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TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is set to release its Q4 financial results after market close on Tuesday. How will the increased volatility in the US stock market, driven by factors such as Donald Trump's tariff threats and the rapid rise of Chinese AI startup Deepseek affects the share price?

Understandably, the purveyors of these drugs have been immensely profitable. One of the biggest producers of these GLP-1 drugs is Danish firm Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE: NVO). The company is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Wednesday 5 February before the market opens in the US.

TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

Investors looking towards the potential for interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) are studying a variety of incoming data points. One of the many important ones is the JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) report for December 2024. That’s scheduled for release on 4th Fed.

TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index and it usually comes out at the end of the following month. So, December 2024’s PCE figure is being released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) next Friday (31 January) before the market opens.

TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

The tech giants come no bigger than the tech firm behind the iPhone, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). It reports its Q1 FY2025 earnings (for the three months ending 31 December 2024) on Thursday (30 January) after the market closes.

TradingKey – Here are today’s key economic events to watch.

Following on from its Q3 2024 earnings, ASML tanked by close to 20% in the space of two days. Since then, the stock has recovered somewhat and is up 10%. However, another big test awaits as ASML reports its Q4 2024 earnings next Wednesday (29 January).

Investors will get chance to see how Meta’s various business units are performing when the company reports its latest Q4 2024 earnings on Wednesday (29 January) after the market closes in the US. Here’s what they should be on the lookout for.

Big Tech’s week of big earnings releases is coming soon, and it kicks off with one of the world’s most valuable companies – Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).

One company that flew under the radar for most of 2024 was electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). Of course, that changed in the run-up to the presidential election in November of last year, when Tesla CEO Elon Musk aligned himself with the eventual winner of the election – Donald Trump.

TradingKey - Dividend investors have had a hard time given the higher interest rate environment imposed by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). Of course, interest rate cycles ebb and flow.

TradingKey - While the renewable energy sector has suffered from a lack of positive sentiment recently, mainly due to fossil fuel-friendly President Trump being elected, the long-term tailwinds for the industry are still intact.

While the stock may appear attractive due to its low valuation, Intel’s ability to execute its strategies effectively remains uncertain. The company’s heavy reliance on the success of its Foundry business and its ability to compete with industry leaders like TSMC and Samsung add layers of complexity

TradingKey - On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s new AI initiative sent Oracle shares soaring, closing up 7%, while Arm Holdings gained 16%. The bullish momentum extended to other AI-related stocks, with Nvidia rising 4%.

The main theme in 2024 was the decline in global inflation and the central banks' interest rate cut cycles. Looking ahead to 2025, the macroeconomic focus may shift towards ongoing interest rate cuts and stronger-than-expected global growth.