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Powell Takes The Stage, Followed By Mickey: Fed Speakers And Disney Earnings Dominate Wednesday's Proceedings

(Wednesday market open) Today serves up remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for breakfast followed by an after-school snack of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) earnings.

Sentiment Check: Market Under Pressure as Positive Feelings Dip Following Hawkish Remarks from Fed Official

(Tuesday market open) ) Five Federal Reserve officials are speaking today, but words from another Fed policymaker yesterday helped lead to early losses on Wall Street. Stocks fell in premarket trading on ideas that the battle against inflation may not be won and rate hikes may not be over.

Mild Jobs Report Puts More Pressure On Falling Yields as Stocks On Pace For Best Week In A Year

(Friday market open) A mild October U.S. jobs report Friday doesn’t appear likely to dent recent market optimism about interest rates. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield fell another 10 basis points immediately after the data, potentially loosening pressure on stocks.

Treasuries, Stocks Extend Gains Following Fed Meeting As Apple, Jobs Report Loom

(Thursday market open) The World Series is over, but Wall Street remains in the thick of this week’s triple play of a Fed meeting, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings and Friday’s October jobs report. So far, stocks are building up a lead as worries lessen about future Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Fed In Sight: Rate Pause Widely Expected As Market Warily Watches Rising Yields, Dollar

(Wednesday market open) November dawns after major indexes finished October with consecutive gains for the first time in two weeks. Stocks lost ground in premarket trading Wednesday, however, as investors awaited results from today’s Federal Reserve meeting that’s widely expected to bring a second straight rate pause.

Dressed Up For Data: Halloween Dawns With Head Spinning Amounts Of Numbers, Stocks On Pace For Monthly Loss

(Tuesday market open) A scary October for stocks skids to the finish line today with major U.S. indexes on pace to post their third straight monthly loss for the first time since early 2020 despite emerging from correction territory.

Cram Session: Week Ahead Packed With Earnings, Fed Meeting, Jobs Data As Markets Attempt Rebound

As Expected: Fed's Favored Inflation Data Mostly In Line With Consensus And Wall Street Gets Boost From Amazon

(Friday market open) Consumers kept opening their wallets last month, but inflation was near expectations, according to numbers released early Friday.

Study In Contrasts: Robust Economic Data, Including GDP, Can't Stop Slide On Wall Street

(Thursday market open) Economic vigor contrasts early Thursday with a retreating stock market. The first government estimate for third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) outpaced most estimates and orders for durable goods remained robust, but Wall Street lost more ground in premarket trading as major indexes approach five-month lows.

Cloud Parting: Microsoft, Alphabet Drift Different Ways After Earnings, With Implications For Meta, Amazon Results

(Wednesday market open) Cloud computing dominates the proceedings this morning as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) drift in different directions following their earnings reports. A disappointing cloud performance from Alphabet clashed with sunnier tidings from Microsoft.

Tech Takes On Yields: Market's Attention Pulled Away From Treasuries As Microsoft, Alphabet To Report

(Tuesday market open) Treasury yields suddenly find themselves sharing the spotlight.

October Blues: Interest Rate Concerns Keep Stocks Under Pressure From Ahead Of Big Tech Earnings

(Monday market open) Wall Street’s red October is poised to get redder as concern over elevated interest rates and geopolitical tensions continue to burden the stock market.

Caution Flag: As Yields Briefly Top 5%, Stocks Pull Back Amid Geopolitical Worries

(Friday market open) A wall of worry looms, and investors haven’t shown much appetite to climb it the last two days. Another inflation warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell yesterday and an earnings deluge dialed up caution on Wall Street as stocks edged lower again in premarket trading Friday.

Five In The Wallet: 10-Year Yield Flirts With 5% For First Time Since 2007 As Fed's Powell Speech Awaited

(Thursday market open) U.S. 10-year Treasury note yields flirted with 5% this morning for the first time since 2007 as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepared to discuss the economic outlook.

Tesla Time: Automaker's Earnings Ahead, But Geopolitics In Focus Early As Risk-Off Sentiment Returns

(Wednesday market open) The earliest earnings are out of the way, setting the stage for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) this afternoon.

Back for Another Round: Rate Hike Fears Grow After Strong Retail Sales Sends Yields Spinning Higher

(Tuesday market open) Early earnings results continued to impress but major indexes flagged in premarket trading Tuesday as Treasury yields swung higher after unexpectedly strong September U.S. Retail Sales raised concerns about another possible rate hike.

Pendulum Swings: Markets Recover Slightly After Friday's Anxious Trading, But Middle East Worries Dominate

(Monday market open) Last week gave us a taste of earnings. The meal starts tomorrow and picks up steam as banks, airlines, and health care companies report.

CPI Data Generates Calm Initial Reaction, But Some Troubling Trends Under The Surface

(Thursday market open) An eagerly awaited report on U.S. consumer inflation didn’t appear too frightening early Thursday, and major indexes initially appeared unhindered as the October rally rolled on.

Q3 Financials Sector Earnings Outlook: Tough Times Continue For Bank Stocks But Some Signs Of Life

The last Wall Street bear market ended nearly a year ago and a new bull market began in June, though it’s flagging. But one prominent sector hasn’t participated, raising numerous eyebrows as earnings season approaches.

As Middle East Conflict Continues, Yields Recede, Giving Stocks A Light Tailwind