As Wall Street wraps up one of its wildest weeks in recent memory, all eyes are locked on Friday, a session poised to unleash a wave of market-moving catalysts.
After Thursday’s brutal sell-off in risk assets, investors are gearing up for a showdown featuring big bank earnings, fresh inflation data, and a critical read on consumer sentiment.
The S&P 500, tracked via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY), is clinging to a 2.8% weekly gain, eyeing its strongest performance of 2025. That includes Wednesday’s historic 9.5% surge, the index’s largest one-day leap since the 2008 financial crisis.
Big Banks Kick Off Q1 Earnings Season
Some of the country’s biggest financial institutions will kick off the first-quarter earnings season.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), BlackRock Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC), and Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) are …