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Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Tueday as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran kept investors on edge ahead of a pivotal week for markets.
An expected decline in headline inflation for June doesn't tell the full story.
Investors are gearing up today for the start of a busy bank earnings season. They’ll also be closely watching the latest inflation data and appearances on Capitol Hill over two days by new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
MILAN, July 14 () - Global investor sentiment has climbed to its strongest level since February, with fund managers growing more optimistic on the economic outlook, artificial intelligence-linked spending and the prospect of a dovish Federal Reserve, Bank of America's latest Global Fund Manager Survey showed. Cash allocations fell to an "uber-low" of 3.
Fresh inflation data, Fed rate hike bets, a shaky AI trade, and a reescalating US-Iran war factored into Tuesday's stock market moves.
Cisco Systems is rumored to be a leading candidate to acquire AI-focused cybersecurity company SentinelOne, which holds FedRAMP High authorization. The potential deal is described as a way for Cisco to strengthen its security portfolio at a time when its own security revenue was reported as flat. Separately, Cisco is expanding its data center footprint in Italy and Bahrain, in line with trends in AI, machine learning, big data, and IoT infrastructure. Cisco Systems, NasdaqGS:CSCO, is...
Stock market investors are heading into CPI week with a familiar playbook. The hope is that inflation cools off further and the Fed stays on hold, with robust earnings taking over as the next driver of the S&P 500. For perspective, the S&P 500 recently traded near 7,575, up about 10.7% year ...
Growth in Asia’s fourth-largest economy is accelerating, driven by the continued semiconductor boom and policy measures.
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In recent days, Seagate Technology Holdings has come under pressure as a sector-wide selloff in memory and AI chip stocks followed SK Hynix’s sharp drop and renewed worries about cloud spending, inventory levels, and macro risks such as Middle East tensions and inflation. At the same time, Seagate remains closely tied to expectations for AI and cloud infrastructure demand, leaving its story caught between enthusiasm for its high-capacity Mozaic 4+ drives and investor concerns about a...
Futures on the major gauges fell after a brief peace between Iran and the US disintegrated.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, with the Dow losing about a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 falling roughly eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq dropping more than one-and-a-half percent.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Oil prices jumped after President Donald Trump announced he would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ports in the latest escalation of U.S.-Iran hostilities.</p><p>Alexander Morris is CEO and chief investment officer of F/m Investments.</p><p>"Anyone watching the market today is really seeing what happens when there is confusion in the market, of information. We have a weekend where we think that Iran is sorting itself out, and then the blockade is back on. The ceasefire is teetering, but we're shooting at each other. Confusion is back. The dollar is down. The [yield] curve is up. It seems like the market is starting to price back in the fact that any of the good news bits that we had previously thought might be the start of the end are actually maybe just the end of the beginning."</p><p>Chip stocks, which have tended to lead the market through both rally and selloff, slid on Monday, with SanDisk, Marvell Technology and Intel dropping between about 6% and 12.5%.</p><p>And after a stellar Nasdaq debut on Friday, U.S.-listed shares of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix sank more than 9%.</p><p>On the flip side, energy stocks led the gainers, as crude prices surged more than 9%. Shares of Chevron added more than 3% while Exxon Mobil climbed 4%.</p><p>Higher oil costs fueled worries that strained supply and upward price pressures could broaden into long-term, systemic inflation.</p><p>To that end, the Labor Department is expected to release its consumer and producer price indexes this week, which will give markets and the Federal Reserve a glimpse at the extent to which the on-again-off-again U.S.-Iran war affected price growth in June.</p></body>
California and 11 other states have filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance's planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The coalition of state attorneys general argues the deal could reduce competition and harm theaters, television distributors, and audiences. The legal action introduces a new hurdle for NasdaqGS:PSKY in addition to prior regulatory reviews at the federal level. Paramount Skydance, traded as NasdaqGS:PSKY, sits at the center of a consolidating media...
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SpaceX plans to launch the newest version of its Starship rocket later this week, after a mishap postponed an earlier planned mission and prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to require an investigation into the issue.
Longleaf Partners, managed by Southeastern Asset Management, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “Partners Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The letter states that the portfolio holdings are attractive now based on both P/V and P/FCF metrics. However, the Fund returned 3.87% in the quarter, significantly lagging the S&P 500’s […]
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