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Following an August 2025 executive order from President Donald Trump, the Department of Labor proposed a rule on March 30, 2026, creating a safe harbor for plan fiduciaries who add private equity, private credit, and other alternative assets to 401(k) lineups. The change could affect more ...
Wall Street is expecting a tranquil earnings season.
July 13 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Monday, as a fresh escalation between the U.S. and Iran in the Gulf pushed oil prices higher and unsettled investors, while chip stocks
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Monday as investors monitored a sharp selloff across the global memory-chip sector and assessed developments in the biotechnology space.
Financial markets started the week on an uncertain note as renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices sharply higher, pressured equity futures and shifted investor attention toward a crucial week of corporate earnings. At the same time, weakness across Asian semiconductor stocks has prompted questions about near-term sentiment toward artificial intelligence investments, despite continued strong demand for advanced chips.
Wall Street pros are predicting stellar S&P 500 earnings growth this year and beyond. Specifically it affects the index’s price/earnings, or P/E, ratio, perhaps the most frequently cited valuation metric for stocks. Investors have a veritable lunch buffet of S&P 500 earnings figures to choose from—past or forward-looking, official or nonstandard.
Investing.com - Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran rattled markets at the start of the week, sending oil prices sharply higher and weighing on stock futures.
Jerome Powell's successor vowed to get the Fed "out of the fiscal business" -- but that's not happened.
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Monday, Jul, 13 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.4%, as investors digest a mix of cooling inflation and uneven growth signals abroad. Softer price data in countries like France, where inflation sits at 1.8%, suggests global cost of living pressures are easing, which can take some pressure off central banks to keep lifting interest rates. At the same time, weaker industrial output in...
Big banks kick off earnings season this week, which will also bring reports from GE Aerospace, Netflix, and Taiwan Semi. In economic news, we’ll get the consumer and producer price indexes, and retail sales data.
No forward-looking guidance is necessary when Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are providing decisive claims like this.
Payrolls badly missed the 115,000 economists expected, and the unemployment rate's dip to 4.2% masked a shrinking labor force. Now it's Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's problem.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow gaining nearly three-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 adding more than four-tenths of a percent to end just short of a record high, and the Nasdaq climbing nearly three-tenths of a percent.</p><p>The AI trade returned to the spotlight after South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix ended almost 13% above its offer price at $168 in a blockbuster U.S. listing. The company raised over $26 billion on Thursday by selling American Depositary Receipts priced at $149 each.</p><p>U.S. stocks added to gains after President Donald Trump said that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the June ceasefire was "over."</p><p>Ross Mayfield is investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"Today I think markets are a little bit higher as it's evident once again that neither Iran nor the U.S. really want to re-engage in a hot war in the Middle East. This is going to be a volatile back and forth, who knows what will happen over the weekend. But I do think even a little bit of calm is helping markets, helping yields and oil pull back. And then this is kind of a calm before the storm. Not a lot going on today besides the SK Hynix debut. But next week - retail sales, CPI (Consumer Price Index), and the start of bank earnings. So a lot for investors to prep for, kind of a calm before the storm trading day."</p><p>Stocks on the move Friday included Meta Platforms, which jumped 6% to its highest level since April.</p><p>Shares of Moderna tumbled almost 11% in its worst day in over a year.</p><p>And shares of Delta Air Lines dropped more than 1.5%, even after the carrier forecast third-quarter profit above expectations.</p><p>Investors now look to quarterly earnings season, which kicks off next week.</p></body>
A weak stock market wouldn’t be the only painful outcome of a Mag Seven collapse. It could also risk tipping the economy into recession.
Insperity currently trades at $44.35 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a small loss of 2%. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 7.2% gain during that period.
Over the last six months, Coupang’s shares have sunk to $19.11, producing a disappointing 13.8% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 7.2% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
B. Riley Wealth chief market strategist Art Hogan shares his outlook for this earnings season and the opportunities he sees in Big Tech, while Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre discusses what recent Hindenburg Omens may be signaling for US markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC).
By Ragini Mathur and Avinash P July 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street indexes steadied on Friday, as investors awaited the highly anticipated Nasdaq debut of South Korean chip bellwether SK Hynix, shifting
Kingdom Capital Advisors, a registered investment advisor, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q2 2026, Kingdom Capital Advisors’ KCA Value Composite returned 11.97% net of fees. YTD, the composite returned 20.94% net of fees compared to 22.57% for the Russell 2000 TR, 10.18% for the […]
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - An eventful coming week of economic data, corporate earnings reports and Middle East developments will test a resilient U.S. stock market that has
Your exchange-traded fund is flat. Remember that ETF you tucked away that invests in developed markets outside the U.S.—the one that looked cheap but has lagged behind the S&P 500 forever because it’s loaded with crusty old companies in Europe and Japan? By the way, both of these overseas funds, developed and emerging, beat the S&P 500 by a lot in 2025, too, but that was partly because the value of the dollar tanked last year as the Federal Reserve was cutting interest rates.
The company also topped analyst estimates, but that clearly wasn't good enough for Mr. Market.
Flaring tensions in the Middle East were overshadowed by a burst of enthusiasm for the market’s favorite memory stocks.
Stocks rose, and oil prices eased as financial markets calmed a day after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.3%. The Nasdaq composite rose 336.24 points, or 1.3%, to 26,206.89.
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street surged on Thursday while oil prices retreated, as investors focused on optimism around strength in technology shares and the overall
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