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Shares have tumbled 12% in 2026, dragged down by concerns about slow earnings growth and macro headwinds.

Earnings season marches on this week as investors will hear from big companies including Walt Disney, McDonald's and CoreWeave. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.

With the Iran cease-fire still seemingly intact, oil prices retreated today, giving the market some room to run. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 1%, while the The S&P 500 gained 0.8%. While there has been no real uptick in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the fact that the cease-fire remains in effect was enough to temper oil prices on Tuesday.

Futures rose. President Trump "paused" his Hormuz opening effort. AI plays AMD, Astera Labs, Lumentum, Arista were earnings movers late.

Investors are watching Disney (NYSE:DIS) ahead of fiscal Q2 2026 results due before the bell tomorrow, May 6. Shares are barely holding $100 at $100.69, down 10.95% YTD. This is new CEO Josh D’Amaro’s first real test. D’Amaro Inherits a Crowded To-Do List Last quarter, Disney beat with adjusted EPS of $1.63 on revenue of ... Can Disney Keep Treading Above $100 After Earnings Tomorrow?

Media investor James Murdoch is in advanced talks to buy Vox Media’s New York Magazine and podcast division, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal, which is through Murdoch’s Lupa Systems investment company, isn’t yet final, and could still fall apart, they said. Murdoch, the younger son of News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch, founded Lupa in 2019 after stepping down as chief executive of 21st Century Fox when substantial parts of the company were sold to Walt Disney The following year, he resigned from the board of News Corp, citing disagreements over editorial content.

Stocks were back near their highest levels on record after Wall Street turned its attention away from Iran and back to earnings season. The Dow rose 305 points, or 0.6%. The S&P 500 was up 0.7%. The Nasdaq was up 0.

Job openings barely budged in March as the hiring rate reached its highest level in nearly two years, Labor Department data released Tuesday showed. But layoffs also crept higher.

Paramount Skydance reported first-quarter results after Monday’s close, its first report since winning the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Disney is set to report earnings Wednesday for the first time under new CEO Josh D'Amaro, with traders expecting a big move in the entertainment giant's stock after the results.

Paramount Skydance is scheduled to report first-quarter results after Monday’s close, its first report since winning the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat. Powell’s term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, with Kevin Warsh’s Senate vote to confirm him as successor taking place as early as May 11. While Powell is set to bow out in charge of the Fed, he has said he would stay on as a governor.

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First quarter earnings season is in full swing, with a full slate of semiconductor and consumer companies slated to report results.

ON Semiconductor, Pfizer, Uber, McDonald’s, and many more will report earnings this week. Economic releases will include the April jobs report and purchasing managers index.

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opened to an estimated $233.6 million worldwide this weekend, driven largely by women eager to rejoin Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in the world of fashion journalism 20 years after the original movie. The film from Disney’s 20th Century Studios is the latest in a string of box office hits powered by pop-culture nostalgia among millennial and Gen X audiences, after the Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” did huge business. “Nostalgia is a critical driver for people right now in how they consume entertainment,” said Martha Morrison, head of marketing for Disney Entertainment Studios.

Markets enter a big week following last week's Federal Reserve meeting and mega-cap technology earnings convergence, with focus now shifting to Friday's April jobs report at 8:30am that will provide insights into labor market health amid geopolitical uncertainties and energy-driven economic pressures.

April jobs numbers come after hiring rose more than expected in March.

In late April 2026, InterDigital reported first‑quarter revenue of US$205.42 million and net income of US$75.33 million, with GAAP diluted EPS of US$2.14, alongside six new licensing agreements and renewed deals with major manufacturers such as Xiaomi, LG, and Sony. Management also highlighted record smartphone annualized recurring revenue covering roughly 85% of the global market and reaffirmed full‑year 2026 guidance, underpinned by ongoing patent enforcement successes including...

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week,  including earnings results out from companies like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Paramount Skydance (PSKY), Disney (DIS), Novo Nordisk (NVO), Pfizer (PFE), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), McDonald's (MCD), and Coinbase (COIN); a wave of fresh commentary from top Federal Reserve officials; and April's jobs reports due out next Friday. May 8.

Netflix’s ‘Lord of the Flies,’ Apple’s ‘Star City’ and the return of Hulu’s ‘Deli Boys’ are among the highlights of the coming month