Big Tech earnings, Trump offers buyouts: Catalysts

As investors wait for the Federal Reserve's first interest rate decision of 2025 and for Big Tech earnings after the bell, Seana Smith meets with leading experts to outline what you need to know about today's market action.

Ahead of Big Tech earnings, Citi's head of US equity trading strategy, Stuart Kaiser, says that CEO commentary on Microsoft (MSFT), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), IBM (IBM), and others' earnings calls will be just as important as the quarterly results themselves.

US President Donald Trump is offering buyouts to federal workers that would pay them until September through a "deferred resignation" program.

Apple (AAPL) and Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT, DJTWW) are among Yahoo Finance's trending tickers.

To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here.

This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.