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The Russia-Ukraine peace talks have revived momentum in risk-sensitive assets. The market reaction to the outcome of the peace negotiations brought the indices back to where they had last been before the last days of February. The S&P500 reached its highest levels in two and a half months. European indices had bottomed as early as the 7th of March. Still, this recovery momentum stalled about a week ago, with the Euro50, FTSE100 and DAX all approaching levels where they were at the end of February, during the early days of the military conflict. The military conflict is far from over, and businesses have been badly affected by the sanctions and jump in commodities and energy. In addition, the turnaround in the indices took place well before the progress of the negotiations. Both these thesis lead us to look for other reasons behind the current share rally. In our opinion, the answer is to be found in monetary and fiscal policy. The uncertainty in Europe and the blow to the global economy looks like an important reason for the Fed to tone down its rhetoric last month and, as a result, raise the rate by 25 points rather than the 50 that we were prepared for in January. Monetary policy is still aimed at normalisation, but the authorities act more cautiously than required by the conditions of even higher inflationary pressures than estimated in January. Fiscal policy is considerably softer: Europe is discussing new stimulus and the next issue of EU joint bond; the USA is increasing defence spending and domestic programmes at new records. The remaining highly soft monetary policy and supportive fiscal policy create the conditions for further strengthening of the US and European stock markets. China is also contributing its support. The People’s Bank of China continues to inject liquidity into the financial system, supporting the pull into risky assets. Chinese indices have recovered much of March’s slump, adding 11% from the bottom in the China A50, 23% in the Hang Seng and 26% in the H-shar. It is also worth noting that stock markets are far from the overheated area, which leaves room for further upside moves in the coming days.

Summary: Meta Platform Inc. stock price drops as investors await earnings report. GlaxoSmithKline’s Q1 results should have impressed investors. Meta (FB) stock price falls as investors await earning reports due this evening. The Q1 earnings of Meta announcement is due later today, inlight of this announcement investors sentiment is bearish, especially after the poor Q4 announcements. The guidance for the march quarter was poor as Meta revealed that revenue growth had slowed significantly due to the new Apple privacy rules, which limits Metas ability to target advertisements and measuring the effectiveness of ads. These new rules have Meta assuming a decrease in their revenue for the financial year by around $10 billion. One of Meta’s rival platforms to Instagram and Facebook is Tiktok, Toktok is one of Meta’s biggest competitors which will also lead to decreasing revenues. The price of Metas stock has been on the decline the past week, and since the market opened this morning the FB stock has lost around 3.2% of its value. FB Stock Price Chart GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) delivers favorable earnings results. GlaxoSmithKline announced their Q1 earnings today, which beat market expectations, the earnings were boosted by COVID-19 antibody treatments, in addition GSK saw a recovery in its shingles vaccine sales. Despite these favorable earnings figures the price of GSK is still in the red since the market opened this morning. Sources: Finance.yahoo.com, barrons.com

Summary: Major concerns around supply of oil. EU to cut demand for all Russian energy imports within a year. Read next: (HOOD) Can Robinhood Recover From Their Q1 Earnings Announcement ?!  Crude Oil Prices Continue To Surge. The ongoing lockdown in China caused the prices of crude oil to fall, the fall comes despite the production issues around oil. The concerns about supply of oil have become much more serious, according to the International Energy Agency, crude oil demand is meant to increase this year, this outlook remains even taking into account the reduction in demand as a result of the extended lockdowns in China. The concerns around supply have outweighed the fall early this week, especially after the EU’s intentions to stop imports of Crude Oil from Russia within 6 months, and all energy within 1 year. European Union’s plans to ban Russian Crude Oil Imports. The European Union announced their plans to ban imports for Russian crude oil within the next 6 months, the announcement pushed the price of WTI crude oil up by almost 4%. This move comes in an attempt to cut off Russia from the EU and by doing so, starve their economic reserves which are currently funding Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. WTI Crude Oil Futures Price Chart. Read next: (TWTR) Twitter Share Price Down After Musk Takeover Gets Approved.  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, barrons.com

Summary: What happened to Lyft's share price after their earnings announcements. Negative investor confidence as Lyft intends to spend more cash to attract drivers in Q2.   Read next: WTI Crude Oil Prices Soaring Today Amidst The EU Announcing Their Plans To Ban Russian Oil Imports.    Lyft announced Q1 earnings on Tuesday. After Lyft announced their earnings during the trading day on Tuesday, since then the stock price fell almost 33% during intra-day trading on Wednesday. The company’s earnings mostly surpassed market expectations, with EPS a smaller than expected loss, revenue and EBITDA exceeded the market's expectations. Q2 earnings fall short of analyst expectations. Lyft revealed they were facing a driver shortage and announced they would increase spending in an attempt to attract more drivers to the service. This means that Q2 earnings forecast took a dive, falling short on analyst expectations. Investors are worried whether the road Lyft's management is taking to attract new drivers will derail the company's path to profitability in the future. We have seen over the past month that Lyft’s share price has been gradually falling, the major fall came after the earnings announcements and the company's future plans. Lyft Share Price   Read next: (HOOD) Can Robinhood Recover From Their Q1 Earnings Announcement ?!    Source: Finance.yahoo.com, cnbc.com

Summary: Earnings report from shells Q1 announcement. Concerns around supply driving the share price increase.   Read next: Lyft Stocks Face Major Negative Sentiment Despite Q1 Results Exceeding Expectations.    Oil Giant Shell's stock price is up almost 0.7% on Friday. Oil Giant Shell's stock price is up almost 0.7% on Friday. The outlook for crude oil supply is looking bleak as Washington pumps out their reserves in an attempt to control soaring prices. In addition the European Union's plans to cut off their oil imports from Russia within the next 6 months are causing the price of crude oil to increase, pushing up Shell's profits and therefore their share prices. Shell earnings cause favourable market sentiment. Shell released their earnings report this week and reported their highest quarterly earnings since 2008. Shell followed suit to the rest of the oil and gas industry. Shell announced plans to increase their DPS by 4% improving investor sentiment. The favourable earnings and high profits of Shell come in a time where the rest of the market is struggling, lawmakers are calling for oil companies to be taxed higher and use the tax increase to help struggling families. Shell Price Chart   Read next: WTI Crude Oil Prices Soaring Today Amidst The EU Announcing Their Plans To Ban Russian Oil Imports.    Sources: finance.yahoo.com, cnbc.com, wsj.com

Summary: FTSE showing bearish signals in the current market. Future of the US stock market awaiting U.S CPI report due on Wednesday. Bitcoins price fall’s link to the broader market.   Read next: (DOGE) Dogecoin and Musk - How Elon Musk Has Single Handedly Created Price Changes In This Memecoin.    FTSE 100 showing poor performance: The FTSE is the Financial times Stock Exchange listed on the London Stock Exchange. This exchange has tanked more than 2% today, given the size of the exchange, it is a big change. This negative investor sentiment towards the FTSE comes as a result of overall negative investor sentiment after the Bank of England's (BoE) forecast announcements last week. When the BoE delivered an unfavorable announcement for the second quarter of the year, the UK market tanked amidst poor investor confidence in the government's ability to fight against inflation and the looming recession. FTSE 100 Daily Price Chart Future of the US Dollar. Despite the hawkish Fed and the dovish ECB, the market sentiment for this currency pair sits at mixed. Investors are starting to show concerns around where the U.S economy is headed. Concerns around rising prices, inflation, soft corporate earnings growth, the supply chain bottlenecks and the increasing concerns around the looming recession, are all causing investors to hold off on risk. The U.S. stocks have fallen today, with the S&P 500 falling around 2.5% and Nasdaq falling around 3%. Investors will watch in anticipation as the U.S releases their CPI report during the trading day on Wednesday. Investors will look for cooling prices and inflation, if this happens, there could be a relief on the stock market, if not, we could see the stocks fall even more. Bitcoin Price Tanks. The price of Bitcoin has tanked today, hitting its lowest price since July 2021. The reality is that the effects of tightening of monetary policy have been felt throughout all the stock markets, including the cryptocurrency market. Analysts warned investors about the possible drop in the price of Bitcoin if global economic market performance continued to sour. With the price of Bitcoin down more than 6% today the fall comes in line with the tanking global equities amidst geopolitical tensions, supply chain bottlenecks and inflation pressure. BTC Price Chart Sources: dailyfx.com, finance.yahoo.com

Summary: Euro gained slightly against the USD after the poor performance of the US markets on Monday. Goldman Sachs placing their confidence in the value of the EURO. JPY gains slightly against the EUR and USD on Tuesday. Read next: (EUR/USD) US Dollar Continues To Trump the EUR, (EUR/GBP)(GBP/JPY) Pound Sterling Unlikely To Recover Anytime Soon.  EUR gains some ground against the USD. Markets turned around on Monday with the EUR/USD currency pair with market sentiment showing bullish signals. The Euro is gaining value despite the surging US Dollar, at the end of the trading day on Monday Wall Street has tanked with the Nasdaq down 4.29%. As investors turn away from risky assets such as forex, and move to safer investments such as treasuries, the value of the US Dollar is facing potential pressure. Investors are concerned around the Feds shrinking balance sheet as liquidity dries up. EUR/USD Price Chart Pound Sterling losing value against the Euro. On Tuesday, Goldman Sachs bet the EUR will continue to gain against the GBP, as the market for the EUR/GBP currency pair continues to reflect a bullish sentiment. The European Central Bank (ECB) seems intent on raising interest rates by the summer, showing a more hawkish attitude than the Bank of England (BoE) who believe that inflation will return to normal levels on its own. This BoE attitude is causing investors to lose confidence in the Pound Sterling and causing its value to decrease. EUR/GBP Price Chart JPY receives momentary relief from the USD Although the JPY has gained on the US Dollar on Tuesday, the USD/JPY currency pair is reflecting a bullish market sentiment. The strengthening against the USD comes after the carnage the US markets saw on Monday. Whether or not this strengthening will continue is unlikely as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues their monetary easing in their attempt to boost the economy. USD/JPY Price Chart JPY markets best performer on Monday The EUR is losing ground to the JPY during the trading day on Tuesday, the EUR/JPY currency pair is reflecting a mixed market sentiment. As risk averse investors fled to safety assets given the US markets performance, the Japanese Yen was the forex markets top performer on Monday, which gave it the chance to strengthen against the EUR and the USD. EUR/JPY Price Chart Read next: (EUR/USD) All Eyes On The US Bureau Of Labour Statistics’ Results Due On Friday, (EUR/GBP) Bleak Economic Outlook For the UK Sends GBP Spiralling - Good Morning Forex!  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, dailyfx.com, poundsterlinglive.com

Summary: Disney is expected to make their Q2 financial results announcement. Is Disney plus going to be the company's saviour this quarter? Disney+ may be the companies saviour this quarter Disney is due to make their Q2 earnings announcement after the market closes on Wednesday. Analysts remain positive that the Disney+ streaming service will bring economic flows into the company. The overall subscriber numbers are slowing in the wake of rising inflation. Read Next: Don't Worry Coffee Lovers! The Price Of Coffee Futures Falling Amidst Current Market Conditions, Crude Oil (WTI) Recovers Slightly, Palladium Prices Show Steady Downward Price Trend | FXMAG.COM Eyes are on the performance of the streaming service, parks, experience and consumer products business. The Wall Street earnings forecast are: Revenue: $20.11 billion Adjusted Earnings per share: $1.17 Disney+ subscribers: 4.5 billion expected. Disney Stock Price Chart Read next: Despite The Year The Stock Market Has Seen, One Asset Has Succeeded: The US Dollar.  Sources: finance.yahoo.com

Summary: S&P 500 has seen 0.72% growth today. The value of (XAUUSD) gold has shown bullish signals in the market today. Read next: Tech Stocks Plunging!? Trade Desk Earnings Announcement Pushes Tech Giant Stock Down, Russian Ruble Strengthening and Ford Motor Co.  S&P 500 is rising during trading today The U.S CPI report which offered an update on price increases across U.S for April was released by the U.S labour department on Wednesday. The report reflected there was some deceleration of inflation figures compared to March, however, the rate of price increases exceeded analyst expectations. The CPI for April decelerated marginally compared to the March figures. The figures represent how far the Fed will have to go in the future regarding tightening monetary policy to fight the rising prices. S&P 500 Price Chart Will Gold rally in the wake of the CPI report? Gold futures have increased in value today, the initial increase came before the CPI report was released by the U.S labor department, and the increase has continued after the release. The lower than expected CPI figures bode well in the favour of the gold prices as uncertainty arises amongst investors on the Fed's next move. With volatility in the stock markets likely to continue, perhaps investors are trying to hedge their bets, driving the price of gold upwards. Gold Futures Jun’22 Read next: (BTC) Bitcoin’s Price Tanks Along With Equities. U.S. Stock Market Awaits CPI Report, Poor Performance From The FTSE 100.  Sources: Finance.yahoo.com

Summary: Rising inflation and hawkish reserve banks left investors risk averse. No particular news driving the stock price turn around for the market. Read next: Stock Market Showing Signs Of Slight Recovery Amidst U.S CPI Report Release  Bitcoins prices crashing The price of Bitcoin crashed almost 7% during the trading day on Thursday. The reason for this seems to be the same as what is happening with investors on the wider financial market, investors are turning risk averse and selling off their Bitcoin holdings in the wake of economic insecurity. The current crash is dropped lower than the value during the crash in July 2021. Read next: Altcoins: What Is Polkadot (DOT)? Cross-Chain Transfers Of Any Type Of Asset Or Data. A Deeper Look Into Polkadot Protocol | FXMAG.COM The Fed’s increasing interest rates was an initial driver for investor sentiment to change bearish, the increasing interest rates made it more expensive to make bets on the financial markets. Investors are less confident in the ability of cryptocurrencies to hold their value as regulators battle rising inflation. Bitcoin USD Price Chart GBP likely to weaken further According to dailyfx.com, investors are betting on the Pound Sterling to strengthen against the US Dollar. The information the market has right now is that the UK economy is slowing, and likely to enter into a period of stagflation, this will likely cause the value of the GBP to weaken further. The future value of the GBP is not looking too bright. Nasdaq turns around. The Nasdaq has seen poor market performance during the trading week. However, during trading on Thursday, we have seen the stock price for the Nasdaq turn around. According to finance.yahoo.com, there does not seem to be any particular news driving this stock turn around. Nasdaq Price Chart Read next: Tech Stocks Plunging!? Trade Desk Earnings Announcement Pushes Tech Giant Stock Down, Russian Ruble Strengthening and Ford Motor Co.  Sources: slate.com, poundsterlinglive.com, finance.yahoo.com

GameStop stock rallies sharply on Thursday to close up 10%. GME and other meme stocks stage what looks to be a bear market rally. GME stock is still down sharply this year, so a turnaround looks unlikely. Meme stocks rallied sharply on Thursday as some form of stabilization returned to markets with a strong turnaround into the close. The main indices were looking at another round of 2% losses before a late rally saw most nearly make it back into positive territory. In the end, the Nasdaq lost 0.18%, and the S&P 500 only 0.13%. The most notable feature though was the performance of the riskier side of the market. GameStop (GME) was up 10% but was not alone. Other notable meme stocks also made similar advances: AMC +8%, LCID +13%, RIVN +18%, RBLX +19%, etc. GameStop Stock News "Buy the dip" worked so well for the past two pandemic field years that it is hard to let a good thing go. This is exactly what happened on Thursday across the meme stock space with retail investors flooding back into the market. We must urge caution though. This is not 2020 or 2021. The Fed no longer has your back. The Fed wants equity markets and risk assets lower. It has more or less explicitly said so, and rallies are to be used for quick in-and-out swing trades, not to buy and hold again. Those days are long gone. Financial conditions are tightening and will continue to tighten. Bear market rallies can be powerful, but they are bear market rallies. We alluded to this move in our GME piece on Thursday: "There may be some element of a silver lining as GME is oversold on both the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Money Flow Index (MFI). We may get a pop or bear market rally, but make no mistake, this is not going to the moon any time soon." We stand by that assessment. This rally should extend for most of Friday, but the weekend is no time for holding a long position in this current environment. Mondays are one of the worst days in stock market performance, and this bear market is set to resume shortly. GameStop Stock Forecast Another feature that we noticed from a lot of meme stocks on Thursday was that they put in a much higher high than the closing price. This is the complete opposite of what the main indices did. GameStop stock spiked up to $108 but closed at $89. That is a bit concerning. Momentum was not maintained. We expect the stock to rally again on Friday though as overall the main indices should recover some ground. $108 is the 9-day moving average, and above $118 is strong resistance going back to April 2021. We would not expect the rally to extend beyond here. GME stock chart, daily

Summary: FTSE showing signs of increasing amidst favorable UK economic data US Dollar to have a busy week next week. Read next: Major Index NASDAQ (IXIC) Sell Off After Equities Fall, Will the ECB Turn Hawkish?  FTSE 100 Increasing The FTSE 100 index rallied on Friday. This rally comes in the wake of the retail data released that well exceeded market expectations. Retail data came in at a 1.4% increase in contrast to the expected value of -0.2%. Food sales increased by 2.8% and car fuel sales also rose 1.4% in April. This data indicated to the market that consumers are showing resilience to the current economic situations. In addition, the positive data has improved investor sentiment towards the UK market. FTSE Price Chart US Dollar expected to see more volatility Next week is full of important U.S economic data announcements and events which we can expect to add more volatility to the US Dollar. On Wednesday the FOMC minutes will likely give the market a clearer look at the thoughts of the current state of the US economy and whether or not we can expect to see more interest rate hikes. On Thursday the Fed will release their preferred inflation reading PCE which is expected to highlight the growing US pressures. All the factors above will lead to a heightened volatility in the US Dollar. Sources: finance.yahoo.com, dailyfx.com

Summary: Xpeng earnings released. EV maker affected first hand by lockdowns in China. Read next: Harley Davidson (HOG) Halting Production  XPeng (XPEV)reported first quarter losses whilst revenue topped. The China based Electric vehicle maker forecasts sales picking up in May after the disappointing April figures as China eases lockdowns. However, the stock price fell in the wake of the disappointing data. The Covid-19 lockdowns in China have led to factory shutdowns and/or slower production. XPEV stock price has fallen. The Electric Vehicle maker reported a loss of 28 cents per ADS, however revenue increased by 153%. Xpeng is expected to improve across the board in quarter 2, they hope to edge closer to pre-covid figures. XPEV Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, investors.com

Summary: President Joe Biden's announcement of possible easing of tariffs on goods from China fairing well for U.S stocks. Euro expected to continue strengthening. Read next: Xpeng (XPEV) Earnings Results Cause Share Price To Fall  U.S stocks showing signs of recovery The Dow Jones Index rose almost 2% during the trading day on Monday. U.S stocks recovered on Monday in the wake of investors coming-off a 7 week losing streak. The recovery comes after investors received some fresh-trade related information from the Biden Administration. On Monday President Joe Biden announced that he was considering easing tariffs on Chinese goods due to the belief that the tariffs caused financial harm on consumers and businesses. DJIA Price Chart ECB Interest rate hike is confirmed The Euro exchange rate performed well on Monday thanks to the European Central Bank's president confirming that there will be interest rate hikes in July. The Euro responded well to this information and strengthened against both the US Dollar and the Pound. Leading up to the confirmation of the rising interest rates, the Euro had been strengthening, in the wake of the interest rates being risen, investors believe that the Euro will continue to strengthen. Read next: Altcoins: Ripple Crypto - What Is Ripple (XRP)? Price Of XRP | FXMAG.COM Sources: finance.yahoo.com, poundsterlinglive.com Follow FXMAG.COM on Google News

Summary: S&P 500 suffers in the wake of market sell-off for tech shares Update on the Russian Ruble Read next: Hawkish ECB Bodes Well For The Euro, UK PMI Data Disappoints (EUR/GBP), Hawkish SNB Offers Swiss Franc Still Support (USD/CHF), AUD/JPY - Good Morning Forex!  S&P 500 price drops The price of the S&P 500 fell more than 0.8% on Tuesday in the wake of Snap Inc. (SNAP) saw its biggest recorded one day drop in price and dragged some of its tech peers along with it. On Monday Wall Street closed in the green for only the 13th time out of 98 trading days this year, Tuesday's price drop builds on the broader negative market sentiment towards equities. S&P 500 Price Chart Russian Ruble The Russian Ruble has been the best performing emerging currency, it has gained around 33% against the US Dollar over the past year. Russia maintains strong trade relationships with India and China, which keeps the Ruble flowing. In addition, Russia continues to supply the European Union with Natural Gas despite the EU’s alliance with the United States against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia managed to find a loophole to get out of servicing its debt, however the loophole ends on May 25th and the Ruble may be in trouble, and Russia may face default. Read next: Snapchat (SNAP) Earnings Forecast Sends Causes Social Media Stocks To Fall  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, dailyfx.com

Summary: Elon Musk reduced his Margin Loan for his TWTR deal Prices show some recovery. Tesla share price has gained more than 8.5% on Thursday Tesla's stock price has gained more than 8.5% on Thursday amidst Elon Musk’s closing out on a Margin Loan associated with his $44 billion Twitter deal. In a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing last night, Musk said he reduced the margin loan that linked his Tesla (TSLA) shares to zero, whilst boosting his overall equity portion of his Twitter takeover to $33.5 billion. This move from Musk reduced the pressure on the Tesla shares, driving the price up. TSLA Share Price Chart Read next: (IXIC) FOMC Meeting Minutes Drives Nasdaq Up  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, thestreet.com

Summary: Oil Giants are required to pay more taxes on profits. The BoE is put under more pressure FTSE 100 rises with BP and Shell stocks On Thursday oil giants Shell and BP were informed they would be required to pay 25% extra taxes on their profits from the North Sea. Investors did not seem to lose interest in these stocks despite this news, the share prices of both these companies rose. The Chancellor also announced there would be an extra tax incentive to invest in pumping up more oil and gas. Therefore it is possible that the oil giants can avoid almost their entire tax bill. FTSE 100 Price Chart GBP Weakens after its rally on Thursday morning On Thursday Chancellor Rushi Sunak announced that more than 8 million households would receive a lump sum of GBP650.00 in an attempt to try to fend off the cost of living crisis. The Chancellor also announced there would be a GBP15 billion spending boost. The move will put the Bank of England (BoE) under more pressure going forward, possibly forcing the BoE to raise interest rates even more. The Pound Sterling faces negative market sentiment in the wake of this news as the likelihood of a recession looms closer. Read next: FOMC Meeting Minutes Offer Support To The US Dollar (EUR/USD), Improved Market Attitude Favoured The GBP On Thursday (EUR/GBP, GBP/USD), Market Awaits RBA Monetary Policy  Follow FXMAG.COM on Google News Sources: finance.yahoo.com, poundsterlinglive.com

Summary: Dow Jones industrial gains on Friday. GBP reacts well to Sunak’s stimulus package Read next: (COST) Costco Beats Market Expectations  DJIA sees relief on Friday The Dow 30 rose on Friday as signs of peaking inflation and consumer resilience instilled investor confidence entering the long weekend, backing positive attitudes towards tightening monetary policy. Investors may be leaning toward the Fed tightening monetary policy without tipping the US economy into a recession. The Dow Jones benefited from this market sentiment. Data released on Friday indicated that consumer spending exceeded market expectations and drove the DJIA upwards, which drove investor confidence higher. DJIA Price Chart Pound Sterling reacts well to Sunak’s announcement The GBP may have stabilised in the wake of Sunak´s announcement of a stimulus package, however, concerns that the UK economy is heading into a recession still looms. The stimulus to try and save the UK economy may be short lived, what the greater impact will be on the UK economy is still a concern going forward. Sources: finance.yahoo.com, poundsterlinglive.com

Summary: Costco retailers beat the market's expectations for their Q3 results. Main revenues coming from increased memberships. Read next: Market Expectations For ECB To Hike Interest Rates Grow (EUR/USD), Sunak’s Move To Stimulate The UK Economy Offers GBP Support(EUR/GBP), Weaker USD boosts AUD (AUD/USD)  Costco retailers memberships rise Costco retailers grossed nearly $1 billion in new membership fees, which aided in the bulk retailer beating market expectations. The Third quarter earnings posted by Costco were, for the most part, inline with the Wall Street forecasts as the retailer used its cheaper members-only gas sales to bring in new customers in the current challenging economic environment. Group revenues, diluted earnings per share and membership revenues all rose. There are still concerns around pressures coming from high commodity prices, higher transportation cost, supply chains and higher wages. Costco Price Chart Sources finance.yahoo.com, thestreet.com

Summary: S&P 500 makes up for May losses. The Pound sterling hasn't had a great run lately especially because the UK economy isn't performing as well as its major economy counter-parts. Read next: Strong Investor Sentiment Toward The Euro Continues (EUR/USD), EUR/GBP Currency Pair, As China Ease Lockdowns The AUD Outlook Seems Positive (GBP/AUD, AUD/USD)  The S&P 500 gained almost 2.5% on Monday On Monday the S&P 500 gained back its May losses and broke its seven week losing streak, as institutional investors chose to balance their portfolios again to the end of the month. Luxury stocks seemed to be the top performers today in the wake of improved investor sentiment as China begins easing lockdowns. GSPC Price Chart Pound Sterling under pressure As the cost of borrowing increases, a cost-of-living crisis, the reality of lower productivity and inflation at 40 year highs, all of these factors mentioned are putting the Pound sterling under pressure. The reality of a looming recession keeping investors on their toes. A source on bloomberg predicts that the UK economy could shrink by 0.4% this quarter. The Pound sterling hasn't had a great run lately especially because the UK economy isn't performing as well as its major economy counter-parts. Sources: investors.com, bloomberg.com, finance.yahoo.com

Summary: Alibaba and other Chinese based companies may be able to return to normal production levels. BABA stocks to benefit as lockdowns in China continue to ease Although the US Stock markets are closed on Monday due to memorial day celebrations, Alibaba Share price has risen in the wake of China beginning to re-open after Covid-19 lockdowns. The lockdowns in China had taken a toll on many Chinese based companies due to slowing production, however, the easing of the lockdowns means that companies like Alibaba have a chance to start speeding up their production. Currently, according to a source on finance.yahoo.com, the shares of Alibaba are fairly priced at the moment. BABA Price Chart Read next: S&P 500 Sees Good Start To The Week, UK Economy Not Performing As Well As Its Major Economy Counter Parts  Sources: finance.yahoo.com

Summary: HP second quarter earnings beats market expectations. Read next: (IXIC) NASDAQ Caught In Tuesdays Volatile Trading, New Zealand Dollar (NZD)  HP Earnings announcement on Tuesday In the wake of earnings data that beat market expectations, the HP share price rose. HP’s second quarter earnings data beat analysts profit forecasts, powered by steady sales of commercial computers as their customers continue to bring workers back to face-to-face working in the post-covid world. HP reported that profits rose 18% in the second quarter. The CEO of HP indicated that no data in their earnings suggest a future economic slowdown. Both net sales and diluted EPS exceeded wall street forecasts. HPQ Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com

Summary: S&P 500 has lost more than 1% during the trading day. AUD outperformed USD on Wednesday. S&P 500 loses Tuesdays gains U.S stocks fell early on Wednesday in the wake of stronger-than-expected data from the U.S manufacturing sector. Since then, the S&P 500 has lost more than 1% during the trading day. The data released by the institute for supply management reflected that the U.S manufacturing sector grew faster than the market expected, another signal that the fears of the U.S economy going into a recession may be overblown. Following the manufacturing data release, the JPMorgan boss (Dimon) told Bernstein's Strategic Decisions Conference that the U.S. economy is facing a "hurricane" as the Fed continues its to try to normalise interest rates. GSPC Price Chart Australian Dollar benefits from favourable GDP data The Australian Dollar may have outperformed the US Dollar on Wednesday, but future policies from both the central banks could impact this currency pair. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) GDP data released on Wednesday exceeded market expectations, making it Wednesdays best performing currency. Read next: Russian Oil Embargo Decision Weighs on The Euro (EUR/USD, EUR/GBP), Australian GDP Data Released On Wednesday Exceeds Market Expectations (AUD/USD)  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, pounsterlinglive.com

Summary: GameStop stocks rose, fell and then settled GameStop reported a net loss On Wednesday GameStop reported a wider-than-expected net loss for the first quarter, and declined to provide an outlook for the market. In the wake of the news, the stock rose, fell and settled at a level close to unchanged. GameStop reported a $158 million loss, or $2.08 per share loss. The speciality retailer is one of the most recognised names amongst the meme stocks. GameStops claims they are keeping their inventory levels high amidst increasing customer demand and supply chain worries. GameStop Price Chart Read next: S&P 500 Loses Tuesdays Gains, Australian Dollar Was Wednesdays Best Performing Currency  Sources: finance.yahoo.com, marketwatch.com

Summary: Musk plans to cut Tesla workforce by 10% Tesla Stock fell on Friday On Friday the Tesla share price fell in the wake of Musk announcing plans to cut the electric-vehicle giant's workforce by 10% amidst having a “super bad feeling” about the economy. Causing the stock price to drop by 7.8% on Friday. Reports showed that Musk ordered a hiring freeze for Tesla across the globe, and believes it is necessary to reduce his workforce by 10%. Musk is not alone in his belief that a recession could become a reality, however, the influence Musk has is strong, and often recessions that are consumer-led can be self-fulfilled. TSLA Stock Price Sources: finance.yahoo.com, fool.com, investors.com

Summary: Is positive investor sentiment returning to the markets? GBP bullish against USD Read next: (TWTR) Twitter Shares Tumble On Monday  S&P 500 sees gains and losses as the index tries to recover U.S stocks rose in early Monday trading but have since dropped again amidst the current uncertain economic outlook and the prospect of tighter monetary conditions. The S&P 500 closed low on Friday in a general market sell-off. The decline last week came in the wake of a stronger-than-expected job report for May that showed that job hiring slowed but still kept a strong tempo. The showing of labor market strength aligned with expectations for policy makers on track with monetary policy tightening. Monday's drop in equities comes as the U.S treasury yields benchmark topped 3% during Monday's session. GSPC Price Chart Pound Sterling remains strong On Monday the pound sterling traded strong despite that Monday evening bringing with it a vote of no-confidence for Prime Minister Boris Johnsson. Despite the vote of no confidence, the pound sterling has remained strong, indicating to the market that it will remain strong despite politics. The pound sterling is bullish against the US Dollar and is showing mixed signals when it comes to its other major counterparts such as the Euro and CHF. Sources: finance.yahoo.com, poundsterlinglive.com

Summary: US listed Chinese Stocks are going on their third day of price gains Read next: Coffee Supplies Remain Tight, Supply and Demand Concerns Are Easing For Palladium , WTI Crude Oil Nearing March High  Alibaba stock prices are jumping US listed Chinese Stocks are going on their third day of price gains. The recent wave of video game batch approvals, offering hope for Chinese tech stocks. This move from Chinese regulators shows a step in the direction of a softening stance towards internet firms. The Alibaba share price is up more than 10.5% as of Wednesday. The rise in stock price for Chinese tech stocks comes as a relief to the current market sentiment amidst US markets are gripped by the thought of higher interest rates. In addition, the easing of lockdowns in major cities in China mixed with a line of better-than-expected earnings results are also contributing to boosting investor risk sentiment. BABA Price Chart Sources: barrons.com, finance.yahoo.com, bloomberg.com

Summary: The Tesla share price spiked for its fourth straight advancement. Tesla share price spiked in the wake of increased sales in China for May The Tesla share price spiked for its fourth straight advancement in the wake of news that May sales in China rebounded and UBS had turned the stock to a buy. The Electric Vehicle giant's share price is trading 2% up on Thursday and had risen by 1.2% by market close on Wednesday. Although the share price is well below the 50-and 200-day moving averages. The news of the rebound in Tesla car sales came from the China Passenger Car Association. TSLA Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, investors.com

Summary: Goldman Sachs changed the Netflix stock from neutral to a sell. Netflix down 68% in 2022 After re-evaluating the internet sector, Goldman Sachs changed the Netflix stock from neutral to a sell. The stock is down around 68% in 2022 and Goldman Sachs still thinks it is too expensive. According to barrons.com, Goldman Sachs analyst Eric Sheridan explained that there are concerns around the impact of increased competition on demand, a consumer recession, margin expansion and levels of content spend. Hence, the spending and competition on content are still problems, and now the possibility of a slowing economy has also become a factor. NFLX Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, barrons.com

Summary: Various Central Bank representative speakers are due. GDP data due to be released on Monday. This week is busy for the market in terms of news and release of data This week is a very busy day for the global markets as many calendar events are due including; European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, Bank of Englands (BOE) Gov Bailey and Federal Reserve Chairperson Jermone Powell all due to speak. The markets will watch these speakers and look for any clues regarding the future of monetary policy, interest rates and recession concerns. In addition to central bank announcements, there are many economic data releases due today that the markets will be watching closely as they will give an indication of the current economic situation, if it has worsened or improved. These economic data released include: US Pending Home Sales (MoM) for May, US Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM) for May, CB Consumer Confidence for June, Australian Retail Sales Data, US Crude Oil Inventories, China’s June Manufacturing PMI, German Unemployment Change for June, US Initial Jobless Claims, Some of the more prominent 3 star events include US GDP (QoQ) data for Q1, UK GDP (QoQ) data for Q1, UK GDP (YoY) data for Q1, Canadian GDP (MoM) data for April. Sources: investing.com

Summary: China’s effect on Nike’s supply chains. Take-aways from the earnings report. Three take-ways from Nike's fourth quarter earnings report Nikes share price is down 2% on Tuesday in the wake of their fourth quarter earnings report. The earnings of the athletic apparel brand has been negatively affected by the impact the Covid-19 lockdowns have had on supply chains and how Nike manages their inventories. In addition, concerns around a looming recession and soaring commodities prices are all contributing to consumer and investor risk-off sentiment, however, Nike's earnings have shown consumers willingness to spend on athletic wear. Nike’s full-year and fourth quarter earnings reported above analyst expectations, in addition, their digital sales grew by 15%, one of the driving factors being social media exposure. Nike has new apparel that is designed to reduce their carbon footprint, on the way. Nike also made it clear that China’s apprehensions will affect the annual financial outlook of Nike. Nike Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, bizjournals.com

Summary: MU Stock price down 2.86% in after market closing. Read next: US Dollar Softening Due To Recession Fears (EUR/USD), Is A 50bps Interest Rate Hike Due To Kick Off The ECB Interest Rate Hiking Cycle ? (EUR/GBP), AUD Recovering As China Reopens Their Economy  Micron stock falls On Thursday the memory-chip maker Micron (MU) beat Wall Street's earnings target for its third fiscal quarter and matched their sales view. However it well missed the expectations regarding guidance for the current quarter and the MIU stock price fell during extended trading. For the current quarter, Microns adjusted forecasted earnings of $1.63 per share on sales of $7.2 billion which missed analysts expectations of $2.6 per share on $9.15 billion sales for their 4th quarter. MU Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, investors.com

Summary: Top oil firms offer the FTSE 100 Index support on Monday. On Monday the GBP/CAD currency pair suppressed back to almost 10-year lows. Read next: Bitcoin Prices Struggling To Break Above $20,000 Mark  FTSE 100 (FTSE) The FTSE index closed the Monday trading day around 0.9% up. The rise in the index comes in the wake of oil firms seeing gains due to the rising of oil prices on Monday. Shell, BP and Harbour energy were amongst the top performers on the index. The Monday trading day also saw early positivity in both the Asian and Euro markets amidst hopes that the US could ease off on tariffs on China. The US markets remained silent as traders enjoyed time off for the 4th of July Independence Day celebrations. FTSE Price Chart Canadian Dollar Struggles On Monday the GBP/CAD currency pair suppressed back to almost 10-year lows. During mid-June the Canadian Dollar had gained on the pound sterling and against other currencies, the gains have been scuppered and the CAD is fighting 10-year lows against the GBP. Canadian employment growth came in moderate for June, however, strong wage inflation will likely put the Bank of Canada under pressure to impose more aggressive monetary policy going forward. Sources: poundsterlinglive.com, finance.yahoo.com

Summary: Exxon price slumps. Falling energy prices lower Exxon earnings expectations. Read next: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Causing Risk-Off Sentiment, The US Dollar Remains Strong and AUD Expected To Be Currency Most Affected (EUR/USD, EUR/GBP, GBP/AUD  Energy producer Exxon Exxon (XOM) share price declined during Tuesday’s trading day in the wake of declining energy prices which offset the forecast for the energy and oil giant, which gave markets expectations for a record surge in their profits for the second quarter. Exxon updated the SEC late on Friday last week indicating their operating profits were likely to rise by $7.4 billion from the 3 months ending in March, where the recorded profits came in at $8.8 billion. The formal second quarter earnings report from Exxon is due on July 30th. XOM Price Chart Sources: finance.yahoo.com, thestreet.com

At the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones rose 0.46%, the S&P 500 rose 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite fell 0.26%. The leading performer among the components of the Dow Jones index today was Johnson & Johnson, which gained 4.00 points or 2.48% to close at 165.34. Amgen Inc rose 5.20 points or 2.16% to close at 245.50. Merck & Company Inc rose 1.79 points or 2.10% to close at 87.15. The losers were Boeing Co shares, which lost 6.59 points or 4.11% to end the session at 153.66. Dow Inc. gained 2.04% or 1.04 points to close at 49.96, while Salesforce.com Inc shed 1.66% or 2.59 points to close at 153. .53. Leading gainers among the S&P 500 index components in today's trading were DXC Technology Co, which rose 7.75% to hit 26.70, General Holdings Inc, which gained 5.72% to close at 233.01, and also Moderna Inc, which rose 5.05% to end the session at 138.95. The losers were shares of NVIDIA Corporation, which lost 7.67% to close at 139.37. Shares of Hormel Foods Corporation shed 6.56% to end the session at 46.98. Quotes of Monolithic Power Systems Inc decreased in price by 6.11% to 425.47. Leading gainers among the components of the NASDAQ Composite in today's trading were Hempacco Co Inc, which rose 63.41% to hit 8.35, GigaCloud Technology Inc, which gained 61.43% to close at 23.65, and also shares of Virax Biolabs Group Ltd, which rose 58.69% to end the session at 5.57. American Virtual Cloud Technologies Inc was the biggest loser, shedding 52.17% to close at 0.22. Shares of Newage Inc lost 46.87% and ended the session at 0.12. Quotes of Okta Inc decreased in price by 33.70% to 60.60. On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of securities that fell in price (2231) exceeded the number of those that closed in positive territory (901), while quotes of 101 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock exchange, 2,416 companies fell in price, 1,333 rose, and 244 remained at the level of the previous close. The CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on S&P 500 options trading, fell 1.20% to 25.56. Gold futures for December delivery lost 1.13%, or 19.55, to hit $1.00 a troy ounce. In other commodities, WTI October futures fell 3.54%, or 3.17, to $86.38 a barrel. Brent oil futures for November delivery fell 3.71%, or 3.55, to $92.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, in the Forex market, EUR/USD fell 1.11% to hit 0.99, while USD/JPY edged up 0.89% to hit 140.20. Futures on the USD index rose 0.91% to 109.65.         Relevance up to 04:00 2022-09-03 UTC+2 Company does not offer investment advice and the analysis performed does not guarantee results. Read more: https://www.instaforex.eu/forex_analysis/291092

This report is prepared for the Warsaw Stock Exchange SA within the framework of the Analytical Coverage Support Program 3.0. 488/2022/AR Event: 2Q22 results revealed; Adjusted EBITDA close to the preliminary figures published earlier. The Company revealed its quarterly consolidated 2Q22 results on Wednesday late after the session. Consolidated figures. The Company’s reported EBITDA amounted to PLN 68.1 million. This figure is impacted by one-time effects at a sum of PLN -6.6 million in addition to other operating income at a value of PLN +4.5 million. The mentioned one-offs of PLN -6.6 million include (i) PLN -2.2 million of timing effects in the ON+Bio segment, (ii) PLN -3.5 million of cost transfers in the natural gas segment and (iii) PLN -0.9 million of other one-offs. Other operating income include PLN 5.39 million of accounting gains on the sale of subsidiaries. Ultimately, the Company’s adjusted EBITDA (as calculated by us) after excluding these items amounted to PLN 70.2 million vs. PLN 65.0 million expected by us initially (and vs. PLN 64.1 million indicated in the preliminary figures previously and PLN 74.3 million of final adjusted EBITDA calculated by management for the quarter). The difference in our adjusted EBITDA and the management adjusted EBITDA lies in other operating income (which in this case include the one-time gains on asset sales). The Company’s reported net income amounted to PLN 45.0 million, while the adjusted net income, as calculated by us amounted to PLN 49.7 million. Results of segment. The Company’s ON/bio segment delivered adjusted EBITDA of PLN 59.1 million vs. PLN 49.6 million expected by us. The Company’s LPG segment recorded adjusted EBITDA of PLN 24.2 million vs. PLN 17.0 million expected by us. The natural gas segment’s adjusted EBITDA amounted to PLN 6.1 million vs. PLN 5.0 million expected by us. The electric energy segment delivered an adjusted EBITDA of PLN 1.8 million vs. PLN 0.0 million expected by us. The results of the photovoltaic segment with adjusted EBITDA at PLN -1.2 million (vs. PLN +1.5 million expected by us). The Company mentioned that the quarterly results had been particularly impacted by the war in Ukraine, and by the resultant instability of energy markets caused by introduction of sanctions on Belarus and Russia. The Company also mentions very high sale volumes generated on diesel, bio and LPG products. Cash flow. The Company’s 2Q22 operating cash flow amounted to PLN 29.3 million vs PLN -32.3 million recognised a year ago. The cumulative operating cash flow for 1-2Q22 amounts to as much as PLN 80.7 million (vs. PLN 65 million delivered a year ago). Net debt. The Company’s net debt at the end of the quarter amounted to PLN 245 million vs. PLN 224 million recognised a year ago. Expected impact: Positive. Not only because the results are slightly stronger than our expectations (and the preliminary figures) but also because of the good operating cash flow and the drop in net debt. The earnings outlook for 2H22 remains very good and we expect the finalization of the purchase of Lotos and Orlen bitumen and logistics assets, which may be a big chance for further growth for the Company. In our view, the risk of SPO is lower than previously given the relatively good balance sheet. GPW’s Analytical Coverage Support Programme 3.0