Bret Kenwell
Investment Analyst,
eToro US
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About Bret
Bret Kenwell is the US Investment Analyst at eToro, the trading and investing platform empowering you to invest, learn, and share. He has spent his career focused on market research and analysis. Mr. Kenwell’s work has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, TheStreet, Nasdaq, among many other publications. Prior to joining eToro, he worked as a financial journalist at TheStreet covering a variety of beats including the auto sector, technology space, and most recently the technical setups for the U.S. indices and individual stocks.
Bret's Articles
A stronger-than-expected April jobs report gave investors a second straight upside surprise, a welcome development after an uneven stretch for the labor market. Payrolls rose while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, although average hourly earnings were a bit light, writes Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.
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ECONOMICS
Tech has had an impressive rebound so far this quarter, with semiconductors leading the charge. Now, investors are hoping mega-cap tech can help further fuel the breakout, as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Meta Platforms Inc. (META), and Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) all report earnings this week, notes Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.
Following disappointing readings in December and January, February’s retail sales report offered some reassurance. It was the strongest reading since July, while core retail sales and control group sales, the portion that feeds into GDP, also came in ahead of economists’ expectations, observes Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.
Bret Kenwell
ECONOMICS
Many investors are scratching their heads over this year’s dispersion trade, but market bifurcation cuts both ways. In 2026, ten of the 11 S&P 500 Index (^SPX) sectors are expected to post positive earnings growth, with energy being the wildcard. That kind of broadening — with price action improving across sectors — is constructive, suggests Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.
Bret Kenwell
STOCKS
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