By Senad Karaahmetovic
Goldman Sachs strategist John Marshall warned clients that the upcoming earnings session is likely to yield unusually high volatility for single stocks.
Whether the company delivers a beat or miss will be “increasingly relevant this quarter as growth slows,” Marshall told clients in a note.
On a positive note, “high fear priced for earnings sets stocks up for relief rallies on earnings-day,” Marshall added.
The strategist added that macro flows indicate there is an upside risk for equities.
“Our analysis of nine statistically significant flow variables suggests the S&P 500 should be 6% higher than current levels. Strong ETF flows have continued, but professional investors have reduced risk over the past week.”
A team of equity strategists at Goldman Sachs came up with the list of 25 “tactical trades” - companies where GS is most out-of-consensus for the coming quarter and expect shares to move.
Some of the names included in the ‘positive’ list are: Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT), Pioneer Natural (NYSE:PXD), CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD), Atlassian (NASDAQ:TEAM), and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG)
On the other hand, Goldman Sachs strategists see a downside to estimates for companies like Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL), and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY).