The relief rally continued this week. Investors cheered mostly good news from several Magnificent 7 stocks this week. Friday’s stronger-than-expected April jobs report was the icing on the cake.
However, the strong results don’t appear to make a compelling case for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at next week’s meeting. That’s what investors want the most. That, and certainty around tariff policies. On that note, the Trump administration continues to tease that deals are close, but this is one time when investors should wait for certainty. That could be next week, or several months down the road.
Next week will be another busy week of earnings with some of the most significant results coming from Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR), Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP), and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Those are some of the stocks the MarketBeat analysts will be watching. Here are some of our most popular articles from this week.
