Wake Up Wall Street: Trump Targets South Korea Over Trade

This is what you need to know before the bell

Author:: TheStreet Staff
Publish date:: Apr 28, 2017 5:59 AM EDT

This is what you need to know before the bell:

1. Trump's trade threat causes Asian stocks to slip. The U.S. President said he is willing to renegotiate or terminate a trade deal with South Korea

2. A passenger dragged off a United Airlines (UAL) - Get Report plane has received a financial settlement. The condition of the payout is that the specific "amount remains confidential"

3. Four U.S. tech giant reported a surge in Q1 profits. Alphabet (GOOG) - Get Report , Amazon (AMZN) - Get Report , Intel (INTC) - Get Report and Microsoft (MSFT) - Get Report all saw an increase in year-on-year profits

4. U.K. consumer confidence slides to a 4-month low as the election kicks off. Inflation, Brexit and general election worries are keeping optimism in check.

5. Earnings are expected from Chevron (CVX) - Get Report , ExxonMobil (XOM) - Get Report & General Motors (GM) - Get Report . The earnings reports bring to a close an active week of quarterly reports