S&P 500 INDEX (SPX) Live: Markets Pivot Toward Caution After Winning Streak
Key Points
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The markets have turned cautious after Fed Chairman’s remarks on interest rates.
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The S&P 500 is on track to break its three-day winning streak.
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Economy Not in the Clear: JPMorgan CEO
Despite more optimistic forecasts from within JPMorgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon continues to express concerns about the economy’s resilience, cautioning that it is not yet clear of potential recession rearing its head. Dimon pointed to the unpredictable nature of tariffs as a key area of uncertainty, while the bank’s chief U.S. economist has attached a less than 50% chance of a recession. Dimon told Bloomberg, “If there’s a recession, I don’t know how big it will be or how long it will last. Hopefully we’ll avoid it, but I wouldn’t take it off the table at this point.”
Shielding Consumers
While some retailers like Walmart are discussing higher prices for consumers due to tariffs, data on producer prices suggests a broader trend of cost absorption. April saw a significant 0.5% decrease in producer prices, the most substantial drop in five years. This indicates that U.S. producers are largely bearing the brunt of increased costs, protecting consumers from immediate price hikes, a finding that significantly undershot Bloomberg economist expectations of a 0.2% increase.
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The stock market has opened with a cautious tone this morning, as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 are all trading lower. The SPX index is down 0.37%. Investors are reacting to concerning statements made by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at an economic forum earlier today. Powell warned of potentially higher long-term interest rates for the long term, owing in part to an uncertain monetary policy outlook.
Today’s pullback follows an impressive run for the broader stock market in which the S&P 500 has been retaking lost ground for a positive year-to-date performance. For its part, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has recovered 6% over the past five trading sessions. Today Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) will distribute it quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share to shareholders.
Here’s the early look at market performance:
Dow Jones Industrial Average: Down 114.29 (-0.27%)
Nasdaq Composite: Down 128.16 (-0.67%)
S&P 500: Down 13.30 (-0.23%)
Stocks in Focus
Walmart (NYSE: WMT | WMT Price Prediction) is trading down by 4.0% following an announcement from a company executive that the retailer plans to transfer tariff costs to consumers in the form of higher prices, with these increases potentially taking effect this month.
Shares of Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) have tumbled by 6.5% today after the company reported disappointing revenue figures for its fiscal fourth quarter.
Networking solutions provider Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) is also seeing downward pressure, with its stock down 4.2%.
CoreWeave (Nasdaq: CRWV) is under pressure, falling by 4.4%, despite announcing strong first-quarter revenue and significant demand for its AI cloud platform,. Investors appear concerned by the company’s plans for aggressive capex plans in Q2. On the positive side, CoreWeave clinched a lucrative partnership with Google.
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is a major drag on the markets, falling 17% today in a series of setbacks, the latest of which is a potential Medicare controversy.
Gerelyn Terzo is the author of dividend investing handbook "Dividend Investing Strategies: How to Have Your Cake & Eat It Too." A veteran financial journalist, she covers agri-finance for outlets like Global AgInvesting and the broader stock market and personal finance for 24/7 Wall Street. She began at CNBC and later helped launch Fox Business in New York. Gerelyn currently resides in Woodland Park, Colorado and dabbles in nature photography as a hobby.
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