π°Next Week's Earnings Fireworks: Mega-Cap Tech, Industrials & Defense Set to Shake Markets β Who's Ready for the Volatility Ride? π±π
The week of April 20β24, 2026, is stacked with high-impact earnings and events that could swing the S&P 500 toward fresh highs or trigger sharp rotations as investors digest the latest corporate signals amid lingering geopolitical and tariff uncertainty. π€ Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel Dynamics, and Alaska Air kick things off on Monday, setting the tone for industrials and materials. Tuesday brings 3M, RTX, and UnitedHealth, plus a Senate Banking Committee appearance by Kevin Warsh that could move rate expectations. Wednesday is the heavyweight day with Tesla, IBM, Boeing, ServiceNow, and Texas Instruments β a mix of EV/AI, cloud, and hardware names that will test AI spending resilience. Thursday features Intel, American Express, Lockheed Martin, Freeport-McMoRan, and American Express again
$Elixir Energy Ltd(EXR.AU)$ I have been waiting for the end of the week to share this. Oil price has come down substantially over the week, have been wondering if the share price will correct or stand strong enough in the face of correction. It's still here so I share. I have not shared this counter before. It's something that I had held for a while. A wild card, if you must give the winner a name. I first become interested in EXR not for its Queensland oil and gas project. It was in fact exploring gas in π²π³ Mongolia! Yes, next to π¨π³ China. I thought what a market that must be. I bought an interest, nothing happened in Mongolia and I simply left it. The next thing I know, the company got itself into Queensland, Australia π¦πΊ. In Taroom Trough...
$Alphabet(GOOG)$ GOOG (Alphabet) remains a strong buy for medium-to-long-term investors driven by exceptional earnings growth and AI-led cloud expansion, though short-term caution is advised due to overbought technical indicators and elevated valuation multiples.