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US equity investors will look out for consumer price inflation as hopes diminish for a return to Ira

Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) reported a 173% jump in adjusted net earnings year over year in the first quar

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.03%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are down -0.04% this morning, pointing to a muted open on Wall Street as oil prices and bond yields climbed after U.S. President Donald Trump slammed Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal.

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Ed Yardeni, founder and CEO at Yardeni Research, lifted his year-end price target for the S&P 500 by just over 7%, taking it to 8250 from 7700, a level that suggests gains of more than 11.5% from the benchmark’s close Friday of 7398. Yardeni also thinks the benchmark will hit 10,000 by the end of 2029, adding in a note published Sunday that such an elevated reading might “arrive ahead of schedule” in the new market paradigm. The push comes amid an historic change in earnings forecasts, for both this year and next, that has lifted stocks more than 16.6% since the market bottomed out on March 30, powered in large part by advances in artificial intelligence and gains for the Magnificent Seven tech giants.

It’s business lesson number one: “You’ve got to spend money to make money.” Now that we have details of a full century of detailed U.S. stock returns, investors who study it for an edge can confidently say that asset-light companies did much better. “We know from this 100 years of data that capex is bad,” says Gregg Fisher, a pioneer of factor-based investing and portfolio manager at Quent Capital.

Circle on Monday reported higher quarterly revenue and reserve income driven by increased adoption and circulation of its stablecoin, sending ‌its shares rising nearly 5% in trading before the bell. Market volatility ‌and the Middle East conflict pushed investors to rotate out of cryptocurrencies and into stablecoins to ​park capital earlier this year. This was underscored by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's results last week, which reported dropping trading volumes.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

KKR’s largest private-credit fund held by individual investors took a $560 million loss in the first quarter when a growing number of loans tipped into default. The write-down—equivalent to about 10% of the fund’s net asset value—is one of the biggest indicators so far of underlying problems in a large private-credit fund. Defaults in the fund jumped to 8.1% in the first quarter from 5.5% in December, KKR said.

The pace of first quarter earnings reports eases this week as economic data takes center stage, but investors will still be on the lookout for results from a handful of big corporations.

Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) raised its full-year 2026 financial outlook after reporting higher first-quarter adjusted results, record LNG exports and stronger production expectations, while executives said geopolitical disruptions in the Middle East have tightened global LNG markets and reinforced de

Leidos (NYSE:LDOS) reported a stronger first quarter for fiscal 2026 and raised its full-year outlook, citing solid core execution, recent acquisitions and continued demand across defense, intelligence, health and energy infrastructure markets. Chief Executive Officer Tom Bell said first-quarter re

Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) reported higher first-quarter revenue and raised its full-year revenue outlook, citing commercial progress, improving offtake discussions and continued work on its uranium enrichment expansion program. On the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call, President and Chief Executive O

The tech sector helped US stocks cruise to all-time highs last week, as the artificial intelligence boom broadened.

The tech sector helped US stocks cruise to all-time highs last week, as the artificial intelligence boom broadened.

The tech sector helped US stocks cruise to all-time highs last week, as the artificial intelligence boom broadened.

Microsoft Meta Platforms Alphabet and Amazon.com collectively plan capital spending of $725 billion this year, much of it on artificial-intelligence chips. But that is another good reason for TSMC to spend.

It's the dawn of a new era for Wall Street's foremost financial institution.

According to the plaintiffs, the company raised prices on some footwear by $5 to $10 and on certain apparel lines by $2 to $10 to offset those costs.

Treasury yields were higher. ING said Treasury yields could be breaking free from purely oil-driven dynamics and were also being pushed higher by evidence of a robust economy and strong corporate earnings.

(Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its target for South Korean stocks for the second time in less than a month, citing improvement in the semiconductor cycle, corporate governance reforms and industrial-sector growth.Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Inside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyDrone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan ResponseJud

(Bloomberg) -- The US and Iran remain far apart on a framework to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump calling the Islamic Republic’s reply to his proposed peace plan unworkable.Most Read from BloombergIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysTrump Rejects New Iran Peace Offer as ‘Totally Unacceptable’Inside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyDrone Hits Ship Near Qatar as US Awaits Iran Peace Plan ResponseJudge to Rev

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) reported a wider adjusted loss for the first quarter of 2026 as lower gain-on-sale margins and interest rate volatility weighed on revenue, even as the mortgage lender said it continued to gain market share and invest in growth initiatives. Chief Executive Officer Anthony Hsieh

This week is peppered with potential market-moving events. Headlining are Tuesday’s inflation report, which will offer the latest glimpse of how the Iran war is affecting consumer prices, and President Trump’s long-awaited—and delayed—visit to China, with the war and tariffs likely to be central topics.

The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department said, far exceeding expectations. The unemployment rate stayed unchanged at 4.3%. The jobs report puts the Federal Reserve’s focus squarely on inflation data when it comes to determining its next move on interest rates.

Welcome to the great chip-stock melt-up of 2026. Intel is now up 239% this year. Sandisk shares have surged 558%. South Korea’s largest stock index has nearly doubled. And the S&P 500’s semiconductor companies have added roughly $3.