Matthew Clark

Delray Beach, Greenville

Research Analyst at Money & Markets

Chief Research Analyst and Senior Managing Editor at Banyan Hill

Longtime journalism veteran. Research analyst for @TheMoneyMarkets and editor of Stock Power Daily.

Articles

Earnings Surprises and One Bullish Call to Watch

2 days ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Before I get into the one stock that passed our earnings screen this week, I want to talk about earnings beats and misses. I’m referring to how a company’s actual earnings compare to analysts’ expectations. A beat occurs when a company reports earnings that are above analysts’ expectations, whereas an earnings miss is the opposite. These earnings surprises can have either a major impact on stock prices.
$10 Trillion in Digital Damage: Is the HACK ETF a Buy?

4 days ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

At the onset of both World War I and World War II, America was insulated from the battles taking place thousands of miles away in Europe and Asia. However, the art of conflict has changed dramatically since then. Battles aren’t just fought by land, air and sea. They are also fought in the digital world. While rockets and drones fly overhead in Ukraine and Israel, other battles are being fought online, as bad actors working on behalf of dangerous regimes to cripple defense systems and supply chains.
2 Bullish Earnings Calls to Watch as Inflation Lingers

1 week ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Inflation talk at most cocktail parties follows a certain pattern…People don’t just stand around and wax philosophical about the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Federal Reserve benchmark interest rates or the weakness of the U.S. dollar. However, we do talk about the higher prices of groceries and just about everything else we shop for. Well, companies look at inflation the same way. The more expensive things are at the grocery store, the less money you have left over in your bank account.
2 Bulls and a Bear as Earnings Wind Down

2 weeks ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Hey, it’s Matt. Welcome to your Friday earnings edition of What My System Says Today. We’ll start by examining how one of the most widely used phrases in the English language these days relates to earnings. I’m talking about AI, of course!Since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has soared in popularity. Globally, 378 million people use AI daily, nearly triple the number of people using AI daily in 2020.
A Hot and Fresh Economic Indicator

2 weeks ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

For today’s installment, I’m going to do something a little different…I’m going to talk about food. Now, I’m not a foodie by any stretch of the imagination. I love to cook when I have the time, but I keep things simple in the kitchen. When feeding a household that includes 23-year-old twin boys, simplicity is always the best option (it’s as if they will never stop growing). Of course, sometimes there just isn’t the time, so we order out. Pizza is a staple when we go this route.
Dollar Tree’s “Bullish” Earnings Beat + 4 Stocks to Watch

3 weeks ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Editor’s Note: If private markets have ever piqued your interest, I urge you to check out this urgent presentation from our friends at Crowdability now. The window on this “72-hour profit-alert” is closing fast…Hey, it’s Matt. Welcome to the Earnings Friday edition of What My System Says Today. I’m going to start today by looking at the earnings of some of the biggest companies in the market … the Magnificent 7. These stocks — Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Apple Inc.
Going Nuclear: The Energy Sector’s Bright Spot

3 weeks ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

The U.S. produced 133.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity from nuclear power in January and February 2025. That’s enough energy to power 12.3 million homes for an entire year!But powering our homes isn’t the main driver behind the resurgence of nuclear. No, it’s caused by the massive amount of electricity required to keep data centers running as they process mountains of AI data around the clock.
No Repeat of This 2020 Covid Earnings Guidance Trend

1 month ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Traditionally, when a company issued strong earnings, its stock would push higher. Conversely, if earnings were down, the stock would follow suit. However, something changed at the turn of the century. In the 1970s, the Securities and Exchange Commission promoted the idea of companies releasing their financial forecasts during quarterly reports. The practice didn’t actually take hold until the 2000s.
“Bearish” LUV Stock Needs More Than $35 Per Bag

1 month ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

It’s the end of an era in the airline industry…For more than 50 years, Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) allowed travelers to check their first two bags for free, a policy that set the U.S. carrier apart from its competitors. However, all of that changes today as Southwest ends its free checked bag policy and charges $35 for the first bag, and $45 for the second. It got me to thinking… why?
"Uncertainty" Has Dominated the Earnings Conversation

1 month ago | moneyandmarkets.com | Matthew Clark

Matt here. Welcome to the Earnings Friday edition of What My System Says Today. I’ll get into bullish and bearish earnings in a bit, but I wanted to start today with the one word Wall Street hates. It’s a word that sends investors scrambling and stocks down almost every time it creeps up in headlines. The word is “uncertainty.”When there is uncertainty around a company’s performance, future guidance or even the impacts of government policy, investors get twitchy.