Five things you need to know before the market opens on Monday October 30:
1. -- Stock Market Today: Stocks higher as bond markets lay tame into huge week on Wall Street
A Fed rate decision, a big week of earnings and a new Treasury borrowing statement will keep stock markets busy and test the return of global risk appetite.
2. -- Wall Street's 'Hell Week' with Fed, earnings, jobs data and Treasury funding on deck
Wall Street will need to pass a series of stern tests this week if it wants to keep hopes of an end-of-year rally alive.
3. -- McDonald's earnings in focus as menu price hikes stall, testing margins
Investors will likely focus on McDonald's ability to maintain profit margins even as its slows the pace of menu price hikes amid easing inflation and a pullback in restaurant traffic.
4. -- Ford shares pop on UAW labor agreement; GM hit by fresh strike action
Ford and Stellantis have reached tentative labor agreements with the United Autoworkers' Union, leaving GM as the final Big 3 automaker still to cut a deal.
5. -- Disney stock higher as billionaire Nelson Peltz ads firepower to board seat battle
Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, who has been pushing for a seat on Disney's board since late last year, has added the stake of former Marvel chairman Isaac Perlmutter to his arsenal, according to the Wall Street Journal.
