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Wednesday's big stock stories: What’s likely to move the market in the next trading session

Cnbc · · 583 words · By Jason Gewirtz
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31 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Durable goods and housing starts both come in at 8:30 a.m. ET.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that both Durable Goods and Housing Starts reports are scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Ecological Transition (French: Ministère de la Transition écologique), commonly just referred to as Ministry of Ecology, is a department of the Government of France. It is responsible …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Ecological_Transit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (French: Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures) (German: Ministerium für nachhaltige Entwicklung und Infrastruktur) was a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Norias of Hama (Arabic: نواعير حماة) are a series of 17 norias, historic water-raising machines for irrigation, along the Orontes River in the city of Hama, Syria. They are tall water wheels with …
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“Economists polled by Dow Jones are anticipating a 0.2% increase for durable goods.”
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While there is evidence of economists being polled for durable goods, the provided search results mention a forecast of a 0.5% fall by Reuters, not a 0.2% increase by Dow Jones.
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web search NEUTRAL — Economists polled by Reuters had forecast durable goods orders falling 0.5 percent last month after a previously reported 2.5 percent rise in March.
https://www.cnbc.com/2014/05/27/us-durable-goods-rise.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Dow Jones* often refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was one of the first stock indices and is one of the most commonly referred to barometers of equity performance in the United States.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-DJI/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 313.62 points to 49,596.97, closing below 50,000 after declines in oil and chip stocks.
https://ts2.tech/en/dow-jones-today-after-the-bell-dow-drops…
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“Alphabet , Amazon , Meta Platforms , Microsoft and Qualcomm all report Wednesday.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta reported results on Wednesday (specifically April 29).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Big Tech, also known as the tech giants or tech titans, are the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. It most commonly denotes the five dominant firms in the U.S. technology …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of publicly traded companies, that have the largest market capitalization or sometimes described as their "market value". Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms
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“Alphabet has climbed 4.1% in the past three months.”
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Web results provide general stock tracking and a 12-month growth figure (130%), but do not specify a 4.1% increase over the past three months.
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web search NEUTRAL — View live Alphabet Inc (Google) Class C chart to track its stock's price action. Find market predictions, GOOG financials and market news.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-GOOG/
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web search NEUTRAL — to buy at that price, and the ask size is the number of shares offered for sale at that price. The data displayed in the quote bar updates every 3 seconds; allowing you to monitor prices in real-time.…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/googl
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web search NEUTRAL — Get detailed information about the Alphabet Inc. stock (GOOGL) including Price, Charts, Technical Analysis, Historical data, Alphabet Reports and more.
https://www.investing.com/equities/google-inc
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“The stock hit a new high on Monday.”
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One source mentions the stock reached 'fresh all-time highs last week', and another mentions it edged higher on Monday, but there isn't strong corroboration of a specific 'new high' on that exact Monday across multiple sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. Class C shares edged higher in morning trading Tuesday, climbing 0.26% to $336.28 as Wall Street prepared for the tech giant's first-quarter 2026 earnings report scheduled for April 29Th…
https://www.ibtimes.com/alphabet-stock-rises-modestly-invest…
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web search NEUTRAL — Adjusted earnings per share reached $5.11, far exceeding expectations and sending the stock to fresh all-time highs last week. Google Cloud delivered standout performance, with revenue jumping 63% to …
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/316344/20260505/alphabet-…
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK — Alphabet Inc. shares edged higher Monday, with Class C stock (GOOG) trading near $296.60 after gaining $2.14 or 0.73% in afternoon trading, as Wall Street largely reinforced its bullish.
https://www.ibtimes.com.au/alphabet-stock-rises-modestly-ana…
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“It is up about 22% in April.”
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The evidence states that consolidated revenue rose 22% following the April 29 earnings release, not that the stock price itself was up 22% in April.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols, called letters, to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, is an internationally recognized set of names for the letters of the Latin alphabet and the Hindu-Arabic digi…
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“Amazon has gained nearly 7% in the past three months.”
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No evidence provided specifies a 7% gain over the past three months for Amazon; one source mentions a 27.3% jump last month.
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon and Transaera to Expand Use of High-Efficiency Heat Pump Technology.For the fiscal quarter endingJun 2026 , the consensus EPS* forecast has increased over the past week from 1.76 to 1.85(5.11%)…
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amzn/earnings
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web search NEUTRAL — Chart does not reflect overnight price. News headlines Amazon has reported strong Q1 2026 earnings, with revenue up 17% year-over-year to $181.5 billion and net income jumping 77% to $30.3 billion.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMZN/
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web search NEUTRAL — Why Amazon Stock Skyrocketed 27.3% Last Month and Has Kept Climbing in May. 3 days ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The stock hit a high last week.”
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The provided evidence does not specifically confirm if the stock hit a high 'last week'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The average Amazon stock price for the last 52 weeks is 165.43.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/AMZN/amazon/stock-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find annual and quearterly earnings data for Amazon.com, Inc. Common Stock (AMZN) including earnings per share, earnings forecasts at Nasdaq.com.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/amzn/earnings
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web search NEUTRAL — Supporting small business. Working at Amazon. Day One: The Amazon Blog.
https://ir.aboutamazon.com/quarterly-results/default.aspx
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“It is up around 25% in April.”
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No evidence provided confirms a 25% stock increase in April; Wikipedia entries provided are general company descriptions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon.com, Inc. (doing business as Amazon) is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amazon Leo, is a subsidiary of Amazon established in 2019 to deploy a large satellite internet constellation providing low-latency broadband connectivity. The project's original codename, Project Kuip…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Leo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ancient Greek: Ἀμαζόνες) were female warriors and hunters, known for their physical agility, strength, archery, riding skills, and the arts of combat. Their society wa…
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“Meta has been flat over the past three months.”
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“Shares are off 16% from the August 2025 high, but they are up nearly 28% in a month.”
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“Microsoft has lost about 11% in the past three months.”
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“Shares are down 23% from the July high but up 20% in the past month.”
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“Qualcomm has fallen 1.8% in the past three months.”
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“The stock is off 27% from the October high but up 18% in a month.”
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“These stocks all have pretty high implied volatility on earnings day: 5% for Alphabet, 7% for Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, and 8% for Qualcomm.”
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“Starbucks ' Brian Niccol is on CNBC TV in the 9 a.m. hour.”
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“Shares are down 7% from the January high.”
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“Starbucks beat estimates Tuesday afternoon and raised guidance.”
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“The stock is up 5% after hours.”
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“Robinhood 's Vlad Tenev is on CNBC TV in the 9 a.m. hour.”
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“The stock is off 46% from the October high.”
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“Robinhood missed estimates in its report released Tuesday afternoon.”
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“Shares are down 9% after hours.”
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“SoFi CEO Anthony Noto will be on "Mad Money" at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening.”
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“The stock is down 43% from the high reached in November.”
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“The stock is up more than 20% in a month.”
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“Brinker International CEO Kevin Hochman will also be on "Mad Money" Wednesday night.”
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“The company has the Chili's and Maggiano's brands and reports quarterly earnings Wednesday morning.”
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“Shares are down 31% from the 52-week high reached in July.”
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“The stock is down 3% in a month.”
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