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China, on Wednesday, confirmed a 200-aircraft order from Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) following President Donald Trump‘s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week. China Confirms Boeing Deal The country will purchase the aircraft, China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement, confirmed by Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua. The order is the first major order Boeing has secured from the world’s second-largest aviation market in over a decade. Read Also: Jim Cramer Says Beijing Can't Afford

AI’s big bucks go mostly toward computing gear like chips and servers in data centers. Should that trend persist, it could come to bite suppliers including chip giant Nvidia which reports quarterly results after the bell today. Nvidia can insulate itself from cost inflation by expanding offerings that don’t require as much in-demand memory, by passing on higher prices to customers and by inking longer-term deals with its own suppliers at lower prices.

U. S. stock futures traded close to flat on Wednesday as investors weighed inflation concerns linked to the Iran conflict while preparing for closely watched quarterly earnings from NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which are expected to provide fresh insight into the strength of the artificial intelligence sector.

Elon Musk-led SpaceX has written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the agency to end the High-Cost program aimed at providing connectivity to rural areas via subsidies for internet service providers (ISPs). SpaceX Says It Has Solved...

What inflation? Despite rising costs and economic uncertainty, consumers are showing resiliency. Trader Talk host Kenny Polcari breaks down the true state of this with PwC Consumer Markets Industry Leader Ali Furman and Wall Street Alliance Group Partner Aadil Zaman.

As of May 2026, global markets are experiencing mixed performance amid rising inflation pressures and geopolitical uncertainties, with major U.S. indices showing varied outcomes; the S&P 500 reached a record high before retreating due to concerns over accelerating inflation and increasing Treasury yields. In this environment, identifying high growth tech stocks requires careful consideration of companies that can navigate these economic challenges while capitalizing on technological...

Conflicting signals could make things even more confusing for investors.

Stocks looked set to edge higher on Wednesday as Wall Street waited for earnings from Nvidia, which could end a recent rough spell for the market by signaling that the artificial-intelligence investment boom still has legs. The indexes have all dropped for three straight sessions as investors fretted about rising bond yields. The worry is that the Iran war has triggered a flare-up in inflation that will strengthen the case for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates later in 2026.

Stock futures edged higher and global bond yields stabilized following a sharp selloff in government debt.

Don't expect the Federal Reserve to be an active market participant for much longer.

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By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Asian stocks extended a losing streak on Wednesday as war-driven inflation fears hammered bonds, while investors awaited earnings from Nvidia to see whether

Doing nothing is a proactive strategy. If the Iran war gets bloody and oil prices surge higher, fundamental stock analysis will be useless. Investors are starting to realize that inflation may make it difficult for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China will buy 200 Boeing jets and seek an extension of the trade agreement with the United States reached in Kuala Lumpur last year, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on

Asian markets fell Wednesday as surging bond yields and stubborn inflation concerns knocked an investor confidence already shaken by US President Donald Trump's renewed threats of striking Iran.Across Asia, most major markets were in the red, with Tokyo leading losses as the Nikkei fell more than one percent in morning trade.

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell for a fourth straight session on Wednesday as war-driven inflation fears hammered bonds, while investors awaited earnings from Nvidia to see

SoFi Technologies (SOFI) heads into the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference after a sharp stock pullback, despite Q1 2026 results that included strong revenue growth, record member additions, and higher net income. See our latest analysis for SoFi Technologies. Despite solid Q1 2026 results and insider share purchases, recent news around the Technology Platform revenue decline, unchanged guidance, inflation concerns, and a short seller report has weighed on...

Asking for a Trend host Josh Lipton gets investors ready for the busy trading day ahead on May 20, breaking down the key earnings reports to watch — including Nvidia (NVDA), TJ Maxx (TJX), Lowe’s (LOW), and Target (TGT) — along with the release of the Fed’s April FOMC meeting minutes.

<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes closed lower on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 each shedding about two-thirds of a percent, and the Nasdaq losing more than eight-tenths of a percent.</p><p>The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level in more than a year on mounting inflation concerns as oil prices stayed elevated... and with no clear resolution to the U.S. war in Iran.</p><p>Tuesday's profit-taking also came as investors anxiously awaited quarterly results from AI chip leader Nvidia, due after Wednesday's market close.</p><p>Mike Mussio is president of FBB Capital Partners.</p><p>"This is the third day in a row we're looking at some red on the screen. But we've had a lot of green over the past several weeks. So a few days down a percent or inside a percent or so should not be unexpected. We're in a little bit of a lull between some data that we received in terms of inflation data a week or so ago. And then tomorrow after the close, we will have Nvidia's earnings, which of course is what everybody's kind of waiting for to see what happens - which includes, are we going to continue to have the all-clear sign and move higher from there, or is it time for a little bit of additional profit-taking?"</p><p>Among individual stock moves, cloud firm Akamai Technologies shed more than 6% after the company announced a $2.6 billion convertible bond offering.</p><p>Shares of Home Depot closed higher after the home improvement chain beat sales and profit estimates despite warning of a cautious consumer.</p><p>And shares of Target rose 3% ahead of its quarterly earnings results, scheduled before Wednesday's opening bell.</p></body>

Surging Treasury yields and inflation fears are putting pressure on this digital bank, today, May 19, 2026.

Investors are bracing for Nvidia earnings, as strong results could offer relief from inflation worries.

Investors are bracing for Nvidia earnings, as strong results could offer relief from inflation worries.

Investors are bracing for Nvidia earnings, as strong results could offer relief from inflation worries.

Stocks wavered as Wall Street awaited Nvidia earnings, hoping strong results could offer some relief from ongoing inflation concerns.

Stocks wavered as Wall Street awaited Nvidia earnings, hoping strong results could offer some relief from ongoing inflation concerns.

FedEx (FDX) closed at $374.97 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.42% move from the prior day.

Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is facing a class-action lawsuit over how it handled tariff-related price increases on imported goods. The case follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that certain Trump-era tariffs were unlawful. Plaintiffs allege Amazon raised prices, did not seek available tariff refunds from the government, and is withholding potential customer restitution that could reach into the hundreds of millions of dollars. For investors tracking Amazon.com at a current share price of...

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government. Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as $6 million in Nvidia, whose advanced chips Trump approved for sale to China last year. “If he were defense secretary, he would be committing a crime,” said Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser in the George W. Bush administration and a big critic of congressional trading, too.

Trump says tariffs would have stopped Taiwan’s semiconductor boom — but the history of TSMC tells a far more American story.