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27 Apr 2026

These are the S&P 500’s top 10 performers based on year-to-date (YTD) performance:

1. 🇺🇸 Sandisk Corporation (SNDK): 317% 2. 🇺🇸 Lumentum Holdings (LITE): 139% 3. 🇺🇸 Western Digital (WDC): 134% 4. 🇺🇸 Intel Corporation (INTC): 124% 5. 🇺🇸 Ciena Corporation (CIEN): 123% 6. 🇺🇸 Teradyne (TER): 116% 7. 🇺🇸 Seagate Technology (STX): 113% 8. 🇺🇸 Coherent Inc. (COHR): 101% 9. 🇺🇸 Vertiv Holdings (VRT): 100% 10. 🇺🇸 Comfort Systems USA (FIX): 85% Source: Stocks World

27 Apr 2026

Market based inflation expectations are rising across the curve (1,2,5,10 year).

Source: Bloomberg, RBC

27 Apr 2026

42% of the S&P 500 companies report earnings this week

Source: zerohedge, BofA

27 Apr 2026

Globally, less than 5% of the MSCI All-Country is at 52-week highs (despite the index at ATHs)

Source: Bloomberg, David Ingles

27 Apr 2026

The US government is accepting donations to pay off its $39 trillion debt.

If someone donated $1 million every single day it would take 106,849 years to pay it off. Human civilization is only 5,000 years old. Source: Bull Theory, FRED

27 Apr 2026

Defense stocks are getting crushed during this war.

Source: Jim Bianco, Biancoresearch, Hedgeye

27 Apr 2026

Hard to believe these numbers are month to date gains...

Source: TrendSpider

27 Apr 2026

On March 30, the S&P 500 was down 7% in 2026, the 12th worst start to a year in history.

After one of the biggest 4-week rallies ever, it's now up +5% YTD and above the average year at this point in time (+3%). There is no impossible in markets. Source: Charlie Bilello

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