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- Yahoo Finance Video
Stocks eye rate hike chances, Treasury yields: Top Takeaways
US equities (^GSPC, ^DJI, ^IXIC) closed Thursday higher after a sluggish April session. The S&P 500 managed to end the day higher for the first time in three sessions. The market is seemingly pricing in Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments over the improbability of rate hikes. Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss the top takeaways for the trading day on May 2. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
- Investor's Business Daily
Dow Soars On Jobs Surprise, Apple's Earnings And Record Buyback; Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Next
Stocks soared after April's jobs data was not as strong as expected. Apple rocketed after big buyback plans while Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway heads into earnings.
- Reuters
US small caps struggle as elevated interest rates take a toll
The prospect of interest rates remaining elevated as the Federal Reserve battles inflation is further clouding the outlook for shares of smaller U.S. companies, which have lagged broader markets this year. Small cap stocks surged at the end of 2023, as expectations grew that the Fed was done raising interest rates and would soon begin easing monetary policy. But stubbornly strong inflation has eroded prospects of rate cuts this year, and small cap stocks have suffered as a result.
