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Five points for the opening bell

Five Points for the Opening Bell

U.S. equity futures hover near yesterday’s close after the S&P 500 shed 1.8 %. Bitcoin trades above $110,000 for the first time. Snowflake climbs for a second session after the data warehouse group sold $2.5 billion in notes at the tight end of guidance.

The 10-year Treasury yield holds at 4.63 %. West Texas Intermediate crude slips to $66.40 a barrel. Spot gold retreats to $2,640.

Bitcoin’s overnight jump lifts crypto exposed equities. MARA Holdings rises 1.9 % in pre market trade.

Snowflake reports adjusted earnings of $0.24 a share on revenue of $1.04 billion, up 26 % from the prior year. Both metrics exceed the Visible Alpha consensus. Management projects full year product revenue of $4.33 billion – topping the Street’s $4.29 billion estimate.

AT&T agrees to purchase fiber provider Frontier in an all cash deal valued at $9.3 billion. The transaction adds one million fiber subscribers and extends the carrier’s footprint to four million locations across eleven states. AT&T targets a first half 2026 close. The stock shows no clear direction before the open.

CoreWeave posts revenue of $1.92 billion in its debut quarterly report, up from $228 million a year earlier. The cloud computing specialist narrows its net loss to $168 million from $314 million.

Top stock movers now norwegian cruise line, zoom, chevron along with more

Top Stock Movers Now – Norwegian Cruise Line, Zoom, Chevron along with More

The Dow slipped 0.2 percent. The S&P 500 held flat. The Nasdaq Composite drifted within a narrow band. The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence fell to 106.8 in February from 110.9 in January.

Chevron shares dropped 2.4 percent after the company disclosed that its $53 billion purchase of Hess faces a challenge. ExxonMobil but also CNOOC invoked their right of first refusal over Hess’s 30 percent stake in the Stabroek block off Guyana. Chevron warned the deal could collapse if the partners exercise the clause.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings surged 18 percent. The company posted net income of $166 million for 2023, its first annual profit since 2019. Management forecast adjusted earnings of $1.32 per share for 2024 – citing higher ticket prices and record advance bookings. Royal Caribbean added 7 percent. Carnival gained 6 percent.

SBA Communications rose 5 percent. The tower operator benefits from roaming revenue when cruise passengers use mobile data at sea.

Zoom advanced 4 percent as Bitcoin traded above $57,000, a level last seen in late 2021. Crypto-linked equities tracked the digital currency higher.

West Texas Intermediate crude settled at $78.45 per barrel, up $1.12. Gold futures closed at $2,045 per ounce, up $14. The 10-year Treasury yield eased to 4.26 percent. The dollar index firmed to 103.9 against the pound, softened to 1.085 versus the euro, and slipped to 150.3 against the yen.

Tom lee bull market reaches midlife, could run to 2038

Tom Lee – Bull Market Reaches Midlife, Could Run to 2038

Many traders on the Street interpret recent global market weakness as a signal of imminent decline. Tom Lee, Fundstrat Global Advisors head of research and former J.P. Morgan chief equity strategist, counters that the advance has merely paused for a breather at adolescence.

Lee told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that the equity strength investors have enjoyed for ten years could extend for another two decades.

“It could reach 2035 or 2038,” Lee said. “That horizon aligns with the peak spending years of the millennial cohort.”

Lee added that the U.S. market “already sports a faint mustache – it has left its teenage years behind.”

On Wednesday the Fundstrat co founder sent clients a note that called the recent sell off a bottom. He urged purchase of battered names in industrials, energy, materials, technology along with consumer discretionary – he advised rotation away from defensive sectors. A quantitative screen produced twenty three recovery candidates, among them Home Depot Inc.

Lee projects a ten percent rise in equities by December 31, even as consensus warns of further losses born from a “total evaporation of confidence.”

In August Lee told CNBC’s Trading Nation that bitcoin would finish the year “explosively higher,” with a price target of twenty five thousand dollars. He based the call on a tight correlation between emerging market equities and the cryptocurrency.

The bull bear argument on the Street continues. Lee dismisses threats from rising rates – decelerating corporate profit growth, and U.S.-China trade friction. November has historically favored equities – the Dow, the S&P 500 in addition to the tech weighted Nasdaq have all closed higher in each of the past five Novembers.

During the CNBC interview Lee predicted a minimum thirteen percent rebound over the next three months – citing firm fundamentals and a supportive macro backdrop.

Investors brace for market fallout from u.s. strike on iran nuclear sites

Investors Brace for Market Fallout From U.S. Strike on Iran Nuclear Sites

Investors on Sunday prepared for a flight to safety after the United States struck Iranian nuclear sites late Saturday evening.

President Trump declared in a televised address on Saturday night that Iran’s three principal uranium enrichment plants had been “completely and totally obliterated.” General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on Sunday that preliminary battle damage reports showed severe structural damage at each location.

Equity markets had remained calm last week as Israel but also Iran traded missile barrages and President Trump weighed direct U.S. participation. Treasury prices rose. Gold prices rose. Mark Spindel, chief investment officer at Potomac River Capital, told Reuters, “Markets will react with alarm.”

Cryptocurrency prices, which trade continuously, signaled a sharp decline for risk assets. Bitcoin fell more than two percent on Sunday morning – dropping below one hundred thousand dollars for the first time since early May. Ethereum dropped more than eight percent.

Wedbush analysts argued in a Sunday note that Monday panic could create a buying opportunity; they wrote that the strike had long appeared inevitable. They described Iran’s nuclear program as the region’s most severe threat. If the attack has rendered that program inoperable, the analysts said, the market will shed a major risk.

U.S. equity futures on Monday could mirror the advance in Middle East shares on Sunday. Investors in Tel Aviv besides Cairo concluded that direct U.S. involvement would shorten the conflict. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange 35 Index rose 1.5 percent. The Egyptian EGX 30 rose 2.7 percent.

Oil prices are set to surge when crude futures open on U.S. exchanges Sunday evening. The scale of any Iranian reprisal will dictate the extent of the rally. Analysts expect Brent crude to open above ninety dollars per barrel.

Five facts before the opening bell

Five Facts Before the Opening Bell

U.S. equity index futures retreat after yesterday’s abrupt reversal. President Donald Trump declared a ninety day pause on selected tariffs. The announcement triggered a late session surge that lifted the S&P 500 almost ten percent. Contracts on the same index now trade 1.9 percent below fair value. Asian bourses that closed before the statement reopen with force. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 leaps nine percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng adds two percent. Europe follows suit – the Stoxx 600 climbs five percent. At 8:30 a.m. Eastern the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases March consumer price data. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal but also Dow Jones Newswires expect a 2.6 percent year-over-year advance, down from February’s 2.8 percent and the slowest pace since September. Lower gasoline and natural-gas costs drive the deceleration.

U.S. Steel shares sink ten percent in pre market activity. Bloomberg quotes Trump as saying he opposes foreign acquisition of the Pittsburgh producer. Trump cites a recent rise in domestic steel orders as evidence of renewed demand. CarMax stock drops eight percent before the bell. The Richmond-based used car retailer posted fiscal fourth quarter earnings and unit sales that missed analyst projections.