Financial news anchors Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer, and David Faber discuss rate fears, McDonald's earnings miss, Eli Lilly's beat, Tesla layoffs, Walmart clinic closures, Paramount's future, and NBA TV rights battle.
McDonald's faces earnings challenges due to customer reaction to price hikes.
Eli Lilly exceeds profit expectations and raises guidance due to demand for obesity drugs.
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Market Insights: April Earnings Outlook
Exploring the market landscape, major blue-chip companies like McDonald's, 3M, and Coke are in the spotlight post-earnings. Eli Lilly emerges as a top performer, surpassing profit expectations and revising full-year guidance by $2 billion. Amidst strategies for cost reduction and layoffs, the market awaits signals from the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.
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On the final trading day of April, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed rate fears weighing on stocks: The Q1 Employment Cost Index came in higher than expected -- ahead of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, which ends Wednesday. The anchors reacted to McDonald's Q1 earnings miss, which was due in part to customers tightening their belts amid price hikes. The earnings barrage included Eli Lilly posting a Q1 beat and raising guidance thanks to demand for its obesity drugs -- and blue chips Coca-Cola and 3M toppingestimates.Also in focus: Reports of more layoffs at Tesla, Walmart closes health clinics, Paramount's uncertain future, Faber Report on the battle for NBA television rights.