General Motors delivered one of the most striking earnings beats of the quarter on Tuesday, posting first-quarter adjusted earnings per share that topped Wall Street expectations by 41%. The headline number turned heads. The mechanism behind it, however, demands the kind of analytical scrutiny that separates a durable re-rating from a one-quarter anomaly. The beat was real. The

Verizon Communications delivered the first major upside surprise of New York’s earnings week. The Manhattan-headquartered telecom giant reported first-quarter 2026 results before the bell on Monday, April 27, beating analyst expectations on adjusted earnings, posting its first positive Q1 postpaid phone net additions since 2013, and raising its full-year guidance on the strength of the quarter. Shares climbed

With 24 days remaining until Jerome Powell’s term as Federal Reserve chair expires on May 15, the confirmation of his designated successor remains caught in a Senate procedural standoff that carries direct consequences for monetary policy, institutional credibility, and rate-sensitive portfolios across every asset class. Kevin Warsh’s April 21 hearing before the Senate Banking Committee clarified the policy