Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) shares rallied 4.9% on Friday after the Google parent company became the latest tech giant to announce layoffs.
On Thursday, U.S. weekly jobless claims dropped to just 190,000, and that could be bad news for investors hoping for a Fed pivot by the end of the year.
The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ) traded higher by 0.6% on Wednesday morning as the Nasdaq looks to extend its winning streak to eight consecutive days.
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) traded higher by 0.6% on Wednesday ahead of a critical consumer price index (CPI) inflation reading on Thursday morning.
Investors who bought stocks during the COVID-19 market crash in 2020 have generally experienced some big gains in the past two and a half years.
But there was no question some big-name stocks performed better than others since the pandemic bottom.
Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) shares traded lower by 7.5% on Monday morning after the company preannounced disappointing holiday quarter sales numbers over the weekend. Unfortunately, one analyst said Monday that the difficult environment for Macy's is unlikely to improve in the first half of 2023.