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Marley Kayden previews Amazon (AMZN) earnings as the company is set to report after the close. She points to the company's cloud business and how significant AWS is for overall revenue generation. Marley adds insights on capex spending as current estimates have Amazon surpassing more than $100B in the fiscal year. Joe Tigay joins the conversation to discuss AMZN and the overall strength in mar...

Comcast (CMCSA) expectations "were low," admits Naveen Sarma. He joins Nicole Petallides at the NYSE to discuss the cable and media giant's latest earnings report. He points to positive developments in the company's theme park and movie businesses. However, Naveen highlights expansion efforts in mobile offerings as it works with T-Mobile (TMUS). On the streaming front, he thinks...

Mastercard (MA) earnings top estimates and Sam Vadas says it reveals a "stronger consumer." She adds that the credit card company's raised guidance could also signal Visa (V) guidance coming in "more conservative." Then, Sam switches gears and examines the leap higher for Carvana (CVNA) as shares jumped more than 20% at the open. Also on the move: EBAY. The e-commerce name...

Alex Coffey says the start of Thursday's trading is an "interesting start" as both the S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 (NDX) reach new all-time highs. He expands on his initial thought saying strength in Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META) are lifting the indices based off of market cap size. He says they "flipped the script" on earnings season comparing the responses of Alph...

Satyam Panday weighs in on the Fed's decision to hold rates steady. Panday thinks the Fed may need to see more weakness in employment reports before considering another rate cut, despite possible inflation risks from tariffs. He expects the Fed to stay "data dependent" over the next couple of months, with investors eyes turning toward Jackson Hole and its October FOMC meeting. ======...

Microsoft (MSFT) rallies on strong cloud growth from its Azure unit as the company is poised to trade at new all-time highs Thursday. Jenny Horne dives into the Mag 7 member's better-than-expected earnings numbers and what's fueling the positive trading reaction. She adds that capex spending in A.I. expansion has been a closely watched metric thus far for megacap tech companies this earnin...

Kevin Hincks kicks off Morning Trade Live with a look inside the latest inflation data. June's PCE print revealed a slight rise in year-over-year numbers, but fell mostly in-line. He believes investors are in a directional tug-of-war with big tech earnings from Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta Platforms versus the latest batch of economic data. Kevin recaps the FOMC decision to keep rates unchanged a...

Amazon (AMZN) highlights Thursday's postmarket earnings slate alongside Apple (AAPL). Tom White looks at the chart patterns so far in 2025, as the e-commerce giant is attempting to rally back to January highs. He points to the death cross and golden cross occurrences on AMZN 50-day and 200-day moving average studies. For an example trade, Tom composes 2 strategies: a call vertical and a put ve...

Andrejka Bernatova joins Morning Movers to discuss her company's journey to merge with The Ether Machine in a $1.6B SPAC deal. In the same week that ethereum marks 10 years of trading, the Dynamix (DYNX) and Strategy (MSTR) backed company is poised to ride the wave of ETH investor interest as the crypto asset recent touched 2025-highs. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empowering every investor...

Ahead of Coinbase (COIN), Ben Watson discusses the crypto company's chart patterns. On the 5-day chart, Ben looks at a range between $370 and $391 as shares of COIN have pulled back from recent highs. For a longer-term chart, Ben highlights $348 as a longer term support zone above a bull flag pattern. If shares dip below it, Ben points to $270 as the next level of historical support. ========...

Ben Bajarin says that earnings expectations are high for Apple (AAPL) as the company's pull forward demand for new iPhones will be closely watched. He believes tariffs could complicate traditional seasonality trends for iPhone refresh cycles as consumers face potential price uncertainty. Later, Ben discusses Apple's China business and how it compares to Huawei. ======== Schwab Network ====...

Sam Vadas and Diane King Hall kick off Thursday's coverage from the NYSE as investors react to two huge earnings beats from Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META). Microsoft's surge has the company on track to surpass a $4 trillion market cap valuation. Sam adds that ongoing trade deals taking shape, plus better-than-expected economic data and Jerome Powell's commentary after the FOMC decisi...

Jenny Horne and Nate Peterson dive into this week's cryptocurrency movers including Coinbase (COIN). The company announced a partnership with JPMorgan Chase (JPM) ahead of its earnings report. Strategy (MSTR) joins COIN with its latest quarterly figures after Thursday's close. Nate takes a peek under the hood for both companies before turning to the technical layout for Bitcoin (/BTC) and...

The Mag 7 continued to show their magnificence in earnings. Microsoft's (MSFT) massive Azure cloud revenue beat and Meta Platforms' (META) dominance in ads and A.I. opened the door to rallies for both companies after hours. Qualcomm (QCOM), however, couldn't do the same despite its beat. Marley Kayden, Alex Coffey, and Jeff Pierce break down the numbers driving trading action. ========...

Commentary from Fed chair Jerome Powell sent most stocks into the red after the FOMC voted 9-2 to keep interest rates unchanged in its July meeting. If the session wasn't busy enough, Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta Platforms (META) reported earnings after hours. Both stocks surged with A.I. being credited for soaring revenue and guidance. Outside the Mag 7, Qualcomm (QCOM) posted a beat but traded...

Carvana (CVNA) cruised on earnings while Arm Holdings (ARM) took a leg down after hours. ARM guidance fell between the midpoint of expected guidance range, weighing on shares. Meanwhile, Carvana sees sequential gains in unit sales next quarter. Marley Kayden and George Tsilis takes a closer look at the reports to analyze what's driving the trading action. ======== Schwab Network ======== Empow...

Selling action ignited markets during Fed chair Jerome Powell's press conference after the FOMC announced it will keep interest rates unchanged. Charles Schwab's Mike Townsend attributes it to "disappointed" investors seeking for more clarity on a potential September rate cut. On the latest ecodata, Mike believes there's hesitancy from businesses to hire and spend until there...

David McAlvany looks at the commodity market’s reactions to new tariff pressures and the FOMC decision. Copper is giving back a lot of gains because of the “list of exclusions” on the metal’s tariffs, David explains. He also sees a short-term “period of weakness” for gold, citing a stronger U.S. dollar. For silver, he notes a price breakout a few weeks ago and says he would expect consolidation. =...

Qualcomm (QCOM) trades a discount against peers like Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD Inc. (AMD) when it comes to valuation. However, Rick Ducat points out Wednesday's bearish engulfing candle, "not what you want to see" heading into the company's earnings. Looking at the technical trends, Rick labels Qualcomm as the "problem child" as it underperforms compared to the broader tech...

Jillian DelSignore breaks down the Nasdaq’s 2025 Retail Investor Survey. She’s seeing a savvier retail investor and a “plummeting” of social media driven trading in favor of infographics and webcasts. “A lot of shifts we saw were multigenerational,” she adds. Jillian says another foundational shift is that more portfolios are holding crypto, which she partially attributes to the launch of spot ETF...

Brian Glenn describes the accelerating “Who Blinks First?” tension between the White House and the Fed as he reacts to the FOMC decision. He works with business owners and discusses the strategies and considerations they’re using in this rate environment. He likes aerospace, citing heavy backlogs in Boeing (BA) and Airbus, as well as auto dealing companies like CarMax (KMX). Brian also likes AI, c...

As expected, the Fed did not change interest rates in its July meeting. However, one interesting result came from two Fed officials dissenting the decision, arguing that there should be a cut in July. It's the first time there were two dissenting votes in decades. Kevin Hincks talks about Fed chair Jerome Powell's path ahead to address the interest rate outlook, which includes the possibil...

The Fed keeping interest rates the same was the "easy way out," says Michael Green. There's many economic puzzle pieces at play that he believes cloud the Fed's view on where to take rates next. For one, Michael points to a contracting labor market keeping job availability restricted. On the other hand, inflation is also complicating the "soft landing" picture. Michael...

John Lonski gives his takeaways from the FOMC decision, which leaves rates unchanged in a 9-2 vote. The FOMC statement highlights inflation worries and risks to both sides of its dual mandate. John argues that underlying inflation is still moving lower and thinks “stronger than expected jobs growth” is a bigger risk to re-inflation than tariffs. “The Fed maybe put too much of an emphasis on tariff...

Ethereum is celebrating its 10th birthday. Austin King calls it one of the big three of cryptocurrencies (the others are Bitcoin and Ripple) and says it “made its place in the space by sponsoring innovation.” He talks about how decentralization is coming back into focus for the crypto industry. Austin cautions inexperienced crypto investors to stick to the big players instead of chasing smaller ne...