The bank is "turbo-optimistic" on the stock as a whole

US stocks will outperform European stocks, says HSBC. What does it see as the driver of growth?

Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Seagate Technology Holdings plc

NXP Semiconductors N.V.

Visa Inc.

Starbucks Corporation

Bloom Energy Corporation

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

The Coca-Cola Company

General Motors Company

Spotify Technology S.A.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

Corning Incorporated

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Capital Markets Research, Freedom Broker.

Morning in New York: Fed rate hike and megacaps

Broadcom Inc.

Oracle Corporation

CoreWeave, Inc.

The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indices went into negative territory at the end of trading on April 28 - after two trading sessions completed at record highs. Investors were concerned when The Wall Street Journal sources reported that OpenAI failed to meet its own revenue and user growth targets. While OpenAI denied these suspicions, they affected stocks across the AI industry. In addition, oil prices rose again after the UAE decided to withdraw from OPEC.

Concerns about slowing OpenAI growth interrupted a string of S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq records

According to Bloomberg, South Korean corporate profits are expected to grow 9 times faster than Wall Street issuers in the coming year

'Cheapness is off the charts': investors revert to pre-war Asia betting strategy

The main U.S. stock index S&amp;P 500 and "technological" Nasdaq Composite set new records at the close of trading on April 27. At the same time, the Dow Jones blue-chip index declined for the third day in a row, while Brent crude oil rose above $109 per barrel during the day.

S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq hit records, Dow falls for third straight day

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

Fortune's calculations based on Warren Buffett's methodology pointed to a critical overheating of the US stock market. The key indicator for the former head of Berkshire Hathaway has risen significantly above the levels he called dangerous at the height of the dot-com boom. This phase is historically followed by a large-scale correction, the "Oracle of Omaha" warned.

Wall Street is "playing with fire," Buffett's formula revealed. Will the rally be replaced by a crash?

Noble Corporation plc

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.

iHeartMedia, Inc.

Organon & Co.

AppFolio, Inc.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

The Procter & Gamble Company

Charter Communications, Inc.

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

Novo Nordisk A/S

A morning in New York: in search of new landmarks

Intel Corporation

Strong results from chipmaker Intel, which triggered a rally in the entire semiconductor industry, as well as hopes that the U.S. and Iran would return to the negotiating table, pushed the stock market to new all-time highs. The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes ended trading on April 24 at record levels, but the Dow Jones, which is called an indicator of the "old" economy, remained in the red zone. Intel shares were excluded from the DJIA in 2024.

"AI returns to the spotlight": S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit records


At the current price, says an investor at Hudson Value Partners, Berkshire stock is a "compressed spring"

Berkshire stock has one of the biggest gaps with the market since 1965. Should I buy it?

America's broad index of stocks S&amp;P 500 and technology Nasdaq Composite opened April 24 in positive territory on the back of Intel securities soaring to an all-time high, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/stock-market-today-live-updates.html">notes</a>.

Intel stock soared to an all-time high, pushing up the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq

European stocks declined on Friday, April 24, amid uncertainty in the Middle East, losing their previous advantage over the U.S. stock market since the beginning of the year. Investors fear the impact of high oil prices on global economic growth, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/european-stock-returns-are-now-losing-against-the-us-this-year">writes</a>.

'US leadership returns': EU stocks lose ground to US yields

Tesla, Inc.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

ServiceNow, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

On Thursday, the S&amp;P 500 index renewed its intraday historic high, but ended the day in the negative due to news from the Middle East: the publication Axios reported that Iran continued to mine the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, the US President <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/tramp-porucil-unictozat-suda-razbrasyvausie-miny-v-ormuzskom-prolive-akcii-upali">instructed</a> the Navy to open fire on boats planting mines. This led to a rise in the price of oil. The market was also pulled down by the shares of software developers after the reports of several companies.

Iran mines Strait of Hormuz, oil above $105, software developer stocks collapse