Today is Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 82.80.

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Good financial earnings results for Palantir $PLTR ( ▲ 1.36% ) couldn’t stop the stock from falling 2.70% in after-hours trading on Monday.

Financials: Palantir reported earnings of 33 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.63 billion. Both were better than expected.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: The market had already priced in a lot of good news, so even a strong report can trigger profit-taking and a “buy the rumor, sell the news” reaction. The bar was especially high going into the print.

Final Thoughts: Palantir was already down 13% this year. The stock can’t find enough momentum right now.

Notable Earnings Today: Advanced Micro Devices (Nasdaq: AMD), Shopify (Nasdaq: SHOP), PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL), Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), Super Micro Computer (Nasdaq; SMCI), Live Nation (NYSE: LYV), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC), Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Fiserv (Nasdaq: FISV), Bumble (Nasdaq: BMBL), Angi (Nasdaq: ANGI), Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: EA), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH), KKR (NYSE: KKR), Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC), Lumentum (Nasdaq: LITE), Astera Labs (Nasdaq: ALAB), Cipher Mining (Nasdaq: CIFR), Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), Ocular Therapeutix (Nasdaq: OCUL), Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS), Tempus AI (Nasdaq: TEM), American Electric (Nasdaq: AEP), Cameco (NYSE: CCJ), Corteva (NYSE: CTVA), Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Cummins (NYSE: CMI), Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), DuPont (NYSE: DD), Eaton (NYSE: ETN), Emerson (NYSE: EMR), EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG), Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG), Jacobs Solutions (NYSE: J), IDEXX Labs (Nasdaq: IDXX), Logitech International (Nasdaq: LOGI), Lucid Group (Nasdaq: LCID), MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX), Neurocrine Biosciences (Nasdaq: NBIX), Onto Innovation (NYSE: ONTO), Pan Am Silver (NYSE: PAAS), Prudential (NYSE: PRU), Public Service (NYSE; PEG), Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU).

Notable IPOs Today: Sky Acquisition Group Unit (Nasdaq: SKAIU), Pono Capital Four, Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: PONO).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.

Notable Economic Events Today: Trade Balance / Imports / Exports (8:30 a.m. ET), Building Permits (8:30 a.m. ET), S&P Global Services PM (9:45 a.m. ET), New Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET), JOLTS Job Openings (10:00 a.m. ET), ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices / PMI Employment (10:00 a.m. ET), API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Pinterest $PINS ( ▲ 3.12% ) surged 15.49% in after-hours trading on Monday after reporting strong results, a good outlook, and an all-time high of 631 million global monthly active users.

Financials: Pinterest reported earnings of 27 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: It’s a comeback for Pinterest following a 21% slump in its stock price in 2026.

Less-than-impressive results in the automotive segment for ON Semiconductor $ON ( ▼ 0.96% ) caused the stock to fall 3.96% in after-hours trading on Monday. The rest of the business did fine.

Financials: ON Semiconductor reported earnings of 64 cents per share in the past quarter and revenue of $1.5 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock was up 79% in 2026.

Fly Hungry: Delta to Eliminate All Food and Beverage Service on 450 Daily Flights (People)

Good and Some Bad: Paramount Skydance Beats Earnings Expectations. Why Guidance Is Weak. (Barron’s)

Crypto Spring: Tom Lee says 'crypto spring' started as largest Ethereum treasury buys $238 million in ether (CoinDesk)

Positive Momentum: Bitcoin turns risk on as stocks hit new highs and miner profits rise: Is $85K BTC next? (Cointelegraph)

AI Race: Anthropic teams with Goldman, Blackstone and others on $1.5 billion AI venture targeting PE-owned firms (CNBC)

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