkets dan kunt u deze snelle informatie die ik deel uiteraard ook inzien .... https://twitter.com/USMarkets , ook opvallende beursfeiten komen er vaak langs !

Euro, olie en goud:
De euro zien we nu rond de 1.20 dollar, de prijs van een vat Brent olie komt uit op 58,9 dollar terwijl een troy ounce goud nu op 1823 dollar staat. De Bitcoin herpakt zich na enkele dolle dagen, nu moet je 38.100 dollar neertellen voor 1 Bitcoin ...

Inter Market overzicht op slotbasis ...

Strategische posities opnemen:
Zodra u lid wordt ontvangt u de signalen en kunt u meteen de lopende posities inzien via onze Tradershop op de website. Ik probeer in ieder geval zo goed als dat kan om met de markt mee te gaan, wel is het zo dat de markt volatiel zal blijven de komende periode.

Wat ik moet doen is in ieder geval blijven schakelen tussen long en short. Ook deze maand komen er genoeg kansen, we zitten sinds gisteren met wat nieuwe posities in de markt die u nog kunt opnemen na dat u lid wordt ... Doe nu in ieder geval mee met de nieuwe aanbieding die loopt tot 1 APRIL met een mooie korting !!

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MARKET VIEW
Financial spreadbetters expect London's FTSE to open flat at 6,508, Frankfurt's DAX to open 9 points lower at 13,925 and Paris' CAC to open 11 points lower at 5,553.

Asian shares dipped as tight liquidity conditions in China curbed buying for now, though improving corporate earnings, expectations of large U.S. stimulus and subsiding retail frenzy all supported risk sentiment.

Oil prices extended gains after the OPEC+ alliance of major producers stuck to a reduced output policy, and as crude stockpiles in the United States fell to their lowest levels since March last year.

GLOBAL TOP NEWS
The Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress pushed ahead on Wednesday with a maneuver to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package without Republican support, as the White House said it was flexible on a key element of the plan.

The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, saying the post-Brexit trade treaty gave London enough tools to solve the problems.

GameStop and other social media darlings rebounded in calmer trading on Wednesday from their sharp sell-off in the prior session as investors turned their focus to the possibility of tighter U.S. trading regulations.


EUROPEAN COMPANY NEWSBritain launched a trial to assess the immune responses generated if doses of the COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca are combined in a two-shot schedule.
German carmaker Daimler said on Wednesday it plans to spin off Daimler Truck, the world's largest truck and bus maker, as it seeks to increase its investor appeal as a focused electric, luxury car business, sending its shares up nearly 9%.

Commerzbank Chief Executive Manfred Knof on Wednesday finalized plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close hundreds of branches, a radical overhaul that came a month after he took the reins of Germany's No. 2 bank.


TODAY'S COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Abb Ltd Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Addtech AB Q3 2021 Earnings Release
Airthings ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Aker BP ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Axfood AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Barratt Developments PLC HY 2021 Earnings Release
Basware Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Call
BioArctic AB FY 2020 Earnings Call
Biogaia AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Cancom SE Preliminary Q4 2020 Earnings Release
CapMan Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Cargotec Corp Q4 2020 Earnings Release
CellaVision AB Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Cementir Holding NV Preliminary Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Compass Group PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KgaA Preliminary Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Danske Bank A/S Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Deutsche Bank AG Q4 2020 Earnings Call
DWS Group GmbH & Co KgaA FY 2020 Earnings Call
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Europris ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Fabege AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
H Lundbeck A/S Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Handicare Group AB FY 2020 Earnings Call
Hansa Biopharma AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Hostelworld Group PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
House of Control Group AS Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Idorsia Ltd FY 2020 Earnings Release
Infineon Technologies AG Q1 2021 Earnings Release
Janus Henderson Group PLC Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Kinnevik AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Konecranes Abp Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Lem Holding SA Q3 2021 Earnings Call
Marel hf Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Mentice AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Munters Group AB FY 2020 Earnings Call
Naturgy Energy Group SA Q4 2020 Earnings Release
NCC Group PLC HY 2021 Earnings Call
Nelly Group AB (publ) Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Nobia AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Nokia Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Nordea Bank Abp Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Nordic Semiconductor ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust PLC Shareholders Meeting
OMV AG Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Outokumpu Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Pandora A/S Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Peab AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
PGS ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Protector Forsikring ASA Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Renishaw PLC HY 2021 Earnings Call
Roche Holding AG FY 2020 Earnings Release
Royal Dutch Shell PLC Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Sage Group PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Securitas AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Stock Spirits Group PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Suominen Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Swisscom AG Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Tobii AB FY 2020 Earnings Call
TomTom NV Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Unilever PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
Valmet Oyj Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Vattenfall AB Q4 2020 Earnings Release


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All times GMT)
0745 France Industrial Investment (CurYear) for Q1: Prior 4%
0800 (approx.) Switzerland Consumer Confidence for Q1: Prior -30
0800 Switzerland Consumer Confidence SA for Q1: Prior -12.80
0830 Germany IHS Markit Cons PMI for Jan: Prior 47.1
0830 France IHS Markit Cons PMI for Jan: Prior 40.5
0830 Italy IHS Markit Cons PMI for Jan: Prior 50.5
0830 Euro Zone IHS Markit Cons PMI for Jan: Prior 45.5
0900 (approx.) United Kingdom New Passenger Cars Registration for Jan: Prior 132,682
0930 United Kingdom Markit/CIPS Cons PMI for Jan: Expected 52.9; Prior 54.6
0930 United Kingdom All-Sector PMI for Jan: Prior 50.8
1000 Euro Zone Retail Sales mm for Dec: Expected 1.6%; Prior -6.1%
1000 (approx.) Euro Zone Retail Sales yy for Dec: Expected 0.3%; Prior -2.9%
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom BOE Bank Rate for Feb: Expected 0.10%; Prior 0.10%
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom Asset Purchase Programme for Feb: Expected 895 bln GBP; Prior 895 bln GBP
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom GB BOE QE Gilts for Feb: Expected 875 bln GBP; Prior 875 bln GBP
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom GB BOE QE Corp for Feb: Expected 20 bln GBP; Prior 20 bln GBP
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom BOE MPC Vote Hike for Feb: Expected 0; Prior 0
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom BOE MPC Vote Unchanged for Feb: Expected 9; Prior 9
1200 (approx.) United Kingdom BOE MPC Vote Cut for Feb: Expected 0; Prior 0