Money & Markets

1 day 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.

3 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.

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 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.

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.