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While we are still in the opening stages of the Q2 reporting cycle, the early results strongly reinforce the robust corporate earnings trend we've been seeing, with the big banks starting off the Q2 earnings season with remarkable momentum.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow gaining more than a quarter of a percent, the S&P 500 adding over a third of a percent and the Nasdaq climbing more than six-tenths of a percent.</p><p>A second day of solid bank earnings added momentum to an auspicious beginning to second-quarter reporting season.</p><p>BlackRock and Morgan Stanley both beat quarterly profit expectations, with shares of BlackRock advancing over 6.5% and Morgan Stanley also ending higher.</p><p>Strong earnings combined with more cooler-than-expected inflation data, in the form of June wholesale prices, helped lift stocks, says Melissa Brown, managing director of investment decision research at SimCorp.</p><p>"We saw some good earnings from the financial companies. And, you know, on top of that, there's just still the same buzz around the AI trade, around what's happening with semiconductors. And there's, we haven't really seen a lot of bad news. The inflation news has been better than expected, although I would argue still not good. So inflation is still higher than the Fed's target, even though it has come in a little bit lower than expected. But I think, you know, kind of all those things are conspiring to make it a good but not blowout day today."</p><p>Among the session's other stock moves, PayPal surged more than 17% after sources told Reuters that Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly offered to acquire it.</p><p>And shares of United Airlines dipped in extended trading despite the carrier saying it expected full-year profit at the high end of its prior forecast, as the company's third-quarter outlook was short of Wall Street expectations.</p></body>
Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.
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Wall Street cleared this earnings season’s first major hurdle with room to spare, as the nation’s biggest banks pummeled profit forecasts. “Bank earnings are often described as a scoreboard for the financial sector,” said Ruben Dalfovo, investment strategist at Saxo Bank. “They are more useful as an economic medical examination, and the early numbers suggest the patient remains active, and dealmaking appears healthier.”
Energy innovators NXT and POWL are rising on demand for data center stocks and analysts upgrades at Guggenheim and GLJ.
Investing.com -- Margin debt has increased by more than 40% over the past 12 months, reaching levels previously observed only at market peaks in 2000, 2007, and 2021, according to data from Leuthold Group.
Interest rate increases could be coming. Here's what that means for the market.
Inflation data gave investors hope on Wednesday morning. Semiconductor stocks took it away by lunchtime.
Over the past six months, RE/MAX has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 29.9%. Its stock price has climbed to $11.26, representing a healthy 38.2% increase. This run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.
Incyte has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 8.6% to $114.25 per share while the index has gained 8.2%.
HSBC strategist Duncan Toms speaks with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi about the sentiments around possible interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and whether AI investments can ultimately withstand a higher-rate environment.
Investing.com -- Citizens initiated coverage of the Transportation, Logistics & Services group with twenty-two names, naming FedEx among its top large-cap picks alongside FTAI Aviation, Union Pacific and C.H. Robinson, according to a note from analyst Jeff Kauffman.
Heartland Advisors, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Heartland Value Plus Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Small-cap stocks rose in the second quarter, with the Russell 2000® Index increasing 21.49%, outpacing the 15.20% gain for the S&P 500 Index. The artificial intelligence trade continues […]
The earnings season is full steam ahead, and tech stocks are leading the march higher. All three major indexes were in the green to kick off Wednesday’s session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 gained 0.
July 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as investors weighed softer-than-expected producer inflation data and a flurry of corporate earnings, while PayPal surged on
Elevance Health topped Q2 earnings estimates Wednesday, despite falling medical membership, but profit was boosted by one-time "below-the-line" factors and the full-year outlook was underwhelming. ELV stock tumbled, making it among the S&P 500's early laggards. Molina Healthcare, another S&P 500 managed care stock, joined Elevance among the biggest laggards performers in pre-market trading.
SpaceX stock is dangerously close to breaking its $135 IPO price. SpaceX is set to test its huge, fully-reusable Starship for the thirteenth time. Starship promises to dramatically lower the cost of reaching space while dramatically increasing SpaceX’s capacity to put things into orbit.
The main US stock measures were trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await t
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher after a nice bounce-back day for Wall Street, as a tepid June consumer price index report, combined with the President dropping the big Strait of Hormuz tolls, brought buyers back to the table. When the final bell rang, all of the major indices finished the day higher. The ... Here Are Wednesday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Allstate, AMC Entertainment, Boeing, CAVA Group, Check Point Software, Digital Realty Trust, FedEx, IBM, UPS
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