Tesla, Microsoft, Bitcoin, ‘Nomadland’ – 5 Things You Must Know Monday

Tesla, Microsoft, Bitcoin, ‘Nomadland’ – 5 Things You Must Know Monday

Here are five things you must know for Monday, April 26:

1. -- Stock Futures Slip as Wall Street Focuses on Earnings and the Fed

Stock futures were mostly lower Monday as investors will be focused on the busiest week of earnings season and a Federal Reserve that is expected to leave key policy settings unchanged.

Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5 points, S&P 500 futures were down 4 points and Nasdaq futures fell 42 points.

Stocks closed broadly higher Friday but the gains couldn't prevent a weekly loss of 0.1% for the S&P 500. It was the index's first weekly loss in the last five.

More than 180 companies in the S&P 500 will be reporting earnings this week. They include such giants as Tesla  (TSLA) - Get Report, Amazon.com  (AMZN) - Get Report, Microsoft  (MSFT) - Get Report and Apple  (AAPL) - Get Report.

Corporate earnings have been mostly positive so far this earnings season. Economic data also have pointed to an economy primed for a strong recovery.

Continued support from the U.S. government and the Federal Reserve, which meets Tuesday and Wednesday this week, also have put the U.S. on a firmer path to recovery than countries such as India and Brazil