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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are contending with elevated inflation, thanks in part to the president's policies.
Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, or is the selloff just getting started?
Strong tech earnings pushed the Nasdaq to a two-day gain of 3.8%. The S&P 500 finishes flat in July.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street ended higher on Friday, with the Dow adding more than half a percent, the S&P 500 gaining seven-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing one percent.</p><p>:: Amazon</p><p>Amazon surged more than 15% after the tech giant posted its biggest quarterly revenue growth in over four years. Its results, along with a similar report from Microsoft this week, alleviated investor concerns about potential overspending on AI data centers.</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of Apple tumbled more than 7% after a disappointing forecast showed that the iPhone maker was struggling to secure enough components, as the AI-driven data center boom strains global supply chains.</p><p>Friday marked the end of a bumpy week for stocks that included a Fed policy meeting in which the central bank left rates unchanged - but with three dissenters pushing for a 25 basis point hike.</p><p>Dean Smith is chief strategist & portfolio manager at FolioBeyond.</p><p>"I think there was a decent case to be made that a hike is in order. Inflation, we had a slightly softer print on the most recent one, but inflation is now running well above Fed's 2% stated target. It's higher now than it was a year ago and it seems to be reaccelerating. [FLASH] So it was a close call probably, but I think, you know, if I had been on that voting committee, I would have voted for a rate hike as well."</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Other stocks on the move Friday included Monolithic Power Systems, which rose more than 8% after forecasting third-quarter revenue above estimates.</p><p>But shares of GoDaddy slid nearly 17% after the domain registrar narrowed its annual revenue forecast.</p></body>
U.S. stocks rose despite a rout in Apple shares as Amazon’s earnings kept the artificial-intelligence recovery rolling. The broad S&P 500 gained 52.09 points, or 0.70%, to 7489.72 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 251.68 points, or 1%, to 25373.85. The yield on the 30-year bond rose 0.068 percentage point to 5.274%, completing its largest monthly gain since December 2024.
Plus, Tesla considers sale of China business and Anthropic discloses that its software hacked three companies.
The stock-market selloff in July looks more like a stress test than a breaking point.
Strong cloud results lifted Amazon and chipmakers, while Apple's service revenue shortfall sent its stock lower ahead of Friday's open
The Wall Street Journal reports Tesla is considering selling its China business to facilitate a future merger with SpaceX.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) dissension just reached a new (and dubious) milestone.
Wall Street Gains Momentum as Inflation Cools and Bond Yields Retreat
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The Dow is up on the day despite 21 of its components trading lower. The nine components in the green were doing the heavy lifting, driving the blue chip index's 0.3%, or 151 point, rise. One of the Dow's heaviest-weighted components saw gains that helped offset the majority of underlying stocks falling.
July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results soothed investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while investors parsed fresh
Stocks kicked off Thursday’s trading session higher, reemerging from the carnage of Wednesday’s selloff. The S&P 500 was up 0.9%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.6%. Rosenberg Research’s Dave Rosenberg described the moves as “a weak stock-market bound on shaky ground,” nodding to the major averages’ “precarious technical positions,” yesterday’s rise in bond yields, and oil price spikes.
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh praised the bond market’s recent rate moves on Wednesday. He may not feel that way now.
The market got a fresh batch of economic data, with new personal consumption expenditures and gross domestic product data released ahead of the opening bell. Inflation data came in cooler than expected. Core PCE, which excludes food and energy costs and is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, rose 0.1% from the month prior, below consensus estimates of 0.2% and the 0.3% increase seen in May. Headline PCE was roughly in line with expectations.
Solstice, a cooling technology supplier, reported adjusted EPS of 88 cents. Wall Street was looking for 77 cents.
U. S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision alongside a fresh wave of earnings from major technology companies.
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