S&P 500 had best week since early Nov 2023, +2.7% after 3 weeks of losses, as corporate earnings generally surprised to upside; Dividend Aristocrats was only S&P 500-related strategy to close week in red, -0.1%, while Tech took home trophy, +5.1% ⁦@SPDJIndices⁩ pic.twitter.com/rZBdI2x2Fp

An interesting week ahead for the global #economy and #markets, including (but not limited to)… The release of the US monthly #jobs report, Eurozone inflation and GDP, and China’s #PMI’s; and A 2-day policy meeting at the #FederalReserve. By the end of the week, we should…

This week’s #markets were supposed to be mainly about earnings, with macro taking more of a back seat ahead of next week’s US #jobs data, the #FederalReserve meeting, #China’s PMI, etc (more on this in the weekly look ahead that I will post later). Earnings did have a notable… pic.twitter.com/8lYAakVct5

Since 2000, the second half of April tends to be much better than the first half for the S&P 500. A few more days next week, but stocks are trying to rhyme here. pic.twitter.com/OKolkrCsPy