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Consumer Confidence, 10:00A
Your 5-minute briefing for Monday, Apr 27:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/24/2026. Bitcoin as of 4/26/2026.
Pre-Market:
Market Wrap:
Futures lower Dow -130, S&P -0.3%, Nasdaq -0.3%
Iran talks stalled with no meetings planned
Strait tensions rise after ship seizures
Oil higher WTI ~$96 on supply concerns
Big week ahead Fed decision and megacap earnings
Markets at record highs despite geopolitical risk
April strong S&P +9%, Nasdaq +15%, Dow +6%
EARNINGS
Here’s what we’re watching this week:
Today: *Domino's $DPZ ( ▼ 1.23% ) , *Verizon $VZ ( ▼ 1.78% )
TUE: *Coca-Cola $KO ( ▲ 0.46% ), *General Motors $GM ( ▼ 0.6% ) , *JetBlue $JBLU ( ▲ 0.38% ), Robinhood $HOOD ( ▲ 1.4% ), *Spotify $SPOT ( ▲ 0.4% ), Starbucks $SBUX ( ▼ 0.87% ), *UPS $UPS ( ▼ 0.65% ), Visa $V ( ▲ 0.18% )
BP $BP ( ▼ 0.22% ) - EPS of $.88 (+66.0% YoY) on $45.96B revenue (-2.0% YoY)
WED: Amazon $AMZN ( ▲ 3.49% ), Chipotle $CMG ( ▲ 0.91% ), eBay $EBAY ( ▼ 5.28% ), *Etsy $ETSY ( ▼ 1.09% ), Ford $F ( ▼ 0.8% ), Microsoft $MSFT ( ▲ 2.13% ), *Yum! Brands $YUM ( ▼ 0.28% )
Alphabet $GOOG ( ▲ 1.35% ) - EPS of $2.63 (-6.4% YoY) on $106.91B revenue (18.5% YoY)
Apple $AAPL ( ▼ 0.87% ) - EPS of $1.65 (+18.2% YoY) on $109.69B revenue (+15.0% YoY)
THU: *Eli Lilly $LLY ( ▼ 3.67% ), Roku ROKU, *Wayfair $W ( ▲ 2.39% )
FRI: *Chevron $CVX ( ▼ 1.27% ), *Estee Lauder $EL ( ▲ 1.86% ), *Exxon $XOM ( ▼ 1.08% )
Trump Admin to Pump $1 Billion Into
This "Off-the-Radar" AI Stock
The US government pumped more than $1 billion into Intel. The stock popped 128%.
It pumped $400 million into MP Materials. The stock popped 200%.
It bought 10% of Trilogy Metals. The stock popped 500%.
And now, Trump has chosen this AI stock for a $1 billion payday.
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HEADLINES
Wall Street’s biggest tech stocks have carried the S&P 500 to record highs even as the war in Iran continues. Now, earnings from a handful of them this week will give investors a read on whether this rally is sustainable.
This gold comes from a Colombian drug cartel mine. It should never end up at the US Mint. But it does.
Oil jumps, stock futures slip as US-Iran talks stall (more)
Security scare and stalled Iran talks (more)
Tillis will support Warsh, clearing way for Trump's Fed pick (more)
A British king tries to stop another historic break with America (more)
AI stock enthusiasm heats back up (more)
US consumer sentiment slumps to record low in April (more)
Brent oil tops $107 per barrel after Iran peace talks stall (more)
Wall Street is sorting software companies into winners and losers (more)
Musk vies to turn X into Super App with banking tool near launch (more)
iHeartMedia holds merger talks with Sirius XM (more)
Saudi sovereign wealth fund to partner again with Live Nation (more)
BofA's 'sleep like a baby' portfolio having best year since 1933 (more)
Jane Street's $40B trading haul tops rivals (more)
DEALFLOW
M+A | Investments
Sun Pharma to acquire US-listed Organon in $12B deal
Valitana receives growth equity investment from FTV Capital
VC
QumulusAI, a GPU-powered cloud infrastructure for AI, received a $45M convertible note facility from ATW Partners
Minish Technology, a dental health-tech company, raised $22M in funding
Iridius, a compliance-by-design AI platform for regulated workflow execution, raised $8.6M in Seed funding
CRYPTO
BULLISH BITES
📈 The AI stocks about to become worthless (and one that isn't). *
🚨 Everything we know about the D.C. correspondents’ dinner shooter.
⚖️ What's at stake in the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial.
🏀 The Chinese sports brand taking on Nike and Adidas.
🤑 Warhol is out, Gulfstreams are in: The superrich are souring on art.
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