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Stocks looked set to open higher on Thursday as investors weighed up earnings reports from Microsoft and Meta Platforms, which came just hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s press conference triggered a brutal market selloff.
After a brief relief rally, stock market selling accelerated again heading into the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 1,000 points, or 1.9%. The S&P 500 fell 1%. The Nasdaq dropped 0.9%. The S&P and Nasdaq both were on pace to mark intraday comebacks but lost steam as traders digested the latest updates from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh.
During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Trump warned that the United States will be “hitting Iran hard” following the attack on U.S. bases in Jordan.
The latest oil spike was sending the Dow tumbling, but the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and a gauntlet of earnings loom. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points, or 1.3%. The S&P 500 was down 0.
Investors braced for a Fed decision, a flood of earnings, and a potential reescalation in the war with Iran.
Dow futures climbed more than 500 points Monday as Brent crude slid toward $85 a barrel ahead of a Fed rate decision Wednesday
Wall Street stocks are predicted to open sharply higher on Monday as a pause in US and Iranian attacks sent oil prices tumbling ahead of a massive week for markets, including a Federal Reserve meeting and earnings from several tech megacaps. Dow Jones futures were up 568 points, or 1.1%,...
If you think the worst is over for inflation, you're about to be sorely mistaken.
Stocks looked set to struggle for direction on Friday as a drop in oil prices eased fears about higher inflation, even as artificial-intelligence jitters lingered. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.1%. The Dow was on track to outperform the other two major indexes because it tends to be more reactive to oil prices, which were retreating having spiked above $100 a barrel the previous session.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street stocks plummeted on Thursday, with the Dow dropping about 1%, the S&P 500 shedding 1.2% and the Nasdaq tumbling more than 2%.</p><p>The latest earnings results from large tech companies such as Alphabet and Tesla revived concerns about heavy AI spending, says Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager for Globalt Investments.</p><p>"We're at a point now where the hype has to kind of meet some level of realistic expectation, quantifiable expectation. And the markets are starting to digest just what this means to cash flow in some of the largest companies in the world going forward. And a lot of spending is eating into cash flow in a way that's making investors lose a bit of comfort and question a lot of valuations that have grown over the past couple of years. And that's what's really at the root of what's really hampering some of the market returns today and giving back some of the gains that we've gotten for the market over the past couple of weeks."</p><p>Shares of Alphabet sank 7% after the tech giant reported higher spending plans while it also burned cash.</p><p>And shares of Tesla tumbled 14.5% after Elon Musk's EV maker reported negative free cash flow in the second quarter for the first time in more than two years.</p><p>But shares of Intel rose 10% in extended trading after the company forecast quarterly profit and revenue above Wall Street estimates as an AI data center buildout increases demand for its central processing units, or CPUs.</p><p>Meanwhile, Brent crude oil futures settled above $100 a barrel for the first time since May, and U.S. oil futures settled above $92.</p><p>The surge in oil prices prompted worries about inflation ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.</p></body>
Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures pointed lower on Thursday as investors digested another round of technology earnings and monitored escalating tensions in the Middle East that pushed oil prices back above $98 a barrel, renewing concerns over inflation and global growth.
JPMorgan Chase just had the most profitable quarter in its history. Second-quarter net income came in at $21.2 billion, powered by a surge in trading revenue and a gain on its Visa stake. The S&P 500 is up close to 10% this year. Consumers are still spending. Inflation has moderated. By most ...
Stocks were on track to open lower on Wednesday after a jump in oil prices revived fears that a flare-up in inflation could drag down the market. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.8%. Stocks looked set to give up some of those gains on Wednesday amid a rally in oil prices, after the U.S. launching strikes against Iran for an 11th straight night.
The new Fed chair can impact interest rates without lifting a finger.
US equity indexes fell this week as semiconductors headed toward a bear market and Iran's retaliatio
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June CPI came in at 3.5% annually, below the 3.8% economists expected, but rising oil prices and an IBM warning capped gains
Bond yields dropped sharply and Nasdaq futures climbed after a cooler-than-expected inflation report this morning. Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 index rose, while those tied to the Dow industrials edged lower.
Stock futures pointed in different directions Tuesday as rising energy prices, bank earnings, and key inflation data competed for investor attention
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