Fed decision, Amazon earnings, Starbucks sales: 3 Things

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) saw their worst monthly performance of this year in April ahead of the Federal Reserve's next interest rate policy decision on Wednesday afternoon. The market is under pressure this morning as equities search for clarity in the Fed's messaging for future FOMC meetings.

Amazon (AMZN) posted stellar first-quarter earnings results boosted by its AI and AWS cloud segments.

Lastly, Starbucks (SBUX) stock tumbles in Wednesday pre-market trading after the coffee chain missed first-quarter earnings estimates and revealed declining same-store sales figures.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.