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特朗普的伊朗战争，最终大概率不会以“大获全胜”作为结束标志，而真正决定这场冲突何时收场的，是特朗普还能承受多大的政治、经济与舆论压力。问题在于，伊朗显然比他更能忍痛。也正因如此，特朗普即便选择撤出，也一定会把这一切包装成一场胜利；而伊朗必然会确保外界不会轻易相信这种说法。这正是特朗普如今最深的困境：他可以宣布结束，却未必有能力定义结束。
如果特朗普在动手之前更认真评估过后果，他本可以为今天的局面做更多准备。首先，他原本应该提前补充美国战略石油储备。俄乌战争之后，美国战略石油储备已明显下降，却始终没有得到有效回补。一旦中东战火扩大，油气供应受到冲击，能源价格飙升几乎是必然结果。相比在危机爆发后被动补救，事先做好准备的成本显然低得多。
其次是提前争取海湾阿拉伯国家的支持，至少让这些关键地区盟友在政治和能源层面与美国保持协调。然而问题在于，特朗普自己始终没有清晰、稳定、可执行的战争目标。没有人愿意为一场目标模糊、边界不清、结果难料的战争站台。结果就是，他不仅没有换来坚定支持，反而面对一个日益焦躁、愤怒、充满不安的海湾地区。
第三，他也没有为美国公众做好心理准备。任何一场针对伊朗的冲突，都不可能只是一次轻描淡写的军事打击。它天然带有升级风险，可能拖长，可能外溢，也可能反噬全球能源市场和美国自身经济。可特朗普并没有为美国社会讲清楚这些代价，更没有为一场可能持续更久的对抗建立政治耐受度。于是，当战争真正进入消耗阶段时，他将发现自己并没有足够的国内空间去承受它。
而这恰恰是当前局势最危险的地方。即便伊朗遭受重创，也不意味着它失去了继续施压的能力。它仍然可以威胁海湾航运，恐吓油轮远离关键海域，也依然有能力扰乱地区能源生产。只要霍尔木兹海峡的通行安全无法被彻底保证，全球能源市场就始终处在阴影之下。除非美国愿意付出占领伊朗的代价，否则特朗普根本无法真正消除这种风险。更何况，伊朗的无人机与非对称作战体系本就高度分散，不可能靠几轮空袭就被连根拔起。
同样，特朗普也没有能力决定伊朗未来由谁统治。政权更迭从来不是外部军事打击就能轻易塑造的结果。阿富汗和伊拉克早已证明，美国可以摧毁一套政权机器，却很难按自己的意志重建一个稳定、听话、亲美的新秩序。即便哈梅内伊体系被削弱，继任者也未必更温和，反而很可能更强硬、更封闭、更敌视美国。在这种背景下，特朗普想逼出停火、迫使伊朗让步，甚至幻想所谓“无条件投降”，都显得愈发不现实。
于是，他手里其实只剩下两个高风险选项。
一个是通过突击行动夺取伊朗剩余的高浓缩铀库存。若行动成功，特朗普也许能获得一个勉强体面的退场台阶，并借此宣称自己“摧毁了伊朗核威胁”。对于一个极度在意自己形象、又急于摆脱“临阵退缩”标签的总统来说，这种闪电式战果的诱惑无疑巨大。但问题在于，这种行动的失败成本也极其高昂。历史上，吉米·卡特营救伊朗人质失败，几乎直接埋葬了他的总统生涯。特朗普已经反复高调宣称自己“摧毁了伊朗核计划”，一旦现实打脸，他恐怕承受不起这样的政治后果。
另一个选项是占领或切断伊朗关键石油出口节点，例如哈尔克岛，从源头上打击伊朗财政命脉。这听上去像是一种更具压迫力的战略手段，但实际风险甚至更大。因为这不再是一次短促、有限、可控的打击，而意味着更深程度的军事卷入、更长时间的兵力部署，以及更高概率的地面消耗。这不仅会进一步推高石油危机，也可能把美国直接拖入一场它原本并不想真正承受的长期冲突。从回报来看，这几乎是一次极其鲁莽的豪赌。
现实是，美国国内对这种战争的耐受度，远没有特朗普想象得那么高。今天的美国社会，对海外战争的容忍度早已不复昔日。公众不愿接受长期消耗，更无法容忍不断上升的油价、市场动荡，人员伤亡。也就是说，特朗普最可能的结局，不是彻底取胜，而是在代价迅速上升之后选择退场。
抛开这些问题，伊朗在这次冲突中向世界证明了一件事：真正能够保障自身安全的，不是克制，而是核武器。过去几年，伊朗已经多次遭受以色列与美国主导的军事打击。对于这个政权而言，如果不想在未来几个月或几年内再次陷入同样境地，那么最有说服力的自保逻辑，就是尽快提升核威慑能力。即使外部情报与打击能力再强，也未必能彻底摧毁伊朗的核潜力；相反，这场战争反而会把“拥核求生”的逻辑推得更加牢固。更危险的是，其他国家也会从中得出类似结论：在一个越来越不稳定的世界里，真正能防止外部打击的，也许不是国际规则，而是足够强的威慑能力。
而特朗普最难修复的损失，并不只是油价、战损或地区局势，而是美国信誉的进一步流失。世界会记住的，不只是这场战争本身，更是美国政府在尚有其他选项时，依然主动选择动武的方式。战争本应是穷尽外交、威慑、谈判与制裁之后的最后手段，但特朗普给外界留下的印象，却更像是沉迷于展示“杀伤力”和强硬姿态。这样的选择，也许能制造一时的震慑，却会长期侵蚀美国作为理性领导者的可信度。
所以，特朗普真正面对的，不是一场能否赢下的战争，而是一场他很可能无法体面收场的战争。他可以宣布胜利，却无法保证世界买账；他可以选择撤出，却无法阻止伊朗在未来继续抬高原油价格；他可以暂时压低战火，却无法消除这场冲突在核扩散、能源安全与全球信任层面留下的长期阴影。从这个意义上说，特朗普不是在掌控战争或是向世界证明我依旧是那个老大哥，而是变成了世界动荡开始的催化剂。
The largest steel producer company in the United States, Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE), announced the latest financial results after the market closed in Wall Street on Monday. The company achieved revenue of $7.705 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, above analyst estimate of $7.635 billion. Earnings per share was reported at $3.16, also higher than $2.921 per share expected.
Company overview Founded: 1905 Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Number of employees: 31,000 (2022) Industry: Steel Key people: Leon J. Topalian (President, & CEO), John H. Walker (Executive Chairman), James D.
Frias (CFO) CEO commentary "The Nucor team delivered a strong finish to 2023, which represents the third-most profitable year in our Company's history. Nucor's strategy to grow our core steelmaking capabilities and expand beyond into steel-adjacent business lines continues to deliver strong results," Leon J. Topalian, CEO of the steel company said in a press release to investors. "Over the past four years, Nucor has generated an average annual ROE of 33% and has returned approximately $9.7 billion to its shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
We remain optimistic that Nucor's best days are ahead of us, with a resilient U.S. economy and steel-intensive megatrends driving increased demand for our products. With our strong balance sheet and broad array of sustainable steel solutions, we believe Nucor is unparalleled with respect to its ability to leverage these market drivers for continued growth," Topalian added. Stock reaction The stock was up by 0.88% at market close on Monday, trading at $176.64 a share – the highest since 27/12/2023.
Shares rose by around 1% in the after-hours trading as the latest results were announced. Stock performance 5 day: +3.12% 1 month: +0.98% 3 months: +17.99% Year-to-date: +0.98% 1 year: +5.64% Nucor stock price targets UBS Group: $210 JP Morgan & Chase: $158 Morgan Stanley: $154 Citigroup: $180 Credit Suisse Group: $167 BNP Paribas: $191 The Goldman Sachs Group: $161 Nucor Corporation is the 427th largest company in the world with a market cap of $43.14 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform.
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Chinese electric vehicle company, NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO), hasn’t had the best start to 2024 with the stock plummeting by 37.05% year-to-date. That’s despite the company signing battery-swap agreements with other Chinese automakers, including, Changan Automobile, Geely Group, JAC Group and Chery Automobile. Back in the December, NIO also announced a $2.2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi.
You can read more about it here. On Thursday, the company released the latest delivery numbers for January, which had a rare positive effect on the share price. NIO delivered 10,055 cars last month, which was up by 18.2% from January 2023.
The company has delivered 459,649 vehicles in total as of 31/1/2024. The EV maker is expected to announce the latest financial results for the fourth quarter on around 21/3/2024. Company overview Founded: November 2014 Headquarters: Shanghai, China Number of employees: 20,000+ (2023) Industry: Automotive Key people: William Li (CEO), Lihong Qin (President), Wei Feng (CFO) Stock reaction The stock was up by 1.60% at the end of trading day on Thursday at $5.71 a share and is currently trading at the lowest level since June 2020.
Stock performance 5 day: -5.46% 1 month: -30.96% 3 months: -26.70% Year-to-date: -37.05% 1 year: -52.26% NIO stock price targets Mizuho: $15 Deutsche Bank: $16 CLSA: $14 Sanford C. Bernstein: $8 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $10.50 Citigroup: $19.20 UBS Group: $15 Nomura: $7.50 Barclays: $8 Morgan Stanley: $12 NIO Inc. is the 1367th largest and 5th largest electric vehicle company in the world with a market cap of $11.91 billion. You can trade NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD.
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently overtook Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the largest company in the world, reaching $3.036 trillion market cap. On Tuesday, the company announced its latest financial results. Let’s see how the company performed.
The US tech giant reported revenue that exceeded Wall Street expectations at $62.02 billion for FY24 Q2 (up by 18% year-over-year) vs. $61.141 billion estimate. Earnings per share (EPS) reached $2.93 vs. $2.771 per share expected. EPS was up by 33% vs. the same period the year before.
Company overview Founded: 1975 Headquarters: Redmond, Washington Number of employees: 221,000 Industry: Technology Key people: Satya Nadella (CEO), Amy Hood (CFO) CEO and CFO commentary "We’ve moved from talking about AI to applying AI at scale. By infusing AI across every layer of our tech stack, we’re winning new customers and helping drive new benefits and productivity gains across every sector," Satya Nadella, CEO of the company highlighted what’s driving the business in a press release. Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, also chipped in to emphasize what helped the company achieve the high level results in the previous quarter: "Strong execution by our sales teams and partners drove Microsoft Cloud revenue to $33.7 billion, up 24% (up 22% in constant currency) year-over-year." Stock reaction Shares were flat at market close on Tuesday, trading at $408.49 a share.
There wasn’t much movement in the stock in the after-hours following the latest resulst were announced. One to watch at the open on Wednesday. Stock performance 5 day: +2.43% 1 month: +10.17% 3 months: +20.85% Year-to-date: +8.66% 1 year: +64.88% Microsoft stock price targets Wedbush: $450 Piper Sandler: $455 BNP Paribas: $471 BMO Capital Markets: $420 Mizuho: $450 Argus: $430 Tigress Financial: $475 Royal Bank of Canada: $390 Evercore ISI: $432 Barclays: $425 HSBC: $413 Citigroup: $432 You can trade Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform.
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One of the most anticipated earnings calls of the week is here. Mark Zuckerberg’s, Meta Platforms Inc. (NYSE:META), announced the latest results from Q4 2023 after the market closed on Thursday. The company did not disappoint investors and topped both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) estimates, sending the stock higher.
Meta achieved revenue of $40.111 billion for the last quarter of 2023 vs. $39.124 billion expected. Revenue was up by 25% year-over-year. EPS reached $5.33 per share vs. $4.822 per share estimate, rising by 205% from the same period last year.
The tech giant also announced its first ever dividend of $0.50 per share. The dividend will be paid to shareholders as of close of business on 22/2/2024 and will be paid on 26/3/2024. Meta plans to distribute a dividend every quarter ''subject to market conditions and approval by our board of directors.'' Company overview Founded: 2004 Headquarters: 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States Number of employees: 66,185 (2023) Industry: Social media, Social network advertising, Consumer electronics, Virtual reality Key people: Mark Zuckerberg (Chairman and CEO), Javier Olivan (COO), Susan Li (CFO), Andrew Bosworth (CTO), Chris Cox (CPO) CEO commentary Mark Zuckerberg was short and sweet in a statement to investors: "We had a good quarter as our community and business continue to grow." "We've made a lot of progress on our vision for advancing AI and the metaverse," highlighted company’s work on AI.
Stock reaction The stock was up by 1.19% at the end of Thursday at $394.78 per share. Shares rose by over 14% in the after-hours trading after Meta’s results exceeded expectations. One to watch at the open Friday.
Stock performance 5 day: +0.41% 1 month: +13.73% 3 months: +26.99% Year-to-date: +11.53% 1 year: +109.13% Meta Platforms stock price targets KeyCorp: $465 Jefferies Financial Group: $455 Raymond James: $450 Citigroup: $440 Royal Bank of Canada: $400 JMP Securities: $410 Wells Fargo & Company: $438 Piper Sandler: $415 Mizuho: $470 BMO Capital Markets: $397 Wedbush: $420 Tigress Financial: $435 Stifel Nicolaus: $405 Barclays: $400 Meta Platforms Inc. is the 7th largest company in the world with a market cap of $1.014 trillion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade Meta Platforms Inc. (NYSE:META) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to ''Trading'' then select ''Share CFDs''.
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The US earnings season continues. To kick things off this week, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD), released Q4 2023 and full year results before the opening bell on Monday. World’s largest restaurant chain reported revenue that fell short of Wall Street expectations for the first time since Q2 2022 at $6.406 billion vs. $6.448 billion expected.
Revenue was up by 8% vs. Q4 2022. Earnings per share (EPS) reached $2.95 vs. analyst estimate of $2.827 per share.
EPS was also up by 8% year-over-year. Full year revenue reached $25.493 billion, up from $23.182 billion in 2022. EPS grew by 39% year-over-year to $11.56 per share.
Company overview Founded: 1940 Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States Number of employees: 150,000 (2022) Industry: Fast food restaurants, real estate Key people: Enrique Hernandez Jr. (chairman), Chris Kempczinski (president & CEO) CEO commentary "Our global comparable sales growth of 9% for the year is a testament to the tremendous dedication of the entire McDonald’s System," CEO of McDonald's, Chris Kempczinski said in a press release. "Strong execution of our Accelerating the Arches strategy has driven over 30% comparable sales growth since 2019 as our talented crew members, and the industry’s best franchisees and suppliers have demonstrated proven agility with a relentless focus on the customer. By evolving the way we work across the System, we remain confident in the resilience of our business amid macro challenges that will persist in 2024," Kempczinski added. Stock reaction The stock was down by 3.73% at the end of trading on Monday, trading at $285.97 a share, falling to its lowest level since 8/12/23.
Stock performance 5 day: -2.17% 1 month: -2.03% 3 months: +6.34% Year-to-date: -3.55% 1 year: +6.74% McDonald’s stock price targets Bank of America: $341 Stifel Nicolaus: $322 HSBC: $317 Truist Financial: $340 Piper Sandler: $299 TD Cowen: $325 BMO Capital Markets: $335 Royal Bank of Canada: $315 Citigroup: $310 DZ Bank: $300 Wedbush: $310 Stephens: $300 JP Morgan Chase & Co.: $278 McDonald’s Corporation is the 51st largest company in the world with a market cap of $207.42 billion, according to CompaniesMarketCap. You can trade McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and many other stocks from the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX and ASX with GO Markets as a Share CFD on the MetaTrader 5 platform. To find out more, go to "Trading" then select "Share CFDs".
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US technology giant, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), reported Q4 2023 financial results on Thursday. World’s largest semiconductor company by revenue reported revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that beat analyst estimates. Revenue reached $15.406 billion vs. $15.159 billion expected.
Revenue grew by 10% year-over-year. EPS reported at $0.54 vs. $0.447 per share estimate. EPS was up by 260% vs.
Q4 2022. Intel expects revenue of between $12.2 to $13.2 billion for Q1, below analyst estimate of $14.15 billion. EPS expected to be $0.13 vs. $0.33 per share expected.
Company overview Founded: 1968 Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States Number of employees: 131,900 (2022) Industry: Semiconductors, Computer hardware, Autonomous cars, Automation, Artificial intelligence Key people: Frank D. Yeary (chairman), Pat Gelsinger (CEO) CEO commentary ''We delivered strong Q4 results, surpassing expectations for the fourth consecutive quarter with revenue at the higher end of our guidance,'' CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, said in a statement to investors. ''The quarter capped a year of tremendous progress on Intel's transformation, where we consistently drove execution and accelerated innovation, resulting in strong customer momentum for our products. In 2024, we remain relentlessly focused on achieving process and product leadership, continuing to build our external foundry business and at-scale global manufacturing, and executing our mission to bring AI everywhere as we drive long-term value for stakeholders,'' Gelsinger added.
Stock reaction The stock was up by 0.94% on Thursday, trading at $49.55 a share. Despite beating expectations for Q4 2023, the stock fell by around 8% in after-hours trading as future outlook came in below estimates. Stock performance 5 day: +6.01% 1 month: -1.67% 3 months: +52.37% Year-to-date: -1.39% 1 year: +64.67% Intel stock price targets Rosenblatt: $17 Cantor Fitzgerald: $50 Raymond James: $54 TD Cowen: $45 Susquehanna: $42 Barclays: $44 Stifel Nicolaus: $45 Deutsche Bank: $42 Bank of America: $50 Benchmark: $52 Mizuho: $50 Needham & Company LLC: $40 HSBC: $33 Morgan Stanley: $39 Intel Corporation is the 52nd largest company in the world with a market cap of $208.90 billion.
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