Sam Ro

1 week ago | tker.co | Sam Ro

Weโ€™re raising the prices for new paid subscribers on May 1, 2025. New monthly plan price: $19.00New annual plan price: $199.00Prices for existing paid subscribers will remain the same. If you are already a paid subscriber, you will continue to be charged $9/month or $99/year as long as you donโ€™t cancel and continue to renew your subscription. This original rate of $9/month or $99/year applies to anyone who is a paid subscriber beforeMay 1, 2025.

1 week ago | tker.co | Sam Ro

Weโ€™re halfway through April, which means weโ€™re about to get a ton of hard March economic data โ€” as well as a flurry of Q1 earnings announcements. On Wednesday, weโ€™ll get March retail sales and industrial production. On Thursday, weโ€™ll get building permits and housing starts. Next week, weโ€™ll get new home sales, existing home sales, and durable goods orders. And the week after that, weโ€™ll get personal income, personal spending, and Q1 GDP.

1 week ago | benzinga.com | Sam Ro

The forward price-earnings (P/E) multiple has limited value during normal times. And the metric arguably has even less value during periods of elevated uncertainty. That's because the E is based on analysts' estimates for the near future. And when the outlook for business is increasingly uncertain and rapidly changing, it can take time for many analysts to adjust that E.

1 week ago | tker.co | Sam Ro

More and more people are talking about the likelihood of companies withdrawing guidance in the coming weeks. TKer subscribers have been reading about this issue for over a month. More here, here, and here. When companies decline to provide guidance on where they think sales and earnings are headed, investors and analysts have less information to work with as they consider where a company’s stock is headed. This means a wider range of expected outcomes, which exacerbates stock price volatility.

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Sam Ro

If you’re going to trade, be careful about trading based on expectations for the near future. The savviest minds in the market caution this is a guessing game. This sentiment is in line with Goldman Sachs’ David Kostin, who expects "during upcoming quarterly earnings calls fewer companies than usual will provide forward guidance." This is because recently announced tariffs have made it very difficult to project where business is headed.