News about Zacks

Zacks' Analyst Blog highlights Meta Platforms, Lam Research, Texas Instruments, Tesla, Netflix, Procter & Gamble and GE Aerospace as the U.S. third-quarter earnings season picks up, with S&P 500 earnings expected to rise more than 30%. Investors are focused on returns from AI spending, and the stock-bond correlation has turned positive in Europe and the U.S., so yields are more likely to fall when stocks fall. MSCI has proposed removing Indonesia's emerging-market status and warned Turkey of a possible downgrade if reforms fall short by mid-2027. China releases key macro data on Monday, with exports surging and another $1 trillion trade surplus on track this year. Brazil's presidential runoff on October 25 keeps markets on edge, with a Quaest poll showing Flávio Bolsonaro at 46% and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at 44%.