By Investing.com
Publication Date: 2026-05-17 08:39:00
- Surging energy prices, Fed FOMC minutes, Nvidia earnings could dominate the coming week.
- Nvidia is poised for a potentially explosive week with upcoming earnings catalyst.
- Home Depot faces looming headwinds as it prepares to report earnings likely to disappoint.
U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulling back from their record highs, as surging energy prices ignited inflation fears that also drove Treasury yields sharply higher.
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Despite the selloff, it was a mostly muted weekly performance for the major averages, with the S&P 500 eking out a gain of 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively.
The coming week should be pretty low key for economic reports. Most of the focus will fall on the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s April FOMC meeting, the last meeting under the leadership of Jerome Powell.
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The odds of the Fed hiking interest rates by 25 basis points in December are approaching 50%, up from about 15% a week ago, according to the Investing.com .
Elsewhere, in earnings, ’s results will be the key update of the week as the reporting season draws to a close. The week ahead also offers an update on the retail industry, with Walmart, , Lowe’s, Target and TJX all posting quarterly results.
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Regardless of which direction the market goes, below I highlight one stock likely to be in demand and another…
