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General Motors reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. For the quarter, GM announced an adjusted operating profit of $3.9 billion from sales of $48 billion. Wall Street was looking for $3.7 billion and $47 billion, respectively.
Markets look ahead to a pivotal week for technology companiesUS equity futures traded higher on Tuesday as investors prepared for a busy earnings calendar led by major technology companies, while continuing to monitor escalating tensions in the Middle East and questions surrounding the sustainability of artificial intelligence investment. By 02:49 ET (06:49 GMT), Dow Jones futures had gained 170 points, or 0.
The new Fed chair can impact interest rates without lifting a finger.
<body><p>STORY: Stocks started the week on a down note, with the Dow falling about six tenths of one percent, while the S&P 500 dropped two tenths and the Nasdaq ended basically flat.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Investors looked for moves toward de-escalation in the Middle East while they waited for earnings reports due from major technology companies later in the week.</p><p>Melissa Brown, managing director of investment decision research at SimCorp, says the technology firms will have to post significant earnings growth to maintain their lofty trading levels. </p><p>“Every company, whether it's Google or Tesla, obviously they have very different business models and different drivers of their business. But overall, I think to justify the high valuations that we see in a lot of those names, we would need to see good earnings growth, not just kind of your run-of-the-mill 10%, but you'd want to see higher earnings growth on top of good margins as well. So, we want the businesses to be profitable and growing.”</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a new front in the U.S.-Iran war and widening the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf. </p><p>But a senior Iranian official told Reuters that mediators have passed Iran a proposal to de-escalate the war with the U.S. that would offer a 10-day ceasefire to find ways to revive an interim deal reached last month.</p><p>Stocks on the move included Paramount Skydance which lost two percent and Warner Brothers Discovery which slipped almost four percent after a judge halted their $110 billion merger temporarily as a coalition of states argued it would irreparably harm competition.</p><p>And shares of Domino’s Pizza gained two percent after the chain’s quarterly revenue edged past Wall Street estimates.</p></body>
The theater operator posted a surprise profit with $1.6 billion in revenue, signaling box-office recovery momentum, today, July 20, 2026.
A chip-stock rebound lost steam Monday as artificial-intelligence anxieties and Mideast tensions weighed on markets. Major U.S. stock indexes edged lower, with the Dow industrials leading losses. The Dow dropped 0.6%, or 307 points, while the S&P 500 fell 0.2%.
General Motors reports second-quarter earnings on Tuesday morning, with investors seemingly confused about what to do with the stock. Coming into Tuesday trading, GM shares were down about 7% year to date, despite rising earnings estimates and a solid first-quarter earnings report. On Tuesday, Wall Street is looking for a quarterly adjusted operating profit of $3.7 billion from sales of $47 billion.
Lumentum Holdings was among the hottest names in the artificial-intelligence trade at the start of the year. After a couple rocky months, it is time to buy, according to Barclays. The firm upgraded Lumentum shares to Overweight from Equal Weight and reiterated a price target of $1,000 in a research note Monday.
The Magnificent Seven will again reign supreme over S&P 500 earnings, but their dominance is fading. As second-quarter earnings reports start to flow in, analysts expect the Magnificent Seven companies to grow earnings by a combined 31.1%. The other 493 S&P 500 companies are expected to increase earnings 22.8%, FactSet Senior Earnings Analyst John Butters wrote in a report.
Netflix stock has fallen 28% this year. Still, Phillip Securities analyst Helena Wang upgraded shares of Netflix to Buy on Monday.
The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]
Investing.com -- BCA Research hosted a bull/bear debate on July 13, 2026, moderated by Chief Investment Strategist Marko Papic, pitting Peter Berezin and Arthur Budaghyan on the bearish side against Juan Correa and Noah Weisberger on the bullish side, with bulls ultimately winning the argument, though BCA Research cautioned that "victory may be short-lived."
The new Fed chair wants inflation under control, and a single data point is not going to be enough to convince him of that.
Wall Street heads into a pivotal week with investors preparing for a flood of corporate earnings, major artificial intelligence announcements and lingering geopolitical tensions that have pushed oil prices above $90 a barrel. The spotlight will be on Wednesday's earnings from Alphabet Inc...
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US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) got a lift in Monday's pre-market trading, coming off of last week's chip sell-off as investors await to hear earnings results from Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Tesla (TSLA), Intel (INTC), and IBM (IBM) this week. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley and Bullseye American Ingenuity Fund portfolio manager Adam Johnson to discuss what investors will be paying close attention to when it comes to Big Tech's investments and returns on AI.
July 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, as chip stocks recovered from last week's pullback and investors awaited a key slate of earnings from major technology companies
The Dow opened up 0.3% or 145 points. Chip stocks led the declines, with the same names leading the market year-to-date seeing the most dramatic losses. The Big Tech results could further catalyze the rotation out of tech or jump start a rebound from a rout that’s run too far.
U.S. stocks started off a key week of trading with a Monday morning rise. Treasury yields are holding steady, oil prices are climbing but not spiraling out of control, and tech stocks are looking to stanch a notable week of declines ahead of a crucial set of earnings. The heaviest slate of second-quarter earnings and big tech updates are on tap, as well as a Federal Reserve policy meeting, and continued attacks between the U.S. and Iran are putting the focus back on energy markets. Tech stocks, meanwhile, are in retreat, with the trading in bear market territory and the now more than halfway toward correction after making an all-time high on June 2.