Pre-Market Pulse

After the bell, Microsoft and Meta both beat earnings expectations to rally 6%+, dragging the Nasdaq futures higher

Stocks closed sharply higher for the sixth-straight day, after Trump effectively did a deal with himself to show flexibility on tariffs, underpinned by falling Treasury yields due to falling consumer sentiment ahead of earnings from Microsoft and Meta

Stocks were mixed overnight, as investors digested the latest comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent around trade deals and looked ahead to earnings reports from megacap companies Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta

Stocks closed sharply higher for the week Friday as Alphabet’s better-than-expected quarterly results stoked fresh optimism on artificial intelligence, extending the recent rally in tech.

Stocks closed higher overnight, but well off session highs, as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cooled some optimism on a quick resolution to the U.S.-China trade standoff.

Stocks clawed back losses from a day earlier after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stokes hopes for a possible de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war and President Trump showed the first signs of contrition in a press conference after the close

The Presidency is looking more like an autocracy at this juncture, spooking investors into fleeing the USD and US stocks with his irrational and directionless leadership not an attraction for investors