The Latest Breaking News from Corporate Earnings

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are down -0.04%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU23) are up +0.09% this morning as market participants digested the latest economic data from China while looking ahead to a busy week of corporate earnings.

As the Q2 corporate earnings season begins, investors will gauge whether earnings confirm elevated technology stock valuations. According to Bloomberg data, almost 25% of technology stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Stock Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ), including Microsoft (MSFT ), Nvidia (NVDA ), and Tesla (TSLA ), are priced at...

Morning Markets September E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESU2 3) this morning are up +0.17% at a 15-month high, and Sep Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU2 3) are up +0.06%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moving higher as Q2 corporate earnings results begin to roll in. Strength in bank...

“With the S&P 500 rally now crossing the 20% threshold, more are declaring the bear market officially over. We respectfully disagree,” Mike Wilson wrote Monday, arguing corporate earnings are set to fall.

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are down -0.38%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are down -0.43% this morning as market participants digested soft Chinese trade data while looking ahead to a busy week in terms of corporate earnings results and economic data.

With the looming prospects of an economic slowdown, companies may be forced to cut spending on cybersecurity, one of the few areas long viewed as one area immune to spending cuts. However, recent disappointing corporate earnings results from several security-software companies have raised questions about that view. Concern heightened about...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.44%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.40%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are moderately higher, with...

Stocks continue to trade below the S&P 500 (SPY) high of 4,200 from early February. Thus investors are looking high and low for clues from corporate earnings that might tell them something about future market direction. Gladly 40 year investment pro Steve Reitmeister is here to make sense of it…

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed up +0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.11%. Stock indexes Friday fluctuated between modest gains and losses...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.30%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.20%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.39%. U.S. stock indexes this morning are moderately lower, with...

Morning Markets June S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are down -0.02%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are down -0.18%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are slightly lower on mixed corporate earnings. However, lower T-note yields this morning are providing underlying support. The markets are...