"Tech Turmoil: Apple, Tesla, and Bitcoin in Market Mayhem"

Apple and Tesla's stocks are underperforming in the tech-infused market, with Apple down almost 10% for the year and Tesla down almost 25% for 2024. China's economic growth target announcement and defense spending increase have impacted the market. Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses, and bitcoin stumbled near its record high. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were in the red, and U.S. Treasury yields were calm ahead of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony.