Investors Cautious Amid Israel-Gaza Tensions, Rate Uncertainty Ahead of Big Earnings Reports

There are widening uncertainties around Israel-Gaza, Washington, rates and earnings season causing investors to be sidelined.

This week has the biggest earnings reports with 162 companies reporting including MSFT, GOOGL, META, AMZN.

Backloaded economic data this week includes GDP on Thursday and PCE on Friday which could sway markets.

Small businesses have high exposure to floating rate debt so are more vulnerable to higher rates.

Markets bottom on bad news so there will be a point equities reverse on seeming bad news, signaling a bottom.