What You Need to Know Before This Earnings Season

Posted On July 10, 2019 1:06 pm
By: Steve Smith

Earnings season officially kicks off next week when big banks such as CitGroup Inc. (C), and JP Morgan (JPM) report Monday and Tuesday while the first of FAANG, Netflix (NFLX) reports on Wednesday, July 17.

After a few months of being waffled and swayed by political trade talk and Central Bank interventions, it will be nice to hear directly from the corporate leaders about how their companies are doing and what their expectations are for the second half of the year.

Given the above cross-currents, this could prove to be a… Continue reading at StockNews.com

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Steve Smith

Steve Smith have been involved in all facets of the investment industry in a variety of roles ranging from speculator, educator, manager and advisor. This has taken him from the trading floors of Chicago to hedge funds on Wall Street to the world online. From 1987 to 1996, he served as a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). From 1997 to 2007, he was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for TheStreet.com, handling their Option Alert and Short Report newsletters. The Option Alert was awarded the MIN “best business newsletter” in 2006. From 2009 to 2013, Smith was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for Minyanville’s OptionSmith newsletter, as well as a Risk Manager Consultant for New Vernon Capital LLC. Smith acted as an advisor to build models and option strategies to reduce portfolio exposure and enhance returns for the four main funds. Since 2015, he has worked for Adam Mesh Trading Group. There, he has managed Options360 and Earning 360, been co-leader of Option Academy, and contributed to The Option Specialist website.