Liveblog Archief woensdag 5 mei 2021

TOP NEWS
• Facing chips shortage, Biden may shelve blunt tool used in COVID fight
Some critical industries could suffer if the U.S. government uses a national security law to redirect scarce computer chips to the auto industry, a senior administration official told Reuters.

• India posts record daily COVID-19 deaths, delegates test positive at G7 meet
India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said, as the south Asian nation's deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours.

• Facebook oversight board to rule on Trump's return to Facebook
Facebook's oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the company's indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future.

• Boeing faces new hurdle in 737 MAX electrical grounding issue -sources
U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged in three areas of the jet in April, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

• ​White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help meet climate targets -sources
The White House has signaled privately to lawmakers and stakeholders in recent weeks that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep existing nuclear facilities from closing, bending to the reality that it needs these plants to meet U.S. climate goals, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.


BEFORE THE BELL
Wall Street futures rose, as investors awaited private payrolls data for the month of April. Accelerating euro zone business activity and positive corporate earnings pushed European stocks higher. Indian equities jumped as its central bank rolled out a series of measures to support the coronavirus-ravaged economy, while Japan, China and South Korea markets were closed due to holidays. The dollar weakened, while gold futures were slightly higher. Oil prices rallied, as lockdowns in the U.S. and parts of Europe were eased, boosting demand outlook.


STOCKS TO WATCH

Results
• Activision Blizzard Inc: The company raised its full-year forecast for adjusted sales on Tuesday, as the pandemic-driven surge in demand for its videogames including "Call of Duty" and "Candy Crush" helped quarterly revenue exceed estimates. Activision Blizzard raised its full-year adjusted sales forecast to $8.60 billion from $8.45 billion, slightly above analysts' estimates of $8.55 billion. The company's adjusted revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $2.07 billion, beating expectations of $1.78 billion.

• Banco Bradesco SA: The Brazil's second-biggest private lender on Tuesday posted a 73.6% rise in first-quarter profit, beating estimates, as provisions for bad loans and costs both fell. Recurring net income, which excludes one-off items, rose to 6.515 billion reais, beating a consensus estimate of 6.019 billion reais compiled by Refinitiv.

• Barrick Gold Corp: The company reported a 78% rise in first-quarter profit helped by rising gold and copper prices, and said it was on track to meet annual guidance. Barrick said realised gold prices climbed 11.8% to $1,777 per ounce, while gold production fell to 1.10 million from 1.25 million ounces due partly to lower grades at its Pueblo Viejo mine in Dominican Republic. Adjusted profit rose 78% to $507 million in the quarter ended March 31 from $285 million a year earlier.

• Corteva Inc: The pesticide and seed maker on Tuesday reported better-than-expected profit and revenue and raised its net sales forecast for the year, helped by strong demand for its herbicides and insecticides. First-quarter net sales rose 6%, with strong demand for its new products including Arylex, Enlist and Rinskor herbicides and Isoclast and Pyraxal insecticides. Corteva said it now expects net sales for the full year to range between $14.6 billion and $14.8 billion, compared to between $14.4 billion and $14.6 billion forecast earlier. Operating earnings per share of 79 cents for the first quarter beat estimates of 65 cents, while organic sales of $4.20 billion surpassed the $3.81 billion expected by analysts.

• Devon Energy Corp & Pioneer Natural Resources Co: The shale producers beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profits on Tuesday, as COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and easing travel restrictions lifted crude prices. Pioneer's total average realized price surged about 41% from the previous three months to $42.75 per barrel of oil equivalent in the quarter. The company's adjusted net income came in at $1.77 per share, beating an estimate of $1.45 per share. Rival Devon said in a separate statement its first-quarter adjusted profit was 45 cents per share, compared with expectations of 33 cents per share.

• Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc: The hotel operator posted a quarterly loss as bookings were hurt by travel restrictions and people continued to shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Total revenue fell to $874 million from $1.92 billion a year earlier. Net loss attributable to stockholders was $108 million, or 39 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with a profit of $18 million, or 6 cents per share, a year earlier.

• Hyatt Hotels Corp: The U.S. hotel operator reported a bigger loss for the first quarter on Tuesday as people stayed at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Total revenue fell 55.9% to $438 million, missing analysts' estimates of $468.9 million. Net loss attributable to Hyatt was $304 million, or $2.99 per share, in the three months ended March 31, compared with a loss of $103 million, or $1.02 per share, a year earlier.

• Lyft Inc: The company on Tuesday surprised Wall Street with significantly lower losses than expected and said it would deliver dependable profit on an adjusted basis beginning in the third quarter thanks to cost cuts that allow the company to earn more per ride. Lyft reported an adjusted $73 million first-quarter loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization - a metric that excludes more than $300 million in one-time costs, including stock-based compensation. That is significantly narrower than the $144 million loss analysts had projected on average. Lyft reaffirmed its goal to be profitable on the adjusted EBITDA metric in the third quarter of this year and said it would remain profitable beyond that time, even as the company invested in future growth opportunities.

• Match Group Inc: The company forecast current-quarter revenue above expectations on Tuesday, banking on its online dating apps including Tinder and Hinge attracting more subscribers as easing pandemic curbs encourage people to socialize. The company expects second-quarter revenue in the range of $680 million to $690 million, 22% to 24% higher than last year and above analysts' estimates of $678.8 million. "As we head into summer, with a growing number of people getting vaccinated, we cannot help but be excited ... Looking forward to a summer of love," Chief Executive Officer Shar Dubey said in a letter to shareholders. For the first quarter, Match's total revenue jumped 23% to $668 million versus estimates of $650.7 million, largely powered by a 18% revenue rise at Tinder on average subscriber growth of 15%. Other brands saw a revenue rise of 30%.

• Plains All American Pipeline LP: The company on Tuesday raised its forecast for 2021 transportation segment earnings, as lower operating costs helped offset a decline in volumes shipped on its pipelines. Adjusted EBITDA in the transportation segment is expected to decline to $1.58 billion in 2021, higher than the previous forecast of $1.53 billion. Plains said first-quarter transportation-segment adjusted EBITDA fell 12% compared with a year earlier due to lower volumes driven mainly by the impact of excess pipeline capacity in most regions of the country, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related reset to North American production.

• Prudential Financial Inc: The company on Tuesday posted profits that topped analysts' estimates by nearly 50% for the first quarter, boosted by record results in its asset management and retirement business. The Newark, New Jersey-based insurer said adjusted earnings were a record $4.11 per share. That compares with the $2.76 average of analysts' estimates complied by Refinitiv. Adjusted operating profit in its global asset management unit rose to $651 million in the quarter from $164 million a year ago, including a $378 million gain from selling its stake in an Italian joint venture, Pramerica SGR.

• Stellantis NV: The company expects a global semiconductor chip shortage will take a bigger bite out of production in the second quarter and warned the disruption to the auto industry could last into 2022. The world's fourth largest carmaker, formed at the start of the year from the merger of Italian-American Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA, posted a 14% increase in first-quarter revenue thanks to strong consumer demand and sales of its more profitable vehicles. Chip shortages cut around 11% of Stellantis' planned production in the first quarter. The carmaker said it had limited visibility on the shortage's impact on its full-year results, but said the second quarter would be worse before some improvement in the second half.

• T-Mobile US Inc: The company raised its full-year postpaid subscriber net additions forecast after trouncing analysts' first-quarter estimates on Tuesday, boosted by robust demand for its 5G services from people working remotely. The wireless carrier expects 2021 postpaid net customer additions between 4.4 million and 4.9 million, compared to prior forecast of 4.0 million to 4.7 million. The company added 773,000 postpaid phone subscribers in the quarter ended March 31, above FactSet estimates of 475,300. Total revenue rose to $19.76 billion from $11.11 billion a year earlier, compared with estimates of $18.90 billion.

• XP Inc: The Brazilian broker reported a more than doubling of adjusted first-quarter profit on Tuesday and unveiled plans to expand its banking services to small and large companies. The brokerage added about 1 million active customers in the first three months of the year, a 47% jump, while assets under custody surged 96% to 715 billion reais. Adjusted net income rose 104% to 846 million reais in the quarter ended March 31, also helped by a tight leash on costs, XP said. Founder and Chief Executive Officer Guilherme Benchimol said XP is planning to launch financial services for small and large companies this year.

Deals Of The Day
• Equity Commonwealth & Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp: Equity Commonwealth will acquire rival Monmouth Real Estate for $1.91 billion in stock, the companies said late Tuesday. Monmouth shareholders will receive 0.67 shares of Equity Commonwealth for each share they own, representing a premium of 6.3%, or about $19.40 per target company's share based on Equity Commonwealth's Monday close.

IPO
• Honest Company Inc: The consumer goods company founded by actress Jessica Alba, said it priced its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday slightly above the midpoint of its indicated range, raising $412.8 million. The company said late Tuesday that it sold 25.8 million shares at $16 each. Honest had previously indicated shares could be sold in the IPO at $14-$17 apiece. The IPO values Honest at $1.44 billion. The Los Angeles-based company plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq under the symbol "HNST" on Wednesday.

In Other News
• Apple Inc: A U.S. judge on Tuesday pressed the chief executive of "Fortnite" creator Epic Games on how the fundamental changes the game maker is asking her to force on Apple's App Store would affect the livelihoods of millions of developers who make software for Apple devices. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is presiding over a three-week trial that kicked off Monday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

• AstraZeneca PLC & Pfizer Inc: One dose of COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Pfizer was 86.6% effective in preventing infections among people aged 60 and older, real world data released by South Korea showed. Data by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) showed the Pfizer vaccine, jointly developed by BioNTech, was 89.7% effective in preventing infection at least two weeks after a first dose was given, while the AstraZeneca shot was 86.0% effective.

• Boeing Co: U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged in three areas of the jet in April, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. “We continue to work closely with the FAA and our customers to address the ground path issue in affected 737s,” a Boeing spokeswoman said. Asked about the status of the planes, a FAA spokesman said "we are continuing to work with Boeing."

• BHP Group Ltd: The Australian miner said it had achieved first oil production from its Ruby project, located off the shore of Trinidad and Tobago. The development consists of both oil and gas production wells and is expected to produce 16,000 gross barrels of oil per day after completion, the company said in a statement.

• BlackRock Inc: The company voted against more company directors and backed more shareholder resolutions in the first quarter than a year ago, as the world's biggest asset manager looks to push boards to do more on climate and other sustainability issues. The information from the $9 trillion New York-based money manager in a report to be released on Wednesday helps to explain what is shaping up to be a tough shareholder voting season at major corporations this spring.

• CME Group Inc: The futures exchange operator said on Tuesday it has decided to permanently close the physical trading pits it shut last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said the eurodollar options pit, which was reopened last August, will remain open, allowing the trade of contracts in both open outcry and electronic venues. However, grain trading pits will remain closed.

• Facebook Inc: The company's oversight board on Wednesday will decide whether to uphold the company's indefinite suspension of former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a much-awaited verdict that may signal how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future. The binding verdict marks a major decision for the board, which rules on a small slice of challenging content decisions and which Facebook created as an independent body as a response to criticism over how it handles problematic material. Facebook has also asked the board to provide recommendations on how it should handle political leaders' accounts. Separately, Facebook said on Tuesday that its Workplace tool had reached 7 million paid subscribers, up more than 40% from a year earlier.

• HollyFrontier Corp: The company said on Tuesday it would buy a 149,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Washington from Shell as part of the European company's strategy to reduce its global refinery footprint. HollyFrontier will buy the Puget Sound refinery near Anacortes for $350 million in cash, plus hydrocarbon inventory to be valued at closing with an estimated current value of $150 million to $180 million, the companies said.

• Marathon Petroleum Corp: The company's 585,000 barrel-per-day Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, on Tuesday issued a shelter-in-place notice because of a toxic leak, said people familiar with plant operations. Marathon and Texas City officials ordered workers and nearby residents to go indoors and close windows for over an hour due to a leak of hydrofluoric acid (HF), said the people, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity.

• Total SE: The French energy group said it had agreed with the Papua New Guinea government to proceed with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the country, which had been delayed due to the pandemic, with a final investment decision due in 2023. Total added in a statement that it would re-mobilise teams involved in the project.

• Twitter Inc: Russia is seeking an additional 24 million roubles in fines from U.S. tech giant Twitter for failing to remove content banned in Russia, the TASS news agency cited a court as saying. TASS said six reports concerning Twitter, each carrying a possible fine of up to 4 million roubles over a failure to remove content, had been lodged with a Moscow court under Russia's Administrative Offences Code. No date for the hearing has been set, TASS said. Roskomnadzor, Twitter and the court did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

• Westpac Banking Corp: Australia's corporate watchdog accused the bank of insider trading while financing a A$16 billion energy grid privatisation in 2016, the latest in a series of regulatory problems for the country's No. 2 lender. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said Westpac knew it had won the contract to help two pension funds buy Ausgrid, a state-owned power supplier to millions of people around Sydney, for two hours while it bought A$12 billion of derivative products to support the deal.


FOCUS
U.S. chip startups, long shunned in favor of internet bets, stir excitement again
Silicon Valley venture capitalists, long focused on software and internet companies, are again pouring money into the semiconductor industry, lured by the promise of a new generation of artificial-intelligence chips that could challenge incumbents like Intel and Nvidia.


ANALYSTS' RECOMMENDATION
• Community Health Systems Inc: Jefferies raises rating to buy from hold, on a belief that the company’s stock is positioned for multiple expansion and upward EBITDA revisions.

• Cummins Inc: Credit Suisse raises target price to $300 from $285, after the company reported upbeat results for the first quarter.

• Marathon Oil Corp: JPMorgan raises target price to $73 from $70, after the company reported strong first-quarter earnings across all segments led by refining.

• Thomson Reuters Corp: CIBC cuts rating to neutral from outperformer, believing that it is time for the company’s shares to take a breather.

• Under Armour Inc: Barclays raises rating to overweight from equal weight, citing stronger North America sales and higher gross margin, after the company reported first-quarter results.


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0815 (approx.) ADP national employment for Apr: Expected 800,000; Prior 517,000
0945 Markit Composite Final PMI for Apr: Prior 62.2
0945 Markit Services Final PMI for Apr: Prior 63.1
1000 ISM N-Manufacturing PMI for Apr: Expected 64.3; Prior 63.7
1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Business Activity for Apr: Expected 69.5; Prior 69.4
1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Employment Index for Apr: Prior 57.2
1000 ISM N-Manufacturing New Orders Index for Apr: Prior 67.2
1000 ISM N-Manufacturing Price Paid Index for Apr: Prior 74.0


COMPANIES REPORTING RESULTS
Albemarle Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of 80 cents per share
Allstate Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of $3.88 per share
Amerisourcebergen Corp: Expected Q2 earnings of $2.48 per share
ANSYS Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 84 cents per share
Atmos Energy Corp: Expected Q2 earnings of $2.05 per share
Booking Holdings Inc: Expected Q1 loss of $5.87 per share
Cerner Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of 74 cents per share
CF Industries Holdings Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 60 cents per share
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of 94 cents per share
ETSY Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 88 cents per share
Fleetcor Technologies Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of $2.73 per share
FMC Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.51 per share
Fox Corp: Expected Q3 earnings of 58 cents per share
General Motors Co: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.04 per share
Lincoln National Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.49 per share
Lumen Technologies Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 40 cents per share
Marathon Oil Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of 10 cents per share
MetLife Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.53 per share
Microchip Technology Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.74 per share
PayPal Holdings Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.01 per share
Pinnacle West Capital Corp: Expected Q1 earnings of 25 cents per share
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of $1.12 per share
Qorvo Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $2.43 per share
Republic Services Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 86 cents per share
Trimble Inc: Expected Q1 earnings of 54 cents per share
Unum Group: Expected Q1 earnings of 98 cents per share


CORPORATE EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0800 Assurant Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 Essential Utilities Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0800 New York Times Co: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 Reynolds Consumer Products Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 SiteOne Landscape Supply Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0800 Waters Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 Amerisourcebergen Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
0830 Bruker Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 CDW Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 HollyFrontier Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 Match Group Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 Neogenomics Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 TTEC Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 Verisk Analytics Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0830 Westrock Co: Q2 earnings conference call
0900 Borgwarner Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Brown & Brown Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Cerner Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Clean Harbors Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Cognex Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Corteva Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 General Dynamics Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Jones Lang LaSalle Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Life Storage Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
0900 Newell Brands Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 PepsiCo Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Performance Food Group Co: Q3 earnings conference call
0900 Philip Morris International Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Regency Centers Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0900 Scotts Miracle-Gro Co: Q2 earnings conference call
0900 United Therapeutics Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
0930 Dominion Energy Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
0930 Emerson Electric Co: Q2 earnings conference call
0930 Oak Street Health Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Aptargroup Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Brunswick Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Discover Financial Services: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Exelon Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 General Motors Co: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Perspecta Inc: Shareholders Meeting
1000 Pioneer Natural Resources Co: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 Progressive Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 Radian Group Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1000 STAG Industrial Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1030 Air Lease Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1030 Eversource Energy: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1030 LPL Financial Holdings Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 Allison Transmission Holdings Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 CME Group Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 Devon Energy Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1100 Halozyme Therapeutics Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 Host Hotels & Resorts Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1100 NiSource Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1100 NVR Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 Prudential Financial Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1100 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1100 S&P Global Inc: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1100 Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1130 American Financial Group Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1130 Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1200 Bunge Ltd: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1200 Healthpeak Properties Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1200 Pinnacle West Capital Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1200 Sempra Energy: Q1 earnings conference call
1200 Wynn Resorts Ltd: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1230 Hyatt Hotels Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1300 MGM Growth Properties LLC: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1400 Douglas Emmett Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1400 Stryker Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1500 Danaher Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1630 10X Genomics Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Booking Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Fox Corp: Q3 earnings conference call
1630 Grand Canyon Education Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 HubSpot Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Leslie's Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
1630 Neurocrine Biosciences Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Nevro Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Redfin Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Rocket Companies Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Sarepta Therapeutics Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 STAAR Surgical Co: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Tandem Diabetes Care Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1630 Uber Technologies Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 ADT Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Ceridian HCM Holding Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Envista Holdings Corp: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 ETSY Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Fair Isaac Corp: Q2 earnings conference call
1700 Fastly Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Fate Therapeutics Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 GoDaddy Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Lumen Technologies Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 MGM Resorts International: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1700 PayPal Holdings Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Qorvo Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Republic Services Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Sunrun Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Trimble Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Twilio Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Zynga Inc: Q1 earnings conference call
1730 Fleetcor Technologies Inc: Q1 earnings conference call


EX-DIVIDENDS
Armstrong World Industries Inc: Amount $0.21
Crown Holdings Inc: Amount $0.20
Entergy Corp: Amount $0.95
KB Home: Amount $0.15
Landstar System Inc: Amount $0.21
OneMain Holdings Inc: Amount $0.70

Beste beleggers,
Deze maand werd alvast goed opgestart na dat we de positie van maandag op onder andere de AEX, de CAC 40 en de Dow Jones hebben gesloten, het blijft moeilijk met de divergenties op alle vlakken via verschillende regio's en sectoren maar waar ik een kans zie dan probeer ik die in ieder geval te pakken. Veel doen in deze fase lijkt me niet echt verstandig want het roer in het midden houden in een markt als. deze is al moeilijk genoeg. Maar op zich is dat nu ook weer niet zo gek en het hoort allemaal bij de topvorming in de markt, door rustig te blijven behouden we in ieder geval de goeie flow en uiteindelijk komt die grotere beweging die ik verwacht er wel.

Meedoen kan door lid te worden en nogmaals, ik zal zo goed als mogelijk en waar het kan handelen. Om mee te doen ziet u hieronder de nieuwe aanbieding voor de nieuwe volgers van US Markets die mee willen doen of voor wie opnieuw lid wil worden nu er mogelijk een periode aan zit te komen die best wel eens goed zou kunnen uitpakken volgens mijn analyse. De aanbieding loopt dan vanaf nu tot 1 JULI en het is de kans om een proefabonnement te nemen voor €39 ...

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Zie hieronder het resultaat van de maand mei en over het jaar vanaf begin januari (2021)

Met vriendelijke groet,
Guy Boscart

US Markets Trading

Goedemorgen,
Een moeilijke dag gisteren voor de meeste beurzen, alleen op Wall Street wisten de Dow Jones en de Dow Transport zich af te zonderen van de rest door zelfs nog net in de plus te eindigen. Het woord van de afgelopen weken dook dus weer op, divergentie tussen de belangrijke sectoren en regio's want deze keer moest ook Europa en daar ook de traditionele sectoren het daar afweten. De komende sessies worden mijn inziens belangrijk waardoor ik weer voorzichtig zal moeten blijven met het handelen.

Dat we moeten opletten met het handelen werd gisteren nog maar eens duidelijk, eerst ging alles wel behoorlijk omlaag maar alles sloeg weer om zodat er opnieuw divergenties ontstaan tussen traditioneel en de tech sector. Gelukkig voelde ik dat op tijd aan zodat ik de short posities die maandag werden opgenomen ruim op tijd werden gesloten met een mooie winst. Vanmorgen zien we wat herstel via de futures maar we merken ook meteen weer dat de Nasdaq future het niet makkelijk heeft, er lijkt opnieuw een verschil te ontstaan tussen de tech en traditioneel.

Ook de AEX en de DAX laten wat herstel zien vanmorgen via de futures, wel valt het op dat de DAX duidelijk in een moeilijke fase zit want het herstel is zwak door dat de index onder de steunzone van 15.000 punten blijft. Ook moeten we op de AEX index letten, wat kan de index doen rondom de 700 punten? Er weer boven of toch verder omlaag?

Marktoverzicht:
Er kwam een behoorlijke correctie op gang gisteren maar op Wall Street zette die zoals vaker niet door, wel komen er breukjes in het verloop want de Dow geraakt dan wel weer tot de top maar geraakt er weer niet boven. Voor wat betreft Wall Street kan dat weer nieuwe kansen bieden en dan zeker op de Dow Jones. Bij de andere indices moeten we wat meer geduld hebben, de divergenties blijven het behoorlijk lastig maken en dat al een tijdje. Daarom moeten we nu zeer goed op blijven letten want je kunt snel een verkeerde keuze (index) maken in deze fase. Het intraday verschil tussen de Dow Jones en de Nasdaq was gisteren weer eens 2%.

Het komt wel goed zoals ik het nu bekijk, voor de leden heb ik deze week al wat posities opgenomen die ik gisteren met een mooie winst weer heb laten sluiten. Dat neemt zeker niet weg dat er snel nieuwe mogelijkheden komen, zodra het kan zal ik een signaal naar de leden sturen met wat posities (2 of 3).

Overzicht markt:

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Technische conditie AEX en DAX:
De AEX kreeg het gisteren na eerst nog een positieve start heel moeilijk, vooral zwaargewicht ASML moest fors inleveren en dat hakt erin bij de AEX index. De index zakt meteen tot onder de 700 punten en sluit op 697 punten. Al een paar keer gaf ik aan dat de 702-703 ofwel de oude top van 2000 belangrijk kon worden maar ik heb wel steeds aangegeven dat de oude toppen van dit jaar belangrijker zijn. Die zien we rond de 688-690 punten en daar komt nu ook het 50-daags gemiddelde uit. Let nu dus op de steunzone, er kan daar een rebound komen, zo niet dan kan de AEX in de problemen geraken. Daarna pas steun rond de 680 en de 668 punten, verder zie ik nog steun rond de 650 punten.

Weerstand nu vanzelfsprekend weer de oude top van 2000 rond de 702-703 punten, later de 708 de 712 de 715 en de topzone rond de 718 punten. Ik zal de komende sessies zeker bekijken wat ik met de AEX kan gaan doen.

De DAX maakt een diepe duik dinsdag, de index kwam onder de steun terecht en daalde in een snel tempo tot ver onder de 15.000 punten met een low net onder het slot. De index doorbreekt een belangrijke steun en staat nu al ruim 600 punten onder de top die net boven de 15.000 punten uitkomt. de volgende steun zien we nu rond de 14.760 punten, later pas rond de 14.200 punten steun. Weerstand wordt nu de 15.100 en de 15.300 met daarboven de top rond de 15.500 punten. De negatieve doorbraak die de DAX liet zien gisteren ziet er niet best uit voor het vervolg, opletten dus maar dag geef ik al een paar dagen duidelijk aan.

Ik zal de komende sessies zeker bekijken wat ik met de DAX kan gaan doen.

S&P 500 analyse:
Op Wall Street gisteren behoorlijk wat twijfels maar hoe hadden we het anders verwacht, er kwam herstel richting het slot zodat de Dow Jones nog in de plus kon afsluiten, ook de Dow Transport behaalde weer een plus en meteen ook weer een nieuw record na eerst even redelijk ver in de min te duiken beide indices. Wederom divergentie dus en dat blijft maar duren, ook al krijgen we af en toe een voorproefje van hoe de markt snel terug kan vallen.

De S&P 500 verloor wel gisteren en dat kwam omdat deze index toch meer gevoelig blijft voor de tech aandelen die erin zitten, de BIG-5 wegen dus zwaar mee binnen de S&P 500. Een terugval van 28 punten, weer iets verder van de topzone nu maar intraday stond deze index wel even 65 punten lager. Let op de bodemzone in de buurt van de 4120 punten, daar nu een belangrijke steun. Later wordt het meteen de 4000-4005 punten waar we steun zien en dat ligt ver onder de stand van nu (4165 punten). Weerstand blijft de topzone rond de 4220-4225 punten, ook niet ver boven de slotkoers van dinsdag maar wel een moeilijke zone zien we aan het verloop van de afgelopen 2-3 weken. Blijf zeer alert op deze index en dus op heel Wall Street ...

Ik zal de komende sessies zeker bekijken wat ik met de indexen op Wall Street kan doen.

Resultaat dit jaar verloopt naar wens maar we blijven rustig:
De eerste resultaten van de maand mei zijn een feit, maandag wat kleine posities opgenomen en gisteren tijdens de stevige terugval werd er winst genomen. Zo staat er een mooi resultaat voor de maand mei en vooral ook bekeken vanaf begin dit jaar waar de winst rustig oploopt. We hebben ook nog geen enkele maand verlies gemaakt dit jaar, ook de laatste maand van vorig jaar (december) werd met een leuke winst afgesloten. We blijven op de goeie weg en dat wil ik volhouden uiteraard. Wordt dus lid en volg de signalen, er komen ook nog hele leuke kansen dit jaar want ik verwacht nog enkele mooie momenten op de beurzen om mee te scoren ...

Euro, olie en goud:
De euro zien we nu rond de 1.201 dollar, de prijs van een vat Brent olie komt uit op 69,5 dollar terwijl een troy ounce goud nu op 1777 dollar staat.

De LIVEBLOG en Twitter:
Via de LIVEBLOG en tussendoor ook via mijn Twitter account laat ik gedurende de dag ook wat grafiekjes met korte uitleg 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 !

LET OP !! Maak nu gebruik van de aanbieding die loopt tot 1 JULI voor €39 (Polleke Trading €49)... Via de site en dan de Tradershop kunt zich inschrijven en daar kunt u als lid meteen ook de lopende posities met alle details inzien. Ga naar de Tradershop en schrijf u meteen in ... https://www.usmarkets.nl/tradershop

Hieronder de resultaten van deze maand (mei) en dit jaar (2021)

Met vriendelijke groet,
Guy Boscart