Stocks fall amid tech outage, key economic data, and Biden’s exit

Stocks drop as tech sector faces global outage; key economic data and Biden exit in focus

Stocks tumbled last week with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq experiencing their worst decline since April. Investors are now turning their attention to critical economic reports and Big Tech earnings, while digesting President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection.

Stocks drop as tech sector faces global outage; key economic data and Biden exit in focus

This week, stocks fell from record highs, with the S&P 500 dropping nearly 2% and the Nasdaq down over 3.5%, their worst performance since April. The Dow Jones, however, rose about 0.7%.

Key events to watch include new data on economic growth and inflation and the start of Big Tech earnings.

 

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President Joe Biden announced on Sunday he won’t seek reelection.

Economic reports this week feature Thursday’s Q2 growth data and Friday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the Fed’s favored inflation metric. Major companies like Alphabet, Tesla, and Chipotle are also set to release quarterly earnings.

 

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