Is "Bad News" Still "Good News" for the Market?

Thursday, April 25th, 2024Pre-market futures are plummeting at this hour. We began the early trading session down anyway, based on earnings disappointments from Meta (META) and IBM (IBM) after yesterday’s close. This morning, Dow component Caterpillar (CAT) is down more than -6% on its Q1 revenue miss. Beyond Q1 earnings results, we also have lots of economic data, much of which came up short of expectations.The first print on Q1 Gross Domestic Production (GDP) came in well below estimates. Headline +1.6% m ...