Despite the futures rebound, retail investors remain cautious. Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment is ‘bearish’ on SPY and QQQ.
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(Bloomberg) -- The latest transatlantic technology brouhaha unfolded on Instagram. Most Read from BloombergDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsSpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley SaysUS, Iran Extend Pause in Strikes as Oman Holds Hormuz TalksTrump Seethes as Iran War Spirals Anew With No End in SightAwakened Indian Students Hand Modi One of His Biggest SetbacksDuring a week in June when the leaders of the Group of Seven descended on France and Paris held
This is a huge earnings week, with nearly a third of S&P 500 companies reporting. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady after its confab ends Wednesday, and we’ll see key inflation data on Thursday.
ExxonMobil is expected to announce its second-quarter earnings as the month comes to an end, and Wall Street forecasts a triple-digit increase in its bottom line.
Crude oil prices were little changed Monday, but don't be fooled. Crude futures have whipsawed on a variety on Iran-related headlines.
With Hormuz closed and rate hikes back in play, five oil and gas stocks built to ride the crude surge without leaning on cheap debt.
📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. Investors hear a lot about the price of oil, despite the fact that they don’t buy, sell or consume it directly. The process of turning crude into the products actually used to keep the modern world moving is almost an afterthought.
Earnings season kicks into gear this week with banks and tech stocks taking center stage. This week we have Bank of America, Taiwan Semiconductor, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Netflix all reporting in what shapes as a busy and pivotal week for stocks.
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude oil recently had slipped back to the levels they were at before the war with Iran began, after the two sides set an interim agreement on ending the conflict and ships resumed transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran just shut the Strait of Hormuz, and the ripple effects stretch far beyond rising gas prices. Here is what the closure means for inflation, corporate profits, and every investor watching the market.
The US-Iran ceasefire is fracturing, Brent is climbing, and energy stocks are repricing fast. Whether this is a temporary spike or the beginning of a sustained oil shock will reshape the Fed's next move and every duration-sensitive position in your portfolio.
(Bloomberg) -- The US equity market, with the S&P 500 hovering near all-time highs, is expensive. This isn’t controversial. Depending on which measure you use, US stocks have arguably been overpriced for several years. Most Read from BloombergMicrosoft’s Xbox to Shift Obsidian Studio to New ‘Fallout’ Video GameNvidia’s $1 Trillion Slide Sends Valuation to Pre-AI Boom LevelsTrump Vents Anger With Iran and Warns Ceasefire May Be ‘Over’US Military Launches Strikes on Iran for Second Straight DayGre
America’s Big Oil groups are set to post record profits stemming from Donald Trump’s Iran war, setting them on a collision course with the US...
Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM, XETRA:XONA) updated its second quarter 2026 earnings considerations after the market close on Tuesday, prompting UBS to slightly lower its earnings estimate while noting stronger quarter-over-quarter performance across the company's major business...
Exxon (XOM) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
Iran conflict-driven crude gains lifted ExxonMobil's second-quarter profit outlook, partly offset by Middle East production losses.
Trump is escalating pressure on oil companies, accusing them of price gouging and demanding gasoline prices fall toward $2.50 per gallon.
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
Investing.com -- The Trump administration is expanding its effort to reduce federal regulations, proposing to eliminate 702 existing rules across government agencies as part of its latest deregulatory agenda, Bloomberg reported.
Exxon Mobil (XOM) officially moved its legal home from New Jersey to Texas this week. The move became official on July 1, as shareholders had already approved it. Exxon also won a major legal battle. On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Exxon's favor. The ruling revives an old lawsuit ...
On CNBC’s Squawk on the Street this morning, Jim Cramer looked at the June jobs data and told Carl Quintanilla he cannot square what he is reading with what he is seeing. June payrolls printed +57,000, roughly half of consensus, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%, a one-year low. For Cramer, the location ... Jim Cramer Says He ‘Doesn’t Know How to Trust’ the Jobs Report. He Has a Point
The Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) has turned into one of the best large-cap stories of 2026, trading near $218 with a 16% year-to-date gain and a 27% advance over the past year. That run rests on a narrow set of legs: a healthcare snapback led by UnitedHealth, a financial-sector grind led by JPMorgan, and energy ... VTV’s Next 12 Months Hinge on One Fed Inflation Signal: Here’s What to Watch
The Iran war handed Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) their sharpest stock surge in years. Then the peace dividend arrived, and it had the opposite effect. West Texas Intermediate prices fell to about $69 a barrel on June 28, its lowest since late February. This happened as tanker traffic ...
Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesday, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub. The largest U.S. oil company and its consortium partner, QatarEnergy, consider the most likely option for getting the gas to market would be conveying it through a pipeline to existing processing facilities in Egypt where it can be liquefied for export, ExxonMobil's Vice President of Global Exploration John Ardill said. Other options including building onshore facilities in Cyprus or a floating one in waters over the deposits are considered too costly at this point.
For most of 2026, Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) investors enjoyed good gains as the Middle East crises pushed crude price to record highs. The Iran war had throttled the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil normally travels, and both stocks ...
Eimear Bonner told CNBC that crude price declines take time to reach the pump, as Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate Big Oil
Investing.com -- President Trump announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice is investigating ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil companies over elevated natural gas prices.
Trump said crude prices are “dropping like a rock.”