Suncor Energy

Next week will be quite nice:

Monday:

• US markets are closed for the Presidents Day holiday closed.

Tuesday:

• Quarterly reports from Walmart ($WMT (-2.1%) ), Home Depot ($HD (+1.1%) ) and Palo Alto Networks ($PANW (-2.12%) ) are expected.

Wednesday:

• Quarterly reports fromNvidia ($NVDA (+2.01%) ), Suncor Energy ($SU (-1.17%) ), Exelon ($EXC (-0.95%) ), Rivian Automotive ($RIVN (+5.16%) ) and Marathon Oil ($MPC (+0.96%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from January.

Thursday

• Quarterly reports from Intuit ($INTU (+0.15%) ) and Booking Holdings ($BKNG (-1.19%) ) are expected.
• Publication of the weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits (until February 17).
• Release of the S&P flash services PMI and S&P Flash Manufacturing PMI for February.
• Release of existing home sales for January.
• Start of the Department of Education meetings on the repayment of student loans.
• Speeches by Patrick HarkerPresident of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve, and Neel KashkariPresident of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.

Friday:

• Quarterly report from Warner Bros Discovery ($WBD (+1.28%) ) is expected.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 🗞️

𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐫𝐡ö𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭 / 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 / 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐥

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀𝘇𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻 📈

Today, among others, Kroger ( $KR (+1.05%)) , ProSieben Media ( $PBSFY) and Broadcom ( $AVGO (+0.31%) ) will present their quarterly figures.

𝗘𝘅-𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 📅

As of today, among others, Pepsico ( $PEP (+0.05%) ), Barclays ( $BARC (+1.7%) ) and Suncor Energy ( $SU (-1.17%) ) are trading ex-dividend.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 🏛️

U.S. Policy Rate - Fed chief Powell spoke in favor of raising the policy rate by 0.25 percentage points at a congressional hearing yesterday.

The official decision will not be made for another two weeks, but it is already certain that there will be an increase.

Due to the high inflation, he considers an interest rate hike to be appropriate and, thanks to the strong U.S. labor market, also justifiable.

Snowflake ( $SNOW (+0.59%)) - Snowflake has released its Q4 results in the after-hours, both EPS (current $0.121, forecast $0.0279) and revenue (current $383.77M, forecast $372.73M) were exceeded. Pre-market Snowflake is nevertheless at the current time approx. 22% in the minus. This is due to a sober outlook.

𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 💎

Bitcoin ( $BTC (-0.94%)) is now worth more than the Russian ruble. Due to the sharp decline of the Russian ruble in recent days, the market cap of Bitcoin ( $BTC (-0.94%)) has exceeded that of the ruble, $780 billion to $629 billion.

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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 🗞️

𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁-𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗮𝘂𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻 / 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗲𝗺 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 / 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗻-𝗡𝗙𝗧

𝗘𝘅-𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 📅

As of today, among others, Analog Devices ($ADI (+2.04%)), Anthem ($ANTM (-0.76%)), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. ($AJG (+0.82%)), Bank of America ($BAC (+1.1%)), Baxter International ($BAX (+1.47%)), BROWN-FORMAN B ($BF.B (-0.78%)), Dominion Energy ($D (-0.04%)), Imperial Oil ($IMO (-1.74%)), Linde plc ($LIN), Nasdaq ($NDAQ (-0.09%)), National Grid ($NG. (+0.44%)), PepsiCo ($PEP (+0.05%)), Suncor Energy ($SU (-1.17%)), Ingersoll Rand ($IR (+1.49%)) and Waste Management ($WM (-0.32%)) traded ex-dividend.

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀𝘇𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻 📈

Today, among others, Dollar General ($DG (+1.64%)), DocuSign, Inc. ($DOCU (-0.55%)), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ($CM (+0.32%)) , Marvell Technology Group ($MVL) and Toronto-Dominion Bank ($TD (+0.26%)) presented their figures.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 🏛️

Microsoft ($MSFT (-1.05%)) - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is divesting half of his Microsoft shares, worth $285 million. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, Nadella is selling his shares for diversification and personal financial planning reasons. However, it is believed that he needs the money primarily for tax payments that may soon be due on long-term capital gains. For the same reason, Tesla ($TSLA (-4.58%)) chief Elon Musk sold share packages worth billions.

Square ($SQ (+1.31%)) - The payment service Square is changing its name to Block. The background to this is that Square now wants to focus more on the area of cryptocurrencies, the abbreviation "Block" stands for blockchain. The name change is to be implemented as early as December 10.

𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 💎

EU countries have agreed on new transparency rules for remittances using bitcoin ($BTC (-0.94%)) and co. On Wednesday, the EU issued a press release saying that all transfers with cryptocurrencies should be traceable in the future. This would mean that anonymous cryptowallets would no longer be allowed. Crypto service providers would thus be obliged to make the information about the recipient and sender of the transfer transparent. The background of the EU lies in the fight against criminal transactions with cryptocurrencies.

Swiss Post NFTs - On Nov. 25, 2021, Swiss Post launched 175,000 NFT stamps for 8.90 Swiss francs each. The NFT stamps were well received, selling out after only four hours. The stamps are available in 13 different designs. The novel stamp can also be used to frank a letter through a QR code on the physical stamp. However, it is mainly used as a collector's item.

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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 🗞️

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 / 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗮𝗴𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 / 𝗞𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻

𝗘𝘅-𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 📅

Bank of America ($NCB (+1.1%)), FedEx ($FDX (-8.08%)), Linde ($LIN), PepsiCo ($PEP (+0.05%)), Suncor ($SM3 (-1.17%)) and Waste Management ($UWS (-0.32%)) go ex-dividend today

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀𝘇𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻 📈

Broadcom ($AVGOP) and Hewlett Packard ($7HP (+0.51%)) are opening their books today.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 🏛️

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 - Royal Dutch Shell ($RDS-B) has announced plans to install 50,000 charging points for electric vehicles in the UK by 2025. The government has already decided to ban the sale of new petrol or diesel cars from 2030. A major problem in the transport transition is the lack of charging options. This is now to be remedied.

With the 50,000 new charging stations, Shell could claim a third of the public charging market.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲 - The subsidiary of Google ($ABEC (+1.03%)) was able to crack the 50 million subscriber mark with YouTube Premium and YouTube Music. After a slow start in 2018, the platform now seems to have transformed into a competitive streaming provider. According to Mark Mulligan of Midia Research, YouTube Music is Gen Z's Spotify.

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝘂𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗹𝗱 - According to Handelsblatt, the number of suspected crypto cases at the Customs Money Laundering Unit (FIU) increased sharply last year.

In 2018, the number of crypto-related money laundering suspicious activity reports was around 570, and by 2020 it had already risen to 2050 suspicious cases. However, due to a growing cryptomarket, this is not surprising. According to FDP financial expert Schäffler, the German government must now increase the pressure to prosecute.

A successful Thursday to you 😊