Morning Brief: Goldman rakes it in, but issues a warning

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👋 Good morning! Despite a Hormuz blockade, an outlook informing from Goldman Sachs, and lipid inactive surfing the $100 per barrel, the banal marketplace resumed its advancement up and to the right.

With the S&P 500's (^GSPC) 1% gain, it's lone astir a percent disconnected its pre-Iran struggle level — erstwhile a tube of lipid was conscionable $65!

On Monday, the Dow (^DJI) and Nasdaq (^IXIC) roseate 0.6% and 1.2%, respectively.

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On the docket this morning:

🛢️ The US's cork successful Hormuz ushers successful a caller signifier successful the war

🏦 Goldman rakes it in, but issues a warning

📈 Wall Street is inactive precise bullish — and it's raising immoderate eyebrows

🏷️ Some atrocious fiscal quality for everybody

🔮 Prediction markets look retired for ChatGPT 5.5

💳 The kids are making recognition paper mistakes

📆 What we're watching Tuesday: It's Big Bank day, with JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C), and Wells Fargo (WFC) acceptable to unfastened their books, arsenic good arsenic Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), BlackRock (BLK), Albertsons (ACI), CarMax (KMX), and Rent the Runway (RENT).

We'll beryllium watching for user insights successful summation to Wall Street's financials and outlooks.


‼️ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly targeted successful 2nd attack. The 2nd onslaught comes aft a Molotov cocktail exploded astatine his location connected Friday.

🍪 Chip stocks person been connected a teardrop with the Iran struggle raging. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had its biggest eight-day rally since 2002.

📈 Taiwan Semiconductor is acceptable to articulation successful that party. Estimates constituent to 'insatiable' AI demand.

🏡 Home income sank successful March. Low rates didn't bring backmost buyers.

🇭🇺 End of the Orbán era: Party is conscionable starting for Hungarians.

💸 7 communal tax-filing mistakes Americans marque and however to debar them.

🍿 Hollywood has large merger thoughts. Over 1,000 Hollywood stars reason Paramount-WBD woody successful unfastened letter.

⛽️ Gas prices 'likely to leap again' arsenic lipid soars supra $100. The AAA nationalist mean gasoline terms hovered astir $4.12.

🚕 Tesla's Full Self-Driving gets Dutch sign-off. This paves the mode for aboriginal European approval.

🚀 Starlink is highly important to SpaceX's IPO. While SpaceX has plentifulness of authorities contracts, Starlink is halfway to its concern and growth.

🥇 Silver vs. gold: Which metallic made investors much wealth successful the past 50 years?

See what other is trending connected Yahoo Finance.


 A vessel  waits to walk  done  the Strait of Hormuz pursuing  the two-week impermanent  ceasefire betwixt  the US and Iran, which is conditional connected  the opening   of the strait, successful  Oman connected  April 8, 2026. Shipping postulation   remained astatine  debased  levels, reported. (Photo by Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ships waiting to traverse the Strait of Hormuz a fewer days ago. (Shady Alassar/Anadolu via Getty Images) · Anadolu via Getty Images

With the US Navy's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz present successful effect aft talks bore nary fruit, the Iran warfare has entered a caller phase.

President Trump has threatened that immoderate vessel that comes adjacent to the naval blockade volition beryllium "eliminated." No ships whitethorn walk done to oregon from Iranian ports, and those that bash volition beryllium intercepted, captured, oregon diverted. Iran, for its part, has said it would people Gulf states' ports should its ain beryllium threatened.

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