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Global Week Ahead: Archive

John Blank

An Uneasy Calm and 2025 Outlooks: Global Week Ahead

An uneasy calm has descended on investors, hopeful that the worst of the tariff-induced turmoil has passed. Wall Street shares have recovered from more than one-year lows, but are sinking again early this week.

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John Blank

Global Week Ahead: A U.S./China Trade War Sequel

It's a new trading world out there in the wake of the tariff turmoil. John Blank analyzes how this conflict will impact this week's market events around the globe and also spotlights three Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks worth watching.

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John Blank

The First Q1 Earnings Land: Global Week Ahead

Global investors have yearned for clarity over President Trump's tariffs. But now they have it, and don't much like what they see.

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John Blank

The March Job Report Informs Traders: Global Week Ahead

Under Elon Musk's DOGE government efficiency drive, tens of thousands of workers from the 2.3 million-strong federal workforce have been fired or agreed to take a buyout.

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John Blank

A Real Alternative to U.S. Stocks: Global Week Ahead

Move over, TINA ("There Is No Alternative"); investors are considering TIARA: "There Is A Real Alternative" to U.S. stocks.

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John Blank

Is This a "New World Order"? Global Week Ahead

JPMorgan's (JPM) chief economist warns lasting damage to the U.S' standing as an investment destination is at risk, if President Trump undermines trust in governance.

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John Blank

Did the U.S. CPI Rate Move Up in FEB? Global Week Ahead

Global growth concerns have shot back onto the markets' radar as weakening U.S. data and growing trade tensions hurt consumer confidence and business activity.

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John Blank

What Will the FEB U.S. Jobs Report Show? Global Week Ahead

U.S. jobs data on March 7th comes as worrisome indicators about business activity and consumer confidence raise yellow flags about the economy and a push by the Trump administration to slash the federal workforce.

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John Blank

Nvidia Earnings After Wednesday Close: Global Week Ahead

Nvidia (NVDA) suffered a record one-day loss in market value last month over how low-cost DeepSeek might shake up the "AI" ecosystem, although shares have since mostly bounced back.

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John Blank

U.S. Big-Box Retailers Report: Global Week Ahead

For traders, it's a case of which way to look next. With their screens flooded by headlines, from tariffs, and shaky Middle East ceasefire deals, to Russia and Ukraine.

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John Blank

European Shares Find a Surprise Bid: Global Week Ahead

Europe Inc. is ticking all the boxes: cheap valuations, earnings growth and momentum. Investors are pouring in.

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John Blank

Alphabet and Amazon Report: Global Week Ahead

With upcoming earnings reports from "Mag 7" members Alphabet (GOOGL) on Tuesday and Amazon (AMZN) on Thursday, investors will have the chance to determine whether recent AI market volatility is a warning.

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John Blank

First FOMC Meeting of 2025: Global Week Ahead

The central bank is widely expected to pause its easing cycle on Wednesday, after cuts totaling 100 basis points (bps) last year.

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John Blank

A New U.S. Presidency Begins: Global Week Ahead

Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20th as the 47th U.S. president will likely bring with it a Day One-barrage of executive orders on anything from taxes to tariffs.

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Shaun Pruitt

Global Week Ahead: Q4 Earnings Season Kicks Off with Key Inflation Data

Markets will be put to the test this week amid recent volatility, as big banks kick off the heart of the Q4 earnings season on Wall Street, while key inflation data from the U.K. and U.S. will also be on tap.

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John Blank

Global Week Ahead: A New Year Rises

Wall Street is pretty optimistic that the market is set for another good year in 2025, but there are several key risks that investors should be watching. John Blank outlines several of them and highlights three stocks poised for a strong start to the New Year.

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John Blank

A Christmas Holiday Trading Week: Global Week Ahead

With a four-day trading week, and a major Western holiday, don't expect much to stir U.S. or global share markets in terms of macro data.

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John Blank

The Last Fed Meeting of 2024: Global Week Ahead

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to continue monetary easing with a 25 basis- point (bps) rate cut on Wednesday, in what would be its 3rd straight reduction.

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John Blank

Bitcoin Breaks $100K: Global Week Ahead

Bitcoin smashing the $100,000 barrier raises the prospect of the cryptocurrency going mainstream. What's next?

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John Blank

Are U.S. Stocks "Priced to Perfection"? Global Week Ahead

November ends with the biggest monthly fall in the euro since early 2022, the steepest drop in German bond yields this year, the biggest bitcoin surge since February and one of the biggest monthly jumps in U.S. stocks this year.

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John Blank

Black Friday: Global Week Ahead

The Trump Trade still says: Anyone with "buy crypto and the U.S. dollar, sell anything foreign, or green" on their markets' bingo card would still be in the money, even if momentum has softened.

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John Blank

Nvidia on Deck: Global Week Ahead

In the Global Week Ahead, chip titan Nvidia reports quarterly results AMC Wednesday, and global PMI data rolls in on Friday.

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John Blank

Global Week Ahead: OCT Consumer Price Inflation

Economists expect the consumer price index to have climbed +0.2% for October. Last month's +2.4% annual increase was the smallest in more than 3-1/2 years, reinforcing Federal Reserve rate-cut bets.

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John Blank

The U.S. Election: Global Week Ahead

Americans are about to pick a President and set up a new Congress. Who is to govern the world's biggest economy? This has wide-ranging consequences for financial markets.

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John Blank

5 of 7 Mega-Cap Tech Results: Global Week Ahead

Two significant storms could skew the data, which comes just ahead of the Nov. 5 U.S. election and a potential 25-basis-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Nov. 7th.

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