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Technical analysts Ralph Acampora, Larry Williams and Vance Howard see market weakness ahead.

U.S. stocks resembled a “roller coaster” on Monday with a pattern of swings that frequently has followed a market low, as the S&P 500 tries to recover from April’s slump, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

The Federal Trade Commission is looking to speed up its inquiry into prescription-drug middlemen while also expanding its scrutiny of drug patents, FTC Chair Lina Khan said Tuesday.

A House-passed bill, which the Senate looks poised to OK this week, gives the app a year to ditch its Chinese ownership — otherwise it’s banned nationwide.

Roughly $27.5 trillion of debt issued by the U.S. Treasury is in the hands of the public, more than twice as much as 10 years ago and over six times as much as 20 years ago. This fact may be one the biggest reasons why bond-market volatility has picked up, according to strategists and traders.

Shares of Virgin Galactic have rallied after trading down on 13 of the past 17 days.

Shares of GE Aerospace got a boost premarket Tuesday as quarterly profit and revenue — including results before the spinoff of GE Vernova was completed — rose above expectations.

Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s stock rose 5.7% early Tuesday, after the parent to consumer brands including Huggies diapers and Scott and Kleenex tissues beat profit and sales estimates for the first quarter.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to launch 23 Starlink satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida Tuesday in what will be an important milestone for the private space company.

New-home sales were at a 693,000 annual rate in March, compared with 637,000 in February.

The U.S. economy lost some momentum in April, a pair of S&P surveys found, as businesses experienced a decline in new orders and reduced employment for the first time since the pandemic.

Investors who wish to make above market average returns should not rely on macro forecasting because “it can be worse than neutral” and “damaging in its effect” to portfolios, according to Howard Marks.