Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day:
1. Dow looks to extend its winning streak to four sessions
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
NYSE
U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday, setting up the Dow to add to its three-session winning streak as the 10-year Treasury yield dipped below 1.6%. The 30-stock average started the new week with a gain of 186 points, or 0.6%. On Monday, the S&P 500 jumped 1% and the Nasdaq popped 1.4%. Those gains, fueled by a bounce in tech stocks, flipped the S&P 500 into positive territory for the month and put a dent into the Nasdaq’s monthly decline. The Dow padded its already solid advance in May with just four trading days left in the month. The U.S. stock market is closed for Memorial Day this coming Monday.
2. Bitcoin stable after Elon Musk said he spoke to miners
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla.
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Bitcoin was rather stable above $37,000 on Tuesday after recent wild swings that sent the world’s biggest cryptocurrency reeling last week. On Monday, bitcoin approached $40,000 after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he spoke to bitcoin miners regarding the environmental impact of their energy intensive operations.
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor followed Musk’s tweet, saying he hosted a meeting between the Tesla CEO and some bitcoin miners that led to the formation of the Bitcoin Mining Council, which will promote sustainability. Both Tesla and Microstrategy put some of their corporate cash into bitcoin, which hit an all-time high of almost $65,000 last month.
3. Amazon nears deal to buy MGM Studios for nearly $9 billion
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.”
Source: MGM
Amazon could announce as soon as Tuesday a deal to acquire MGM Studios, the co-owner of the James Bond franchise and other film and television series, for between $8.5 billion and $9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon is interested in acquiring more TV and movie content for its Prime Video service as it competes with Netflix, Disney+ and other streaming video services. A deal for MGM would follow last week’s announcement that AT&T agreed to break off its WarnerMedia unit and merge it with Discovery.
4. Business groups form coalition to oppose Biden tax hike proposals
President Joe Biden delivers remarks after touring Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., May 18, 2021.
Leah Millis | Reuters
More than two dozen groups representing U.S. businesses and employers unveiled a new coalition Tuesday to fight virtually all of the Democrats’ plans to raise taxes on self-described job creators. The alliance of 28 industry groups argues that hiking taxes on corporations would hamper the U.S. economy’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers told CNBC the new coalition has already…
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