Today is Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 82.47.

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Bed Bath & Beyond $BBBY ( ▼ 4.81% ) surged 25.47% (wow!) in after-hours trading on Monday after posting its first significant revenue growth in 19 quarters, at 6.9%.

Financials: Bed Bath & Beyond reported a loss of 24 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $248 millon. Both were better than expected.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Bed Bath & Beyond is turning things around by rebuilding itself around a smaller set of stronger brands, using more disciplined merchandising, and leaning into an omnichannel home-goods model rather than the old big-box playbook.

Final Thoughts: The stock was down 93% in the past 5 years.

Notable Earnings Today: BP (NYSE: BP), UPS (NYSE: UPS), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), T-Mobile US (Nasdaq: TMUS), Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), Visa (NYSE: V), General Motors (NYSE: GM), Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG), Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE), Hilton (NYSE: HLT), Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ), F5 Networks (Nasdaq: FFIV), JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX), Teradyne (Nasdaq: TER), Caesars Entertainment (Nasdaq: CZR), Enphase Energy (Nasdaq: ENPH), AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB), Ecolab (NYSE: ECL), Galaxy Digital (Nasdaq: GLXY), Opko Health (Nasdaq: OPK), CoStar Group (Nasdaq: CSGP), Centene (Nasdaq: CNC), NXP Semiconductors (Nasdaq: NXPI), American Tower (NYSE: AMT), Arch Capital (Nasdaq: ACGL), CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), Corning (NYSE: GLW), Edison (NYSE: EIX), Enterprise Products (NYSE: EPD), Essex Property (NYSE: ESS), Expand Energy (Nasdaq: EXE), Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR), Fair Isaac (NYSE: FICO), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR), Kimberly-Clark (Nasdaq: KMB), Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) ONEOK (NYSE: OKE), PACCAR (Nasdaq: PCAR), PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW), Sysco (NYSE: SYY), Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), Watsco (NYSE: WSO), Waste Management (NYSE: WM), Welltower (NYSE: WELL), W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC), Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH).

Notable IPOs Today: Plutonian Acquisition Corp II (NYSE: PLUN), Churchill Capital Corp XII Units (Nasdaq: CXIIU), Irenic Acquisition Corp. Unit (Nasdaq: IACQU).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Careverse AI (Wefunder), CYBR International (Republic), YourAvatar.AI (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: S&P/CS HPI Composite (9:00 a.m. ET), CB Consumer Confidence (10:00 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Financial services company LendingClub $LC ( ▼ 1.66% ) surged 13.10% in after-hours trading on Monday after posting strong financial earnings results.

Financials: LendingClub reported earnings of 44 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $252.3 million. Both were better than expected.

Quote: “We're starting 2026 with exceptional momentum, delivering 31% year-over-year growth in originations while achieving record pre-tax earnings of $67 million and ROTCE of 14.5%.” - CEO Scott Sanborn.

Final Thoughts: It’s a comeback for LendingClub after starting 2026 with a 10% decline in its stock price.

Shares of Bloom Energy $BE ( ▲ 1.52% ) increased by 2.86% in after-hours trading on Monday after announcing an expansion of its AI data center partnership with Oracle $ORCL ( ▼ 0.19% ).

Final Thoughts: Bloom Energy reports financial earnings results today.

Downside: Bitcoin rally shows signs of fatigue as key indicators turn bearish (CoinDesk)

Rally Wishes: Bitcoin whale holdings hit five-month high: Is BTC headed to $80K next? (Cointelegraph)

Acquisition Ends: China orders Meta to unwind $2 billion purchase of AI startup Manus (Reuters) 

Pizza Pain: There’s a pizza price war going on, and Domino’s is feeling the pain (MarketWatch)

Strong Trial Results: How A Small Biotech Name Just Rattled AbbVie's $18 Billion Franchise (Investor’s Business Daily)

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