Wednesday is one of the most important earnings days of 2026. MSFT, GOOGL, and AMZN all report after the close. Together they represent over $7 trillion in market value. CMG and HUM also hit today. AAPL follows Thursday. These results will set the tone for the rest of Q1 season.
Crude oil is back above $110 a barrel. Brent hit that level for the first time in three weeks. The White House restated "red lines" in negotiations with Tehran. Goldman Sachs warned oil could approach $120 if the conflict drags on. Analysts raised their Q4 base case for Brent to $90. Energy stocks are in focus across both US and European markets.
Options traders are piling into AMD ahead of Q1 earnings. The stock is up 56% year-to-date with RSI at 80. INTC has surged 124% in 2026. Its RSI hit 83. Both names carry heavy near-term options activity. Meanwhile, short sellers added 11 points of short interest to WOLF in just 30 days. Bears are not done with the silicon carbide space.
Hedge fund Magnetar Financial sold over $410 million in CRWV stock between April 15–22. CoreWeave only went public in March. This is one of the fastest large-scale insider exits from a recent IPO. Separately, TXN insiders filed over $9.1 million in sales after earnings last week.
Defence shares gave back recent gains across European markets. Production bottlenecks and uncertainty over US munitions funding weighed on weapons makers. Wall Street banks meanwhile boosted US Treasury holdings to their highest level since 2007.
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