Stock Market Weekly update -May 4

 Another week, another big rally with the SPX closing just under 5700, with the longest winning streak in 20 years! After reporting earnings, MSFT rocketed higher while AAPL dropped. META rallied nicely as well. NFLX rallied for a 4th week and hit another all time high. Gold pulled back for a 2nd week. GDP came in at a negative level for the 1st time since Q1 2022.

This week we get more earnings, along  with the Fed rate decision. 




This week:  Schwab Weekly Trader's Outlook

Edward Jones recap

Fed (Interest rates on Wed)

More earnings


This week:  5th week of earnings reports. Thus far, about 76% of companies have reported positive earnings surprises, above the 10-year average beat rate of 75%

And the market has seen a nice 4 week rally from the Tariff lows.


The 10 year Interest rate -mostly flat, now at 4.32%

The Dollar - small rally for a 2nd week to 100.04

Gold - dropped for a 2nd week to $3240

Oil -dropped to $58.35

Bitcoin/Crypto  -up for a 4th week, near the 95.8k level 

 

New all time Highs:  NFLX, SPOT, BRK.B, CAH,, CME, NRG, SAP, IBN, HIG, VRSN, and more…  ALL time Lows:  

Pops & Drops/5 day movers:,   Pops:  HIMS,   Drops:  

Earnings movers:  Pops: MSFT, META, DXCM, WING, DUOL   Drops: , 

Percent of S&P 500 stocks above the 50 day Moving Average: up from 32.20 to 56.25% 


This week

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Earnings

PLTR, VRTX, BNTX

AMD, ANET, DUK,CEG, EA, DDOG

ARM, SHOP, DIS, UBER, DASH, FTNT, CVNA

COIN, NET, COP, LNG, 


Events



FED





The indexes saw another pop last week! …



SPX  - nice 4 week rally, could start to run into resistance just above here (weekly chart) 





Stocks last week 




Sectors last week - Technology leads again!




Market concerns:   Inflation? Debt?  Tariffs?

Now over $36.6  Trillion in debt!  See Debt Clock below, or here... 


Options watch:   

High IV (Implied Volatility) stocks -link   

High Options volume:   (most active link, or here)

ETFs

SPY, QQQ, IWM, SQQQ/TQQQ, SMH, XLF, XLE, VIX -also SPX index

Stocks

AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NVDA, NFLX, TSLA...



More charts:



NFLX -another week, another  all time high!




Berkshire's cash pile keeps growing




S&P 500 Total Percent Returns calendar



Name


Price

04/27

Solana

SOL

192.00

149.30

Chainlink

LINK

18.35

14.48

Uniswap

UNI

9.60

5.57

Sui

SUI

3.45

3.55

Ondo

ONDO

1.32

.95


Feb 2025:   5 Cryptos to watch in 2025



Apr 20, 2025


Links...

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News

Dow jumps 500 points, S&P 500 posts longest win streak in 20 years as stocks claw back tariff losses

Buffett's Berkshire departure, Fed decision, and another rush of earnings: What to know this week

US economy contracts at 0.3% rate in Q1, first GDP pullback in 3 years

McDonald's joins Starbucks and Chipotle in traffic drop amid consumer 'pressure'

McDonald’s reports largest U.S. same-store sales decline since 2020

Eli Lilly sales soar 45% on weight loss drug demand, but drugmaker cuts profit outlook…

 Why Alphabet's Investors Should Root for Its Breakup

Dexcom Stock Is Today’s Big Winner After Earnings

‘Sell in May, go away': Why Wall Street isn't buying it this year

Index fund dominance faces its biggest test in ages from 2025 stock market

Warren Buffett to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO: 5 takeaways from the annual meeting

Deutsche Bank reports highest profit in 14 years

Crypto/Blockchain:  

BlackRock Advances Blockchain Integration with $150B Tokenized Treasury Fund 

Apple Lifts iOS Restrictions Allowing Bitcoin, Crypto Payments and NFTs; Ends 30% Apple Tax

Solana Blockchain Holds Revenue Lead Despite Usage Decline

Three Major Financial Institutions Reveal Upcoming Crypto Activations

‘Everything is lining up’ — Tokenization is having its breakout moment

Kevin O’Leary: ‘Crypto Will Be the 12th Sector of the Economy’

Franklin Templeton Backs Bitcoin DeFi Push, Citing ‘New Utility’ for Investors

Visa Integrates Stablecoins Into 150 Million Merchant Network

Mastercard Unveils End-to-End Stablecoin Capabilities, Will Launch Card With OKX

Deloitte predicts $4T tokenized real estate on blockchain by 2035

Central Bank of Saudi Arabia Teams Up with Ripple to Transform Cross-Border Settlements

Maldives to build $9 billion crypto hub to attract investment


Crypto Banter (@crypto_banter) posted at 7:40 AM on Fri, Dec 06, 2024:

‘Blockchain’ Activity Breakdown… 

🔴 Solana ( $SOL ) dominates with 44% (DeFi leading at 4.5M)

🔴 $NEAR Protocol at 17.8% (Infrastructure: 1.4M)

🔴 $TRON holds 17.3% (Wallet-to-wallet transfers: 1.9M)

🔴 $BASE climbs to 5.2% (DeFi: 383K)

🔴 Ethereum ( $ETH ) & $SUI trail 


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