The Weekend Rip: April 27, 2025
OVERVIEW
The Weekend Rip: April 27, 2025
President Trump caused market ripples early in the week, calling Powell a “loser.” Earth Day and Tesla earnings brought the green back to the market, and Trump backed down, saying he had “no intention” of firing Powell. Alphabet joined Tesla in the spotlight with an actual earnings beat. The market clawed back some gains, but consumer sentiment reached its lowest point in three years, and home sales hit a three-year low. 😅
Let’s recap and prep you for the week ahead. 📝
What Happened?
☹️ Monday: The market fell as President Trump cyberbullied Fed Chair Powell, calling him a “loser” and urging rate cuts. Gold hit an all-time high, again, while Bitcoin climbed, and the dollar hit a three-year low.
🌍 Tuesday: Earth Day brought a green market that lasted for the rest of the week. Thanks nature. Trump said he had “no intention” of firing Powell. Tesla missed earnings expectations by a lot (profit fell 71%), but Musk’s ambitious plans for self-driving cars in June and robots kept the stock climbing. He is also leaving DOGE finally.
⛈️ Wednesday: Mixed earnings results dominated the day. The White House toned down tariff talk, and Trump even said he might cut China’s rates in half. AI and the semiconductor companies, Texas Instruments and Lam Research, led the market higher. Stocktwits Editor in Chief Tom Bruni and I rang the opening bell for the Nasdaq in Times Square. 🎊
📈 Thursday: The market extended its streak to three days of gains. After the market closed, Alphabet beat expectations and said 1.5B users read its AI summaries. YouTube is on track to be the world’s largest media company. Existing home sales hit a three-year low, and the Stocktwits Sentiment Index hit its worst reading on record: it’s bearish out there. 🐻
🎉 Friday: The market capped off the week with a fourth day of gains. Alphabet and Tesla stole the spotlight, with Google touting 1M driverless car rides a month, and Tesla surging on news of regulatory changes for self-driving cars. Consumer discretionary stocks led the charge, while consumer sentiment from UMich showed the most negative inflation expectations since the ‘80s.
🤩 This week’s Stocktwits Top 25 showed outperformance vs. the major indexes.
Here are the closing prices:
|
S&P 500 |
5,225 |
+4.4% |
|
Nasdaq |
17,383 |
+6.73% |
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Russell 2000 |
1,958 |
+4.09% |
|
Dow Jones |
40,114 |
+2.48% |
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The Weekend Rip: Special Guest Shay Boloor 🤩
Markets rally, Ben pays the tax man, and Tesla tries to gaslight investors into believing in robots—welcome to a Weekend Rip filled with unhinged optimism.
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What active investors are doing after this week’s market rebound 🤔
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Trump’s gaslight economics and its impact on investor confidence 😬
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Why the market may be setting up for a 2008-style fall later this year 📊
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Shay’s four names to play the AI infrastructure boom 🤖
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Ben’s degenerate market plays ahead of next week’s Cashtag Awards 🥳
THE BRIEF
Need a concise summary of what’s going on this week? Look no further. Here’s a rundown of this week’s earnings and economic data.
Economic Calendar
Source: Stocktwits
It’s a lighter week of economic data, with investors focused on labor numbers and the Fed’s favorite inflation data. In addition to the above, check out this week’s complete list of economic releases.
Earnings This Week
Earnings season is in town, with 475 companies reporting this week.
Source: Stocktwits
Above is a quick summary. Check out the full Stocktwits earnings calendar for the other names reporting this week.
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