The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) is back on the move. The VIX climbed about 2% in early Monday trading, pushing back above 19 with the 20 threshold in view as traders position for the busiest stretch of first-quarter earnings season.
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) heads into Monday's open at record territory but is kicking off the week on a cautious note, down 0.18% at the open.
When Intel ( NASDAQ:INTC | INTC Price Prediction ) released its Q1 2026 earnings last week, the semiconductor sector got a clear signal: the AI demand story holds firm, and it's expanding beyond GPUs into CPUs.
The S&P 500 opens in a holding pattern, with the S&P 500 (GSPC) heading into the trading session fractionally lower after rising to all-time highs last week.
With five of the Mag 7 companies on the earnings slate this week, Joe Maginot has his eyes on the CapEx figures they drop. If revenue figures in Big Tech fall below Wall Street estimates, Joe urges investors to brace for volatility.
Stock futures are little changed Monday as investors await more news on Iran and look ahead to a packed week of potentially market-moving events; oil futures are back on the rise after U.S.-Iran peace talks were scrapped over the weekend; investors are awaiting quarterly results from most of the Magnificent Seven tech giants this week, as well as a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates; Chinese regulators are looking to block Meta's acquisition of an AI start-up; and discount airlines are reportedly pitching the Trump administration on a $2.5 billion assistance package to combat high fuel costs driven by the Iran war. Here's what you need to know today.
The well-known tech bull may be switching up her plans following a stellar rally for chipmaking stocks.
Calls are trading more expensive than puts in the five names that report this week, and call volume outpaces put volume in all but Alphabet.
Semiannual earnings reporting tries to “fix” a problem that the market's success stories have already solved.
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