The second quarter earnings season for 2025 commenced with major financial institutions reporting results this week. On Tuesday, July 15, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, BlackRock, Bank of New York Mellon, State Street, Albertsons, and J.B. Hunt Transport released their earnings. The following day, key companies including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial, Johnson & Johnson, United Airlines, ASML, Progressive, Alcoa, and Kinder Morgan reported results. Thursday saw earnings from Netflix, Texas Instruments, PepsiCo, Abbott Laboratories, and others, while Friday featured 3M, American Express, Charles Schwab, Truist Financial, Schlumberger, Huntington Bancshares, Regions Financial, Ally Financial, and additional firms. Looking ahead, the week of July 21-25 is expected to be active with Alphabet, Tesla, Intel, Coca-Cola, IBM, and other major corporations scheduled to report. Notably, Intel reported its Q2 earnings on July 24, with analysts forecasting earnings per share of 1 cent and revenue of $11.88 billion, down from $12.83 billion the previous year. Intel shares closed at $23.49 prior to the report, up 1.1%. The options market implied a price move of approximately 8.6% following the earnings announcement. Historical post-earnings stock performance for Intel shows an average move of about 10.06%, with mixed positive and negative returns over the past eight reports.