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Following triple-digit gains on the major indexes yesterday, we're up another +559 points on the Dow, +221 on the Nasdaq and +6 on the S&P 500.

Caterpillar Inc. crushed Wall Street's second-quarter expectations as the company reported stronger sales across its businesses, posted a record equipment backlog and increased its forecast for 2026 sales. Matthew Griffin reports on Bloomberg Television.

RDW heads into Q2 earnings with 70.6% projected sales growth and record backlog, but R&D spending may pressure near-term profits.

Every earnings season has a moment where a CEO says something that cuts through the noise. Not a guidance range or a revenue beat. Something that reframes how investors are supposed to think about the company. Meta's Q2 call on July 29 had one of those moments, and it didn't come from the income ...

Array Digital, Optimum and AT&T have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Hims and Hers has 2.6 million subscribers, a battered stock price, and a CEO buying shares instead of signaling an exit. That combination puts a very specific list of giants on alert, and only one of them is a clean fit.

SpaceX will release its quarterly financial report after markets close today and its conference call starts at 4:30 p.m. ET. Similar to Tesla, SpaceX is letting investors submit questions ahead of the call.

Equities are running again after a solid “up” day yesterday. Oil is falling, while gold and silver are rising. The dollar and Treasuries are mostly flat.

ASML Holding raised its interim dividend by 17% year over year, signaling confidence in its cash generation. The company paired the dividend move with strong 2026 revenue guidance, despite ongoing China related risks. The new payout level points to a strengthening income profile for shareholders alongside ASML’s leadership in chipmaking tools. ASML Holding, ticker ENXTAM:ASML, is reinforcing its income story with a higher interim dividend and firmer guidance. The stock trades at €1,419.6,...

Samsung had a 39% share of DRAM shipments in the second quarter, according to Counterpoint.

Broadcom (AVGO) is back in the spotlight as it prepares to present at the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 conference in Santa Clara, putting its data center and storage technology in front of industry specialists and investors. See our latest analysis for Broadcom. Recent moves suggest interest in Broadcom is rebuilding, with a 1-month share price return of 8.82% and a year to date share price gain of 12.83%. The 1-year total shareholder return is 34.88%, and the 5-year total shareholder...

These relatively safe dividend stocks offer yields of more than 3%.

McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) has appointed Skye Anderson as President of McDonald's USA. Anderson succeeds Joe Erlinger, a long-serving executive at the company. The leadership change affects McDonald's largest market in terms of systemwide sales. McDonald's remains one of the largest global quick service restaurant chains, with the U.S. as its core market. The appointment of Skye Anderson comes as the company responds to shifting consumer preferences, changing traffic patterns and a competitive...

Caterpillar said the artificial intelligence boom continues to drive demand for its engines and generators, while healthy construction spending is spurring sales of its dump trucks, bulldozers and excavators.

Fortive raises its 2026 earnings outlook as broad organic growth, margin expansion and stronger cash flow support second-half momentum.

Japan and the United States jolted the yen out of an historic slide. US and global stocks keep pressing toward records.

NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG) reported second-quarter 2026 results that featured stronger-than-expected revenue but earnings that fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

Seaways, Genko and ZIM have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron raised his price target on Backblaze to $25 from $15 while maintaining an ‘Outperform’ rating, saying B2 cloud storage revenue came in well ahead of expectations.

The software provider sits on a map of the enterprise that dedicated security vendors can't match.

BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of €106 million, down from €261 million a year earlier, as lower U.S. demand for its COVID-19 vaccine weighed on results. The prior-year quarter also benefited from a one-time compensation payment from Pfizer related to its decision to opt

AI data center demand drives 53% revenue growth and record earnings guidance.

The revenue beat and the raised outlook are real, and so is the company's own account of what paid for them.

Ford, BlackRock, and Google just pledged hundreds of millions to pull experienced tradespeople back into the workforce, and a 63-year-old electrician in Ohio is answering that call without realizing the bigger paychecks could trigger two separate federal penalties at once.

The tech stock rally continued, extending yesterday's gains, but today's rise looks a little different. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was up 1.1%. The tech sector led the S&P 500, up 3.1%. Unlike yesterday, it wasn't the Magnificent Seven stocks doing the heavy lifting.

RIOT readies for its Aug. 5 Q2 report facing weaker revenue and EPS expectations, but lease revenues and power credits could have helped offset key pressures.

Palantir just delivered a software quarter that left analysts scrambling for new benchmarks, yet the stock sits far below its peak and the market seems unmoved. Here is what the numbers actually suggest about where shares go from here.

Super Micro (SMCI) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

On Holding (ONON) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Prairie Operating Co. (PROP) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.