Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a look at the top stories for investors to watch for the week of May 18, including Nvidia (NVDA) and Walmart (WMT) earnings, Tuesday’s Pending Home Sales report, and the release of the Fed’s April FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday.
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Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the British chip designer's licensing of its semiconductor technology, part of ongoing global scrutiny of the business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market. It is looking to assess if Arm will reject or downgrade the licensing agreements for its chip blueprints used to design central processing units, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

China Beige Book international managing director Shehzad Qazi joins Yahoo Finance to explain what needs to happen for China to budge on Nvidia's (NVDA) H200 chips, and where the future of tariffs stands.
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Markets don’t move in a straight line — and neither do the people running the country. Q1 2026 was a quarter defined by tariff headlines, rate uncertainty, and a broad S&P 500 pullback that rattled retail and institutional investors alike. Most people were paralyzed. Some panicked. And at least one person — or rather, one ... President Trump’s Stock Broker Was the Busiest Person in America in Q1
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Two themes critical to the U.S. stock market -- the artificial intelligence boom and inflation-pressured consumer spending -- will come under the
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian shares dived on Friday as investor euphoria over tech stocks gave way to inflation fears that saw Treasury yields spike to one-year highs and rising bets
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian shares came under pressure on Friday as investor euphoria over tech stocks gave way to inflation fears that saw Treasury yields spike to one-year highs
After a long and controversial process, the U.S. Senate approved Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
Grocery prices jumped 0.5% in April and restaurant menu prices climbed 0.7%, the biggest monthly moves in either category since late 2025. Before that, you would have to go back to 2022 to find a hotter print. The April CPI report, released Tuesday by the BLS, showed headline inflation running at 3.8% year over year, ... Grocery and Restaurant Prices Post Biggest Jump Since 2022
South Korea's stock market is on track for another superb year as it swats away tariff and energy threats to its economy.
Accelerating inflation has made interest rate increases more likely, and they have historically been bad news for the stock market.
The price of Bitcoin was rising slightly but stayed below $80,000 after falling to a one-week low in the previous session. Higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data for April on Tuesday reduced the prospect of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, denting risk appetite and boosting the dollar.
Investors got bad news on the inflation front for the second day in a row.
Tech stocks ripped higher on Wednesday despite a sharply hotter-than-expected April Producer Price Index reading that rekindled inflation anxieties and rate-hike fears, as strength in semiconductors fueled investor sentiment. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) rallied for the sixth straight session to above $226 per share, with the company’s market cap soaring above $5.5 trillion ahead of next week’s highly awaited earnings report. Speaking via Truth Social shortly before landing in Beijing, Trump told
For years, Federal Reserve minutes were among Wall Street's most market-moving events. But in today's AI-driven rally, one earnings report may now rival macro data releases in influence: Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA). The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant, whose earnings are due next week, is worth roughly $5.3 trillion and recently surpassed the entire S&P 500 healthcare sector in market value, according to Barron's. Essentially, Nvidia is proving to be more than just another mega-cap tech s
Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) keeps grabbing quantum computing headlines on the strength of its 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q system and a cash-stuffed balance sheet. But here’s what you should actually be watching. The numbers underneath the story are ugly. Rigetti carries a $6.34 billion market cap against full-year 2025 revenue of just $7.09 million, which itself declined 34.31% ... Rigetti Has a $6 Billion Market Cap and $7 Million in Revenue. Here Are the Two Stocks Worth Owning Instead
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed on Wednesday, after a rough day for technology stocks and the Nasdaq. The combination of the prospect of a longer struggle with Iran, and higher inflation, which soared to 3.8% annually, the highest since May 2023, while the core number, which is less food and energy, rose to ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Advanced Micro Devices, Akamai Technologies, HEICO, Johnson & Johnson, MasTec, MercadoLibre, Sandisk, Snap
The two scenarios the billionaire investor cautioned about appear to be playing out.
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While many transportation companies struggle when fuel prices rise, FedEx and J.B. Hunt are positioned to benefit from pricing power, network efficiency, and shifting freight dynamics.
The Iran war is already having a significant impact on prices.
I am opening with the bottom line. Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) trades at $79.18 as of May 4, 2026, and our price target for Wells Fargo is $92.25 over the next 12 months. That implies 16.51% upside, and we rate the stock a buy with a confidence level of 90%. The combination of the lifted Federal ... Wells Fargo Set for 16% Upside Despite Recent Selloff
The Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF (NYSEARCA:PCY) has quietly become one of the better-performing fixed income vehicles of the past year, returning 16% over the trailing twelve months as the Federal Reserve cut its policy rate by 75 basis points and risk appetite returned. PCY now trades around $22 and is up 3% over ... The Fed Rate Path Will Make or Break PCY in 2026: Here’s What to Watch