
Bitcoin rose by more than 4% in early Asia trading Friday, continuing a tear that began Wednesday after the US Treasury revealed plans to rein in long-term bond yields.
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Bitcoin rose by more than 4% in early Asia trading Friday, continuing a tear that began Wednesday after the US Treasury revealed plans to rein in long-term bond yields.
Pioneer Credit Ltd (ASX:PNC) delivers a record-breaking FY26 with a 245% surge in NPAT, record PDP investments, and a clear path to dividends, setting a new FY29 target of at least $35 million.
Jefferies expects Marvell to report a ‘beat and raise’ quarter ahead of the company's earnings print due on August 27.

Mixed results from Walmart and other retailers offered more gloom on the health of the American consumer.

On Aug. 20, 2026, the digital brokerage posted $198.8 million in revenue with trading-related income up 66% year over year, fueling investor optimism.

Ross Stores (ROST) raised its full-year earnings outlook as the off-price apparel and home fashion c

Ross Stores (ROST) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.74% and +1.89%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Deere is known for tractors and harvesters. But data centers and energy infrastructure fuel its construction business.

Michael Reinking, Senior Market Strategist at the NYSE, recaps a week dominated by Treasury Secretary Bessent, whose doubled liquidity support buybacks reignited the debasement trade, sending gold back above 4,500 and triggering a massive crypto short squeeze that propelled Bitcoin up ~15% and Ethereum up 25%. Escalating Iran tensions pushed ICE Brent into the low 90s after a 60-day ceasefire expired, while equity markets drifted lower with the S&P 500 down ~1.5% as retail earnings disappointed broadly and healthcare surged nearly 4% on landmark cancer trial results from Merck and Moderna. Looking ahead, next week's PCE print, Nvidia earnings, and Fed Chair Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech are the marquee events to watch.

BP, Excelerate Energy, and Occidental Petroleum raised dividends in 2026 amid strong sector gains, offering solid yields and sustainable payout ratios backed by rising cash flow.
Alibaba's aggressive AI infrastructure spending drives record cloud acceleration, while e-commerce faces domestic headwinds and quick commerce shows promising path to profitability.
Investing.com -- Anthropic PBC plans to match or exceed the size of SpaceX’s record-breaking initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Thurdsay citing people familiar with the matter. The artificial intelligence company is advancing preparations for its stock market debut.

The Claude maker confidentially submitted a draft S-1 to the SEC and could file publicly as soon as the end of August

Axon Enterprise is Thursday's IBD Stock Of The Day as the the S&P 500 maker of Tasers, body cameras and software for law enforcement sees its Dedrone drone defense business take off. Dedrone "was still in its infancy just a year ago, and is quickly becoming one of our largest product lines, surpassing $100 million in quarterly revenue," Axon President Joshua Isner told analysts on the Aug. 5 earnings call. Isner announced on the call that Axon had been among the vendors selected among dozens of applicants for a potential $1.5 billion counter-drone program in a further validation of its technology.
A fifth consecutive oil-price increase is strengthening Exxon's cash-flow outlook while reviving inflation risk.

Deere & Co. was one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 on Thursday, after the agricultural and industrial equipment maker posted better-than-expected quarterly results.
The AI server maker says executives were unaware of the scheme.

The Elon Musk-led rocket and AI company is landing lucrative contracts and benefiting from the Trump administration’s deregulatory push.

A new mRNA cancer vaccine hit its goal in melanoma patients, giving a healthcare giant a fresh growth story.

Bank of America sees Zoom’s post-pandemic reset nearing an end as new products, stronger retention, and an overlooked asset reshape the bull case.

Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,580 per troy ounce on Thursday, August 20, 2026, up 0.8% from Wednesday's closing price.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) reported a 75% drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, as heavy investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure squeezed margins at China's e-commerce and cloud giant. Net income for the June quarter fell to 10.4 billion yuan ($1.5 billion), missing analyst...

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) surged past $70,000 after Trump met with cryptocurrency leaders at the White House and called on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act. Yahoo Finance Fed Correspondent Jennifer Schonberger reports on who was among the two dozen attendees at the meeting and whether there is real progress on the stalled digital asset legislation.
The retailer's outlook fell short of expectations.
Investing.com -- Etsy was upgraded to Buy from Neutral by BofA Securities on Thursday, with the brokerage saying the online marketplace’s recent growth appears increasingly structural and that its estimates remain conservative.

The Hyperliquid token jumped 26% after Trump said regulators were working to bring the decentralized exchange to the U.S.

Walmart Inc. (NASDAQ:WMT) shares fell around 6% in premarket trading on Thursday after the retail giant reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revenue, but disappointed investors with weaker comparable sales growth at its U.

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. signed agreements to buy half of an Argentinian shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than $4 billion of investment to expand production.
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