{"id":67308,"date":"2023-04-21T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/?p=67308"},"modified":"2023-04-21T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T13:00:31","slug":"coffee-with-greta-traders-digest-earnings-recession-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2023\/04\/21\/coffee-with-greta-traders-digest-earnings-recession-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee With Greta: Traders Digest Earnings, Recession Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DJIA Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+28 (+0.1%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SPX Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1 (-0.01%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NASDAQ Futures: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-28 (-0.2%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good morning friends!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Futures are flat as traders digest earnings and the latest data showing the economy is headed for a recession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get right to it!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Procter & Gamble Tops Fiscal Q3 Expectations<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Procter & Gamble <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(PG) shares are up 2.4% ahead of the open after beating fiscal Q3 expectations on the top and bottom line.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how the consumer goods giant\u2019s results compared to analysts\u2019 estimates:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EPS: $1.37 vs $1.32 expected<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue: $20.07 billion vs $19.32 billion expected<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organic sales jumped 7% year over year but sales volume fell 3% as consumers opted for cheaper alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But higher prices helped offset that lower volume.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P&G\u2019s prices were up 10% year over year after the company raised prices again during the quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company now expects fiscal 2023 organic sales growth of 6%, up from 4% to 5% previously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesla Hikes Prices After Share Slump<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Tesla <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(TSLA) shares are up 0.5% in premarket trade after the electric automaker raised prices on some its vehicles Thursday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Model S and Model X prices were raised by $2,500 each.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Model S now starts at $87,490 and the Model X at 97,490.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicles are still cheaper than they were at the end of the first quarter but the adjustments come just two days after Tesla lowered the prices on its Model Y and Model 3 gain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesla shares dropped 9.7% on Thursday, the largest drop since January 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That decline came after CEO Elon Musk suggested the company will continue cutting prices after reporting Q1 earnings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musk told analysts, \u201cWe\u2019ve taken a view that pushing for higher volumes and a larger fleet is the right choice here versus a lower volume and higher margin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming Up: Services, Manufacturing PMI<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&P Global releases its April flash readings for both the services and manufacturing PMIs today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The services index is expected to fall to 51.5 from 52.6 last month while the manufacturing index is expected to decline to 49 from 49.2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These surveys are used to determine the health of the economy by sector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any reading above 50 signals growth while a reading below 50 signals contraction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Case You Missed It<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest data signals the U.S. economy is headed for a recession this year. The Conference Board\u2019s leading economic indicators index sank 1.2% in March vs expectations for a 0.7% decline. It was the biggest drop in three years and the 12th consecutive monthly decline.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Existing home sales slowed more than expected in March. The National Association of Realtors reported existing sales fell 2.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.44 million units vs 4.48 million expected. Home sales were down 22% year over year as high mortgage rates and low supply put pressure on buyers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DJIA Futures: +28 (+0.1%) SPX Futures: -1 (-0.01%) NASDAQ Futures: -28 (-0.2%) Good morning friends! Futures are flat as traders digest earnings and the latest data showing the economy is headed for a recession. Let\u2019s get right to it! Procter &#038; Gamble Tops Fiscal Q3 Expectations Procter &#038; Gamble (PG) shares are up 2.4% ahead of the open after beating fiscal Q3 expectations on the top and bottom line.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how the consumer goods giant\u2019s results compared to analysts\u2019 estimates:\u00a0 EPS: $1.37 vs $1.32 expected Revenue: $20.07 billion vs $19.32 billion expected Organic sales jumped 7% year over year but sales volume fell 3% as consumers opted for cheaper alternatives. But higher prices helped offset that lower volume.\u00a0 P&#038;G\u2019s prices were up 10% year over year after the company raised prices again during the quarter.\u00a0 The company now expects fiscal 2023 organic sales growth of 6%, up from 4% to 5% previously.\u00a0 Tesla Hikes Prices After Share Slump Tesla (TSLA) shares are up 0.5% in premarket trade after the electric automaker raised prices on some its vehicles Thursday night.\u00a0 The Model S and Model X prices were raised by $2,500 each.\u00a0 The Model S now starts at $87,490 and the Model X at 97,490.\u00a0 The vehicles are still cheaper than they were at the end of the first quarter but the adjustments come just two days after Tesla lowered the prices on its Model Y and Model 3 gain.\u00a0 Tesla shares dropped 9.7% on Thursday, the largest drop since January 3. That decline came after CEO Elon Musk suggested the company will continue cutting prices after reporting Q1 earnings.\u00a0 Musk told analysts, \u201cWe\u2019ve taken a view that pushing for higher volumes and a larger fleet is the right choice here versus a lower volume and higher margin.\u201d Coming Up: Services, Manufacturing PMI S&#038;P Global releases its April flash readings for both the services and manufacturing PMIs today.\u00a0 The services index is expected to fall to 51.5 from 52.6 last month while the manufacturing index is expected to decline to 49 from 49.2.\u00a0 These surveys are used to determine the health of the economy by sector.\u00a0 Any reading above 50 signals growth while a reading below 50 signals contraction. In Case You Missed It The latest data signals the U.S. economy is headed for a recession this year. The Conference Board\u2019s leading economic indicators index sank 1.2% in March vs expectations for a 0.7% decline. It was the biggest drop in three years and the 12th consecutive monthly decline.\u00a0 Existing home sales slowed more than expected in March. The National Association of Realtors reported existing sales fell 2.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.44 million units vs 4.48 million expected. Home sales were down 22% year over year as high mortgage rates and low supply put pressure on buyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":67313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[739],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coffee-with-greta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67315,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67308\/revisions\/67315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}