traders work on the floor of the new york stock exchange nyse during morning trading on february 01 2023 in new york city us stock futures were flat on sunday evening futures tied to the dow jones industrial average added 25 points while sp 500 and nasdaq100 futures gained about 006 each over the weekend billionaire investor warren buffett commented on a slew of topics including the latest banking crisis that rocked wall street at berkshire hathaway s annual meeting in omaha nebraska the latest results from the conglomerate showed operating earnings increase 12 in the first quarter while its cash hoard topped 130 billion despite recent fears buffett said deposits should be safe in the banking sector while also noting that commercial real estate is beginning to experience the consequences of higher borrowing costs even with its more than 20 stake in occidental petroleum  buffett also indicated that berkshire has no plans to take over the oil giant stocks are coming off a volatile week that saw the dow jones industrial average and sp 500 notch their worst weekly stretches since march the losses came despite a lateweek rally that saw volatile regional bank stocks jump off their lows the dow on friday added more than 546 points while the sp 500 and nasdaq composite popped 185 and 225 respectively the gains came even after a strongerthanexpected april jobs report on the inflation front investor attention this week turns to aprils consumer price index due out wednesday followed by the producer price index on thursday both reports could help analysts decipher the direction of the more stubborn crevices of the economy where inflation remains sticky said quincy krosby chief global strategist at lpl financial following last weeks rate decision from the federal reserve traders are pricing in just a 9 chance for a hike at the central banks next policy meeting according to cmes fedwatch tool financial markets are hoping that it continues to remain subdued but only if inflation cooperates krosby said this week marks another busy earnings stretch with results from disney  paypal  occidental petroleum and tapestry on deck