Market Moment

Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®  

4/27/2026

  • AI adoption shows a large income gap: 39% of consumers use AI overall, but 66.3% of those earning over $200K vs. just 15.9% of those earning under $50K. 1


  • The S&P 500 reached a new all-time high on April 15, extending the bull market (since Oct 2022) to ~1,281 days, making it the 10th longest on record and approaching the top 9. *1


  • A study of median CEO pay for large U.S. companies found compensation reached ~$29.4M in 2025, up 23.2% from the prior year, with more executives earning nine-figure pay packages as overall compensation continues to climb. 2


  • Under Tim Cook, AAPL has risen ~1,932% since 2011 vs. ~504% for the S&P 500, driven by growth in high-margin services, with revenue growing ~10% annually and earnings growing ~16% annually over that period. *3


  1. MFS – “Beyond the News"
  2. Bloomberg – “The Highest-Paid CEO Is a Furniture Salesman”
  3. WSJ – “Steve Jobs and Tim Cook by the Numbers”

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance


Economic Calendar

 

Monday:

None scheduled


Tuesday:

S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (Feb), Consumer Confidence (April)


Wednesday:

Durable Goods Orders (March), Durable Goods ex Transportation (March), Housing Starts (Feb delayed), Building Permits (Feb delayed), Housing Starts (March), Building Permits (March), Advanced U.S. Trade Balance in Goods (March), Advanced Retail Inventories (March), Advanced Wholesale Inventories (March), FOMC Interest Rate Decision, Fed Chair Powell Press Conference


Thursday:

Initial Jobless Claims (week of April 25), Employment Cost Index (Q1), GDP (Q1), Personal Income (March), Personal Spending (March), PCE Index (March), PCE Year over Year, Core PCE Index (March), Core PCE Year over Year, Chicago Business Barometer PMI (April), U.S. Leading Economic Indicators (Feb)


Friday:

S&P U.S. Manufacturing PMI (April), ISM Manufacturing (April)

 

US Markets*

S&P 7,158.87 -0.09%

DOW 49,119.24 -0.23%

NASDAQ 24,772.88

-0.26%


World Markets*

FTSE 10,321.09

-0.56%

NIKKEI 60,537.76 +1.38%

HANG SENG 25,925.65 -0.20%


*values as of 12:30pm EST 4/27/2026

 

Treasuries*

2 YR 3.801%

10YR 4.330%

30 YR 4.938%


 

Cryptocurrencies*

BTC-USD

76,705.15

-1.59%

ETH.CM

2,275.64

-2.89%




Currencies*

Euro $1.1733

Pound $0.7379

Yen $159.3530



Commodities*

Gold 4,688.50

-1.11%

WTI Crude 96.71

2.45%

Silver 75.05

-1.79%


Upcoming Earnings Calls

 

Monday - VZ, CDNS, PSA, NUE, CLS

Tuesday - V, KO, NVS, TMUS, GLW

Wednesday - GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META

Thursday - AAPL, LLY, MA, CAT, MRK

Friday - BRK.A, BRK.B, XOM, CVX, LIN

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This desk commentary is for informational purposes only



Carol Ann Fernandez

Rob Michel

Grier Vacek


Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC

4422C Route 27

PO Box 399

Kingston, NJ 08528

(609) 631-8231


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