The Day by day Breakdown appears on the newest GDP print, which confirmed an financial contraction for the primary time since early 2022.
Thursday’s TLDR
META & MSFT ship
GDP turns unfavourable
BTC hits multi-month excessive
What’s Occurring?
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Yesterday’s large speaking level was the unfavourable Q1 GDP print. Nonetheless, that dialogue appears to be taking a again seat to the massive earnings responses from Meta and Microsoft.
Whew!
Bulls wanted mega-cap tech to report robust outcomes. Tech has a 30% weighting within the S&P 500 and has been the second-worst performing sector up to now this 12 months — about doubling the decline that SPY ETF has seen. Not solely are these a few of traders’ favourite shares, however they’ve enormous weightings too.
That is nice to see, but it surely doesn’t ease among the worries round that unfavourable GDP print, so let’s break that down.
Imports surged within the newest quarter, (which subtracts from US GDP). Imports jumped as companies positioned themselves forward of tariffs, making an attempt to keep away from pointless worth will increase. Additional, after 10 straight quarters of optimistic contribution to GDP, authorities spending dipped. Given the Administration’s strategy to the federal authorities by way of DOGE, this contraction isn’t too stunning.
However outdoors of the noisy import/export knowledge, enterprise and client spending was respectable. We’ve heard on company convention calls that client spending has been a little bit lumpy, however regular all through 2025.
That is the massive one to know: Private consumption is greater than two-thirds of the GDP report. It confirmed annualized progress in Q1, however posted its lowest determine in nearly two years. Customers proceed to spend, which is nice, however falling confidence appears to be holding them again.
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The Setup — Meta
Final night time, Meta beat on earnings and income expectations and spoke optimistically sufficient on its convention name to get traders excited. In response, shares are increased by about 5% to six% in pre-market buying and selling.
Yesterday we checked out some key ranges for Microsoft. With it above its 200-day in pre-market buying and selling, it’d be nice to see it clear this measure and keep above it in immediately’s common session.
Can Meta do the identical factor?
Once I have a look at Meta, I see a inventory that discovered help close to $480, then cleared downtrend resistance (the blue line) forward of earnings.
You would possibly discover the worth vary I added to the correct aspect of the chart, exhibiting what a 6% rally appears like from yesterday’s shut. That places it proper close to $580, $100 a share off the latest lows, and proper into the 50-day and 200-day shifting averages.
Be at liberty so as to add a few of these measures to your personal Meta charts, too.
From right here, bulls will wish to see META inventory cost via these measures and begin to use them as help. Bears will hope that these measures are resistance. If Meta does break via them although, a bigger rebound may ensue.
Choices
For some traders, choices might be one various to take a position on Meta. Keep in mind, the danger for choices patrons is tied to the premium paid for the choice — and shedding the premium is the total threat.
Bulls can make the most of calls or name spreads to take a position on additional upside, whereas bears can use places or put spreads to take a position on the positive factors really fizzling out and Meta rolling over.
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What Wall Avenue is Watching
MSFT – Microsoft shares are increased by about 9% in pre-market buying and selling. The corporate cruised previous analysts’ earnings and income expectations, and delivered robust cloud outcomes with its Azure unit. What’s extra, administration spoke favorably about bettering working margins for the 12 months.
BTC – Bitcoin has been holding up properly over the previous few weeks and continues to inch increased. It’s now at its highest stage since February twenty fourth, formally hitting a multi-month excessive. It’s acquired some questioning if $100K is subsequent and whether or not it could possibly elevate different cryptocurrencies, like ETH. Take a look at the chart for BTC.
Disclaimer:
Please observe that as a result of market volatility, among the costs could have already been reached and eventualities performed out.
