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Does It Look To You That McDonalds Is Gaining Legs Again?

Here is it's three month chart. Let's add some flavour. Let's pull up the details of a April 21st blog I wrote. 2,200 new stores being opened this year, up slightly from the year before. Even if same store sales are now off slightly isn't the projectory still upwards? Their business model still seems to be working. Now this, part of a May 1st 2025 blog. A razor thin adjustments to profits. That's what makes figuring out what is going to happen next so difficult. Now a look at how McDonalds traded on Feb. 6th, 2025. This was the morning after it's quarterly earnings report. Now a look at something more extreme. Let's now go back to a different reality three years ago. The McDonald's story is constantly in a state of evolution. The following snippet might help you realize the power of these quarterly earning reports. Sometimes they are stonger than expected. August 6th will be the date their next earnings report comes out. Here now is how McDonald...

Ford - One Billion Dollars

Here are two random five day charts on Ford.
This second chart is a reaction to an earnings report.
The stock has no problem jumping up and down. Here is the action on Sept 20th, the biggest one day loss in over ten years.
On this news the January 14th 2023, series of Calls sold off almost 50%.
Here is a one year chart.
Going electric is going to cost billions of dollars. If this stock wiggles down a tad more this would be an excellent entry point. Releasing this news today was somewhat irresponsible. It could have waited until it's next earnings report. Further guidance offered today calls for a return to normality. What do you think? Here they are again two days later on Sept 23th They are now down about 25% in two trading days with the stock down another chunk.
Ford frequently has news. Good news will cause it to rebound.

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