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Fed Rally Pushes Stocks Higher as Powell Stays Cautious 🔹 Markets: All major U.S. indexes ended green—Dow +0.70%, S&P +0.43%, Nasdaq +0.27%. Gains followed the Fed’s steady rate decision and Powell’s cautious tone. 🔹 Tech: Alphabet -7.26% on search traffic...

Policy Jitters, Gold Soars, Retail Investors Bet Big 🔹 U.S.: AI chip export bill targets Nvidia. Fed faces stagflation risk. Q2 GDP forecast doubled (2.2%). UBS targets 5,800 S&P. 🔹 Markets: Recession talk resurges on earnings calls. Retail investors pumped...

Wall Street Extends Rally as Jobs Data Surprises 🔹 U.S. Jobs: April payrolls +177K (vs. 130K est), unemployment steady at 4.2%. Rate cut bets trimmed; 3 now expected. 🔹 Markets: S&P 500 up 1.47% Friday, 9-day win streak. Tech led...

📈 Wall Street Rally Rolls On, Apple Crushes Earnings, Bitcoin Tops $96K 🔹 U.S. Markets: Stocks rose for the 8th straight session—S&P 500 +0.63%, NASDAQ +1.52%. Microsoft +7.63%, Meta +4.23%. 🔹 Earnings: • Amazon: Beats on Q1, but weak guidance...

Market Rebounds on Earnings Strength, GDP Miss Raises Eyebrows 🔹 U.S. Wrap: Stocks reversed early losses to close mixed; Dow rallied +0.35%. Q1 GDP shrank -0.3%, the first contraction in three years. Core PCE held at +2.6% y/y, while personal...

📈 Markets Climb Again, Bitcoin Steady — Plus: After-Hours Earnings Recap 🔹 U.S. Markets: Stocks advanced across the board — Dow +0.75%, S&P 500 +0.58% (sixth straight gain), Nasdaq +0.55%. Gold fell to $3,313 on softened tariff fears. Dallas Fed...

📈 Markets Mixed, Gold Rises, Bitcoin Breaks $95K 🔹 U.S. Markets: Major indices closed mixed—Dow (+0.28%), S&P 500 (+0.06%), Nasdaq (-0.10%). Heavy earnings week ahead with Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft reporting. Treasury borrowing projections surged to $514B. 🔹 Canada: Markets...

📊 Wall Street rallied, Crypto Rallies, Fed Highlights Global Trade Risks 🔹 U.S. Markets: The NASDAQ led with a weekly gain of +6.73%, followed by the S&P 500 (+4.59%) and Dow (+2.48%). Tech stocks surged—Tesla, Palantir, and MicroStrategy saw major...