Stock Market Weekly update -Apr 28th

We rallied last week after a 3 week drop, with some help from MSFT & GOOGL after they reported earnings. The Semis saw a big rally, tho not enough to overcome the big drop from the prior week. Long term Interest Rates continued to rise too, providing a headwind for stocks. We had a Bank failure over the weekend, and n ext week we get more Earnings reports, along with the Fed, the Treasury, and the Jobs report -could be a volatile week. Five potential market-moving events to be mindful of The Dollar -was mostly flat again, tho rising for most of the year The 10 year Interest rate was up for a 4th week, rising since the start of the year Gold dropped Oil -was up a bit, rallying since the start of the year Bitcoin /Crypto -dropped for a 4th week What to Expect in the Markets Next Week -more earnings, Treasury, Fed, Jobs Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook Pops & Drops/5 day movers : , ...