US Close: Market jitters ahead of Fed and massive earnings week, Netflix tanks PlatoBlockchain Data Intelligence. Vertical Search. Ai.

US Close: Market jitters ahead of Fed and massive earnings week, Netflix tanks

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Wall Street has gone from debating how aggressive one should rotate out of tech into cyclicals, to sell it all. US stocks have been on a rollercoaster ride after abysmal results from Netflix. Investors have two big worries:  it seems every day traders are reminded inflationary pressures are not going away anytime soon and could prompt the Fed into becoming overly aggressive in tightening monetary policy. The other concern is that profit growth expectations may have been too optimistic and underpriced in the ballooning labor costs. Geopolitical risks are also adding fuel to the selling pressure.

Next week will be massive for tech earnings as Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, and Samsung report. Netflix shocked and if the other mega-cap giants hugely disappoint, the Nasdaq will be in trouble.

Netflix

Netflix shares collapsed over 20% after delivering disappointing subscriber guidance for the first quarter.  The streaming giant acknowledged that the competition has intensified and the impact to COVID disruptions is still being felt. The company is still posting strong revenue numbers and has a strong revenue outlook and has growth potential outside of North America.

It comes as no surprise that after today’s plunge, at least nine firms lowered their ratings for Netflix.  Netflix is still the king of content and while this is the first heavyweight to post a rather disappointing outlook, it really isn’t that bad.  The mega-cap stock’s overall subscriber growth for the past few quarters was solid, and it could easily be expected that the first quarter would be soft as many people will be returning to pre-COVID behavior. 

Source: https://www.marketpulse.com/20220121/us-close-market-jitters-ahead-fed-massive-earnings-week-netflix-tanks/

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