NewsWare’s Trade Talk: Friday, April 25

S&P Futures are weakening this morning after multiple days of strong gains. Earnings and Trade Talks are the key themes for the day. Google released a strong earnings report yesterday; their operating income was a key highlight. Both the U.S. and China appear to be ready to start to de-escalate the trade tensions which is a key step that needs to happen in order for talks to begin. The U.S. will be announcing trade deals with South Korea, India and possibly Japan. The deals will be more political theater than a true agreement. On the economic front today is the final consumer sentiment reading for April from the Universite of Michigan. Earnings Seasons picks up next week with reports due out from HON, PFE, KO, V, SBUX, MSFT, META QCOM, AMGN, AAPL & AMZN. Q1 tech earnings have been coming in better than expected.