This week ahead || 03 Apr - 07 Apr 2023

Jobs report ushers in a new quarter: What to watch this week

The March jobs report will take center stage this week as a fairly light schedule eases investors into a new month and quarter.

A handful of corporate earnings will dot the schedule, with the economic calendar keeping investors busier than the corporate side as reads on manufacturing activity, job openings, auto sales, and initial jobless claims are all set to feature ahead of Friday's key jobs report.

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Tesla misses delivery estimates as price cuts fail to lure buyers

Tesla Inc on Sunday missed estimates for first-quarter deliveries as a bleak economic outlook and rising competition outweighed the electric automaker's efforts to prop up demand with price cuts.

Tesla delivered 422,875 vehicles compared with analyst expectations for 430,008 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data.

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Top 5 things to watch in markets in the week ahead

he week ahead will bring the all-important U.S. monthly jobs report while equity markets embark on the second quarter, OPEC meets and central banks in Australia and New Zealand are to deliver their latest interest rate decisions.

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Energy & precious metals - weekly review and outlook

In the end, the first quarter of 2023 came down to Mother Nature and several bank failures. Depending which side of the trade they were on, the world’s best-known hedge funds were either on a roll or having some of their worst luck ever.

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