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Markets are coming off a Big Tech rally, eyeing uncertainty in Middle East talks and SpaceX earnings after the bell.

Ahead of Caterpillar Inc‘s second-quarter earnings report, set to be released before the opening bell on Tuesday, Aug. 4, some investors may be eyeing potential gains from the company’s dividends. Currently, the construction equipment maker has an annual dividend yield...

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures rose on Tuesday after strong forecasts from Palantir and ON Semiconductor reassured investors about AI-driven demand, while Middle East developments and U.S. earnings

U.S. stock futures rose while oil edged higher in early European trade as investors also await U.S. job openings data for the month of June.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Merck, Pfizer, McDonald's, Caterpillar, Spotify, Apollo, TPG, Marathon Petroleum, Archer-Daniels-Midland, DuPont, Kimberly-Clark Earnings (p.m.): SpaceX, Advanced Micro Devices, ...

Stocks stabilised in Asia on Tuesday after last week's tech-led rollercoaster ride as investors tracked a record day on Wall Street, while oil prices edged up after their recent plunge with Donald Trump and Iran giving conflicting views on peace talks.Oil prices rose around one percent, having plunged five percent Monday, on hopes for a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Rocket Lab burns cash while scaling, while Caterpillar converts revenue into billions in free cash flow, a stark contrast in financial maturity.

For Cat’s second quarter, Wall Street projects earnings per share of $6.22, up from $4.72 a year ago.

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Generac's $1.6 billion data center backlog boosts revenue visibility, but capacity execution and a lower-margin C&I mix will shape the payoff.

S&P 500 companies' second-quarter earnings growth has eased from a week ago as a sharp slowdown in p

Generac's data center-led C&I surge and stronger cash flow support growth, but residential weakness and capacity spending test its valuation.

Generac's 23.6% monthly slide offers a selective buying chance amid data-center strength and rising estimates but residential and margin risks remain.

CNH Industrial (NYSE:CNH) reported second-quarter results that management said were generally in line with expectations as the agricultural equipment market remained pressured by weak farm profitability and cautious customer spending on large capital purchases. Chief Executive Officer Gerrit Marx s

CDW heads into Q2 2026 earnings with expectations for high single-digit EPS growth, AI-driven demand and a strong backlog amid ongoing supply chain uncertainty.

WM and Caterpillar have agreed to collaborate on developing and testing autonomous landfill compactors for waste management operations. The partnership focuses on using autonomous heavy equipment to support safety and operational efficiency at landfill sites. The work centers on Caterpillar landfill compactors that can operate with reduced on site human intervention under controlled conditions. Caterpillar, traded as NYSE:CAT, is moving further into autonomous heavy equipment through this...

Earnings continue to be the market's engine, and a series of results this week from Palantir, SpaceX, and AMD are set to rev up stocks again.

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The maker of bulldozers and mining trucks has become a power supplier to the AI build-out. Tuesday tests how long the orders can keep coming.

US equity futures were higher pre-bell Monday as the US moved toward diplomacy in its war with Iran

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday as President Don

Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Monday after President Donald Trump, over the

Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet's have been highlighted in this Earnings Preview article.

The monthly jobs report comes out Friday. Before that, Elon Musk’s SpaceX will post its first earnings report as a listed company. Also reporting: Walt Disney; tech companies Palantir and Advanced Micro Devices; ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft; private-equity firms Apollo, Carlyle and TPG; and fast-food chains McDonald's and Wendy’s.

Construction equipment company Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) will be reporting results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what you need to know.

Markets enter an earnings-dominated week with a huge concentration of corporate results spanning technology, industrials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, and entertainment sectors. This will provide a critical assessment of economic health and corporate fundamentals amid persistent uncertainty about technology sector valuations and AI infrastructure spending.

The busy coming week on the stock market includes a possible follow-through day, and earnings from SpaceX, Palantir, Caterpillar and others.

Morgan Stanley says that despite doubts about AI spending, there remains a major opportunity for investors.