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The willingness of Berkshire Hathaway's current and former bosses to sit on their proverbial hands portends trouble for the stock market.

Shares rise after the fintech company’s results signal to investors that it is chugging along just fine despite mass layoffs.

Hyperscalers' free cash flow heads to 2014 lows as Morgan Stanley lifts Big Tech AI capex to $1.1T by 2027.

A changing of the guard is imminent at America's foremost financial institution.

Oil prices continued their slide on investor optimism about diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran. U.S. officials said the Trump administration is looking to resume guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz with naval and air support.

Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.

CHRD, BAC and CHDN stand out as sales-growth plays as strong demand and resilient economic trends lift U.S. equities near record highs.

RBC Capital Markets raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 7,900 from ‌7,750 on Friday, citing resilient earnings growth and ‌continued strength in artificial intelligence‑linked sectors. The Canadian brokerage's new target implies ​a 7.7% upside from the benchmark index's Thursday close of 7,335.66. U.S. equities have rallied to hit record highs in recent weeks as enthusiasm around AI-related investment and expectations of ‌solid profit growth continue ⁠to support investor appetite.

By Harry Robertson and Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Inflation-linked bonds — despite the promise in their name — have stumbled along with the rest of the bond market as the Iran war drives

Picture an excessively mobile middle-class family that does almost nothing but drive, traveling from New York City to Los Angeles and back again each week. Spirit Airlines recently succumbed. At the same time, the strongest airlines—including Delta Air Lines United Airlines Holdings and some of the rest now doing their best impressions of these two—could benefit from present turmoil and generate healthy stock returns for years.

From tech-heavy concentration to broad small-cap diversification, these ETFs offer distinct approaches to growth, risk, and income for investors.

Expense ratios, dividend yields, and risk profiles set these two emerging markets ETFs apart—see how their portfolios and recent returns compare.

Tyson Foods has underperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, yet Wall Street analysts maintain a moderately optimistic outlook about the stock’s prospects.

From small-cap volatility to mega-cap stability, these two ETFs highlight the trade-offs between diversification, risk, and income in growth investing.

Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.

Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.

One fund favors broad diversification and higher yield, while the other leans on sector giants and lower costs—each shaping risk and return differently.

After gaining more than 3% over the last two sessions, the Russell 2000 lost 1.6%.

SINGAPORE, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil rose and U.S. stock futures slipped in early trade on Friday, after the United States and Iran exchanged fire and put a month-long Middle East ceasefire in doubt.

On May 7, 2026, possible profit-taking, a loss of momentum in European stocks, and broader AI valuation concerns weighed on this telecom heavyweight.

Affirm Holdings delivered a strong showing in its fiscal third quarter, hiking its full-year outlook amid a surge in transaction volume and revenue that was bolstered by an expanding customer base. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) surged 35% to $11.6 billion, marking what CEO Max Levchin referred to as Affirm’s “tenth consecutive quarter of over-30% growth” in a letter to shareholders. The metric represents the total dollar value of all transactions processed on Affirm’s platform within a specific period, adjusted for any refunds, and serves as an indicator of total sales volume rather than revenue earned.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday, with the Dow dropping nearly two-thirds of a percent, the S&P 500 shedding more than one-third of a percent and the Nasdaq dipping marginally.</p><p>Uncertainty around peace talks between the U.S. and Iran weighed on the market, with Iran reviewing a proposal that would stop fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.</p><p>Meanwhile, market-leading chip stocks retreated after their recent rally.</p><p>:: Arm Holdings</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;Archive</p><p>U.S.-listed shares of Arm Holdings tumbled 10% as worries about the company's ability to secure sufficient supplies for its new AI chip overshadowed a strong earnings forecast.</p><p>Intel and Advanced Micro Devices also declined, giving back some of their gains from earlier this week.</p><p>Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments, said he'd now like to see a broadening of market gains beyond chip makers and other AI-linked companies.</p><p>"Leadership has become narrow again. And that's something that concerns us from our framework, is we don't feel like a participation has been what it needs to be to continue to power this bull market forward beyond the point where we are now. So earnings season is really important. We're right in the middle of it right now. So that will give us a little more clarity as to the storylines and, frankly, the momentum that we feel like has to start to spread away from where it's been concentrated over the past week and a half."</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Other stock moves on Thursday included cloud provider CoreWeave, which closed down more than 6% but gained in extended trading after beating analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue. The company reported strong demand for its high-performance computing services used to train and deploy AI models.</p><p>Shares of Datadog soared 31% after the cloud-monitoring company raised its full-year earnings forecast. Cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike jumped 8% and Palo Alto Networks added 7%.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Whirlpool slumped nearly 12% after the home-appliance maker missed first-quarter sales estimates and suspended its dividend.</p><p>Investors now turn their attention to Friday's nonfarm payrolls report, which is expected to show continued labor market resilience.</p></body>

The latest trading day saw Doximity (DOCS) settling at $26.03, representing a +1.32% change from its previous close.

Trip.com (TCOM) concluded the recent trading session at $53.39, signifying a -1.95% move from its prior day's close.

Ross Stores (ROST) concluded the recent trading session at $224.48, signifying a -1.94% move from its prior day's close.

On May 7, 2026, expanding freight trials, analyst backing, and cash burn concerns put this autonomy contender under a sharper spotlight.

In the most recent trading session, Williams-Sonoma (WSM) closed at $183.42, indicating a -1.64% shift from the previous trading day.

Record quarterly results, surging security revenue, and a divided Wall Street set the stage for this volatile name, today, May 7, 2026.