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Why did stocks sell off after a promising start? Rising energy prices and a presidential threat changed the market's mood.

The American consumer has spent years absorbing shocks that economists expected to break spending. Covid pandemic disruptions, the fastest inflation in four decades, aggressive interest rate hikes, and the Iran war energy price surge in April 2026 all tested household finances, and spending held up ...

On June 10, 2026, a $7 billion share sale sent Super Micro Computer tumbling and intensified a broader retreat across Wall Street.

US equity indexes fell after the annual inflation rate jumped to the highest in three years and Pres

Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, the fastest pace since 2023, as energy costs driven by the U.S.-Iran conflict surged

Inflation is back in the headlines, and at first glance, the latest numbers appear to deliver a clear message: higher prices mean higher interest rates. Markets have spent the last several years obsessing over every inflation report because the Federal Reserve’s next move depends heavily on whether price pressures are accelerating or easing. According to ... May CPI Surges to 4.2%, but the Fed May Not Be Ready to Raise Rates

Amazon.com muscled into the less-than-truckload (LTL) freight business on Wednesday, driving S&P 500 members FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Lines into a pothole. However, the freight stocks bounced back off early lows as investors saw a relatively modest near-term threat.

Dan Dreyfus, founder of Borneite Capital, made a striking case for copper on a recent appearance on the All-In Podcast. By his calculations, simply keeping up with ordinary GDP growth would require the world to extract 700 million tons of copper over the next 18 years, which is roughly the same amount humanity has mined ... Copper Analyst: America Needs as Much Copper in the Next 18 Years as It Mined in the Last 10,000 Years

When we actually look at what the Fed cares about, the picture inverts completely.

The monthly pace of inflation slowed in both the headline and core readings for May, released Wednesday. Headline inflation rose 0.5% month over month, a bit of a break from April’s 0.6% advance and in line with expectations. Core inflation was up just 0.2% month over month in May after a 0.4% gain in April.

GD lands big defense deals like a $15.4B Columbia-class award, but supply-chain, tariff and labor strains loom.

Just look at what happened the last time the New York Knicks won it all.

Anyone who’s been paying attention at the pump or supermarket knows that the cost of goods has increased substantially this year, particularly over the past few months. We can largely thank the Iran conflict for that. Since the conflict broke out earlier in the year, oil prices have soared, leading to a rise in ... CPI Just Spelled Bad News for Social Security COLA — Even Though it May Not Seem That Way

An Inflation Rate of +4.2% hasn't been this high since April of 2023, when higher Fed funds rates were working inflation metrics down from June of 2022's +9.1%.

The stock market is already showing signs of reversing. The Nasdaq was down 0.4% after falling further at the open. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Dow was down 190 points, or 0.4%. The May CPI was in line with expectations, but many on Wall Street were fearing an even worse report given the Iran war's impact on energy prices.

Old Dominion, Saia, and XPO each fell 5% or more after Amazon opened its less-than-truckload service to all U.S. businesses

May jobs data beat expectations, boosting prospects for leisure, healthcare and energy stocks. These sector ETFs and stocks could benefit most.

The stock market’s slide continued on Wednesday after the latest inflation report failed to rouse Wall Street. The Dow fell 340 points, or 0.7%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.12%.

Dodge & Cox Fund, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Dodge and Cox Stock Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. U.S. equities declined broadly in Q1 2026, with the S&P 500 falling 4.3% amid inflation concerns fueled by the conflict in Iran and disruptions in […]

June 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday, as a selloff in technology stocks continued and renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran overshadowed a tame May inflation

Dodge & Cox Fund, an investment management company, released its first-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Dodge and Cox Stock Fund”. A copy of the letter is available to download here. U.S. equities declined broadly in Q1 2026, with the S&P 500 falling 4.3% amid inflation concerns fueled by the conflict in Iran and disruptions in […]

Gold traded at the lowest in more than six months early on Tuesday as the metal falls out of favor w

MDT trades at about 14x forward earnings with a 3.5% yield as fiscal 2027 guidance points to steady growth, but margins face tariffs and mix pressure.

Treasury yields and the dollar are little changed from Tuesday, as U.S. inflation meets expectations and the war in Iran flares up. The 12-month May CPI accelerates to 4.2% from 3.8% in April. Ex-energy and food, core inflation is a milder 2.

US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) tick lower in Wednesday's pre-market trading after consumer prices rose 0.5% month over month and 4.2% year over year in May, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the market reaction to the inflation data, especially in the bond market (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) and various commidites. Additionally, core CPI — which excludes food and energy costs — rose 0.3% monthly and 2.9% yearly. All numbers met economists' estimates.

US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...

Amazon Broadens Freight Offering Across the United StatesShares of Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA), Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and FedEx Freight (NYSE:FDXF) came under pressure in premarket trading after Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) unveiled a significant expansion of its less-than-truckload (LTL) freight business. Saia and Old Dominion shares fell approximately 7%, while FedEx Freight declined around 6%, as investors assessed the competitive implications of Amazon’s move deeper into the freight transpo

Stock futures were still trading lower after the consumer price index for May matched expectations. The headline CPI rose at a 4.2% annual rate, which was in line with the consensus among economists. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose at a 2.9% annual rate, which was also in line with expectations.

The main US stock measures were pointing lower in Wednesday's premarket activity as tensions escalat

Trump stated in a post on Truth Social that Iran has been completely defeated and that the country is all talk and no action.