This week, 12 companies in the materials sector announced quarterly earnings, and 9 of them exceeded their earnings expectations for the same quarter.
On a quarter-by-quarter basis, the S&P 500 materials sector (NYSEARCA: XLB) fell 4.6%, below SPY's decline rate of 3.44.
There are several subsectors for basic materials, such as chemical products, metals and mining, and forest products, etc., but since global economic growth remains slow and uneven against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical disputes, each is attracting attention due to relative supply and demand conditions. , delivery disruptions, rising interest rates.
In this week's financial results summary, 9 companies reported that out of the 12 companies' tickers that were reported, they exceeded profit, but the rest of the companies reported that profit was lower. On the revenue side, 4 companies exceeded earnings expectations, while the rest of the companies fell short of expectations.
Below are the latest quarterly reports released this week by some of the major companies.
Albemarle (ALB) surpassed expectations even though sales fell 47% from the same period last year to 1.36 billion dollars in response to a sharp drop in lithium prices...

I'm a little relieved to finally be in a state where the effects of interest rate hikes have come out
I think the soft landing is unprecedented, but I definitely want it to be achieved
A little bit of sadness is better than a lot of sadness, but it's a bit heartbreaking when you think that there are people who have had a hard time, but I want them to land well

Is it bright red
That's terrible
Losses including 10,000 dollars have swelled up in April alone
The future of this month is very doubtful

Things you shouldn't expect from dividend stocks 🌱
[Price increase]
Issuing dividends = it is difficult for companies to save money or invest = it is difficult for corporate value to rise
[Stock price stability]
It's nonsense to seek stability in stocks because if the financial situation worsens, it will decline 🤷‍♂️
Let's check the financial information 👌
[Living on dividends only]
I myself have never seen anyone like that
There are many people who have a reasonable amount of dividends who have tried something using that as collateral 😙
The biggest appeal is that you can choose where to use the dividends at that time ✨
→It's good to waste it on hobbies or things you like
→You can also use it for things that lead to your own learning
→If you are doing business, it's OK to invest in the business
At that time, you can choose the best solution within yourself 😆
There are quite a few people who are inefficient because they are tax-free and cannot be reinvested like index investments...
But I wonder if it's up to me to improve efficiency 　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　Koruji

Profit of 28,000 yen with two swings in the first half with the original amount of 300,000 yen. (profit margin of about 8%)
Intel, which I bought as a trial while studying US stocks, with a small loss cut -40,000 yen
The second half dropped, and we were only able to prepare at the market price. The target of 30,000 yen was not reached.
Let's keep going so that we can get out of the beginners as soon as possible.

$Leesian Investment is a fake stock. A lot of people have lost 7-8 digit amounts. It's clever. At first, they made a profit, and after 3 months, they were reassured that they would be charged, put in a lot of money, and made money by shorting 2 million shares. I lost 6 million. Please be careful.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock prices have risen due to overtime trading in response to results that exceeded expectations for the first quarter, including the company's victory in the Amazon Web Services division. However, profits were held back as sales forecasts for the second quarter fell short of expectations of $6 billion.
Commerce and cloud computing giants per share$0.98It raised profits and exceeded expectations by 15 cents.
Total revenue compared to the forecast of $142.5 billion 13% increaseThen it became 143.3 billion dollars.
Operating profit compared to the same period last year 218% increaseIt was 15.3 billion dollars, and the operating margin was 7.63% compared to the forecast 10.7% It was.
Free cash flow for the 12 months ending March 31, 2023 improved to $50.1 billion in inflows and $3.3 billion in outflows.
Equipment finance leases and principal repayments were reduced, and free cash flow improved to 48.8 billion dollars and outflows to 45 billion dollars.
The revenue for the extremely important AWS business is expected...