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Shares of Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) are up 9% to $106 and change in early Wednesday trading, leading a broad rally in Chinese internet and e-commerce names. Alibaba stock closed at $98.14 on Tuesday, and even after this morning’s pop the shares remain down 28% year to date. The move extends well beyond Alibaba. Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) shares ... Alibaba Surges 9% Ahead of Earnings, Baidu Gains 5% as Chinese E-Commerce and Tech Stocks Rally

On CNBC’s Squawk Box on July 7, 2026, anchors dug into fresh Reuters reporting that the U.S. cyber defense agency is using Anthropic’s Mythos software to audit federal code for vulnerabilities foreign adversaries could exploit. The tool, per that reporting, has already flagged a meaningful number of bugs in government systems. For an industry that ... The U.S. Government Is Now Using Anthropic’s AI to Hunt Bugs in Its Own Code

The Elon Musk-founded space exploration company has upped its AI ante.

The inflation devil is in the details.

SpaceX recently completed the largest IPO in history.

SK Hynix has long been a publicly traded company in its home market of South Korea. On Friday, it will make its U.S. market debut on the Nasdaq.

The streaming leader keeps growing, yet the stock keeps sliding. Its next report could break the standoff.

SpaceX's fast move into index funds could reshape how investors think about future AI IPOs.

Netflix didn't end up acquiring Warner Bros. earlier this year, but there may be another great opportunity for it to consider now that Comcast is breaking up.

AI startup Perplexity on Tuesday confirmed it plans to use Nvidia's new ‌central processing units, as the chip giant works to ‌broaden its market and take on entrenched players such as Intel and Advanced ​Micro Devices. Nvidia has said it expects to generate $20 billion in sales from its "Vera" CPU, a more generic computing chip than its AI-specific offerings, by the end of this fiscal year. The Vera chips ‌are part of ⁠Nvidia's efforts to diversify sales as artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI and DeepSeek make their own ⁠AI chips.

The Number With oil now trading well below the $100 level (and seemingly poised to continue heading lower, after OPEC announced further production increases recently and recessionary concerns pick up), it’s unclear where certain oil stocks are headed. One such name that’s on my radar right now just reported its Q1 2026 earnings in early ... Oil’s $100 Threshold: What It Means for Energy Stocks Now

Ford (NYSE:F) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) just closed the books on Q1 2026. Ford leaned on trucks, fleet software, and a raised outlook. Tesla leaned on margin recovery, FSD subscriptions, and a roadmap stuffed with robots. Both grew revenue. Only one is priced like a growth story. Trucks Carry Ford. Margins Carry Tesla. Ford posted $43.25 ... Ford Vs. Tesla: 2 American Icons With Upside, Which to Buy

Bank stocks have enjoyed a nice run overall, and valuations are now fairly elevated.

Warsh is early in his tenure as the new chair of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, but investors are awaiting big changes.

Analysts and early enterprise adoption updates reinforced AMD's position in AI compute

Analog Century's long/short fund gained 9.4% in June as AI infrastructure bets drove record first-half returns.

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures hovered around the flatline on Tuesday as investors weighed the durability of the artificial intelligence rally alongside renewed tensions in the Middle East.

July 7 () - Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter, a push that could reduce its reliance on Nvidia and Huawei chips, which it has depended on to train and run its globally popular models. The chip is designed for ‌inference — the stage of AI computing in which a trained model generates responses for users — rather than for training new models, the sources said.

Some investors may be eyeing SpaceX for the wrong reasons.

July 7 (Reuters) - Futures tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped on Tuesday on declines in chip stocks over concerns about the sustainability of the AI-driven rally despite strong results from Samsung

The U.K. artificial-intelligence infrastructure startup said the funds would inject flexible liquidity to accelerate its data-center plans across Europe, the U.S. and the Asia Pacific.

The president's latest comments on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) threaten to undermine policymakers' credibility.

Possible Fed rate increases in 2026 could make short-term bonds a good choice.

It all comes down to how you define overhyped.

Chipmaker Cerebras’ stock has fallen sharply after its mega IPO two months ago.

Nvidia (NVDA) investors were more or less expecting another clean step forward in the AI upgrade cycle. Rubin was expected to continue pushing the roadmap ahead, customers would keep chasing capacity, and rivals would remain stuck trying to close an insurmountable lead. That confidence, though, has ...

Dow Jones Futures: AI stocks rallied, with Astera, Bloom Energy and Tesla higher. But SpaceX stock dropped ahead of Nasdaq-100 inclusion.

On a recent episode of Barron’s Streetwise, host Jack Hough answered a listener named William who was nervous about how much money he had made in AI-adjacent names like Dell (NYSE:DELL) and HPE (NYSE:HPE). Hough’s answer had a number in it that should probably make everyone else nervous too. “You can look at the S&P 500 right now ... The S&P 500 Looks Pricey at 22x Earnings. On Cash Flow, It’s a Terrifying 32x.

With the Federal Reserve’s benchmark funds rate parked at 3.75% since Dec. 11, 2025, and the 10-year Treasury offering just 4.38%, income investors entering July are still hunting for yield well above the risk-free rate. Business development companies remain one of the cleanest ways to get it. BDCs are required to distribute at least 90% ... 3 Reliable Income Generators to Buy in July

Shares of major cybersecurity names are rallying in Monday’s midday session. CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock is up 5% to $204 and change, leading the group higher. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) shares are climbing 4% to $363, and Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) stock is up 4% to $147. The Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (NYSE ARCA:HACK) is also higher, with ... CrowdStrike Surges 5%, Palo Alto and Okta Gain 4% as Cybersecurity Stocks Rally on Analyst Upgrades