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The theater chain beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and earnings as attendance climbed in the U.S. and Europe

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

Investing.com -- Canada’s annual inflation rate decelerated more sharply than anticipated in June, driven by a substantial pull-back in global energy prices and a notable cooling in underlying core metrics. The consumer price index rose 2.8% on a year-over-year basis, down from a 3.2% print in May and below the 2.9% consensus forecast compiled by Bloomberg. Signaling broader relief for monetary policymakers, the average of the Bank of Canada’s preferred median and trim core inflation measures dr

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.

Semiconductor stocks were poised to jump on Monday.

Semiconductors have fallen into a bear market, prompting some investors to look elsewhere

Any hopes the U.S. held for building an impregnable lead in the technology were dashed by the progress seen at a convention in Shanghai.

Investing.com -- Bank of America reiterated a Buy rating on Apple with a price target of $380 per share in a note on Monday, expecting the company to beat consensus in its fiscal third-quarter results, which will mark Tim Cook's last earnings call as CEO.

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.

Tesla Earnings Are Coming. Wall Street Wants More Than a Delivery Beat

(Bloomberg) -- Crowds rushed to an obscure corner of China’s premier tech summit, moving past monumental booths from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. to catch a glimpse of the hottest name in domestic AI.Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsTrump Silent So Far on Iran Plans as US Death Toll Hits 17

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.5%, and the actively tra

Blackstone's Q2 results are likely to show higher AUM, fee growth and solid exit profits, with revenues and earnings expected to rise year over year.

Investing.com -- Barclays turned more selective on U.S. semiconductor stocks ahead of the second-quarter earnings season, upgrading Lumentum Holdings while downgrading Allegro MicroSystems and Penguin Solutions, saying strong artificial intelligence-related gains have left limited room for further upside across much of the sector.

By Vibhuti Sharma and Yantoultra Ngui MUMBAI, July 20 (Reuters) - Coca-Cola has appointed JPMorgan and Citi as bankers for a planned 2027 initial public offering of one of its majority-owned bottling

L1 Capital, an investment management firm, released its “L1 Capital International Fund” (unhedged) second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The letter discusses the current investment environment as a ‘two-speed’ but resilient global economy, accompanied by an uncertain future. The letter explores the potential of an AI bubble, distinguishing […]

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Alibaba shares climbed in Hong Kong today after the company previewed a new large-language model that it says is second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5—the second time in a week that China has flexed its AI strength. Generally, the more parameters an AI model has, the more capable and powerful it is. Markets generally took the announcement in stride, with U.S. chipmakers rising in premarket trading—a sharp reversal from Friday when Beijing-based Moonshot AI unveiled its Kimi K3 model, with 2.8 trillion parameters.

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NRG Energy is set to release its second-quarter results next month, and analysts are expecting a single-digit rise in the company’s bottom-line figure.

Booking Holdings is set to report Q2 earnings, with analysts expecting double-digit year-over-year EPS growth.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) could soon receive Federal Aviation Administration approval for its 737 MAX 7 and 737 MAX 10 aircraft, with a senior FAA official indicating certification of both variants is approaching following an extensive regulatory review. Speaking to Reuters at the Farnborough International Airshow, Deputy FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau said certification of the 737 MAX 7 is “literally around the corner,” with approval for the larger MAX 10 expected shortly afterward.

Amgen is set to report Q2 earnings next month, with analysts expecting a single digit EPS decline.

The movie theater chain posted record revenue of $1.6 billion, a 14.2% year-over-year jump for the second quarter, driven by a stronger domestic box office. “We believe that movie theatres will enjoy, in the full twelve months of 2026, their strongest yet post-pandemic year, at both the domestic and the global box office,” said CEO Adam Aron.

(Bloomberg) -- Bearish bets across US stocks are surging to a record in the face of market gains, reflecting anxiety about the staying power of a rally that has seen the S&P 500 jump 18% from late March. Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsTrump Silent So Far on Iran Plans as US Death Toll Hits 17FCC Near Rulings Aga

Marc Chaikin of Chaikin Analytics breaks down bank earnings, mega-cap tech divergence, oversold chip stocks, SpaceX's post-IPO slide and mid-cap names like Avnet this earnings season.

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News Corporation will release its fourth-quarter earnings soon, and analysts anticipate the bottom line to rise in the single digits.

Wall Street expects PayPal to post a single-digit year-over-year decline in EPS when it reports its second-quarter results next month.