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AMD earnings, Fed commentary, April jobs report: What to Watch

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Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week, including earnings results out from companies like Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ), Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ), Disney ( DIS ), Novo Nordisk ( NVO ), Pfizer ( PFE ), Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ), McDonald's ( MCD ), and Coinbase ( COIN ); a wave of fresh commentary from top Federal Reserve officials; and April's jobs reports due out next Friday. May 8.

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Time now for to watch for the week of May 4th.

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A busy week ahead for markets with big earnings reports including Palenteer, Novo Norris, Uber and McDonald's.

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Let's hone in on semis, AMD reporting on Tuesday after the close, story is all about AI and data center momentum.

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Analyst expecting the chip maker to beat on the top line, driven by strong demand for its chips as cloud and enterprise customers lean further into AI workloads.

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Turning to the media space, we're getting quarterly reports from Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery with their merger moving closer to a potential third quarter close.

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Disney also reporting for its fiscal second quarter, that company flagging pressure from weaker park attendance, but analyst anticipating improvement in stream profitability.

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This will also be the first earnings report for Disney since Josh Demaro took over as CEO.

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On the macro side, all eyes on Friday's jobs report, comments forecasting a sharp slowdown in hiring with payrolls rising by 60,000 in April, while wage growth ticks slightly higher and unemployment holds steady at 4.3%.

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And throughout the week, we'll be parsing fresh Fed commentary, policy makers holding rate steady at April's FOMC meeting, and investors will be looking for any clues on whether a softer labor market starts to shift the path forward on cuts.

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