$Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ Next Quarter Guide:
1) Revenue of ~$51B vs. $52.7B expected (3.2% miss).
2) Azure growth of roughly 33%-34% YoY.
3) EBIT of ~$20.5B vs. $21.5B expected (4.6% miss).

Trading in more than 200 stocks on the New York Stock Exchange was briefly halted shortly after the market opened Tuesday due to an apparent technical issue, and many abnormal early trades will be canceled.
The major names impacted included $Morgan Stanley(MS.US)$ , $Verizon(VZ.US)$ , $AT&T(T.US)$ , $Nike(NKE.US)$ and $McDonald's(MCD.US)$ , according to the NYSE's website. Many stocks were shown to...

$Blackrock(BLK.US)$ The working assumption, for governments and central banks across the world, is that at some point soon everything will get back to ‘normal’ – our economies will return to either pre-pandemic or, sometimes, even pre-2008 crash levels.
These beliefs are reinforced by media economics commentary and across political parties.
But what if they’r...

10 most valuable American brands:
Apple $Apple(AAPL.US)$
Google $Alphabet-C(GOOG.US)$
️ Amazon $Amazon(AMZN.US)$
Microsoft $Microsoft(MSFT.US)$
McDonald's $McDonald's(MCD.US)$
Visa $Visa(V.US)$
NVIDIA $NVIDIA(NVDA.US)$
Facebook $Meta Platforms(META.US)$
Mastercard $MasterCard(MA.US)$
Nike $Nike(NKE.US)$
Based on financials & consumer insights.
Source: Kantar BrandZ 2022.

$Apple(AAPL.US)$ exported more than $2.5 billion of iPhones from India from April to December, nearly twice the previous fiscal year’s total, underscoring how the US tech giant is accelerating a shift from China with geopolitical tensions on the rise.
Apple’s contract manufacturers currently make iPhones at plants in southern India. But production in the country is just beginning. About 3 million of the devices were made in India in 2021, ...

$Apple(AAPL.US)$ is set to sign up Chinese contract manufacturer $Luxshare Precision Industry(002475.SZ)$ to produce premium iPhone models, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Luxshare has been producing small numbers of the iPhone 14 Pro Max at its Kunshan plant, to make up for lost production at $Foxconn concept(BK0576.SH)$ Zhengzhou factory last year.
The Foxconn plant is almost back to full production, wit...

$Amazon(AMZN.US)$ layoffs will now increase to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday.
The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting Jan. 18, will largely impact the company's e-commerce and human-resources organizations, he said.
The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon's roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a s...

$Amazon(AMZN.US)$ layoffs are a hot topic today as the company’s job cuts have surpassed estimates.
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, revealed that job cuts at the company will rise past 18,000 employees during a public meeting yesterday. Prior estimates claimed that the company would eliminate 17,000 jobs.
Those affected by the Amazon layoffs will mostly come from the company’s e-commerce and human resources divisions. This has the...

Trade plan for Friday ✅
$S&P 500 index(.SPX.US)$ still no signs of a direction the past 12 days. If SPX breaks 3780 tmrw I would consider puts for a move towards 3721
$Apple(AAPL.US)$ setting up for 116 this month. Puts can work under 125
$Microsoft(MSFT.US)$ possible to see 212,208 if it fails to reclaim 224 this month

$Apple(AAPL.US)$ stock market value shrank sharply on Tuesday following its steep drop last year, leaving it below $2 trillion for the first time since March 2021.
The sell-off came a year after the iPhone maker became the first company to reach the $3 trillion market capitalization milestone.
Apple's shares declined 3.7% to $125.07 after Exane BNP Paribas analyst Jerome Ramel downgraded the company to "neutral" from "outperform," slashing his p...