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Tom Essaye – Staying Cautious With The Magnificent Seven Names Into Earnings. 

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One chart reveals why investors are concerned about earnings from Microsoft, Amazon, and other hyperscalers

“For me, it’s going to be about earnings with the Mag 7. It’s going to be about the capex number. What’s happening with free cash flow. And what is their guidance and how we turn all of this into real money sooner than later,” Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye said on Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid.

Essaye is staying cautious about the Magnificent Seven names heading into earnings. 

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Tom Essaye Talks About Netflix with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor

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I think that this is a very smart move by Meta, Says Tom Essaye

Why Netflix is a lot less ‘compelling’ than these 2 media stocks

Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye chat with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about why Netflix isn’t a compelling buy in the media/entertainment space.

You know, over the past couple of years, Netflix has pulled levers to increase profitability by cracking down on sharing, by introducing, you know, more aggressive advertising, that sort of thing. But in the end, they’re now kind of being driven by their show slate and as you said, they have not had a hit in a while and that’s a problem.

Now, certainly the decline makes it, you know, somewhat attractive maybe on a value basis, but I agree with Thomas, it’s a show me stock. You have to see that there’s some sort of a of a turnaround or something coming down the pike that you can get excited about.

I actually agree with you, Brian. I think if I’m going to allocate some dollars to entertainment and sort of content, I would prefer Disney.

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How to Talk to Clients About the Latest in Iran

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • How to Talk to Clients About the Latest in Iran

Futures are slightly lower following disappointing tech earnings and more strikes between the U.S. and Iran.

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) posted “not good enough” earnings and the stock is down –4% pre-market and that’s weighing on futures.

Focus today will stay on economic data, the Fed and earnings.  On the data front, the key reports are, in order of importance:   Retail Sales (E: -0.3%), Philly Fed (E: 3.0) and Jobless Claims (E: 220K).

Looking at the Fed, there are several speakers including Logan (12:30 p.m. ET), Schmid (1:25 p.m. ET) and  Jefferson (7:00 p.m. ET) although given the Warsh and Williams comments yesterday, these speakers will need to be very hawkish or dovish to move markets.

Finally, earnings season continues and key reports today include: UNH ($4.87), TSM ($3.87), GE ($1.86), ABT ($1.28), NFLX ($0.79), ISRG ($2.50), AA ($2.33).

 

Alpha Webinar Today at 1:30 p.m. ET: Where the AI Trade Goes Next

AI remains one of the most important investment themes in this market, but it’s no longer enough to simply be “bullish AI.” Leadership within the trade is changing, performance is becoming much more selective, and the next winners may look very different from the last winners.

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Tom Essaye chats with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi

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I think that this is a very smart move by Meta, Says Tom Essaye

Is Meta’s recent rally sustainable?

Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye chats with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about Meta’s latest stock moves and what that may signal about its sustainability.

So essentially kind of the bullish catalyst was AI deciding to lease out a lot of their processing power and compute to all this AI demand. So here we go. We’re sort of leveraging on the AI data center demand craziness even more. And don’t get me wrong, people are paying for a premium and I think that this is a very smart move by Meta.

But I don’t view this as sort of a this isn’t a sustainable turn for them. This is them just looking around saying, okay, what can we make money on and we have capacity here and let’s lease it out while demand is sky high. Shrewd move in the short term. I think it is created a decent size bump in the stock obviously, and the chart is looking better, but for me it’s going to be about earnings, it’s going to be about their CapEx number, what’s happening with free cash flow, and what is their guidance on how we turn all of this into real money sooner than later.

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Why Aren’t Bond Yields Falling?

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What’s in Today’s Report:

  • Why Aren’t Bond Yields Falling?
  • Weekly Market Preview: Can Tech Stabilize and the “Rest” of the Market Extend the Rally?
  • Weekly Economic Cheat Sheet: FOMC Minutes Wednesday (How Hawkish is the Fed?)

Futures are modestly higher on a continued decline in oil prices and following a mostly quiet weekend of news.

Oil prices are down modestly as OPEC+ again boosted production quotas, reminding markets that, away from U.S./Iran tensions, oil supplies are set to rise in the coming years.

Economically, EU data was solid as German Manufacturers’ Orders beat estimates while EU retail sales were in-line.

Focus today will be on economic data via the ISM Services PMI (E: 54.2) and Fed speak from Waller (11:00 a.m. ET) and the more Goldilocks the data (solid growth/falling prices) and commentary (pushing back on inflation fears) the better for markets.

Tom Essaye Thinks Investors Aren’t Sure The Current Data Center Boom Will Last

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AI chip stocks show low P/E ratios amid investor doubt

Sevens Report Research founder Tom Essaye thinks this is because investors aren’t sure the current data center boom, fueling AI growth, will last.

Tom Essaye warns of massive cancelations.

Essaye compares today’s situation to the dot-com crash in 2000, warning that if market hype doesn’t turn into real growth, suppliers like NVIDIA and Micron could take a hit.
He says inflated expectations can backfire if demand doesn’t keep up: “massive order cancelations” could follow.

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That Will Cause Some Upset For Markets Tom Essaye Tells Barron’s

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For something that has been working really well for markets, that will cause some upset, Tom Essaye tells Barron’s.

S&P 500 Drops 1.2% After Warsh Hints of Fed Changes

Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s the market reacted to the “litany of changes that Warsh is proposing” that could lead to uncertainty and less communication from the central bank.

“The Fed was not hawkish, nor was Warsh hawkish,” Essaye says. “What he said was that ‘I’m exploring changing everything. And for something that has been working really well for markets, that will cause some upset.”

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Tom Essaye Quoted in The Money Show

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Currency Roundup: Watch the Dollar and Yen if You’re Trading FX

The US dollar rose to a multi-month high in overnight trade Monday amid negative geopolitical headlines. But ultimately the greenback paired gains and ended slightly lower as risk-on money flows returned with dip buyers at work in the equity market. The Dollar Index ended down 0.08%, notes Tom Essaye, president of the Sevens Report.

The yen edged up 0.09%, a modest move that proved to be one of the larger fluctuations of the day in the foreign exchange space. Japanese GDP was revised up and the yen was close to the “currency intervention threshold” of 160 – where the government stepped in to defend the yen in recent weeks – scaring shorts out of the market.

In Europe, the euro rose 0.07% as traders fully priced in a rate hike from the ECB on Thursday. The pound was flat as traders digest mixed economic data with no BOE meeting to position into this week.

Looking elsewhere, the Aussie dollar edged up incrementally amid risk-on money flows and the Canadian loonie fell slightly despite firming oil prices. The sharp reversal in WTI and Brent from early session highs tamped down optimism for the nation’s largest export while currency traders digested news that the Canadian economy fell into a “technical recession” in Q1.

Bottom line: It was a quiet day in forex to start the week. But with several central bank decisions due later in the week, volatility in the space could pick up materially.

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Tom Essaye Quoted In TheEdgeSignapore

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S&P extends gain as chipmakers eye best two-day gain in Month

“The tech-led rebound in the wake of Friday’s market rout continues amid AI earnings optimism and easing geopolitical angst, as President Trump reiterates a peace deal with Iran is imminent,” wrote Tom Essaye, founder of ‘The Sevens Report’ newsletter.

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U.S./Iran Conflict And AI Continue To Dominate The Market Narrative

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Nasdaq-100 Falls As Investors Rotate From AI To Old Economy

“The U.S./Iran conflict and AI continue to dominate the market narrative, but tomorrow’s jobs report is still very important for markets because the strong labor market is a critical offset for the consumer amidst high inflation,” said Tom Essaye of the Sevens Report. “A ‘too tight’ labor market would risk increasing the chances of Fed rate hikes sooner than expected.”

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