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U.S. equity futures edged higher Tuesday, while the dollar extended gains and Treasury bond yields bumped to multi-year peaks, as investors reacted to hawkish comments from an influential Federal Reserve President, a resurgence in fighting in eastern Ukraine and the start of a wave of corporate earnings reports on Wall Street.

Johnson & Johnson posted stronger-than-expected first quarter earnings Tuesday but lowered its full-year profit forecast, and suspended its guidance for vaccine sales amid what it called a global surplus and waning demand.

Stock futures slip as risk appetite wanes, Treasury yields rise; Week Ahead: earnings and housing data in focus; Twitter drama continues as Musk hints at tender offer, board mulls $43 billion takeover; Tesla shares edge higher amid reports of Shanghai factory re-start and Alex Jones Infowars files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

U.S. stocks edged lower Monday, while the dollar extended gains against its global peers, as investors looked to form a path between the impact of rising Treasury yields and a hawkish Federal Reserve against the potential for a near-term boost from the first quarter earnings season.

Jim Cramer sizes up next weeks earnings reports as he hunts for stocks with growth at a reasonable price.

Defensive stocks may be helpful to counter the market volatility caused by Russias invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. stocks traded lower Monday, while Treasury bond yield jumped and oil re-asserted its recent seven-year highs, as investors heeded warnings from the White House that Russia could be preparing an invasion of Ukraine as early as this week.

Other stocks on the Goldman Sachs list include Colgate-Palmolive, P&G, Schlumberger, Advance Auto Parts and PPG.

U.S. stocks slumped lower Tuesday, following on from a furious late-session rally on Wall Street that lifted the Dow from a 1,000 point-plus decline to a modest closing bell gain, as investors look to a slate of top-tier earnings and the start of the Federal Reserves two-day policy meeting.

Jim Cramer looks ahead to next weeks earnings and sees more red as investors feel the impact of worthless IPOs and SPACs.