Some people who buy and sell things called stocks are a little worried about what might happen in the future. They are watching what's happening in the world and how different companies are doing. They are also waiting for some important news about how much money some big companies made. They want to know if they should buy more stocks or sell the ones they have. Nobody knows for sure what will happen, but they are trying their best to guess. Read from source...
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- The market mood turned jittery after Monday’s rebound, with index futures trading on either side of the unchanged line early Tuesday. The apprehensions reflect uncertainties regarding geopolitics, monetary policy, and the health of the reporting season ahead of earnings from AI stalwart Alphabet, Inc. GOOGL GOOG and electric-vehicle giant Tesla, Inc. TSLA. The Google-parent’s earnings could be seen as a foretaste of what is to come from the rest of the AI-levered stocks.
- Earnings news has been mixed. The tidings on the economic front are scarce, with only a housing market report due for the day. That said, traders may choose to remain cautious ahead of some key readings, including Friday’s inflation data.
- FuturesPerformance (+/-)Nasdaq 100-0.02%S&P 500+0.08%Dow+0.11%R2K+0.23%In premarket trading on Tuesday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY rose 0.08% to $555.11, while the Invesco QQQ ETF QQQ edged 0.01% to $482.28, according to Benzinga Pro data.
- Cues From Last Session: Stocks went racing higher on Monday as traders assessed the implications of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race and looked ahead optimistically to the week’s earnings report. Beaten-down tech stocks spearheaded the recovery on a day when most S&P 500 sector indices, barring energy and consumer staples, advanced.
- Insights From Analysts: Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel, Senior Economist to WisdomTree, commented on the dramatic shifts within the equity market, the ones happening among small- and large-cap stocks, as well as value and growth stocks. The strength in the small-cap stocks following favorable inflation data indicates a market highly responsive to even subtle shifts in monetary policy expectations, he said.
- Upcoming Economic Data: The National Association of Realtors is scheduled to release its existing home sales report for June at 10 a.m. EDT