The "Financials Engine" is Stabilizing: Post-Holiday Analysis — By Querino Arruda

To the WSO community: We are seeing a "better-than-feared" narrative play out as U.S. markets reopen today. The financials sector is acting as a legit stabilizer; Goldman Sachs (GS) delivered a massive EPS beat of $14.01 on the back of strong FICC and equities trading, while Morgan Stanley (MS) confirmed a rebound in investment banking underwriting.

As we look at the tape today, the IBOVESPA (164.8k) is behaving with low urgency, essentially carrying over the neutral sentiment from Friday. With the U.S. 10Y Treasury yield sitting around 4.26%, we are in a phase of risk digestion.

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