Today, we're talking about the Stock Markets Bad Friday.

We'll cover a surprise trip by US officials to Kiev, political drama in D.C., and other

top news for Monday, April 24th.

Stay informed while remaining focused on Christ with the pour over.

Here's the verse of the week.

Second Corinthians 5-2 says,

For in this tent we grown, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.

Let's get started with some espresso shots.

The stock market did its best impression of an anvil on Friday.

The Dow Jones fell almost 1000 points while the S&P dipped almost 3%, marking the biggest

single day loss for the indexes since 2020.

If you're looking to point fingers, point them at companies reporting disappointing quarterly

earnings and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

Verizon shares dropped 5.6% after reporting that it lost subscribers, and multiple healthcare

companies reported pour 2022 outlooks.

HCA healthcare led that pack, its stock dropped 21.8%.

Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated aggressive interest rate hikes to combat inflation

are coming soon, suggesting that rates could hit 2.75% to 3.25% up from effectively 0% by

a year's end.

Fearful of taking a bath, many investors simply left the stock market, 17.5 billion dollars

flowed out of equities into bonds and cash.

Too often we let eternally insignificant things, like the ups and downs of the market, control

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