All posts tagged: Analysts

Netflix Earnings Review for Q1 2026 as Stock Drops: What Analysts Say

Netflix Earnings Review for Q1 2026 as Stock Drops: What Analysts Say

Published by Daniella Wilson

Forget about chilling, it’s all about expectations! That is one of the key takeaways from Netflix’s first-quarter earnings update and outlook late Thursday. The latest figures exceeded most expectations, and the global streaming giant stuck to its 2026 guidance — but many investors had hoped for more. Blame the recent U.S. price hikes and the recently returned stock swagger after the streamer dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery and received that $2.8 billion break-up fee. Netflix shares dropped 9 percent in Thursday after-market trading and as of 7:15 a.m. ET on Friday were down 10.8 percent at $96.20. Wall Street analysts have started sharing their takes on the results, the outlook and the stock – and on that upcoming exit of Netflix founder and chair Reed Hastings, along with latest commentary by co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters. Among the issues dissected are the price hikes, advertising momentum, the ongoing debate about Netflix’s engagement trends, and, yes, the World Baseball Classic. Read their commentary and insights below. Analyst: Michael Morris, Guggenheim SecuritiesStock …

Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them

Spoofed Tankers Are Flooding the Strait of Hormuz. These Analysts Are Tracking Them

Published by skeptic

A month and a half into the war between Iran and the US and Israel, Michelle Wiese Bockmann has seen one constant: disappearing ships. This is not unusual in the Strait of Hormuz, says Bockmann, a senior maritime intelligence analyst at Windward AI who has been tracking shipping across the globe for 30 years. For nearly a decade now, “shadow fleets” engaged in shady practices—say, violating international sanctions by transporting crude oil from Iran—have periodically turned off their transponders. These devices typically broadcast ships’ names, locations, routes, and IMO (International Maritime Organization) numbers. Those unique, seven-digit IMO identifiers allow trackers like Bockmann to trace the ships throughout their floating lifetimes. Jamming and “spoofing” these transponder signals, either by interfering with their satellite signals or creating false ones to make the ships appear where or what they’re not, isn’t new. But the scale is. At one point last month, “well over half of the vessels in the strait had their signals jammed,” Bockmann says. Today, more than 800 vessels are in the Persian Gulf, according to …

Financial analysts move to counter Trump’s Middle East war uncertainty with ‘TACO’ index

Financial analysts move to counter Trump’s Middle East war uncertainty with ‘TACO’ index

Published by Sam Flores

Can US President Donald Trump’s thought process be summed up in a mathematical equation? Financial markets have been searching for a formula to help predict the erratic US president’s next move during periods of major political upheaval, and may have hit upon a result. Analysts from Germany’s Deutsche Bank have published the “TACO stress index” as a measure of anticipating when Trump might change his mind, financial media reported on Wednesday. “TACO” has become a popular acronym in the financial world since it was coined nearly a year ago by a Financial Times editorial as a way of describing an emerging pattern of behaviour within the White House: Trump Always Chickens Out ‘Lost in Trumplation’ The “TACO” theory suggests that Trump systematically reverses his major policy decisions – such as imposing hefty tariffs on other countries – as soon as the consequences become too negative. The president has denied the claim and chided reporters for asking him “nasty” questions about taking a “TACO” approach to tariff policies. But war in the Middle East has ratcheted up global tensions and …

Russia Benefiting From US-Iran War While Impacts On China Are ‘Complicated’: Analysts

Russia Benefiting From US-Iran War While Impacts On China Are ‘Complicated’: Analysts

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, Operation Epic Fury presents Russia and China with a “mixed bag” of potential opportunities, but neither appear poised to take advantage of the United States’ “distraction” with Iran, according to analysts with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). That, however, could change if the United States cannot quickly degrade the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz to allow commercial shipping to resume, and secure with Israel a convincing victory in decimating Iran’s capacity to develop nuclear weapons, they concurred. “Ultimately, this comes back to … the duration of the war being key,” CSIS Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department Chief of Staff Will Todman said during a March 16 “State of Play” presentation in Washington, summarizing views from Russia expert Maria Snegovaya and China Power Project Director Bonny Lin. Snegovaya said while Russia has accrued short-term benefits from the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, a battlefield advantage against Ukraine is not among them. “Ukraine has passed through the worst, hopefully,  this winter,” …

Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to 0 a barrel, analysts say

Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to $100 a barrel, analysts say

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON: US and Israeli strikes against Iran and the repercussions in the Middle East are expected to send oil prices soaring when markets open, and a prolonged conflict could hit the global economy. The oil market opens at 2300 GMT on Sunday (Mar 1), with analysts expecting a sharp rise in prices into Monday. “I expect oil prices to be between $85 and $90,” said Amena Bakr, head of Middle East and OPEC+ research at analysts Kpler. That would mark a significant jump in the price of a barrel of Brent – the international benchmark for crude oil, which had gradually factored in a geopolitical risk premium to trade at more than $72 on Friday, compared with $61 at the start of the year. With the regional turmoil, maritime transport is under threat in the Strait of Hormuz, which handles some 20 per cent of global oil consumption. In such a situation, insurance costs become prohibitive, said Bakr, and the main shipping companies have already confirmed that they are suspending the passage of their fleets …

Trump is talking tough on Iran, analysts doubt U.S. will strike

Trump is talking tough on Iran, analysts doubt U.S. will strike

Published by Sam Flores

The prospect of a U.S. attack on Iran has roiled oil prices this year, but analysts tell CNBC a strike would require more military commitment and be more complicated, than the U.S. is prepared for. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Brent crude April futures Tensions are high, and despite talks last week in Oman, both sides remain at an impasse. U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Iranian regime escalated after a brutal crackdown on anti-government protestors across the country last month. Trump said this week he was considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East, even as Washington and Tehran prepare to resume talks. On Tuesday, he threatened Iran with “something very tough,” if it does not agree to Washington’s demands, which range from halting the country’s nuclear enrichment to cutting Tehran’s ballistic missile program. The U.S. deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to the Middle East in January. This brought the number of missile destroyers in the region to six, but, analysts say, this still wouldn’t be enough to topple …

Five Bitcoin Narratives Analysts Are Watching Beyond Price

Five Bitcoin Narratives Analysts Are Watching Beyond Price

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Bradley Peak via CoinTelegraph.com, Key takeaways ETF flows reveal real institutional demand beyond short-term price moves. Bitcoin treasury stocks can turn BTC exposure into an equity risk shaped by index rules. Low fees are reviving questions about how Bitcoin may pay for its long-term security. Scaling now means choosing between Lightning, L2 designs and protocol upgrades. Everyone’s watching Bitcoin’s price, but in 2026, it’s often not the most informative signal. That’s why it helps to understand what analysts look at when the chart isn’t explaining why the market is moving or where it may move next. The focus shifts to factors that can quietly reshape Bitcoin’s demand, liquidity and long-term narrative: Who’s buying through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), how “Bitcoin treasury” stocks are treated by indexes, whether miners are earning enough to secure the network, what scaling actually looks like today and how regulation is shaping mainstream access. Here are five Bitcoin narratives worth watching beyond price in 2026. 1. Reading institutional demand through ETFs ETF flows may be one of the clearest institutional …