The Monday rally was real, carrying momentum from Friday’s late surge. The Nasdaq-100 hit a fresh record high intraday yesterday and notched it again overnight on today’s sessionThe People’s Bank of China said this morning that stimulus in the 2nd half of the year will be more targeted and flexible. Risk-assets then did what they’ve become accustomed to on stimulus news, rally. Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet slugged a grand slam after the bell yesterday. Premarket, the behemoths are +7%, +5%, +6% and unchanged respectively after beating top and bottom-line expectations. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve walked a thin line well; they left policy unchanged and reaffirmed their “do whatever it takes” narrative.It's Fed Day and the FOMC is expected to leave policy unchanged. Markets will be looking for Powell to reaffirm the Fed’s “do whatever it takes” narrative in order to bring the U.S. economy back from the depths of the pandemic. U.S. benchmarks finished higher yesterday after strong technical support held. This morning we look to a deluge of corporate earnings, less so for their 2nd quarter results and more for their outlook. U.S. benchmarks settled-in after surging overnight upon positive Covid-19 vaccine news. The market often finds a silver lining to perform given this ultra-liquid zero interest rate policy world. Despite unenthusiastic results from tech behemoth and cloud bellwether Microsoft, Tesla’s headline numbers are keeping the risk-environment buoyant.U.S. benchmarks surged from Monday’s opening bell into the second half of yesterday. The S&P 500 achieved the highest level since February 24 and the Nasdaq-100 again notched 11,000 but failed to set a new high by half a point. U.S. benchmarks are set to continue their push higher led by tailwinds from recovery fund stimulus and strong earnings from IBM.