Bancos centrais não param de acumular ouro. Tendência deve manter-se no próximo ano

[cest]

15H00 vendas de novas casas nos EUA. Foi aqui que tudo começou, é aqui que tudo vai acabar, agora quando não sei. Só sei que quando este indicador mostrar uma clara inversão as coisas melhoram com certeza. É esta a minha opinião. Bn.

[MNFV]

Se os resultados forem mistos, creio que o dado que vai movimentar o dia é este:

13:30 EUA Encomendas de bens duradouros de Março [estimativa: 0,1%; anterior: -1,7%].


Obrigado Mech

[kevin_]

Peço desculpa aos moderadores do forum, mas é apenas um desabafo.

À dias em que mais valia ter o dinheiro quietinho no banco... enfim

[Onorio]

Resumindo isto hj tem tudo para correr mal! Mais ainda do que ja esta a correr.

Obrigado Mech pelas tuas informaçoes diarias neste topic e acima de tudo obrigado pelas gargalhadas que me consegues dar em dias que as coisas nao correm lá muito bem.

[pvg80713]

a Apple reportou melhor que o esperado, e a acção desceu no AH...

já percebi mais disto...

[The Mechanic]

O dia começa bonito hoje, começa...
Já vi acidentes de avião com menos vermelho que isto hoje .

A Boeing conseguiu levantar parte das nuvens negras a que a Ambac ( resultados foleiros!!) nos condenou a todos, cidadãos do mundo .
Ontem a Apple provou mais uma vez que os seus clientes parecem estar imunes à crise financeira . à imagem de Portugal , em que a malta pode andar sempre tesa , mas há sempre dinheiro pra um cafezinho, por esse mundo fora , parece haver sempre dinheiro pra um i-podezinho .
No entanto..!! , no entanto ,as previsões de futuro deles não foram as mais famosas , umas vez que se teme que , afinal, pode haver uma ligeeeeira quebra no futuro. Ligeira. Mas suficiente , pra deixar tudo vermelho .

A Asia fechou mista com o Hang Seng positivo ( mas estes não contam que são Chineses e ninguem os entende a eles e ao Mercado deles ) e o Nikkei negativo .

Hoje , naturalmente, abriu tudo de rabo apertado e embora espreitásse o verde , assim que um vendeu , por essas praças fora, deu-se o "vende que te avias " que caracteriza estes dias . Uns vendem pra não cair em menos-valias , outros pra não aumentar as menos-valias .


Por cá, o BPI dá uma Conference call dos resultados às 11h.




Na Europa, importante empresas divulgam hoje os seus resultados :

Espanha
07:30 - Banco Sabadell divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

- Jazztel divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

- Ferrovial divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre

Itália
- ENI divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

- Fiat divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

Suíça - Crédit Suisse divulgou resultados do primeiro trimestre e foram uma bela porcaria . Esperam-se prejuizos de 594 Milhões de Francos-Suiços e eles saem-se com 2,15 Biliões no que foi o seu primeiro prjuizo em 5 anos . Dada a dimensão da Instituição, tem obviamente repercussões a nivel mundial e contribui muito para o dia de hoje .

Suécia - Volvo divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

Alemanha - Bayer divulga resultados do primeiro trimestre.

Alemanha - Índice Ifo para os negócios em Abril [estimativa: 104,4 pontos; anterior: -104,8 pontos].

Alemanha - A Confiança dos Empresários Alemães caiu pela primeira vez em 4 meses . Só ajudam ...




Nos Estados Unidos saem hoje alguns dados e são apresentados uma catrefa de resultados de empresas muito importantes .
É dificil escolher hoje a história dos dia , mas a Microsoft , pelo que representa e pelo que é , tem de ocupar esse lugar .
De seguida seguem algumas dessas empresas mais importante :


Ford - Espera prejuizos de 0,03 cents por acção .

Ford rides strong earnings in Europe and South America to make $100 million in 1st quarter


DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. says it earned $100 million in the first quarter as strong results from Europe and South America helped offset the impact of a slumping U.S. economy that cut car and truck sales in its main market.
The company also said Thursday its latest round of early retirement and buyout offers netted 4,200 hourly workers, fewer than Ford had targeted.

Ford says it earned 5 cents per share in the January-March period. The No. 2 U.S.-based automaker lost $282 million, or 15 cents a share, in the same period last year.

PepsiCo - Espera um lucro de 70 cents por acção .

PepsiCo Inc reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday as strong international results helped offset weakness in the United States resulting from the soft economy and rising commodity costs.
The maker of Pepsi-Cola, Gatorade sports drink and Lay's potato chips said net income for the first quarter was $1.15 billion, or 70 cents per share, compared with $1.10 billion, or 65 cents per share, a year ago.

PepsiCo and other companies that have large exposure to international markets are getting a boost this quarter as the weakness of the U.S. dollar versus many other currencies inflates the value of overseas sales when they are converted to U.S. dollars for inclusion in the company's income statement.

Motorola - Espera um lucro de 7 cents por acção .

Motorola 1st-quarter loss widens as mobile devices sales plunge; forecasts 2nd-qtr loss

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Cell phone maker Motorola says it lost slightly more money in the first quarter as sales in its key mobile unit fell 39 percent.
Motorola says it lost $194 million, or 9 cents per share, on revenue of $7.45 billion. A year earlier, the company says it lost $181 million, or 8 cents per share, on sales of $9.43 billion.

Thomson Financial says analysts, on average, expected a loss of 7 cents per share on sales of $7.75 billion.

For the current quarter, Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola Inc. says it expects to lose 2 cents to 4 cents per share from continuing operations. Analysts expect a loss of 1 cent per share

Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) - espera lucros de 94 cents por acção .

Dow Chemical 1st-quarter profit hurt by higher feedstock and energy costs


MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Dow Chemical says its first-quarter profit fell 3 percent on higher feedstock and energy costs, but still managed to top Wall Street's expectations.
The Midland, Mich.-based chemical company says earnings after preferred dividends slipped to $941 million, or 99 cents per share, compared with $973 million, or $1 per share, a year ago.

A $2.2 billion increase in feedstock and energy costs hurt quarterly results.

Dow Chemical Co. reports revenue grew 19 percent to $14.82 billion from $12.43 billion.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial forecast a profit of 94 cents per share on sales of $13.6 billion.

3M - Espera um lucro de $1,36 por acção , excluindo despesas com stock options .

3M earnings drop 28 percent; profits down in consumer and office, display and graphics units


ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- 3M Co., maker of Scotch tape and Post-It notes, says first-quarter earnings dropped 28 percent.

[b]3M says earnings fell to $988 million, or $1.38 per share, from $1.37 billion, or $1.85 per share. Prior-year results include a one-time gain of 57 cents.

Sales rose 9 percent to $6.46 billion.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial, who generally exclude one-time items, forecast earnings of $1.35 per share on revenue of $6.34 billion.

3M says international sales were solid. Profit declined in 3M's consumer and office and display and graphics businesses.

The St. Paul, Minn.-based company affirmed 2008 guidance. 3M still expects 2008 earnings to increase at least 10 percent.


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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) - Espera-se que apresente lucros de 41 cents por acção .

Bristol-Myers Squibb's 1st-quarter profit dips on restructuring costs, but still tops forecast


NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. says its first-quarter profit fell on higher restructuring costs, but adjusted results topped Wall Street forecasts.
The New York-based company says it earned $661 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $690 million, or 35 cents per share, during the same period a year ago. Excluding charges, profit is 42 cents per share.

Revenue rose 20 percent $5.18 billion from $4.32 billion.

Thomson Financial says analysts, on average, expected profit of 41 cents per share on revenue of $5.12 billion.

Sales of the blood-thinner Plavix drove revenue higher. Overall, international sales for the company's products gained 16 percent to reach $2.3 billion because of a weaker dollar.

ConocoPhillips - Espera um lucro de $2,40 por acção .

ConocoPhillips (NYSE) today reported first-quarter net income of $4,139 million, or $2.62 per share. This compared with $3,546 million, or $2.12 per share, for the same quarter in 2007. Revenues were $54.9 billion, versus $41.3 billion a year ago.

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) - Esperam ganhos de 83 cents por acção .

Northrop Grumman
1st-quarter profit falls 32 percent on charge from shipbuilding delay


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Defense contractor Northrop Grumman says its first-quarter profit dropped 32 percent, hurt by a charge resulting from delays in its assault ship program for the U.S. Navy.
The Los Angeles-based company says it earned $264 million, or 76 cents per share, on revenue of $7.72 billion. That compares with a profit of $387 million, or $1.10 per share, on revenue of $7.31 billion in the prior-year quarter.

Thomson Financial says analysts estimated earnings of 63 cents per share on revenue of $7.7 billion.

The company says results were hurt by a charge of $326 million, or 61 cents per share, due to a previously announced schedule extension for its assault ship program.

Northrop Grumman now expects a full-year profit between $4.90 and $5.15 per share, down from prior estimates.

Altria Group Inc. (MO) - 37 cents por acção de lucro .Resultados perto do fecho dos Mercados .

American Express - Espera um lucro de 81 cents por acção . Resultados após o fecho dos Mercados .


Microsoft - São esperados 45 cents por acção de lucro .
Steve Balmer diz que não quer dar mais pela Yahoo e que terão de ser os accionistas a decidirem se querem aceitar a oferta "as it is" . O tempo escasseia e uma operação desta envergadura iria ter concerteza uma reacção muito positiva para os Bulls . Resultados após o fecho dos Mercados .

13:30 EUA Pedidos de subsídio de desemprego da semana anterior.

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Fell 33,000 Last Week



April 24 (Bloomberg) -- The number of Americans filing first- time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to a two-month low, a sign some companies have put firing plans on hold.

Initial jobless claims decreased by 33,000 to 342,000 in the week ended April 19, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News forecast a gain of 3,000. The number of people staying on benefit rolls declined to 2.934 million from close to a four-year high of 2.999 million the week earlier.

13:30 EUA Encomendas de bens duradouros de Março [estimativa: 0,1%; anterior: -1,7%].

U.S. Durable Goods Orders Ex-Transportation Rose 1.5% in March


April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods excluding transportation equipment rose more than forecast last month, indicating demand from overseas may be helping factories weather the housing-led economic slowdown.

``Manufacturing is proving to be fairly resilient,'' Julia Coronado, a senior economist at Barclays Capital in New York, said before the report. ``The manufacturing sector is benefiting from some of the strength in the global economy that is helping it offset some of the weakness we've seen locally.'

15:00 EUA Vendas de casas novas em Março [estimativa: -0,8%; anterior: -1,8%].

New-Home Sales in the U.S. Plunge More Than Forecast
By Shobhana Chandra

April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Purchases of new homes in the U.S. plunged more than forecast in March to the lowest level in almost 17 years as stricter loan rules and falling prices caused buyers to hold off.

Sales dropped 8.5 percent to an annual pace of 526,000, the fewest since October 1991, from a 575,000 rate the prior month, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. [u]The median sales price slumped 13.3 percent from the same time last year, the most in almost four decades.[/u]

Um abraço ,

The Mechanic


EDITADO ÀS 15H18

Os Futuros mistos na ordem dos +0,10% na America e -0,30% na Europa . Cuidado aí com isso .

[Capitão Nemo]

Apple on Wednesday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 a share, on $7.51 billion in revenue. During the same period a year ago, Apple earned $770 million, or 87 cents a share, on sales of $5.26 billion. The results topped Apple's forecast of a profit of 94 cents a share and $6.8 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had estimated Apple would earn $1.05 a share on sales of $7 billion. The company said that during the quarter ended March 31 it sold 2.29 million Macintosh computers, 1.7 million iPhones and 10.6 million iPods. For its third quarter, Apple estimates it will earn $1 a share on $7.2 billion in sales

[Onorio]

Alguem sabe a q hrs sao divulgados os resultados da apple?

[J.Smith]

Philip Morris International, the cigarette seller that was recently spun off from Altria, topped analysts' estimates for the quarter in which it became an independent company.

For the quarter ended March 31, the company earned $1.87 billion, or 89 cents a share, up from $1.45 billion and 69 cents a share a year earlier. Net revenue rose 17.6% to $15.56 billion. Excluding excise taxes, revenue was up 14.1% to $6.33 billion.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial were looking for earnings of 77 cents and revenue, before excise taxes, of $6.15 billion.

Cigarette shipment volume was up 2.2% for the quarter to 217.9 billion units.

Mais uns resultados acima do esperdo so falta mesmo a Apple

[Robin Citadino]

"Stocks rise as Street parses earnings, oil prices decline
Wednesday April 23, 11:05 am ET
By Tim Paradis, AP Business Writer
Stocks rise as investors sort through earnings reports and as oil declines following report


NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks turned sharply higher Wednesday after an increase in oil supplies sent energy prices lower and eased Wall Street's concerns that rising inflation will force consumers to cut their spending.

The rebound in stocks came a day after another record high price for oil helped send shares skidding. But selling in the oil market after the government reported a drop in inventories last week allowed investors to keep their focus on the stream of earnings reports arriving from companies.

Investors also took in the news that Liberty Mutual plans to acquire Safeco. The announcement sent Safeco shares surging and perhaps helped reassure investors nervous about corporate earnings. The $6.12 billion deal would create the country's fifth-biggest property insurer."


Hoje já tivemos de tudo. Subprime, bons resultados, maus resultados, DAX a subir, DAX a descer, Futuros a subir e a descer, e agora parece que o que teve mais importância foi a subida das reservas de petróleo porque acalmou as eventuais pressões inflacionistas.

E daqui a pouco alguém se lembra de fazer um ataque no delta do Niger e lá vamos nós novamente para a
montanha russa!

Ufa!!

[J.Smith]

Delta's Loss Worse Than Expected

Stung by high fuel costs, Delta Air Lines reported a $274 million first-quarter loss and missed analysts' expectations for the period.

The loss was 69 cents a share, whereas analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had estimated a loss of 49 cents. Revenue, however, rose 12% to $4.77 billion and surpassed the forecast of $4.6 billion.

[J.Smith]

Vou-me alargar um pouco, mas esta aqui todo o resumo dos resultados e prognosticos para o dia de hoje nos States.

Stock Futures Shaky Amid Mixed Earnings


Stock index futures were indicating a mixed open for Wall Street Wednesday as investors were served with another round of inconsistent earnings reports.

S&P 500futures were down 4 points to 1377 and were a half-point below fair value. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 were down 3.5 points at 1891.50, but were more than 3 points above fair value.

Last time out, the major averages sank on a day that saw a new low for the U.S. dollar, fresh highs for oil prices and earnings of varying health. At the end of the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 105 points to 12,720, the S&P 500 gave up 12 points at 1396, and the Nasdaq Composite sank 31 points to 2377.

In the new session, earlier buying pressure moderated after Ambac reported a loss of $1.66 billion, or $11.69 a share, weighed down by $2.77 billion in mortgage-related losses. Shares of the beleaguered bond insurer slid 8.8%.

After the prior close, Yahoo! urned in a first-quarter adjusted profit that topped subdued analyst targets, but shares were still off 0.8% as investors doubted the results would be stellar enough to force Microsoft to boost its $44.6 billion bid for the Internet-portal operator.

Yahoo! has argued that the offer undervalues the company, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a conference, according to Bloomberg, that it won't increase the value of the proposal.

On the other hand, Dow component Boeing climbed 1% after reporting that its first-quarter profit swelled 38% year over year to $1.21 billion, surpassing estimates on a per-share basis.

Also, the virtualization-software developer VMWare bounced 15.5% early thanks to better-than-expected sales.

Staying in the tech space, Broadcom surged 8.3% after the chipmaker after reporting that first-quarter earnings climbed 21% on above-par sales.

Also, health-care information provider Cerner outstripped first-quarter expectations and offered above-par 2008 guidance.

Yum! Brands, which operates restaurants including KFC and Pizza Hut, got past the mean projection thanks to surging revenue in China. The company also boosted its 2008 outlook.

Following the close, Apple will report its numbers.

Among commodities crude oil lost 41 cents to $117.66, and gold futures were down $6.40 to $918.80.

The U.S. dollar edged up against the euro, while ticking fractionally lower against the yen.

[salvadorveiga]

Qual são so estimates para a Apple ?

o que eu encontro é isto :

Quarter Est. EPS(03/08) 1.06

Quarter Est. EPS(06/08) 1.09

Qual devo considerar ? Neste momento é o 03/08 certo logo 1.06 ? O outro valor é para o 2Q

[Fibonacci]

UPS 1Q EPS 87C; ANALYST EST. 87C

[manicospic]

Existe algum site onde possamos ver as datas dos resultados para acções europeias?

[Fibonacci]

BOEING 1Q EPS $1.62; ANALYST $1.35

[The Mechanic]

Fibonacci ...edita lá isso , homem ! Senão , com duas noticias , temos uma página feita...

Pois , a Ambac divulgou resultados feiozorros .Muito maus, mesmo . Entretanto, o ambiente dos earnings , que até estava jeitoso na semana passada, passou a ficar , de facto , com muito mau aspecto .

Se juntarmos a isso , aquela malfadada Resistência do S&P500 , vemos que a coisa não está pra brincadeiras . Mais um ou outro mau resultado e está tudo estragado .

A Boeing vái confirmar o resto do dia .
A Apple diz de sua justiça , só no final da sessão ( mas não me está a inspirar confiança ).


Um abraço ,

The Mechanic

[Paionense]

Ola a todos e em especial ao Mech!

Eu que não ligo nada à AF, leio religiosamente o teu report porque está numa lingua em que eu entendo

Reitero, o pedido de colocarem noticias apenas com as partes mais importantes caso contrário fica uma confusão

Abraço
JP

[MNFV]

Com esta noticia estará feita a estória do dia?

"Ambac Posts Loss on CDO Writedowns, New Business Drop (Update2)

By Christine Richard

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ambac Financial Group Inc., having staved off a credit-rating downgrade, posted a wider loss than analysts estimated after taking $3.1 billion in charges for subprime-mortgage securities.

The first-quarter net loss was $1.66 billion, or $11.69 a share, compared with net income of $213.3 million, or $2.04, a year earlier, New York-based Ambac said today in a statement. The company's operating loss of $6.93 a share was larger than the $1.82 estimated by six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg."


Bem abaixo das estimativas (devido mais uma vez ao subprime)! Os índices europeus e os futuros reagiram logo para Sul...

[The Mechanic]

Caros companheiros jornalistas ,

Quero pedir-vos que , ao colocarem as noticias ...eh pá , ponham só o sumo ...o resumo do que interessa .
E o que interessa é : resultados x espectativas .
( normalmente o primeiro e o segundo parágrafo, dizem tudo ou parte do que nos interessa )

O resto o pessoal não lê e ficam um textozorro do caraças .Que quiser ler mais , depois que vá aprofundar...


Um abraço ,

The Mechanic

[Robin Citadino]

"Ambac Posts Loss on CDO Writedowns, New Business Drop (Update2)

By Christine Richard

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ambac Financial Group Inc., having staved off a credit-rating downgrade, posted a wider loss than analysts estimated after taking $3.1 billion in charges for subprime-mortgage securities.

The first-quarter net loss was $1.66 billion, or $11.69 a share, compared with net income of $213.3 million, or $2.04, a year earlier, New York-based Ambac said today in a statement. The company's operating loss of $6.93 a share was larger than the $1.82 estimated by six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg."


Bem abaixo das estimativas (devido mais uma vez ao subprime)! Os índices europeus e os futuros reagiram logo para Sul...

[J.Smith]

This was the Wolf Report and I`m really starting to get bruises all over my fingers due to all this amount of work .

Mech se quiseres podemos fazer-te uma vaquinha para comprares halibut para os dedos ou, ja que esta na moda, uns toyotas

Agora a serio, parabens pelo esforço de manteres este tópico actualizado

E nao te preocupes q a malta vai dando uma maozinha completando os resultados.

abraço

[Fibonacci]

GLAXO 1Q NET 1.31 BLN PNDS; ANALYST EST. 1.29 BLN PNDS

PHILIP MORRIS 1Q EPS EX-ITEMS 89C; ANALYST EST. 78C

[Fibonacci]

Ambac Posts Loss on CDO Writedowns, New Business Drop

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Ambac Financial Group Inc., having staved off a credit-rating downgrade, posted a wider loss than analysts estimated after taking $3.1 billion in charges for subprime-mortgage securities.
The first-quarter net loss was $1.66 billion, or $11.69 a share, compared with net income of $213.3 million, or $2.04, a year earlier, New York-based Ambac said today in a statement. The company's operating loss of $6.93 a share was larger than the
$1.82 estimated by six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

[petar]

April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Falling shipments at United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., which together deliver 80 percent of packages in the U.S., show the economy is in a recession and unlikely to rebound this year.

UPS, whose domestic volume has outperformed the gross domestic product for almost a century until last year, said April 8 that deliveries dropped in the first quarter. UPS also said earnings for the three months through March will miss its previous projection by as much as 7.4 percent, just the third time the Atlanta-based company has made a new forecast that was below an earlier one.


``This is what a recession feels like,'' said Steven Marco, who manages $800 million including UPS shares at Marco Investment Management LLC in Atlanta. ``The trucks are not as full as they used to be.''

UPS's profit excluding one-time items may drop 12 percent to $902.9 million for the first-quarter, according to the average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg .

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