The SP 500 has moved lower in April and was down 10.4% so far this year after a sharp selloff on Friday.... " Any degradation in corporate profit growth and the cadence of that would spook the market.” So far, investors have been quick to punish shares of companies with disappointing results, particularly those that carry expensive valuations.... I think next week is critical for tech and high growth names, especially the higher valuation stocks," said Anthony Saglimbene, global market strateg

2020. Frankfurt-listed shares of U.S. megacap tech companies including Google's Alphabet, Apple, Meta,

NEW YORK: Five of the so-called Magnificent Seven tech megacaps will report earnings this week

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Read full story" The( CPI) print was not far off estimates," Nolte added.... Read full storyAmazon. com AMZN.O provided one of the day's bright spots, its shares jumping 5.4% after the e-commerce giant announced a 20-for-1 stock split and a$ 10 billion share buyback.... Its shares dropped 1.1%. The SP 500 banking index. SPXBK slid 1.0%. Oracle Corp ORCL.O dipped nearly 6% in after-hours trading after the business software and cloud computing firm posted quarterly results....

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average scaled its highest levels since February 1990 on Thursday, as a weaker yen buoyed exporters and caution over an impending hike by the Bank of Japan continued to fade on the back of weak wage data. The Nikkei rose 1.77% on its third straight day of gains this week, closing at its highest in nearly 34 years at 35, 049.86.... The index was also on its way to the largest weekly gain since late March 2020. The broader Topix rose 1.57% to end at 2482.87. The strong

The SP 500 materials index fell 1.75 per cent and utilities lost 2 per cent.“ Earnings are going to be crucial to the mindset of the of the average investor.... The playbook was: buy Apple, buy Netflix, buy Google and throw away the key, but that playbook is no longer working, ” said Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer at Longbow Asset Management.... “ What is the outlook for these companies going to be?...

NEW YORK: The SP 500 and Nasdaq closed weaker on Tuesday, the first day of seasonally slow August, ahead of US jobs data and major companies' earnings reports later this week.US stocks ended July on a strong footing, as investors welcomed better-than-expected earnings.... 3, 2022." It's been a really good run in June, July.... And everybody sort of knows that August was historically a pretty weak seasonal month," said Scott Ladner, chief investment officer of Horizon Investments....

NEW YORK: The SP 500 and Nasdaq closed weaker on Tuesday, the first day of seasonally slow August, ahead of US jobs data and major companies' earnings reports later this week.US stocks ended July on a strong footing, as investors welcomed better-than-expected earnings.... 3, 2022." It's been a really good run in June, July.... And everybody sort of knows that August was historically a pretty weak seasonal month," said Scott Ladner, chief investment officer of Horizon Investments....

Meanwhile, options traders – who rushed in to bet on quick gains in 2020 – are retreating.... Total call open interest on that small group of the United States giants sank to a 14-month low, data compiled by Bloomberg show.... That’s a 30% increase from a year ago – roughly in line with the SP 500. The group is losing its growth edge as the rest of the market catches up....