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  • Wall Street Rebounds as Iran Ceasefire Hopes and Tech Rally Lift Stocks to Record Highs

    Wall Street Rebounds as Iran Ceasefire Hopes and Tech Rally Lift Stocks to Record Highs

    US stocks surged Monday as investors breathed a collective sigh of relief following reports that peace talks between the United States and Iran were gaining traction after a weekend of military strikes. The combination of easing geopolitical tensions, a historic reshuffle of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and a blockbuster corporate announcement from Comcast sent…

  • Tech Sell-Off Extends into Friday as OpenAI IPO Delay Rattles AI Trade

    Tech Sell-Off Extends into Friday as OpenAI IPO Delay Rattles AI Trade

    U.S. stocks closed mostly lower on Friday, June 26, as a report that OpenAI may push its IPO to 2027 added fresh fuel to an already smoldering tech selloff. The news raised uncomfortable questions about the durability of AI spending — the theme that has driven much of the market’s gains over the past two…

  • Stocks Close Mixed as Micron Surge Fails to Offset Big Tech Slide

    Stocks Close Mixed as Micron Surge Fails to Offset Big Tech Slide

    Wall Street delivered a split verdict on Thursday as a blowout earnings report from Micron Technology lifted the Dow Jones to a fresh all-time intraday high, while price hike announcements from Apple and Microsoft dragged the Nasdaq lower for the session. Markets were also digesting the latest reading on the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge,…

  • Tech Hangover Lingers as Micron Earnings Offer a Lifeline

    Tech Hangover Lingers as Micron Earnings Offer a Lifeline

    Wall Street finished Wednesday on a split note, with investors still nursing wounds from a two-day chip-driven selloff while cautiously awaiting Micron Technology’s closely watched earnings report after the bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 managed slim gains, but the Nasdaq Composite slipped further as technology shares failed to fully recover from…

  • Tech Selloff Drags Nasdaq and S&P 500 Lower as Rate Hike Fears Resurface

    Tech Selloff Drags Nasdaq and S&P 500 Lower as Rate Hike Fears Resurface

    Wall Street closed sharply lower on Tuesday as a global technology selloff accelerated, sending the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to their steepest single-day drops in weeks. The catalyst was a combination of an unexpected note from Bank of America economists forecasting three Federal Reserve rate hikes before year-end and a steep overnight slide in Asian…

  • Mixed Close as Nasdaq-100 Shakeup Weighs on Tech; Dow Edges Higher on Iran Optimism

    Mixed Close as Nasdaq-100 Shakeup Weighs on Tech; Dow Edges Higher on Iran Optimism

    Monday’s session ended on a split note for Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging into positive territory while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped under the weight of a high-profile index rebalancing and renewed pressure on mega-cap tech. The primary story of the day was the Nasdaq-100’s quarterly reshuffle, which forced massive…

  • U.S. Stocks Rally on Iran Deal and Intel-Apple Chip Announcement

    U.S. Stocks Rally on Iran Deal and Intel-Apple Chip Announcement

    Wall Street closed sharply higher Thursday as investors shrugged off the prior session’s Federal Reserve-driven selloff, pivoting instead to two big pieces of geopolitical and corporate news: the signing of a U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and a surprise announcement that Intel and Apple plan to build chips together on American soil.…

  • Hawkish Fed Surprise Sends Stocks Sharply Lower

    Hawkish Fed Surprise Sends Stocks Sharply Lower

    Wall Street ended Wednesday deep in the red after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish shock in his debut as chair of the FOMC, erasing an early-session gain driven by a stronger-than-expected retail sales report. All three major indexes finished well off their highs, with growth and technology stocks bearing the brunt of…

  • Dow Climbs to Record as Nasdaq Slides on Chip Rotation and Fed Uncertainty

    Dow Climbs to Record as Nasdaq Slides on Chip Rotation and Fed Uncertainty

    Wall Street delivered a split verdict on Monday as investors rotated sharply out of technology and into more traditional sectors ahead of the first Federal Reserve interest rate decision under new Chairman Kevin Warsh. The Dow Jones Industrial Average charged to a fresh all-time high while the Nasdaq Composite fell more than 1%, leaving the…

  • Peace Deal and SpaceX Debut Fuel Broad Market Rally on Wall Street

    Peace Deal and SpaceX Debut Fuel Broad Market Rally on Wall Street

    A historic geopolitical breakthrough and one of the most anticipated stock market debuts in years combined Monday to send U.S. stocks surging across the board. President Donald Trump’s announcement over the weekend that the United States and Iran had reached a peace agreement – including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting…