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The new month, historically the worst for the stock market, hasn’t quite started yet but it’s already looking like being fraught with risk. The market is getting more confident that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates on Sept. 16, even if Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh didn’t quite say as much in his Jackson Hole speech Friday. Oil prices aren’t helping, rising above $90 a barrel after the U.S. attacked Iran over the weekend.
The deal, which covers about 100 million emails and 500 million Microsoft Teams chats, still requires a federal judge's approval
There’s an elegant simplicity to one of the central tenets in gauging the health of the stock market and the companies that comprise its benchmark indexes: figuring out what’s in the till at the end of the day. Profit remains the most important measure of stock market health—and Corporate America is raking it in. “The greatest force behind stock markets right now is earnings, which is helping to overshadow concerns about Iran, inflation and AI [capital expenditure] spending viability,” said Dennis Follmer, chief investment officer, at Montis Financial in Waltham, Mass., to Barron’s. “Earnings have been an absolute freight train driving this market higher.”
Polymarket now prices real odds of a September rate hike, and that puts millions of investors holding the most popular dividend ETF in a position their fund was never designed to handle. Fidelity quietly built something for exactly this moment.
By Karen Brettell July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results eased investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while 30-year Treasury
SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) is the ticker dominating every group chat this week, with the private-company exposure vehicle gaining 19.18% in five trading days on pure rocket-launch euphoria. But here is what you should actually be watching. The space narrative is colliding with a wall. Tighter global liquidity, sticky policy rates, and a Federal Reserve that is ... Forget SpaceX. Alphabet Just Beat Earnings by 94% and Doubled Its Cloud Backlog to $460 Billion
The Trump-era rally is alive, well, and could bring markets to more elevated heights as we move through the summer months. Undoubtedly, not everyone is bullish on stocks at fresh highs, especially since the war with Iran could drag on for some weeks or even months longer. As a potential inflation wave clashes with an ... The Trump‑Era Rally Keeps Extending, and 2 Stocks Still Look Undervalued
The stock market keeps climbing walls investors barely seem to notice anymore. The S&P 500 just hit another all-time high, extending a rally that has added nearly 50% since the tariff-driven panic low in April 2025. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, deregulation push, and pro-business policies embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have ... The S&P 500 Just Did Something It’s Only Done 3 Times Before. Why Trump’s AI Rally Is in Danger