Welcome to the Stock Dork Cheat Sheet; your go-to guide for all the most important stock market news and analysis.

 

Today is Thursday, April 8. Let's get ready for the trading week!

 

It's Thursday and stocks are up for the week. The S&P 500 is riding a 3.1% gain over the past week, and the Nasdaq 100 is up 5.6% over the same period.

 

Today, futures are in the green heading into the open. The market is on pace to open higher.

 

 

The Federal Reserve released the minutes from its most recent policy meeting during yesterday's session, and the Board of Governor's comments emphasized the central bank's continued support for easy monetary policies fro the foreseeable futures.

 

 

Tech stocks are picking up steam after rising bond yields took the wind of the sector's sails over the past few weeks. Bluechip tech stocks like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are each up more than 4% in April.

  

 

Thanks for reading! Don't forget, I'm always eager to hear from you. Reply to this email with your questions, comments, or general feedback, and Ill get back to you as soon as I can.

 

Wishing you big returns on your investments this week, as always!