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KEY EARNINGS

No major results today – Of the 92% of S&P 500 companies that have reported Q3 earnings:

  • 81% have beaten consensus EPS expectations, above the 74% one-year average and the 77% five-year average
  • 61% topped consensus sales expectations, below the 69% one-year average and 68% five-year average
  • Earnings are coming in 7.1% above expectations, above the 44% one-year average but below the 8.5% five-year average

CENTRAL BANKS

  • Powell warns Fed not confident it is on path to bringing inflation back to target (FT)
  • Fed repo facility back below $1tn for first time since August 2021 (Bloomberg)
  • ECB makes case for keeping balance sheet big (FT)
  • BoE's Pill says interest rates already high enough to tackle inflation (Telegraph)
  • RBA upgrades economic forecasts but risk of inflation is higher (Bloomberg)
  • Bank of Mexico holds, though hints it could start cuts soon (Bloomberg)

GEOPOLITICS

  • Israel agrees to daily 4-hour pause to allow civilians to evacuate (Bloomberg)
  • Israeli PM Netanyahu says does not seek to occupy Gaza (Reuters)
  • Netanyahu says a peace deal with Saudi Arabia was still possible (Bloomberg)
  • Iran warns about broader conflict (Reuters)
  • Yellen begins talks with Chinese counterpart, which will include discussions on use of economic tools for national security purposes (Bloomberg)

CHINA

  • China new loans to have shrunk in October due to seasonal factors (Reuters)
  • Chinese banks ramp up short-term debt amid liquidity concerns (Bloomberg)
  • China's slow economy takes 9% off global manufacturers' profits (Nikkei)

ECONOMY

  • Moody's lowers US outlook to negative due to wider fiscal deficits and political polarization (Bloomberg)
  • US consumer sentiment drops again in November, inflation expectations climb to the highest level since March 2011 (Reuters)
  • UK GDP stagnated in Q3, justifying increased focus on growth over inflation (FT)

Industry ETFs

Mon 13 Nov 23, 8:32am (AEDT)

NameValue% Chg
Commodities

Steel65.4537+1.42%
Uranium26.86+0.64%
Copper Miners32.1+0.16%
Lithium & Battery Tech47.47-0.52%
Strategic Metals55.9-1.13%
Gold Miners27.25-1.23%
Silver20.34-1.69%
Industrials

Construction53.14+2.09%
Global Jets15.69+1.16%
Aerospace & Defense113.96+1.06%
Agriculture22.04-0.41%
Healthcare

Cannabis5.47+0.55%
Biotechnology115.53+0.48%
NameValue% Chg
Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin18.85+2.17%
Renewables

Solar41.4-0.38%
CleanTech8.93-2.08%
Hydrogen5.84-7.59%
Technology

Semiconductor494.77+4.03%
Cloud Computing19.0+2.26%
Cybersecurity24.67+2.07%
Video Games/eSports54.99+1.61%
Robotics & AI24.57+1.57%
Sports Betting/Gaming15.77+1.28%
Electric Vehicles21.91+1.11%
E-commerce18.0197+0.78%
FinTech19.87+0.56%


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