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U. S. stock index futures traded near unchanged levels on Wednesday as investors monitored President Donald Trump’s upcoming trip to China and prepared for another round of corporate earnings and economic developments.
President Trump's Fed chair nominee could be opening a can of worms for investors.
The S&P 500 slipped from record levels on Tuesday as rising oil prices and sticky inflation concerns pressured technology shares, but Polymarket traders are betting the benchmark index will rebound at Wednesday's open. The S&P 500 closed 0.16% lower at 7,400.96 after touching fresh highs earlier this week. However, a May 13 contract on Polymarket showed an 83% chance that the index would open higher on Wednesday. Why That Number Matters Investor focus has shifted toward inflation after April con
With inflation at 3.8%, a three-year high, the Pimco Inflation Response Multi-Asset fund is especially relevant right now.
Semis took a breather, and so did stocks. A reversal for the semiconductor sector brought the market to a standstill. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added just 56 points, or 0.
With inflation at 3.8%, a three-year high, the Pimco Inflation Response Multi-Asset fund is especially relevant right now.
Intel (INTC) stock closed the May 11 trading session at $129.44. That means it has gained 93.8% since April 23, according to Yahoo Finance. Meanwhile, the SPDR S&P 500 index (SPY) is up about 4.3% in the same period. Why is Intel outpacing the S&P 500 so much, and why that specific period? ...
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Tuesday, but the Dow posted a modest gain, while the S&P 500 edged down slightly and the Nasdaq lost seven-tenths of a percent.</p><p>The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eased off record highs after the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index was hotter than expected, pushing the annual inflation rate to 3.8%, its highest in three years.</p><p>And that's likely where it will hover for a while, says Dean Smith, chief strategist and portfolio manager for FolioBeyond.</p><p>"So I think the markets are digesting the fact that this is real. This is our new normal now. This is where we're going to live. We're going to be living in an inflationary environment that's in the neighborhood of between 3.5 and 4%. We're going to be living with something like a 4.5% 10-year [Treasury bond yield], something like a 5% 30- year long bond for the foreseeable future. And that's going to cause some recalibration. I think that's what we're seeing in the market today."</p><p>Meanwhile, the Iran war, now in its 11th week, showed no signs of a near-term resolution. </p><p>The notion of a protracted conflict raises the probability that spiking energy prices could create more entrenched inflation. That has all but squelched hopes for an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve this year under the presumed chairmanship of Kevin Warsh, whom the U.S. Senate confirmed to the central bank board on Tuesday.</p><p>Among the session's stock moves, shares of Humana gained more than 7.5% after Bernstein hiked its price target by 36%.</p><p>:: eBay</p><p>Shares of GameStop dipped about 3.5% after eBay rejected the meme stock trailblazer's $56 billion takeover bid.</p><p>:: Hims & Hers </p><p>And shares of Hims & Hers Health tumbled about 14% after the telehealth company's pivot to branded weight-loss drugs drove up costs and led to a surprise loss in the first quarter.</p></body>
US equity indexes traded mixed on Tuesday as a hotter-than-expected inflation print amid soaring gas
What Happened in Markets Today Semis took a breather, and so did stocks. A reversal for the semiconductor sector brought the market to a standstill. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 0.
The Iran war is already having a significant impact on prices.
Wall Street is getting a lot more comfortable with higher stock prices, but Ed Yardeni is moving the goalpost in a big way. According to a Fortune report, the veteran market watcher just raised his 2026 year-end S&P 500 forecast to 8,250 from 7,700. For perspective, that’s the most bullish call ...
The S&P 500 has held up. The headline numbers look constructive. And semiconductors have surged 65% since their March lows. From the outside, the market appears resilient. Still, Liz Thomas, head of investment strategy at SoFi, wants investors to look more carefully at what's underneath those ...
US equity indexes fell in Tuesday's midday trading as a hotter-than-expected inflation print for Apr
Over the past six months, Charles Schwab’s shares (currently trading at $89.40) have posted a disappointing 6.5% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 7.7% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
By Ragini Mathur and Utkarsh Hathi May 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pulling back from record highs after a hotter-than-expected
May 12 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday, as investors weighed a hotter-than-expected inflation report and fading hopes for a swift resolution to the Middle East conflict.
Major stock indexes are settling in after a bit of volatility this morning. Dow futures have turned slightly positive, while S&P 500 futures are down 0.2%. Nasdaq futures are down 0.6%. Each of these indexes is in a place better than where they were immediately after the inflation report came out.
Headline CPI matched forecasts of a 0.6% monthly increase and 3.8% inflation rate. Core inflation rose 0.4% on the month and 2.8% vs. a year earlier, both just above forecasts.
May 12 (Reuters) - Top brokerages expect the benchmark S&P 500 index to extend its rally in 2026, even as Middle East tensions disrupt global energy flows and drive inflation higher.
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Wall Street futures pointed moderately lower pre-bell Tuesday as traders weighed rising crude prices
The world is in the middle of a historic oil crisis, yet the biggest bargains on Wall Street can be found in U.S. energy stocks. The price of the energy basket in the S&P 500 is just 2% higher than where it was before the war, when oil futures were close to $70 a barrel and the world had a supply glut. Today, oil prices are closer to $100 a barrel and the world has lost roughly a billion barrels of oil supply.
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