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Wall Street may not get a Jackson Hole rally, after all. The major stock market indexes couldn’t hold onto earlier gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.

Treasuries have rallied heading into Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chairman. The bond market typically sells off in the lead-up to the Fed's annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. From 2011 to 2025, 10-year Treasury yields rose 5 basis points or 0.05 percentage points, on average, in the week prior to Jackson Hole, according to Vail Hartman, U.S. rates strategist at BMO.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures slipped slightly Friday morning as investors sifted through a wave of corporate earnings while awaiting remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A fresh look at the U.S. labor market in the coming week along with quarterly results from semiconductor company Broadcom will test a market rally that

Despite tariff chaos, soaring electronics prices, and deflating consumer sentiment, Best Buy just delivered a strong beat.

Eric Criscuolo, Market Strategist at the NYSE, recaps a week driven by three highly anticipated catalysts — PCE, Nvidia earnings, and Jackson Hole — following a quiet, range-bound start as markets awaited the key events. A breakthrough in Iran-Strait of Hormuz negotiations pulled oil sharply lower mid-week, lifting tech and setting a constructive tone heading into earnings. Nvidia delivered another blowout quarter with 75% revenue growth guidance for fiscal 2028, while Salesforce surged over 20% and helped the broader software group shake off AI disruption fears. Looking ahead, Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech and next week's jobs report, ISM data, and earnings from Broadcom, Dell, and Snowflake will set the tone as summer unofficially comes to a close.

Several closely watched corporations far surpassed their earnings forecasts this summer, and some have billions of dollars in Trump tariff refunds to thank for padding their results. Where's your refund? Studies show consumers indirectly ate much of the cost through rising prices, but these refunds instead flow to the companies that directly paid the Trump administration's import taxes, regardless of...

The chipmaking giant beat expectations as Wall Street looks to the Fed’s meeting in Jackson Hole.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were broadly higher on Thursday after Nvidia’s upbeat quarterly results reignited investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, while traders looked ahead to a key speech from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh for further clues on the path for interest rates.

Gap reports earnings Thursday after disappointing results sent its stock tumbling, but lowered expectations could give the retailer an opportunity to turn things around.

CEO Fran Horowitz discussed ongoing momentum in the business, tariff refunds, and the opportunities ahead.

Abercrombie & Fitch stock took off Wednesday morning. It got a tariff refund boost, but there's more to the story.

A $100 million tariff refund sent Abercrombie surging in a single session while the same catalyst left Kohl's nearly unchanged and Ross investors shrugging. The gap between those reactions reveals something more important than the windfall itself.

The clothing retailer posted $4.17 in earnings per share for its fiscal second quarter, well above its prior outlook of $1.80 to $2.00

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rises Wednesday ahead of key inflation data. Nvidia earnings are due after the close.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures hovered around the flatline on Wednesday, as investors remained cautious ahead of the latest U.S. inflation data and Nvidia’s quarterly results, with both events likely to offer fresh clues on the outlook for interest rates and the durability of the artificial intelligence trade.

Investors geared up for the release of a key inflation reading and Nvidia's earnings report.

The stock market rose Tuesday amid lower oil prices and yields, but cautiously heading into Fed inflation data and Nvidia earnings.

Stocks Push Higher Before Nvidia Earnings as Inflation Data Adds to the Stakes

Three catalysts, one reshuffling, and a Fed that refuses to move

FedEx is IBD Stock Of The Day after streamlining its parcel delivery and logistics businesses. Intraday, FDX stock eased near a buy point. In 2026, the Memphis-based company has shifted away from consumer parcel delivery to target higher-margin, business-to-business segments.

Investors are also awaiting the release of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures pointed higher on Tuesday, as investors looked ahead to key inflation data and Nvidia’s quarterly results later this week for fresh clues on the outlook for interest rates and the artificial intelligence trade.

Stock markets were heading for a positive open as investors positioned themselves ahead of crucial earnings and economic events and shrugged off a raft of U.S. sanctions on Iran. Nasdaq 100 futures were jumping 1% in Tuesday’s premarket after fears about artificial-intelligence spending by big tech companies sparked a selloff the previous session, leading the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite to finish in the red. In a speech on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. was sanctioning more than 60 entities, individuals, and vessels tied to the Iranian regime, but didn't outline any specific steps against individual countries such as China, a major buyer of oil from the Middle Eastern Country.

Stocks were mixed in late-morning trading Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up and the S

Steel Dynamics, Nucor, and Cleveland-Cliffs shares rise as escalating U.S.-Canada trade tensions put steel tariffs back in focus.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will deliver his first Jackson Hole address on Friday, Aug. 28. Crypto Rover believes dovish comments could propel Bitcoin above $80,000, ...

Ross Stores has raised its fiscal 2026 (FY26) full-year profit forecast after reporting a substantial rise in second quarter (Q2) sales and earnings, fuelled by a one-time tariff refund and accelerated store openings.