Luca Moschini is the founder of SharperTrades and a trading and investing educator focused on market structure, price action, and options. A US swing trader with Nasdaq and NYSE recognition, he also co-created the DarkOption Flow fintech platform.
Earnings
Merck (MRK) and Pfizer (PFE) reported fourth-quarter results that beat earnings expectations, but below-consensus 2026 guidance weighed on sentiment, producing diverging stock reactions and highlighting ongoing transition risks across big pharma.
Earnings
Palantir (PLTR) rose after reporting fourth-quarter earnings and guidance that exceeded expectations, bucking a broader sell-off in technology stocks as investors reassessed growth, profitability, and sector risk.
Earnings
Teradyne (TER) shares surged after the company reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded expectations across earnings, revenue, and forward guidance, highlighting strong demand in semiconductor testing tied to artificial intelligence workloads.
Innovation & Tech
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI ahead of a planned IPO consolidates Elon Musk’s private ventures and reshapes how investors assess Tesla’s exposure to AI, governance complexity, and cross-company capital ties.
Macro
Oil prices fell sharply as easing U.S.–Iran tensions, unchanged OPEC+ output, and a U.S.–India trade agreement tied to oil purchases reshaped expectations around global supply and geopolitical risk.
Earnings
Disney exceeded first-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, driven by strong streaming profitability and solid parks performance, but shares fell as investors weighed leadership succession uncertainty and near-term pressures across key businesses.
Innovation & Tech
A small group of AI-linked companies now drives most U.S. market returns, according to a JPMorgan outlook, raising questions about capital concentration, power constraints, and geopolitical dependencies shaping today’s market context.
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin fell below widely watched support levels as dollar strength, macro uncertainty, and risk-off behavior pressured the broader crypto market, pushing sentiment indicators into extreme fear territory.
Price Action
This week’s market action revealed a consistent pattern: investors rewarded near-term clarity, credibility, and visible payoff, while reacting cautiously to uncertainty around costs, capital intensity, and policy direction across earnings and macro events.
Macro
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve prompted measured market reactions, as investors weighed expectations for interest rates, balance sheet policy, and central bank credibility.
Earnings
Apple reported a strong fiscal first quarter, led by record iPhone revenue, broad geographic growth, and better-than-expected earnings, while margin guidance and supply constraints shaped the market’s reaction.
Earnings
Deckers shares jumped after the footwear maker delivered record fiscal Q3 earnings, driven by strong HOKA and UGG demand, raised full-year guidance, and outlined plans to exceed $1 billion in share repurchases in fiscal 2026.