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16.01.2025

Delta Air Lines stock rose markedly by low double digits in the first ten days of the new year. The U.S. carrier has served more than 200 million customers in 2024, when it was also recognized by J.D. Power, a leading American data analytics and consumer intelligence company, for being No. 1 in First/Business and Premium Economy Passenger Satisfaction. Travelers became more willing to spend extra money for swanky seats when meeting a high level of service. Delta is just positioning itself as the nation's premium airline. And what's more important, its Christmas quarter's earnings reportedly surpassed average analyst pool projections. Driven by stronger travel demand, smart financial management and capacity discipline, Delta business provided last three-months' profit of $1.85 per share vs $1.28 at the same period one year ago, compared to $1.75 in consensus estimates. On January 10, the airline industry leader put its future profit levels within a range between $0.70 and $1 per share in the current quarter through the end of March, while analyst expectations were focused on $0.77 cents, according to data compiled by LSEG. The starting months of each year always perform worse. It is clear that all carriers made losses in the Covid years of 2020-2022, but Delta profits only recovered into a range from $0.25 to $0.45 in the first quarter of 2023 and 2024, respectively, but Q1 profit numbers varied from $0.75 to $0.96 even in the three blessed years before the pandemic. Delta added that it is forecasting annual earnings in excess of $7.35 a share, which would be the highest in its 100-year history, based on its planned revenue growth of 7% to 9% in the March quarter from a year ago. The announcement could be compared to an adjusted profit of $6.16 a share in 2024. The company happily breaks through ticket prices' rising effects, almost undisturbed by a reduction in airline seats in the domestic market, which was peculiar for most carriers. Thus, new expectations created a fertile ground for setting new price records, even though price movements on Delta charts look most convincing among its other American rivals.

By the way, Citigroup analysts freshly updated their outlook on Delta Air Lines shares to raise their price target to $80 from the previous $77, vs the actual range around $65 per share where the stock just came after a reasonable market correction from last week's and all-time highs. Citigroup said it has included factors like higher revenue per available seat mile, projections of slightly lower fuel prices, increased taxation, a minor rise in share count, and the incorporation of fourth-quarter 2024 results into their financial model, which has projected Delta's profit at $7.49 per share in 2024 and $8.72 in 2025. Delta shares are Buy-rated at Citi, and we agree with their positive estimates in general, while keeping in mind even better price goals somewhere between $82.5 and $85.

14.01.2025

Merck Becomes Interesting to Be Added to a Portfolio

Merck & Co (MRK) stocks have shown signs of becoming a compelling buy opportunity. Over the past six months, the stock has been in a downtrend, declining 29.8% to $94.50 per share. However, since mid-November, MRK has demonstrated a reversal of momentum, rebounding by 10.0% to reach $104.87 on December 5. Following a brief pullback and consolidation period, the stock has retested the downtrend resistance and appears poised to continue its upward trajectory.

With prices currently positioned to target $110.00, this represents a potential 9-10% upside from the present levels. Setting a stop-loss at $93.50 aligns with a prudent risk management strategy, providing protection against further downside while allowing for upside potential. The recent consolidation phase further supports the case for a breakout, making this an attractive moment to consider initiating or adding to a position in MRK.

09.01.2025

VeChain Is Suffering on Rising Borrowing Costs

VeChain (VET) has fallen 12.7% this week, trading at $0.0445, underperforming the broader cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, has declined by 5.6% to $93,220, with bearish momentum building as it approaches key support at $89,000-$91,000. This decline is largely attributed to tightening monetary conditions in the United States, which continue to weigh on risk assets. Investor confidence is further shaken by significant net outflows from spot BTC-ETFs, which lost $583 million on Wednesday, marking the second-largest single-day outflow on record.

If BTC falls below the critical support level of $89,000-$91,000, VeChain is likely to extend its losses, with prices potentially declining another 10% to $0.0400. A sustained drop in BTC could push VET even lower, towards $0.0300. Conversely, a strong rebound in BTC prices to the $100,000 level could drive VET back up to $0.0500, representing a recovery of approximately 12% from current levels.

23.01.2025

Ontology Is Sliding Towards $0.2000

Ontology (ONT) is down 2.3% this week, trading at $0.2176, in line with the broader crypto market where Bitcoin (BTC) has declined 2.0% to $101,632. While the new U.S. administration has made some strides toward fairer crypto regulation, Donald Trump has remained silent on the highly anticipated issue of adding Bitcoin to U.S. federal reserves.

Market speculation is rampant, with figures like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink suggesting Bitcoin could surge to $700,000 per coin if sovereign wealth funds begin accumulating. Other forecasts predict Bitcoin reaching $250,000 by year-end. While such projections could foster optimism, the lack of decisive action or announcements regarding U.S. crypto reserves is weighing heavily on the market.

For Ontology, the situation remains bearish. Having breached the critical support at $0.2500 last week, the token is now approaching the $0.2000 level. A failure to provide clear evidence or statements about U.S. federal crypto reserve plans could see ONT fall even further, breaching the $0.2000 mark and deepening its losses.

14.01.2025

Tezos Is Seen Hodling above $1.200

Tezos (XTZ) has declined slightly by 0.2% this week, trading at $1.249, following Bitcoin’s (BTC) drop to $89,158, which triggered widespread altcoin sell-offs due to concerns of a potential further decline in BTC to $80,000. However, Bitcoin managed to hold above the critical support level at $89,000-$91,000, offering some relief to the broader crypto market.

Speculation about a shift in U.S. trade policy has provided additional support to crypto assets. Reports suggest the new U.S. administration may pursue a gradual increase in tariffs rather than an abrupt hike, which could help alleviate inflationary pressures and lead to a less aggressive monetary stance from the Federal Reserve.

This development is a positive signal for the cryptocurrency market and may help Tezos maintain its position above the key support level of $1.200.

Rafael Quintana Martinez

Money Manager de alto rendimiento, con una sólida formación académica, profesional y de campo. Más de 9 años de experiencia especializada en el comercio de mercados financieros internacionales. La devoción, la fiabilidad, la responsabilidad y la ética impulsan mi vida. Actualmente me desempeño como Analista Senior para Metadoro. https://metadoro.com/es https://mx.investing.com/members/contributors/235587671/ https://es.tradingview.com/chart/EURUSD/rE9gVips/

16.07.2025

Binance Coin Is Ready to Surpass $700 Resistance

Binance Coin (BNB) is up 0.4% this week to $695.20, moving in lockstep with Bitcoin (BTC), which is also gaining 0.4% to $119,063, fully recovering its earlier losses. With momentum building across the crypto market, BNB is emerging as a top contender for further upside.

A key catalyst is the announcement of a new partnership between BNB Chain and Ondo Finance to integrate tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). This move aims to bridge traditional finance and decentralised platforms, potentially drawing institutional capital onto the Binance ecosystem, a major positive for the token and the exchange.

Technically, BNB briefly touched the $700 resistance level on Monday before pulling back slightly. However, the retreat was shallow, suggesting underlying strength and setting the stage for a potential breakout. A clean move above $700 would open the door toward the $800 level, with bullish momentum accelerating alongside Bitcoin’s rally.

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16.07.2025

Banks Underscore Lively Beat of the U.S. Economy

U.S. banks are opening the season of 2025 second-quarter corporate earnings. The four banking giants, including JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) and BlackRock (BLK), remarkably beat analyst consensus estimates on both revenue and profit lines on July 15. Oddly enough, the Wall St crowd has not succeeded in finding faults only with Citigroup, which allowed its market value to climb 3.6% above $90 per share to reach the highest mark since the 2008 financial crisis.

Citi performed at 21.7% above the average expert forecast in terms of EPS (equity per share) and 3.5% higher on revenue, with both numbers being historically high, after rising by nearly 29% and 8% YoY, respectively. The third largest U.S. lender also announced its digital asset services like issuing its own stablecoin to create a safer tokenized deposit space in order to facilitate digital payments. Citi management is planning to buy back at least $4 billion in stock. The combo of nice fundamentals along with an upward breakout in the technical pattern allows to bet on touching a range between $100 and $110 at least before the end of 2025.

The other three banking groups also reported better than expected Q2 numbers, but were less fortunate when talking about immediate market reaction to the releases. JPMorgan Chase initially tried to gain intraday but fell by 0.85% before the closing bell, despite its Q2 EPS was 10.7% and revenue was 2.4% above consensus numbers. Some investment houses cited chances that investors may hedge risks of shifting U.S. tariff policies. Besides, shares of JP Morgan are at nearly 3.5% of their fresh all-time highs that were achieved in early July, being stopped only $3.5 away from the psychological barrier of $300 per share. In short, everything seems O.K. with JPMorgan, which will probably continue the rally soon.

Wells Fargo stock surprisingly dropped by 5.5% after the lender simply cut its inner projection for annual interest income, despite publishing its ever-best EPS of $1.6 vs $1.4 of expert consensus estimates on revenue just slightly beating expectations. Some overshot pace of WFC's price rally, which have exceeded 12% since the beginning of the summer until recently, could have an impact.

Meanwhile, BlackRock plunged 5.88% the same day, despite this global leader in total assets under management achieved another record $12.5 trillion and generated its ever-highest EPS above $12 per share to beat forecasts by 13.7%. Only its CEO emphasized "early days in the next phase of growth", which could be negatively perceived by some worried investing minds. Blackrock plans to launch more activity in private markets, targeting $400 billion in fundraising by 2030. BlackRock is going to become a good pick up from temporary dips.

All in all, first banking quarterly reports provided a sweet glimpse into how the other segments of U.S. economy may get their proper returns despite rising cross-border trade uncertainty. The Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) will report later today, on Wednesday. While some banks may have fallen in market value, they all sent a positive signal about the lively beat of the economy and therefore the overall market trend. As a result, the S&P 500 broad market index fell only 0.5% on the day, and that was after hitting an all-time high of 6,300 milestone during the same trading session.

Besides, Nvidia developments were in the spotlight again after the AI flagship's statement on resuming sales of its H20 chip in China. Its CEO Jensen Huang visited Beijing and said the U.S. government has also assured Nvidia that licenses will be granted. Another reason to be optimistic about the Wall Street prospect, including AI and US-China trade relations' drivers.

Rafael Quintana Martinez

15.07.2025

IOTA Is Looking Strong Despite Bitcoin Pullbacks

IOTA (IOT) rose by 0.5% to $0.2168 this week, outperforming Bitcoin (BTC), which is down by 1.13% to $116,980. The token had gained as much as 12.4% on Monday, reaching $0.2417 — its highest level since May 15 — but later gave up most of those gains as BTC pulled back. The decline was driven by minor uncertainty ahead of U.S. Congress votes on the GENIUS and CLARITY stablecoin acts, which have already passed the Senate and are now expected to receive House approval.

IOTA is likely to retest the support at $0.2000 before resuming its move higher, with the next upside target set at $0.3000.

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Rafael Quintana Martinez

15.07.2025

Alcoa Is Reclaiming Its Uptrend

Alcoa (AA) shares initially plunged by 40% in 2025, bottoming out at $21.47 — a level not seen since January 2021. However, they’ve since staged a notable comeback, reclaiming nearly half of those losses and rising to $31.94 last week. Currently, the stock is consolidating near the $30 level, showing signs of stability.

More importantly, prices have pushed back above a key trend support line, suggesting that the long-term uptrend may be reasserting itself. This development strengthens the technical outlook and implies that the recent recovery could be more than just a bounce.

Based on this structure, a long position in the $29–$31 range looks attractive, with a medium-term target of $40–$45 — a potential gain of around 40%. To manage downside risk, a stop-loss around $20 (just below the recent lows) seems prudent.