Friday marked the end of a great month for the stock market. The S&P 500 for example finished the month of April up 5.29%. The S&P 500 experienced its biggest gain this past month since November 2020. This past week however was filled with a mix of ups and downs for the overall market and today ended down for many big names.
Earnings season is in full swing and this past week (4/26-4/30) was full of some of the biggest companies around releasing their earnings statements. I discussed some of the big tech names that beat expectations more in detail in my last post. Some companies like Amazon and Google experienced record gains that immediately had a huge positive impact on their stock price. And there were also some companies like Twitter that didn’t meet analysts’ expectations and have had a sharp drop in their stock price. Twitter went from trading around $66 per share down to $55 overnight.
In IPO news, Endeavor Group Holdings (EDR), the parent company to the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), PBR (Professional Bull Riders), ELeague, and the Miss Universe pageants among other things, released its IPO on Thursday 4/29. EDR had a target price of $24 and has done well in its first two days of trading. Endeavor’s price ended at $27.56 on Friday evening. This could be a good IPO to jump on early considering the growing popularity of the UFC and ELeague.
In cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin (BTC) had a good rally this week and is up almost 7%. Bitcoin started the week trading around $50,000 and is ending the week finally being priced above $57,000 again. Ethereum (ETH) has had a great week by setting new all-time high prices for itself over the past few days. Ethereum has been consistently trading above $2,700.
It’s been an exciting week in the investment world with a lot going on between the stock market and cryptocurrency market. What do you think was this week’s biggest story? What are your thoughts on this week’s earnings report news? Leave me comment and let me know.
