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The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Tuesday, Aug, 4 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.5% and Nasdaq-100 futures rising roughly 0.5%. The backdrop is a mixed global growth picture. Manufacturing scorecards across Europe, such as the S&P Global Eurozone Manufacturing PMI at 51.9 and Germany at 52.2, signal factory activity that is growing but still cautious. At the same time, government bond yields are easing in the US and...

Value stocks can surprise to the upside, especially when earnings growth accelerates.

From novel pharmaceuticals to telemedicine, most healthcare companies are on a mission to drive better patient outcomes. Those leading the charge have not only realized strong financial performance but also propelled the broader industry’s returns as healthcare stocks have gained 16.6% over the past six months while the S&P 500 was up 7.1%.

Healthcare companies are pushing the status quo by innovating in areas like drug development and digital health. Shareholders who bet on the industry have been rewarded lately as healthcare stocks have returned 16.6% over the past six months, topping the S&P 500 by 9.6 percentage points.

Wall Street’s nervousness over inflation and higher rates derailing the stock market was already on the radar. Elevated oil prices threatened to lift consumer prices and stoke fears of a Fed rate hike while pressuring tech stocks that had powered the market to record highs. The Nasdaq 100’s ...

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Stocks stabilised in Asia on Tuesday after last week's tech-led rollercoaster ride as investors tracked a record day on Wall Street, while oil prices edged up after their recent plunge with Donald Trump and Iran giving conflicting views on peace talks.Oil prices rose around one percent, having plunged five percent Monday, on hopes for a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Over the last six months, Mission Produce’s shares have sunk to $12.61, producing a disappointing 6.7% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 8.3% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.

Dollar Tree 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 6.3% to $127.21 per share while the index has gained 8.3%.

Over the past six months, Triumph Financial has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 8.7%. Its stock price has climbed to $75.93, representing a healthy 17% increase. This was partly due to its solid quarterly results, and the performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Over the past six months, BILL has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 12.6%. Its stock price has climbed to $44.83, representing a healthy 21% increase. This was partly thanks to its solid quarterly results, and the run-up might have investors contemplating their next move.

Lamb Weston trades at $51.95 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, gaining 12.2% over the last six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 has returned 8.3%.

U.S. futures climbed higher on growing optimism stoked by standout earnings from top American companies, looking past geopolitical uncertainty.

Since February 2026, American Express has been in a holding pattern, posting a small loss of 3.2% while floating around $338.50. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 8.3% gain during that period.

Goldman Sachs trades at $1,016 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 8.2% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 8.3%.

Over the past six months, Netflix’s shares (currently trading at $71.76) have posted a disappointing 10.2% loss, well below the S&P 500’s 8.3% gain. This was partly due to its softer quarterly results and may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Over the past six months, Cohen & Steers has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 25.7%. Its stock price has climbed to $82.27, representing a healthy 34% increase. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

Realty Income is a bit of a tortoise, but it is taking steps to speed up a little bit.

Warren Buffett is one of the most well-known investors of all time, helping Berkshire Hathaway consistently beat the S&P 500 before he stepped down as CEO at the end of 2025. Buffett’s advice from a 2013 interview about timing investments...

July's top leveraged ETFs delivered triple-digit gains as SpaceX, PayPal and Chinese tech drove outsized moves amid volatile markets.

First Solar led the S&P 500 following a delayed positive reaction to its strong second-quarter earnings beat and growing investor expectations surrounding Section 232.

REVIEW PREVIEW NEWSLETTER Fresh Record. Markets kicked off the first trading day of August on a strong note, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a new high on Monday. The pullback in oil prices held despite Iran’s denial of any peace talks taking place, allowing markets to look through the latest geopolitical back-and-forth and focus on a Magnificent 7 rally.

Microsoft's growth story is undeniable, but its latest earnings call revealed the one question that truly matters: who is paying for the large AI buildout, and what happens if they stop.

The pharmaceutical giant sent shareholders a fortune in cash, yet the stock itself fell far behind the market. Here is the honest accounting of what owners actually got.

The memory chip maker looks pricey today, but a steep discount appears on future earnings if you believe the AI-driven demand story.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks kicked off August with a rally on Monday, as the Dow added about one-and-a-third percent to close at a record high, the S&P 500 climbed one-and-a-half percent and the Nasdaq added more than two percent.</p><p>Communication services was the best performing of the 11 major S&P sectors, boosted by a 6% jump for Meta and a nearly 5% gain by Alphabet.</p><p>Jed Ellerbroek is portfolio manager at Argent Capital&nbsp;Management.</p><p>“Obviously, an extension from last week, in terms of the big cloud computing giants, doing well after their earnings report. And then I think we're also starting to see some semiconductor and AI data center CapEx beneficiary flow through and do well too. Nvidia, for example, is up I think a little more than 3% today. So, I guess a broad tech rally. And I think investors are becoming increasingly convinced that the return on investment from all of the CapEx spending that the big tech companies are doing has got an appealing ROI to it - both now and I think in the future, too. And so that's why we've seen those stocks rally so much here in the last three or four trading days. And that’s really an amazing contrast to just the week before.”'</p><p>:: Amazon</p><p>Sticking with tech, shares of Amazon gained about four-and-a-half percent as the company's market cap surpassed $3 trillion for the first time after its earnings results last week.</p><p>And shares of SpaceX, which will report its first quarterly results on Tuesday, jumped more than five-and-half percent. The stock has been trading below its $135 issue price for nearly three weeks after its debut in mid-June.</p><p>Meanwhile, crude prices settled down about 5% after President Donald Trump said on Sunday that talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would take place on Monday, though Iran disputed that talks were planned.</p><p>Lower oil prices helped push the S&P 500 Energy sector down more than one percent, making it the worst performing sector of Monday's session.</p></body>

Most consumer discretionary businesses succeed or fail based on the broader economy. This sensitive demand profile can cause the industry to underperform when macro uncertainty enters the fray, and over the past six months, its 4.1% return has fallen short of the S&P 500’s 8.3% gain.

Wall Street's Magnificent Seven -- Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, and Tesla -- are quickly losing their luster.

It's effecting a "merger of equals" with a peer.

In the most recent trading session, Pan American Silver (PAAS) closed at $43.73, indicating a +1.44% shift from the previous trading day.