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| S&P 500 7,126 (+1.20%) |
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| Nasdaq 24,468 (+1.52%) |
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| Dow 49,447 (+1.79%) |
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| Bitcoin $77,452 (+2.98%) |
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is due to report its first quarter of fiscal 2026 on Wednesday, with the stock down 11% year to date. It's been picking up in April, as CEO Elon Musk makes the headlines with the upcoming SpaceX IPO -- now widely expected mid-June. Analysts are predicting an uptick in Tesla profit, even after 358,000 vehicle deliveries in Q1 fell short of the expected 370,000.
Despite the uncertainty regarding dealings with Iran, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both surged to new all-time highs last week -- up 4.5% and 6.8%, respectively. The Dow Jones fell slightly short of a new record, but still ended the week up 3.2%. The renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz, however, sent futures down this morning -- S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures both fell around 0.5%.
Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google is in discussion with Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) to build two new chips aimed at improving AI model efficiency, reported The Information over the weekend. One is a memory device to help speed up Google's tensor processing unit (TPU), while the other is a new AI-targeted TPU, the report's unnamed sources say. Marvell stock jumped over 7% in pre-market trading.
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