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Wall Street’s bull case on stocks just got another major vote of confidence. RBC Capital Markets bumped its 12-month target for the S&P 500 to 7,900 from 7,750, as stocks continue to notch fresh highs, according to TheFly. The firm joins a growing list of Wall Street outlets convinced that the ...
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The S&P 500 has surged higher over the past five weeks at a pace that few strategists predicted at the start of 2026, yet one of the largest asset managers on the planet believes the rally is far from finished. Franklin Templeton Institute, the research arm of the approximately $1.68 trillion ...
Stronger-than-expected earnings put this brewer in sharper focus, today, May 8, 2026.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended the week higher on Friday...</p><p>and although the Dow was little changed, the S&P 500 gained more than eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbed 1.7%, catapulting both indexes to more record high closes.</p><p>Credit strong company earnings and a resilient economy, says Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"It's really kind of the soft landing of all soft landings. You're wrapping up one of the best earnings seasons we've seen in some time. One of the best non-recession recovery earnings seasons ever. You've got positive headlines about the war in Iran and the move towards a ceasefire there, particularly ahead of, you know, Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping. You have a great jobs report. So signs that the, you know, the economy outside of the AI sector is still holding in pretty well. [FLASH] Now, that doesn't mean there isn't a big tail risk out there if the war in Iran kind of reverses or escalates for whatever reason. But barring that, it is very hard to see a reason that this market doesn't melt up into the summer and really into year end."</p><p>High-flying chip stocks had another stellar session, with shares of Intel gaining 14% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company reached a preliminary deal to make some chips for Apple devices. Shares of Apple added 2%.</p><p>Shares of Micron Technology and Sandisk spiked more than 15% and 16%, respectively, lifted by strong demand from the rapid buildout of AI data centers.</p><p>:: Cloudflare</p><p>Still, other tech stocks didn't fare as well, with Cloudflare plunging more than 23% after the cloud services company said it would cut about 20% of its workforce, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 11% after the cloud infrastructure technology company raised the lower end of its annual capital expenditure forecast, citing a rise in component costs.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Expedia dropped more than 9% after the online travel platform flagged that the conflict in the Middle East was hurting demand.</p></body>
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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Friday ahead of the April jobs report. Coinbase and Cloudflare dived on earnings.
8am: Futures point higher US stocks are set for a positive open on Friday, with futures pointing higher as Wall Street looks ahead to April's non-farm payrolls report, even as tensions in the Middle East flared overnight. Nasdaq futures are up 0.7%, S&P 500 futures have gained 0.5%,...
FEATURE There was car news on Friday, just not from Tesla Toyota Motor reported fiscal year 2026 earnings and provided an outlook for fiscal year 2027. It’s ho-hum. Tesla stock didn’t seem to be affected, but Toyota investors reacted with caution.
Dow Jones futures: President Donald Trump says a U.S.-Iran ceasefire is intact despite clashes. Rocket Lab, Cloudflare and IREN are big earnings movers.
May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as a recovery in chipmakers helped offset worries about renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, while investors looked ahead to a crucial employment
Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.
RBC Capital Markets raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 to 7,900 from 7,750 on Friday, citing resilient earnings growth and continued strength in artificial intelligence‑linked sectors. The Canadian brokerage's new target implies a 7.7% upside from the benchmark index's Thursday close of 7,335.66. U.S. equities have rallied to hit record highs in recent weeks as enthusiasm around AI-related investment and expectations of solid profit growth continue to support investor appetite.