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SpaceX stock came back under pressure Wednesday, reversing yesterday's bounce, as a broader market and tech selloff adds to investor caution ahead of SpaceX's first earnings report.
SpaceX stock came back under pressure Wednesday, reversing yesterday's bounce, as a broader market and tech selloff adds to investor caution ahead of SpaceX's first earnings report.
U.K. stocks have been out in the cold for much of 2026. Without a buzzy AI stock to its name, the FTSE 100 index lagged global peers. But a rout in chip stocks seems to have heralded a change in fortunes for London's premier index.
GE HealthCare Technologies ran at the top of the S&P 500 Wednesday morning, while Humana was among major laggards after both companies posted better-than-expected Q2 earnings signaling a return to profit growth. GEHC broke above its recent trading range that followed its dive on Q1 results. Wednesday's stock action was pretty much the reversal of what we've seen this year for GEHC and HUM, with medical equipment stocks among the market's worst-performing industry groups and managed-care stocks ranked in the top tier.
Ares Capital has a 10% yield and a volatile dividend history, with recessions being particularly difficult.
Ford announced an operating profit of $2.5 billion from sales of $48.3 billion. Things look OK for the U.S. car business.
West Texas Intermediate crude jumped nearly 7% after Iran launched missiles at U.S. forces, complicating the Fed's rate calculus
Options imply a 6.6% move after earnings.
Wall Street faces a twin set of risks on Wednesday, tied to Big Tech earnings and a Federal Reserve interest-rate decision, as stocks undergo a rare change of leadership ahead of the summer market doldrums. “The market’s response to both should provide a clearer indication of whether the current rotation continues or begins to develop into broader weakness,” said Zaheer Anwari, co-founder and CEO of the Luxembourg-based Revacy Fund.
Investing.com -- JPMorgan told clients in a note that today’s Federal Reserve decision is the most important catalyst during regular trading hours, mapping out how the S&P 500 could move across a range of outcomes.
By Johann M Cherian and Ragini Mathur July 29 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures inched higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy verdict against a backdrop of
U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Wednesday as investors prepared for a pivotal session featuring the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and quarterly earnings from artificial intelligence leaders Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 has struggled to make further headway since its early June record peak, but that tepid performance belies churning beneath the market's
The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates twice by year-end -- history suggests that tighter monetary policy could trigger a stock market correction.
Stocks were on track to open a touch higher Wednesday as investors shrugged off a rally in oil prices ahead of the Federal Reserve’s July interest-rate decision. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 41 points, or 0.1%. This could be a crucial day for the market, with the Fed set to announce its policy decision and mega-cap tech companies Meta and Microsoft due to report earnings after the closing bell.
Hard economic data, not proactive guesswork, drive Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy decisions.
After back-to-back days of outperformance this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has nudged ahead the other major U.S. benchmarks for the month and year as well. On a year-to-date basis, the Dow is up 9.7%, holding a small lead over of the S&P 500, which is up 8.5%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite, which is up 7%. The Nasdaq yesterday flirted with trading in correction territory, or 10% below a recent high.
Dillard's currently trades at $573.95 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a small loss of 4.9%. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 6.3% gain during that period.
<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes closed mixed on Tuesday with the Dow gaining 1%, the S&P 500 edging up about two-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq dipping by roughly two-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Markets have been volatile this month as investors worry that Microsoft, Amazon and other tech heavyweights may be overspending on data centers in the race to build out AI infrastructure.</p><p>But Nancy Tengler, CEO and chief investment officer of Laffer Tengler Investments, said to expect these companies to announce more AI spending when they report quarterly results this week.</p><p>"Make no mistake, we're in an AI arms race. I think you will continue to see spending. I think you'll actually see companies increase spending next year and then things will normalize and stabilize... We're focused on adding to the US names because you can't have a situation where companies are penalized for spending, i.e. the hyperscalers, and companies are penalized for being on the receiving end to the spending, Micron, chip names. At some point, this will come, regress to the mean and we'll start to pay attention to fundamentals."</p><p>Shares of Microsoft rose ahead of its report on Wednesday, while Amazon dipped before its results on Thursday.</p><p>Shares of Apple closed almost 1% higher, though they rose nearly 2% during the trading session and briefly exceeded a $5 trillion market valuation for the first time. The iPhone maker reports its results on Thursday.</p><p>Outside of technology, shares of Coca-Cola rallied 5% after the beverage company raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>And shares of Boeing jumped nearly 5% after the airplane maker generated positive free cash flow as its turnaround plans gained momentum.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is due to announce its interest-rate decision at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday. Traders see about a 70% chance that the central bank will leave rates unchanged, according to CME's FedWatch tool.</p></body>
Between AI spending doubts, a potential Fed surprise, and new competition from China, here's what's rattling investors.
A brutal year for Tesla investors is getting even more brutal.
July 28 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq opened lower on Tuesday, mirroring a cautious mood across global markets toward AI chip stocks on concerns about hefty corporate spending and rising Chinese competition,
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, but tech futures dropped as chip stocks Micron and Sandisk dived. Coca-Cola jumped on earnings.
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Tuesday as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending weighed on semiconductor stocks ahead of a pivotal week featuring mega-cap technology earnings and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision.
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