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Traders will look backwards—and forwards—at some of the world’s biggest companies. Nvidia, the most valuable public company by market capitalization, will report earnings next week, the last of the Magnificent Seven tech companies to show investors how AI continues to transform their business. Big retailers including Walmart and Home Depot also report. Investors will also follow reports that SpaceX could soon file a prospectus for its initial public offering—in what could be one of the largest ever IPOs.

By Jennifer Nash

The S&P 500 secured multiple record highs this week but faltered on Friday, retreating 1.2% to mark its steepest daily decline since late March. Even with that pullback, the index managed to finish the week in

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