
Treasury Secretary Bessent's decision to expand the Treasury Department's bond buyback program makes interest rate increases a little more likely.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent's decision to expand the Treasury Department's bond buyback program makes interest rate increases a little more likely.

Stocks looked set to rally on Thursday after chip maker Nvidia’s solid second-quarter earnings helped breathe some life back into the artificial-intelligence trade. S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.

The S&P 500 edges lower despite favorable NVIDIA results and stable core PCE inflation. Here's the breakdown.

On Aug. 26, 2026, hotter-than-expected July inflation and rising bond yields shifted rate-cut expectations, weighing on chip stocks ahead of Nvidia's earnings.

Best Buy had a strong first quarter, and second-quarter earnings will have a tough act to follow in the face of persistent inflation.
The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading after a report said inflation last month was a touch worse than economists expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.1%. Treasury yields ticked higher following the update on inflation, which has traders still mostly betting the Federal Reserve will hike the federal funds rate by the end of this year.

Dollar Tree has had a good 2026 compared with a number of other retailers, but it is facing some of the same challenges that have tripped up peers.
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CATO's Q2 earnings per share and sales decline year over year as weaker consumer spending, lower merchandise margins and occupancy-cost deleverage weigh on results.

Nucor (NUE) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi talks with Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, Sevens Report Research Founder Tom Essaye, and Edward Jones Senior Global Investment Strategist Angelo Kourkafas about Nvidia's (NVDA) performance ahead of its earnings report and the surging cost concerns surrounding AI infrastructure.

Wall Street is gearing up for quarterly results from the AI chipmaking giant.

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data reinforced bets on another quarter-point Federal Reserve rate hike this year, as

Stocks were wobbling after another hot inflation report, but the real event for markets on Wednesday is yet to come. The Nasdaq Composite was down 0.2%. Nvidia is set to report results after the close.

UBS has raised its equity index targets across every major region after a stronger-than-expected results season, and now expects earnings at S&P 500 companies to grow 25% this year. That is up from a previous forecast of around 20%. The Swiss bank's chief investment office, which advises...

The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, showed no relief from price pressures ahead of Chairman Kevin Warsh's Friday speech at the annual Jackson Hole monetary policy symposium. Given that three Fed voters dissented from last month's decision to hold the benchmark interest rate steady, Warsh's ability to influence hawkish-leaning colleagues is in question. Unrounded, the core PCE price index rose 0.246%, just missing a rounding-up to 0.3%.

Over the past six months, WD-40’s stock price fell to $213.93. Shareholders have lost 11.7% of their capital, which is disappointing considering the S&P 500 has climbed by 10.8%. This may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Salesforce will report second-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon amid the most uncertainty it has faced since its earliest days. Wall Street analysts are projecting $3.27 in adjusted earnings per share, rising from $2.91 a year ago. Beginning last year, investors began selling off enterprise software stocks on the idea that much of what they do will be replaced by AI agents that can write software code and execute complex series of tasks from simple conversational commands.

Ahead of the bell US stock futures went nowhere on Wednesday morning, which tells you plenty about how much is riding on the next 12 hours. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 sat close to flat, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.2% after Tuesday's...
US equity futures were mostly flat pre-bell Wednesday as traders awaited a key inflation report and
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